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AOL MESSAGE BOARD HELP
WANNA DO THIS? Keep reading! (c-n-p it)

NOTICE NOTICE!!! Optimized for 1024X768 viewing resolution
The majority of these codes and samples do NOT work in Nertscape.

For best viewing of this page, please open to Full Screen.
NOTICE!! NOTICE!! NOTICE!! READ!! READ!! READ!!

AOL is in the process of changing their message boards. GOOD NEWS!

If you can't find the new boards click here . <~~You need to be signed on to AOL to use link
All you need to do now
- IF YOU ARE USING THE NEW BOARDS -
is Simply copy and paste the example.

If you are still using the old style boards, you'll need to take the code instead.

Glowing text, shadowed text and all the other fun stuff is working on the new style boards!

To copy and paste any of this code,
left-click and drag the mouse to highlight the text you want - then press CTRL+C.
Paste wherever you want by pressing CTRL+V.

DO NOT use any formatting such as bolding or color when pasting.
Paste first to Notepad (CTRL+N in AOL CTRL+D in AOL9)
and make all necessary changes, then copy and paste where you want.

StarSector001 has kindly allowed us to begin putting up the code for some of her wonderful calendars.
You'll find them and the code on a page with basically her codes only. Click here

Briefly, here are most requested instructions. If you really want to learn HTML or just have a good reference book on hand when you need information, you might be interested in the HTML Pocket Reference, Creative HTML Design.2, or HTML 4 For Dummies : Quick Reference
If you decide you want to go deeper, we highly recommend Platinum Edition Using HTML 4, XML, and Java 1.2 with CD-ROM.
Understand that you are basically now learning the code for writing a web page. If you want an easy way to do all this, you can try Dreamweaver MX

NOTE: If you are using the new style boards, just copy and paste the samples.
If you are using the old style boards, you will still need to use the code and make necessary adjustments.

LINKS

You can still add links in the body of the message the same as you always have. Simply grab the heart from the window you want to become a link and drag it into the message or the sig box.
You can also use the <A> tag. Almost all tags require a closing tag when you are finished with the command that that particular tag invokes. So, if you use the <A> tag, then you must close it after the necessary information has been added with the </A> tag.
If you wish to make a link to this page, for example, and the text for the link is AOL Signature Help, then the coding would look like this:

<A HREF="http://www.taylorshopping.com/AOLSignatureHelp.htm">AOL Signature Help</A>
Looks like this:
AOL Signature Help
When you view this in your signature window, it will look very unusual to you if you're not familiar with HTML. However, it will look even stranger after you save it and go back to look at the saved preference. It will still post to the boards as a link even though it does not appear so.

**NOTE: When you make changes to your signature preferences, it is necessary to rewrite the links.

MARQUEES

If you wonder what a marquee is, it's that sliding (up, down, sideways) text that you're seeing in some signatures.
The basic HTML for this is:

<MARQUEE>Your text goes here</MARQUEE>
This will look like this:

Your text goes here
The variables you can create with this are many.
With the DIRECTION parameter, you can make it Directional:

<MARQUEE DIRECTION="right">Your text goes here</MARQUEE>

Then you can use the DIRECTION parameter of up, down, left or right. A right Directional parameter will give you the following:

Your text goes here

Valentine's day:

Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y

Put your text
and/or
ascii art
here.

YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

Use the source code to test in our test area with your own customization and then copy the actual working HTML so you can c-n-p it into AOL:

<TABLE align=center cellPadding=2 cellSpacing=2 bgColor=black><TR><TD bgColor=red><TABLE cellSpacing=2 bgColor=black><TR><TD><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0><TR><TD bgColor=white rowSpan=3><MARQUEE direction=up width=15 height=125><CENTER><font color=red face=Webdings size=2><B>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br></B></font></CENTER></MARQUEE><TD bgColor=white><MARQUEE direction=right><B><font color=red size=2 face=Webdings>YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY</font></B></MARQUEE><TD bgColor=white rowSpan=3><MARQUEE direction=down width=15 height=125><CENTER><font color=red face=Webdings size=2><b>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br>Y<br></b></font></CENTER></MARQUEE><TR><TD bgColor=white><TABLE align=center cellPadding=2 cellSpacing=2 bgColor=black><TR><TD bgColor=red><TABLE width=100% cellSpacing=2 bgColor=black><TR><TD bgColor=black><CENTER><P align=center><font color=#FF99FF size=5 face="Amazone BT">Put your text<br>and/or<br>ascii art<br>here.</font></P></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR><TR><TD bgColor=white><MARQUEE bgColor=white><B><font color=red size=2 face=Webdings>YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY</FONT></B></MARQUEE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE></TD></TR></TABLE>

Enough of explanations. You are here because you want something to work on those boards and you haven't gotten it figured out yet, right? RIGHT!
The table below gives you the code to copy & paste on the left (for the old style boards), and an example of what it does on the right (which you can copy and paste into the new style boards.). You can find the hex color codes here .
There are many variables within the codes. Experiment with them and
HAVE FUN!

THE CODE

WHAT IT DOES

Sets the background color, the link color and the "visited" link color, in that order.

Text goes here
Give it a 3D look

Text Here

Text here and text here

Your
Name

Your Text Your Text

_Wi^gg_ly^~~M_ar^qu_ee^!!

