Quicktags
When using Quicktags, if you select the word or sentence you want to apply the tag to before clicking on the Quicktag, then it applies both the opening and closing tag. If you click before the word or sentence, then on a Quicktag, you need to click where you want the Quicktag to end and click on the Quicktag again or ‘Close Tags’.
There is also a WYSIWYG Tool Bar, which has been known to cause glitches in posts and although I never use it, I hope to provide information on it at a later date.
| TAG: | CREATES: |
|---|---|
| < | < (click on ‘close tags’ for > > ) for use with non-executable ‘html code’ in <code></code> tags |
| b | <strong></strong> tags for strong (bold) text |
| i | <em></em> tags for italic text |
| link | <a href="http://website.com"></a> tags for hyperlinks |
| b-quote | <blockquote></blockquote> tags to distinguish quoted or cited text |
| abbr | <abbr></abbr> tags for abbreviations, usage: <abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</abbr> Amend code as follows to use in IE: <html:abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</html:abbr> |
| acronym | <acronym></acronym> tags to define the start of an acronym, usage: <acronym title="Cascading Style Sheets">CSS</acronym> |
| del | <del></del> tags to label text considered deleted from a post, ie |
| ins | <ins></ins> tags to label text considered inserted into a post, ie inserted text |
| img | When you click on the ‘img’ tag a pop-up box appears, paste or type the address of the image in, click ok, then enter a description, click ok to get this code: <img src="/images/image.gif" alt="image" /> |
| ul | <ul></ul> tags for unordered lists |
| ol | <ol></ol> tags for numbered lists |
| li | <li></li> tags for list items, used with <ul>, <ol> tags |
| code | <code></code> tags for preformatted styling of text |
| more | <!–more–> used to create a ‘read more’ link in posts, for example after a paragraph of a post. |
| lookup | dictionary lookup, opens a pop-up window |
| Close Tags | Closes any open tags, make sure the cursor is at the end of the word or sentence first, it does not automatically close tags in the correct place |