h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I knocked this up on a notepad...
"Uncle Alex’s Room

“IT WAS THE DEVIL THAT WAS ABROAD”

Be not on your oddy knocky, O my Brothers… Come with Uncle and govoreet with your most humble host, little Stealth or like my little ptitsas and darling devotchkas and meet some of the real sophistoes that sit on my bed (yet unmade)… The treasure-chest is unlocked and the real horrorshow Scotchman is poured, sup upon Moloko with knives in it or imbibe an … have no gloopy fears droogie, slooshy that gorgeousity and watch the idlewilds ."
... and decided I wanted to turn it into a "not for review" thingie...
I used all the knowledge I gained when did my UserPage and abiot I picked up using diagnostic tool and still could get anything to appear at the end of it... HELP

Please and Thanks, wise people

I'm sorry. I don't understand the problem. What do you want to be at the end?

Tango

Some text and smileys would be nice... I tried to use the XML ended up with a either a blank entry or the code as if it were set to plain text even though it was set GuideML...

For GuideML you must a) use the change style button b) not use normal smileys.

In GuideML mode you can't use any of the smileys for text mode, or <./></.> links. You have to use the and <SMILEY TYPE="smiley"/> tags instead.

When you change style, you'll find and tags placed around the code, make sure that you put your text inside these otherwise it'll be ignored.

spelugx

I did all that sweetie... I tried both formats for smileys <SMILEY TYPE="milk"/> and when that didn't work I tried <SMILEY TYPE="milk"></SMILEY>
I also when [and yes I did close them...] I addded the ...

With hindesight I shouyld have C&P'ed what I had used...

Ah that could be the problem. You don't need the tags.

Try this verbatim as a GuideML entry

<SMILEY TYPE='ok'/>

spelugx

A991686

You don't seem to have changed the style of the article . Below the big box for text on the edit page are two radio buttons marked Plain Text and GuideML. Select GuideML and click the Change Style button just to the right. Then you should see the smiley on the page

Looks like you've got it now.

Oooops!
I have now and have an smiley...

Could pleace explain why with or without the tags I ended up with a blank entry when I tried to switch to Guide earlier?

Well with the article tags round the content, you would have confused the system as to the structure of the article, because it would only see the outer set of ARTICLE tags, not any GUIDE tags as it was expecting.

I think... though I thought I'd seen it funktion on other entries...

Well when you view a page using the test url, <./>test991686</.>, the system adds tags round it for technical reasons. These tags have to be ignored when writing the articles however.

Aha!
*and now the blind fool sees*