Pretty fonts in YG and other basic HTML

Yahoo Groups still (as of December 2008) uses basic HTML.

You can create some interesting fonts on your YG front page by using simple tags like those below:

Font Styles     <b>your text</b> to create bold font Result: your text     <i> your text </i> to make italic font Result: your text   Combine the two (in either order) to make bold italic: <b><i> your text </b></i> Result: your text       Here are some more examples of ways to emphasize text (some may not be acceptable to Yahoo): W3Schools/formatting     Colors   There are 16 named colors that Yahoo accepts (e.g., red, green, blue, etc.); the others will need an RGB statement in the code, so it's easier to stick to the basic ones. Here is the list of basic colors: <http://www.utexas.edu/learn/html/colors.html>   Use <font color="red"> your text </font> to make, for example, red-colored font": Result: your text                Even simpler, Yahoo will accept <text="green"> your text </text> Result: your text   Again, you can combine font color with bold and/or italic.  Just be sure to put the tag closing with a back slash: </>.       Here are a list of other color names, most of which will probably work in Yahoo at W3Schools/color_names.     Paragraph Spacing   Use <p> to start each new paragraph, and <p> or <br> to leave a space between paragraphs. (You don't need a closing tag with </p> or </br>, but some feel it is tidier.)     Hot Links for URLS    Use the following formula: <a href="http://the exact URL of this page)">Name in the text</a> Result: Name in the text   You must use http:// to begin the address, and don't forget the closing " mark after the address.

 

Be sure to use the closing tag (with a </>) to ensure that you don't run on with colors or font settings. If you experiment a little, it will become clear what works. Let the Coord Team know if you need more help.

For a brief and easy introduction to HTML programming, see Vance's e-Zguide to creating simple HTML files.