Saturday, April 12, 2003

HTML Codes Actually the best HTML code reference I have found is on WebMonkey However whenever you change your text in Radio, the source code for: font color looks like this <FONT color=blue>Font Color </FONT> bolding looks like this:   <STRONG>BOLD</STRONG> italizing looks like this:  <EM>ITALIC</EM> which are some of the codes that I use when changing my font colors or my title fonts 3:43:54 PM    comment [] trackback []

Changing the Look and Feel of Titles I finally figured out how to change the look and feel of my titles for my posts..this was pure accident..I thought maybe I need to insert the HTML tags into the title. This could be quite confusing if you are a newbie to HTML code...so here is a simple way to create a title inside the WYSIWYG mode of the post and then copy and paste the title into the field/box underneath your post if you have item-level title and link turned on in your preferences in Radio. (the item-level title and link has two text fields that appear on the Desktop Website Home page) 1. Create your title such as "Changing the Look and Feel of Titles" 2. Change the font color, make it bold, make it italic, etc... for example: Changing the Look and Feel of Titles 3. Change to SOURCE mode and look at the code for your title, here is what I got: <FONT color=#8080c0><STRONG><EM>Changing the Look and Feel of Titles</EM></STRONG></FONT> 4. Copy and paste this code into the Title Box Now you have italized, bolded and changed the color of your title 3:31:10 PM    comment [] trackback []

HTML Tips Now that I've lost my post twice..once due to an IE error and once to my own fault..third time is a charm. After using Radio for a couple of months, I've noticed there isn't a whole lot of documentation on how to change text font colors beyond the standard drop down list on a new post. If you are anything like me, I like colors beyond standard such as bright pinks, pastels and sometimes chocolate. I'm not a standard creature..I like different font colors for different sections/text of my posts or stories to express my individuality. And if you are a newbie to Radio or HTML source code, it can be daunting to look at the source code and figure out where and how to change the color of a section or even a word to something different. It can also be daunting to figure out what the color code is. In Radio they've made it simple, the font colors are "darkblue" in the source code which is nice however if you want to change the font color to say chocolate you need to know the color number. So I thought I write some basic HMTL tips for newbies from a newbie in Radio. Changing Font Colors on Text Changing Font Colors on Titles (i figured this out by accident..trial and error) Basic HTML codes   3:05:35 PM    comment [] trackback []

Changing Font Text Colors on Posts After using Radio for a couple of months, I've noticed there isn't a whole lot of documentation on how to change text font colors beyond the standard drop down list on a new post. If you are anything like me, I like colors beyond standard such as bright pinks, pastels and sometimes chocolate. I'm not a standard creature..I like different font colors for different sections/text of my posts or stories to express my individuality. And if you are a newbie to Radio or HTML source code, it can be daunting to look at the source code and figure out where and how to change the color of a section or even a word to something different. It can also be daunting to figure out what the color code is. In Radio they've made it simple, the font colors are "darkblue" in the source code which is nice however if you want to change the font color to say chocolate you need to know the color number. I've used HTML code for a few years and have used it with Frontpage and Dreamweaver but in these two programs changing the font color is as easy as highlight the text and clicking on a new color to change it and rarely have to go into the source code to change a font color. So I thought I would write a basic tutorial on changing the font color to something more exotic than the standard colors. 1. Create your post in Radio in the WYSIWYG mode 2. Open Frontpage or Dreamweaver or any program that allows you to type in a word and change the color in a basic text mode. I'm using Frontpage as an example. 3. Type in a word such as "color" in the normal mode. Highlight the word and change the color. 4. Open the HTML mode and you will see the following: <p><font color="#996633">color</font></p> this should be between the <body> and </body> tags in frontpage's html mode what you want to copy is #996633  this is the color code for chocolate 5. Go back to your radio post. In the WYSIWYG mode, change the font color of one word or section using the drop down list, this will help you find the section or word in the source mode where you will insert the new color code #996633  because what you will be looking for in the source code is the HTML code <FONT color=orange> for example:  chocolate   (I've changed the word to a standard orange color) 6. Change the mode on the post to SOURCE, find the HTML font code - this is what it will look like: <FONT color=orange>chocolate</FONT></P> 7. Copy the color code of chocolate or #996633 and paste it where "orange" is in the source code which will change the word to a chocolate font HTML source code will look like this <FONT color=#996633>chocolate</FONT> for example:  chocolate   (now the font has been changed to a more exotic chocolate color) Basically you are replacing a standard color with a color code which you can find using a basic web editor such as Frontpage or even illustrator/photoshop where you can get source color codes to use on your posts. If you have questions you can email me also. 2:06:18 PM    comment [] trackback []

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