Having fun with codes

The other day Amy tried to explain how to do hyperlinks and it didn't work very well because the explanation itself turned into a hyperlink! It's all to do with html codes. You write something in code and it gets reinterpreted, appearing as normal text, but modified to italic, bold, hyperlink, etc, depending on the code you use. Examples:

italic

bold

strike

Text appears small.

Text appears big.

click here


The Blogger interface looks like this:

There are buttons on the top that apply the code to any highlighted text. When you click on HTML, the box changes and the html codes appear:

I had to take a screenshot of the html codes, because if I had tried to copy and paste it, it would be immediately reinterpreted and appear exactly as in the list of examples, minus the codes.

The last example is a hyperlink. If you want to make any text appear as a clickable link, all you do is write everything exactly as above, but instead of "http://whattimeisoclock.blogspost.fr/" you paste the address of the site you want to link and instead of "click here" you write what you want to appear in your comment, such as "Cool site" or anything you that takes your fancy.

The codes for italics, bold, strike, etc, are quite easy, but must be applied exactly as they are above. Simply use your own words instead of italic, bold, etc, between the opening and closing tags.

Try these simple codes in your comments. It should be fun!

Registering with Disqus - UPDATE

UPDATE - I may have confused people with this post. Registered readers should ignore it. This tutorial is to help unregistered people who may have been given the runaround by charming but temperamental Disqus...

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This is a long overdue tutorial about registering with disqus. Only registered users can have avatars and the "edit" button feature. It also means you'll have the same identitity on all sites using Disqus.

Start by clicking on the settings icon (gear symbol), and a drop menu will appear. Click on "Login."

A box will appear. Click on "Need an account?"

Fill in the required fields. Click "Register."

Once you've clicked "Register," an email will be sent to you for confirmation:

Click on the "Verity" button and you'll be taken to a Disqus page to choose a password:

Type your chosen password, then "Let me in!"

On the blog, you will appear next to the comment box, still showing the default clock avatar. Now you can edit your profile. Click on the gear icon again and choose "edit settings" from the drop menu:

You'll be taken to a disqus page, with your account open. Click on "avatar" on the left menu.

Choose how you will upload the picture. It may be from your own files or from the web. If from your files, click on "Browse" and choose the file you want to use. Click on "Upload." Scroll down and click on "Save changes." A new box will allow you to tweak your picture. Play with it until you're happy and click save.

Make sure that the picture has appeared at the top, scroll down and click on "Save changes" again.

Now refresh the blog page and your profile will be updated to show your chosen avatar. That's it. You may repeat the process whenever you wish to change the picture.

If uploading from the web, you'll need to find the picture you want and have it on its own on the webpage. Copy the text on the address bar. Just click on it and it will turn blue. If it doesn't turn blue with one click, left click on your mouse, hold it and run it over the whole address. Once it's all blue, press the control key on your keyboard, followed by the "c" key. Go back to the disqus box and click on the field under the upload from the web, press the control key followed by the "v" key and the text you copied will be pasted there. Scroll, save and the process will be the same as for uploading your own file. Always click save at the bottom of every box in the process.

That's how you can post links in the comments: Copy the address bar (Control + "c") click on the comment box and paste (Control + "v").

When you want copy & paste text, choose that start point in the text you want to copy, left click on your mouse, hold it and run it over the text, up to the point you wish to copy. It will turn blue. Do the control + "c" as explained above, go to where you want to paste, click on the field, then do control + "v." I copied this from Palingates last open thread:

Then I pasted it in the comments:

You may also set your "Notifications" to anything you wish. Click on it on the menu and check the things you want, then save.

Welcome to Disqus. It's guaranteed to give you hours of exciting fun and drive you up the wall!