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How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« on: Monday 25 February 08 10:14 GMT (UK) »
I have been using Rootschat for a while now and still haven't worked out how to insert a Smiley or use BBC tags i.e. to make bold text, underline or change the font colour. All I seem to get when I click on them is computer gibberish to me.

What am I doing wrong???

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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #1 on: Monday 25 February 08 10:18 GMT (UK) »
To insert a smiley you need to make sure that you have a space either side of the smiley or else it reverts to its original text format

Have the cursor at the point you want to insert the smiley press the space bar click on the smiley and press the space bar.

The BBC tags should be either side of the text you want to alter
Code:
[quote]would normally show this as a quote[/quote]
[b] would normally show this as  bold text[/b]

Quote
would normally show this as a quote

would normally show this as  bold text

 ..... the /quote tag is used to end the quoted section and begin normal message content again.

although certain of the codes only work if placed in the correct order its generally wiser to avoid over using them in normal messages.
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #2 on: Monday 25 February 08 10:32 GMT (UK) »
Have a look at http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,252404.0.html
for some guidance about changing the fonts and colours of text

and http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,201182.0.html

for a better explanation about using the BBC tags.
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #3 on: Monday 25 February 08 10:42 GMT (UK) »
No still cant do it all I get is this kind of thing  Cry for a smiley. This if I try and change the colour and this if I try and change the font size, got bold  or underline [size=10pt][/size]  [b][/b] [u][/u]

Am I being an idiot???
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #4 on: Monday 25 February 08 10:50 GMT (UK) »
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Am I being an idiot???

Not at all

Code:
[color=Green]changing colour[/color]
[b]changing to bold[/b]
[i]changing to italics[/i]
[u]underlining[/u]
striking through [s]text[/s]
[b][color=Red]changing to bold and colour[/color][/b]

changing colour
changing to bold
changing to italics
underlining
striking through text
changing to bold and colour


PS your smiley only appears after you post the message so the crying smiley appears perfectly in your post
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #5 on: Monday 25 February 08 10:59 GMT (UK) »
Ha ha I can see my smiley now  Smiley . Didn't realise it only appeared after the posting. I will have to work on the other stuff though  Lips Sealed

Many thanks for your help Falkryn
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #6 on: Monday 25 February 08 11:00 GMT (UK) »
Change to Green
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #7 on: Monday 25 February 08 11:01 GMT (UK) »
By jove I think I've got it
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #8 on: Monday 25 February 08 11:16 GMT (UK) »
Thanks to the links I thought I had though I had cracked it but

If at first you don't succeed try try again!

Many thanks to all the instructors!

Rabbit B

PS Why can't I get it to work with colour?  It doesn't like the other changes and the colour, is there a limit? Or am I being stupid?
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Re: How do I insert a smiley and use BBC tags
« Reply #9 on: Monday 25 February 08 11:23 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Yorkshire Rose on Monday 25 February 08 11:01 GMT (UK)
By jove I think I've got it

By jove I think Yorkshire Rose has got it Cool
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