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

OK Madmunk, time to reveal more of your secrets please. HTML tags. How do you insert them into this white text box. If I type blah-blahit just comes out as blah-blah, rather than in bold type.

How's it done?

By the way, I thought that thing was a lemon.

I don't really blame you.....

Ok, there's a frightening simple answer to this, and it's that HTML tags really don't work in forums. BTW on user pages, the tag for bold is blah
The reason for the tags not working is that the-powers-that-be don't want forums to take any longer to load than they already do, and there's bound to be someone out there who sticks a wopping great A4 size picture in a journal entry..... And that person would probably end up being me, for some unkonw reason...

Sm(((((((((((Mooey)))))))))))))........U R the number one reason to be cheerful...........U have the best sense of Humor of anybody I know............never lose it My Friend........great smiley faces.........take care .........see u later.........Golfie:o)))))))

This forum is more informative than the "Don't Panic" pages.

Oh, it is the "Don't Panic" pages.

D'OH!

"Abaddon"......now there is a traveler to keep an eye on! the brains and knowledge locked between those ears is almost spooky!

So, if HTML tags don't work, how did you get all those gifs on your homepage?

how do u finde out where to get the html tags from i can only do italic and bold is there an adress or someplace where i can go to finde them all?
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Ahh, tags work fine on User pages, just not on forum/journal entries. And anyway, H2G2 doesn't use HTML, it uses XML, which is very picky, ie, you have to close ALL tags, especially ones that are not normally needed to be closed, like tags.
There are Beginner sites about, that's how I learned, i'll see if i can dig a few up for you.

zml tags?
ok now its eaven more confusing

Don't worry, XML is almost exactly the same as HTML (as far as I know) ALMOST And yes, from here on in, it only gets more confusing.

Sm((((((((((((Mooey))))))))))))))......didn't think U were ever confused............Golfie:o)))))))))

See what I mean?

ouch!, my head is beginning to hurt! now where did i put that vodka????

So when do I get an image for my favourite emoticon?
='.'=

I want mine: 8==8 (a small bone)

As soon as you can persuade the powers-that-be. And while your at it, persuade them for us as well

golfy ssssssssssssMOOcccchhheeeeesssss i am grreat but not that grate