This part of my link details how آپ can format text in your postings on Fanpop, and the مضمون was last edited (to fix typographical errors) on 17 July 2013.

TEXT FORMATTING
Those of آپ who have written soapbox مضامین before may have seen the guide that Fanpop provides for formatting text. But maybe you've never written a soapbox مضمون یا never noticed the key, and have been wondering how some users manage to make their text مزید interesting. With these tags, آپ can:
* boldface your text
* put your text in italics
* underline your text
* have your text point to a different ایل آر یو link

Soapbox authors can also use ٹیگز to embed pictures into the bodies of their articles. But what not many users realize is that all of these ٹیگز - with the exception of the image embedding - can be used in other places on Fanpop.

HOW TO FORMAT YOUR TEXT
If آپ are familiar with hypertext markup language (HTML), the ٹیگز will seem pretty familiar to you. Let's assume for a moment that you're not familiar with HTML tags, though.

In order to format any of the text آپ type on Fanpop, آپ need to include a start tag at the beginning of the text آپ want to look different, and then put a close tag at the end of the text آپ want to look that way.

For example, in regular HTML, there is a thing called the "blink" tag (which is very annoying and should never be used in a serious web page - I offer it here only as an example). Simply put, any text marked with a blink tag (in normal HTML) will blink on and off, like a fluorescent light when the power is first applied. In HTML and the Fanpop markup ٹیگز alike, آپ apply ٹیگز like this:

1) آپ type a special symbol to indicate to the system that a tag is starting. In HTML, this tag is the < یا "bracket" symbol. On Fanpop, it is the [ یا "square bracket" symbol.

2) Then آپ type the name of the tag. In our example, the word "blink" is the name of the blink tag. On Fanpop, آپ have the following basic tags:

b
i
u

3) After the name of the tag, آپ insert the opposite bracket symbol: > in HTML, ] on Fanpop.

These ٹیگز indicate where the formatting should start, so آپ place it to the left of the first word آپ want formatted in that way.

Thus, the text <blink> in an HTML file would indicate where the text should start blinking. But now that you've put in the start tag, how do آپ put in the end tag, which tells the system where to stop that text formatting? Like this:

A) آپ type the same sort of bracket: < in HTML, [ on Fanpop.

B) آپ indicate that the tag is a close tag سے طرف کی using the آگے slash key: /

C) آپ insert the name of the tag just like in the start tag.

D) آپ close with the opposite bracket: > in HTML, ] on Fanpop.

The close tag should come immediately after the text آپ want to format, so that the start tag and close tag enclose the text آپ want to format.

If آپ wanted the text to say "This is blinking!" in HTML, for instance, آپ would write:

<blink>This is blinking!</blink>

If آپ want to write an explanation of your low rating on a picture ("Sorry, but this pic is really dull!"), آپ could write it like this:

Sorry, but this pic is [i]really dull[/i]!

...which would look like this:
Sorry, but this pic is really dull!

یا آپ could write it like this:

Sorry, but this pic is [u]really[/u] [b]dull[/b]!

...which would look like this:
Sorry, but this pic is really dull!

INSERTING UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URLs)
Those are what I call the three "basic" text formatting tags:
boldface
italics
underline

But, as I mentioned earlier, آپ can also embed URLs into your text. The tag name is "url", and the ٹیگز work the same way, except that آپ also need to provide the actual ایل آر یو of the site to which آپ want to link. آپ then put this link in the start tag with an "equals" sign. The close tag is unaffected.

For example, if آپ wanted to link to the Neverending Story فورم game on Fanpop, آپ would take the link link and put it in the start tag, to read like this:
[url=http://www.fanpop.com/spots/writing/forum/post/2421], then type the text آپ wanted to be that link, then the close tag: [/url]. In that way, آپ could write something about link and continue on without cluttering up the post with a long URL.

