HTML Tips

I have used many HTML editors, João. They are great when you want to work on HTML pages. An external editor for use this forum would be laborious.

You would have to start the editor separately, create your rich text, view/export the HTML source code and paste into the appropriate post or comment. Don't forget: not all HTML is supported within the forum's text boxes.

Do you see Andrew's and Luis' comments? My entry is between their comments. You should try refreshing the page to see if it helps.

Stephane, I tried but nothing there. Did you include a link by any chance in that comment ?

If you did, you might see your comment but we won't see it until the site moderators approve it and since its a Sunday, then it might appear tomorrow. That's the only reason I could think of as to why I am not able to see it.

I don't think this is a good idea to add HTML tags to your comments by yourself. For security reason, many social network will use code to filter out HTML Tags that may cause harm to readers of content when viewing. I think, it is better for web admin to turn basic text editing feature on to support text formatting.

Hi Stéphane,

I believe I was not very clear in the previous post, but I was referring to editors integrated within the site (eg. ckeditor) :)

Although nice and refreshing, the fact that the forum allows to include HTML should be well assessed/validated. Without some sort of validation of which HTML tags are valid, it might pose a security risk to the site itself and its users (SQL injection, cross-site scripting, malicious JavaScript, etc.)

No link in the comment, Rami. Only the syntax.

Does anybody else not see my post that should be between Andrew and Luis, on the first page?

Stephane,
I see the post, but nothing concern colour of the text

Arguably, the most important HTML tag to know is to set up links to other web pages. While linking web pages is a powerful way to connect over WWW, make sure you abide by the forum rules and use them where allowed.

The simplest way to set up a link is as follows:
<a href="URL">description</a>

Something you will often find with HTML tags is they start with one or two letters between brackets and end with the same bracketed letters prefixed by a forward slash.

The Uniform Resource Locator, or URL, is the fancy name for the link you want the reader to go to when they click it. It should start with http:\\ or https:\\.

The description can be any amount of text which will show the link.

href is an attribute of the a HTML tag. It stands for hypertext reference.

Another attribute that is often used is target. By default, when you click a link, it will open in the same window, replacing whatever was there before. By adding the target attribute, you can have it open up in a different tab or even its own window. Here is what the full syntax looks like.

<a href="URL" target="_blank">description</a>

In this example, I used the value _blank, which will open up in a new tab. This is the most useful value.

If you write articles or blog posts on this forum, this is a great way to take your reader to your reference material.

Good to know, Vincent. I can certainly add a tip on how to change your text colour.