<TABLE WIDTH="150" HEIGHT="30" BORDER=0><TR><TD ALIGN="CENTER" VALIGN="MIDDLE"><P><FONT SIZE="-1"><marquee width=150 direction=left scrollamount=9>Overlapping Marquee</marquee><marquee width=150 direction=right scrollamount=9>Overlapping Marquee</marquee></FONT></P></TD><TD WIDTH="50%" ALIGN=center VALIGN="MIDDLE"> <P><FONT SIZE="-1"><marquee width=65 height=30 direction=down scrollamount=3>Overlapping Marquee</marquee><marquee width=65 height=30 direction=up scrollamount=3>Overlapping Marquee</marquee></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

NOTE: You can add a link within the marquee by adding the <A HREF> tag as instructed previously, right before the text in the marquee. Don't forget to add the </A> tag after the text that becomes a link.

Overlapping Marquee Overlapping Marquee

Test your text here

The same thing with no color specified:

<TABLE BORDER=1 WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING="5"><TR><TD BGCOLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#ACA651"><CENTER><FONT color="#ACA651"><B>Set your text into<BR>a table with color</B></FONT></CENTER></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

Set your text into
a table with color

<TABLE border=0 bgcolor="#8080FF" cellspacing=5><TR><TD align=center nowrap bgcolor="#000000"><CENTER><FONT size="+3" face="Arial" color="#CCCCCC"><B>A table with<BR>color borders</B></FONT></CENTER></TD></TR></TABLE>

A table with
color borders

<TABLE BORDER=1 WIDTH="45%" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING="7" bgcolor="#DDD87B"><TR><TD BGCOLOR="#000000"><FONT FACE="Arial" COLOR="#DDD87B"><CENTER><FONT color="#ACA651"><B>Set your text into<BR>a table with color</B></FONT></CENTER></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

Set your text into
a table with 3D border

<A href="this_is_your_hover_text"><BUTTON>hover text on a button</BUTTON></A>

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If you don't want the text underlined, do it this way:
<A title=hover_text><BUTTON>Hover text</BUTTON></A>

Linked buttons ONLY work on the new boards! For the link you want, you're going to have to use the code in the HTML lab and then copy and paste the result.

<button onClick="location.href='http://www.taylorshopping.com'"><p>link?</p></button>

Your
Name

Your Text Your Text

<TABLE ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD ALIGN=center style="filter:shadow(strength=5,color=000000"><P><FONT SIZE="+2" COLOR="#B3AD4D"><B>Shadow Text </B></FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>

Shadow Text

_Wi^gg_ly^~~M_ar^qu_ee^!!

Wavy Text

You can
put your
text here

<MARQUEE BEHAVIOR="slide" DIRECTION="left">Slide in text that stops</MARQUEE>

Slide in text that stops

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" ALIGN="CENTER" CELLSPACING=0><TR><TD ALIGN=center style="filter:glow(strength=5, color=B3AD4D" WIDTH="60%"><FONT SIZE="5" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#FFFFFF"><B>AOL MESSAGE BOARD HELP</B></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="Arial" COLOR="#000000"><MARQUEE behavior="normal" direction="left" scrollamount=5><BR>WANNA DO THIS?</marquee></FONT><FONT SIZE="-1" FACE="arial" COLOR="#000000"><marquee direction="right" scrollamount=5>COPY THE CODE TO THE LEFT</marquee></FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

AOL MESSAGE BOARD HELP
WANNA DO THIS? COPY and PASTE this sample

Name Text here Text here

<MARQUEE SCROLLDELAY=10 STYLE="filter:glow(COLOR=#B3AD4D,strength=3)" DIRECTION="left" BEHAVIOR=alternate WIDTH="100%" SCROLLAMOUNT="1"><CENTER><FONT COLOR="#666633" SIZE="4">Glow without a table</FONT></CENTER></MARQUEE>

Glow without a table

<MARQUEE SCROLLDELAY=8 STYLE=filter:shadow(COLOR=000000 strength=7);" DIRECTION="left" BEHAVIOR="alternate" WIDTH="100%" SCROLLAMOUNT="1"><CENTER><FONT COLOR="#B3AD4D" SIZE="4">Shadow without a table</FONT></CENTER></MARQUEE>

Shadow without a table

<MARQUEE ALIGN=center BEHAVIOR=alternate style="filter:wave(Add=0, Phase=2, Freq=2, LightStrength=5, Strength=3"><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#ACA651"><B>Wavy Text no table</B></FONT></MARQUEE>

Wavy Text no table

You can
put your
text here

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AOL MESSAGE BOARD HELP WANNA DO THIS? Keep reading! (c-n-p it)

For best viewing of this page, please open to Full Screen. NOTICE!! NOTICE!! NOTICE!! READ!! READ!! READ!!

To copy and paste any of this code, left-click and drag the mouse to highlight the text you want - then press CTRL+C. Paste wherever you want by pressing CTRL+V.

DO NOT use any formatting such as bolding or color when pasting. Paste first to Notepad (CTRL+N in AOL CTRL+D in AOL9) and make all necessary changes, then copy and paste where you want.

StarSector001 has kindly allowed us to begin putting up the code for some of her wonderful calendars. You'll find them and the code on a page with basically her codes only. Click here