On formatting posts

[biffmclaughlin]

So...I've noticed that my last few posts, which have involved far too much labor in terms of cutting and pasting and reformatting and OY for my liking, that adding the cut alters some of the font. At least, that's what I think is doing it.

Thus far it looks as though some sections, either at the start or finish of the post, are made smaller. Going back in to edit simply creates a bigger mess and I certainly cannot claim to be an expert in the fine art of troubleshooting html code and whatnot...and I'm not seeing the same problem anywhere else I've looked, so now I feel like a doofus. Any ideas what's going on?

This technopeasant thanks you for any advice you can offer!

Comments

[darkrose]

The only HTML you need to know is:

where [ ] = <>

[em] [/em] = italics
[strong] [/strong] = bold

(These are HTML 4-tags. Unlike [i] and [b], they are screen-reader compliant.)

To hyperlink, it's [a href="URL"]link text[/a]

I haven't done anything more complicated than this since 1997.

[elysium_fic]

What does "screen-reader compliant" mean?

[darkrose]

Screen reading devices, like the ones used for blind people, don't always parse the [i] and [b] tags.

[elysium_fic]

Ahh, very handy to know. I may have to change the tags I use, then.

[amhran_comhrac]

For programs that read the text on the screen- for someone who has vision problems etc