Which Formating Code do you use?

Hi,

I want to add some more polish to the articles in my thread. Could you please tell me what code you are using for his blog?

Mike

Hi Michael. The forum has been upgraded and you will find formatting buttons in the toolbar above the post editing area.

You can also use colors, though we’ve found that the basic formatting options, along with images, have been quite sufficient. To use colors, type [color=blue/green/red/yellow/etc], then the text to color, then [/color]. For example, to get this:

ATTENTION

type this:

[color=red]ATTENTION[/color]


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