People know that they can click on links, and will do so if they're curious. Note to users seeing these hyperlinks, though: if آپ have any reason to be suspicious of a link that someone has posted, most browsers will let آپ see the ایل آر یو without clicking on the link, but just hovering the ماؤس cursor over the link. Then آپ can read the ایل آر یو and judge whether it feels محفوظ یا not. Some لنکس (www.spamspamspamittyspam.com?counter) are going to seem suspect, and so آپ shouldn't click on them.

Three things of interest for placing these لنکس on Fanpop:

i) The ایل آر یو should be absolute. This means that آپ should include the link at the beginning. This may not be necessary for all browsers, but it is good practice for people using older browsers, who would be unable to resolve a link like "fanpop.com" over "http://www.fanpop.com"

ii) In case it isn't obvious, the ایل آر یو can be any URL, not just a Fanpop one. That way, آپ can point to link.

iii) If آپ want to reference a particular passage from a particular thread of a particular forum, آپ can link to the دیا page of that forum. For instance, آپ could point to link, which is just the سب, سب سے اوپر page of that forum, leaving the user to read through multiple pages to get at the end یا any page in between, یا آپ could point to link, if آپ wanted to reference, say, link's mention of Mrs. Doubtfire (or anything else on that page).

The way آپ do it is simple: just insert /, then the number of the page, then a # and then "comments" after the ایل آر یو of the base فورم thread. In the example above, we started with link's movie titles game: link.
Then, to point to page 4 of the thread, we added /4#comments to the end of that, making link as the ایل آر یو to point to page four of that thread.

Finally, I should note that, if آپ don't want to substitute text for some obscure URL, آپ can still just type the URL, and Fanpop will recognize it as an ایل آر یو and will format that text for آپ as a link (see the link and www, above: a link that points nowhere - my apologies to any users who actually clicked on that!)

WHERE آپ CAN USE TAGS
All this is well and good, but where can آپ use these ٹیگز on Fanpop? The most obvious place is in soapbox مضامین like this one. But, آپ can also use these ٹیگز in any تبصرہ box on the site, which includes فورم thread postings, responses to فورم threads, and تبصرے on videos, links, images, picks, and articles. Basically, if the content is already there and آپ want to post a comment, آپ can do it with tags.

WHERE آپ CAN'T USE TAGS
آپ can't use these ٹیگز in the titles یا descriptions of anything آپ add to Fanpop: links, articles, videos, images, سوالات یا their picks. Basically, if آپ are adding content to the site, آپ cannot format the name یا the تفصیل of the content with tags. آپ can take some comfort in the fact that آپ can immediately تبصرہ on your addition, and in that تبصرہ آپ can use tags, though.

A WORD OF CAUTION/BEST PRACTICE
So, now آپ know how to format your text to be مزید interesting, and carry greater emphasis than just putting *asterisks around words*! But realize that too much emphasis can quickly get to be annoying, much like the <blink> tag I mentioned earlier: use that on an HTML page these days, and آپ will get pilloried. Much like TYPING IN ALL ایوارڈز FOR EXTENDED PERIODS, using too much boldface, italics یا underlining only annoys people, so use these items with moderation. Two final things to keep in mind:

a) Remember to always use a close tag to stop whatever text formatting آپ start (if آپ don't, the entire contents of your posting will be formatted for emphasis after the start tag)

and

b) Try to stick to a conservative ratio of emphatic یا formatted text to regular text, like no مزید than 10% of what آپ write should be formatted as bold/italic/underlined, یا linked to a different URL. Doing otherwise will likely get آپ reported سے طرف کی your fellow Fanpop users.

With all that said, enjoy!

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Here's لنکس to other parts of the guide for your quick reference:

* link

* 1: link

* 2: link.

* 3: link

* 4: Picks: this is the generic name both for the سروے سوالات that آپ see on the site and for the جوابات آپ can pick to that question. Papa has created a link.

* 5: link

* 6: link

* 7: link

آپ may also want to see:

* link feature

* link