HTML Codes
Source: Rusted-Faith

We had a talk about HTML codes a few days ago and we both decided that all chapters and fanfiction sent in shall BE pre-formatted into HTML by the author. Meaning that if you don't do it, it won't be on the site. The reason why we decided to do so, because both of us DO have a life to live. We, both, goes to school/college, both works and have a social life. Also, I a little tired to always formatted every single stories/chapters and trying to update the site as possble. Since Chrissy already took the liberty to BETA all of the stories in her free time, it's basically a task done. We only ask to formatted into HTML. To make things easier for you, we've put the basic HTML codes that all authors are probably going to use. Here are the instructions:

First off, all HTML tags start and end with a < and then a >. Another important point is that nearly every HTML tag used has two parts to them: An Opening and A Closing. Its like using quotations. You put them before the phrase/word, and then you put them afterwards. The tag at the end closes the effect, and you ALWAYS have to put the backslash in there. </>. (but there will be something written after the backslash.) That tells the browsers that it no longer needs that affect used for the moment.

Bold

To make a word or phrases bold, simply put <b> in front of the words you want to affect, and then close the tag with </b> after the selection. Always remember to close your tags with a backslash, otherwise the tag will not be closed and the rest of the document will remain in bold.

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Italics

To make a word or phrases italics, simply put <i> in front of the words you want to affect, and then close the tag with </i> after the selection. Always remember to close your tags with a backslash, otherwise the tag will not be closed and the rest of the document will remain in italics.

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Underline

To underline a word or phrase, simply put <u> in front of the words you want to affect, and then close the tag with </u> after the selection. Always remember to close your tags with a backslash, otherwise the tag will not be closed and the rest of the document will remain underlined.

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Paragraphs

When you write HTML, hitting the 'return' key doesn't have the same effect as it does in a Word program. You have to tell the browser where you want a carriage return or a paragraph to begin. When you want a group of sentences to be spaced seperately from another group, you'll use paragraph tags. These are different than the Carriage Return tags because they leave a blank space, whereas the Carriage Return just wraps around to the next line. Paragraph tag is like hitting the 'return' key twice in Word or Notepad. To start a paragraph, simply put <p> at the beginning of your desired paragraph, and then close the tag with </p> after the selection. Always remember to close your tags with a backslash, otherwise the next group of sentances will not be seperated and they'll all run together as one block.

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Carriage Return

If you have a line or a list or something you'd like put on its on seperate line, you'll use the Carriage Return tags. This tag is one of the few lucky HTML tags that doesn't need a closing tag with a backslash. You only need the Opener. Carriage Return is like hitting the 'return' key in Word or Notepad. To make a Carriage Return, simply put <br> each time you want that effect. Again, don't worry about a Closing Tag. You won't need it with this tag.

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Center

To center a word or phrase, simply put <center> in front of the words you want to affect, and then close the tag with </center> after the selection. Always remember to close your tags with a backslash, otherwise the tag will not be closed and the rest of the document will remain centered.

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Nested Tags

Tags can be put right next to each other as often as you'd like, so long as you don't forget to close them afterwards. Many times you'll want a word/phrase to be bold, in italics, AND underlined. The Closing Tags don't have to be in the same order as the Opening Tags, but we recommend that you keep the order so that you won't accidentally leave a tag open. Its a safety tip.

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