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custard, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:41, archived)

aces

excellent compo. 2 to 1 odds that's a fp.

check you later folks. gots to go to work now.

(nonsense, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:43, archived)

threadjack (concerning html)

i have never written anything in HTML, but Im trying to learn it, very small steps at a time. On dreamweaver, i can do the background colour using html, but ive tried in my profile and it just wont work.
this is what Ive written:

(html)
(body bgcolor=#333333)MY PROFILE (/body)
(/html)

my profile is just all the stuff that's there.
can someone tell me whats wrong with it please?

EDIT: that was silly...you can see it now..ignore the spaces after/before parentheses
EDIT2: now just imagine the brackets as the correct parentheses thingys
see how much of a newb i am

(Lord of the Beans, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:44, archived)

you'll need to use css, not html

testing:

try:
<style type="text/css">body { background: #333333; }</style>

(1, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:46, archived)

www.htmlgoodies.com

i swear by it.

(Hobo, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:47, archived)

well, you see,

i went on an HTML tutorial and i tried the same thing on the box it provided and it worked. Is it because of the things in my profile?

(Lord of the Beans, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:48, archived)

You'll have to use css (style sheets), not html.
but htmlgoodies.com is still where you need to go. it has everything

(Hobo, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:51, archived)

right, thanks

is css the same but with css in place of html at the beginning and end?

sorry, these questions must seem really annoying

(Lord of the Beans, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:52, archived)

nope

try: <style type="text/css">body { background: #333333; }</style>

(1, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:53, archived)

thanks very much

im gonna go learn all this more thoroughly now

(Lord of the Beans, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:56, archived)

note

that for css to work in your profile you need to put it all on one line. You don't need to do this normally.

(Ravenous Bugblatter Beast This content may not be working. Please try again., Sat 3 Jul 2004, 21:52, archived)

dont use <html>

as the html tags have already been initiated, use css

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anythingbutthisactually, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:48, archived)

i changed it

(Lord of the Beans, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:50, archived)

I didn't know

there was another use for the shiny AOL coasters...
Woo.

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nick the greek, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:44, archived)

i had about 10 of those

used them as decoration

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edovan, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:45, archived)

upgraded my Broad Band to a 1mb/s connection, for no extra cost.

I feel loved!

(Quatermass and teh Shit, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:49, archived)

do they still have a download limit?

Cos if they do, it sounds like a sly way of making sure you reach it to me.

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oodle doodle, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:53, archived)

15 gig

I don't think even I could do that.

(Quatermass and teh Shit, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:54, archived)

blueyonder

edit: holy shit my msg disappeared in the posting process....

the jist of it was that BY is better then BT.

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sex and dougs and rock n roll, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 20:58, archived)

You're most likely correct

But I trust BT more.

I don't know why.

(Quatermass and teh Shit, Sat 3 Jul 2004, 21:12, archived)