Editing/Prettying up your post
WYSIWYG versus BB Code Editor
The 'Rich Text Editor' is the default editor. This editor allows you to create posts using What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get or WYSIWYG editing. You can create tables, embed images, bold and italicize, add smilies and more without having to type any special code for the formatting you want. You can also use the 'BB Code Editor'. The BB Code Editor is a simplified editor with fewer formatting options which allows you to use familiar BB Code tags and is optimal when posting on mobile devices.
For a reference page showing all the available BB Codes, click here.
Format
This will remove any text that has been formatted eg., bolded text, lists, font colour, indents, alignment etc.
Font
To choose a different font style:
To select a different font size:
To select a different font colour:
Smilies
To add a smiley:
For a reference page showing all the smilies available, click here.
Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strike-through
Text Alignment (left, center, right)
To align your text:
Unordered/Numbered Lists, Outdents/Indents
To make an unordered or bulleted list:
To make a numbered list:
To outdent/indent text:
Insert a link to a webpage
To edit your link:
To unlink:
Insert Media found on the internet
Quote a phrase
To quote a phrase:
Undo/Redo Text
WYSIWYG versus BB Code Editor
The 'Rich Text Editor' is the default editor. This editor allows you to create posts using What-You-See-Is-What-You-Get or WYSIWYG editing. You can create tables, embed images, bold and italicize, add smilies and more without having to type any special code for the formatting you want. You can also use the 'BB Code Editor'. The BB Code Editor is a simplified editor with fewer formatting options which allows you to use familiar BB Code tags and is optimal when posting on mobile devices.
- If you wish to use the 'BB Code Editor', click on the icon.
- To revert back to WYSIWYG editing, click on 'Use Rich Text Editor' (located in lower left hand corner of editing box)
For a reference page showing all the available BB Codes, click here.
Format
- To remove formatting, highlight the text you wish to change
- Click on the icon
This will remove any text that has been formatted eg., bolded text, lists, font colour, indents, alignment etc.
Font
To choose a different font style:
- Highlight the text you wish to change using your mouse
- Click on the down arrow beside 'Font Family'
- Click on the font you would prefer to use
To select a different font size:
- Highlight the text you wish to change using your mouse
- Click on the down arrow beside 'Font Size'
- Click on the size you would prefer to use (Size 1 is the smallest, size 7 is the largest)
To select a different font colour:
- Highlight the text you wish to change with your mouse.
- Click on the 'A'
- Click on the colour you wish to use
Smilies
To add a smiley:
- Place your cursor where you would like to add the smiley
- Click on the '
' icon - Click on the smiley you wish to add
For a reference page showing all the smilies available, click here.
Bold, Italic, Underline, and Strike-through
- Highlight the text you wish to change using your mouse
- To change your text to bold, click on the 'B' icon
- To italicize your text, click on the 'I' icon
- To underline your text, click on the U icon
- To strike through your text, click on the ABC icon
Text Alignment (left, center, right)
To align your text:
- The default alignment is 'Align Left' and can be used to return text that is aligned in the center or to the right back to the default position. Hightlight the text you wish to remove, and click the on Align Left' icon
- To center your text, highlight the text you wish to move, and click on the 'Align Center' icon
- To place your text in the right portion of the text box, highlight the text you wish to move, and click on 'Align Right' icon
Unordered/Numbered Lists, Outdents/Indents
To make an unordered or bulleted list:
- Highlight the text you wish to include in the list with your mouse
- Click on the 'Unordered List' icon
To make a numbered list:
- Highlight the text you wish to include in the list with your mouse
- Click on the 'Ordered List' icon
To outdent/indent text:
- Highlight the text you wish to indent with your mouse
- Click on the 'Indent' icon
- To outdent text, highlight any indented text, and click on the 'Outdent' icon
Insert a link to a webpage
- Copy the URL
- Type a name for your link and then highlight the name using your mouse
- Click on the chain icon and a pop-up will appear
- Paste the URL of the link into the text box
- Click 'Insert'
To edit your link:
- Highlight the link you have inserted with your mouse
- Click on the chain icon, and make any necessary changes
- Click 'insert'
To unlink:
- Highlight the link with your mouse
- Click on the broken chain icon
Insert Media found on the internet
- Copy the URL of the media you wish to embed (You may embed media from the following sites: Apple Music, Dailymotion, Facebook, Flickr, Giphy, Imgur, Instagram, Liveleak, Metacafe, Pinterest, Reddit, SoundCloud, Spotify, Tumblr, Twitch, Twitter, Vimeo, Vine, YouTube)
- Click on the icon and press Media
- Paste the URL into the text box
- Click on 'Embed'
Quote a phrase
To quote a phrase:
- Highlight the text you wish to quote with your mouse
- Click on the icon with the quotation marks
Undo/Redo Text
- Click on the 'Undo' icon (blue arrow facing left) to erase the last change done to the text you are editing.
- Click on the 'Redo' icon (blue arrow facing right) to reverse the undo