Bold and Italic

[/b]hey[i]

[ b ][ i ][ /b ][ /i ]see if this works[ b ][ i ][ /b ][ /i ]

what am i doing wrong? I'm try to do both bold and italics

hey:[/b]

[i]bold and italics?[/b]

[/i]bold and italics?[/b]

have you got it?? You must remove the spaces in [b ] and [i ], & [/b ] and [/i ] for it to work. If I were to remove the spaces then the typing would disappear, so my text would change but you wouldn't be able to see what I typed.

nb. a tip for the future - if you want to posts several times it is less messy to use edit and keep your posts in one place. 🙂

You must remove the spaces in and and for it to work


no I tryig to get bold and italic in the same word so that it's both bold and italic

Originally posted by gameover9
You must remove the spaces in [b]and and for it to work


no I tryig to get bold and italic in the same word so that it's both bold and italic[/b]

Originally posted by Exy
[b]Do you mean like this?!

Just use [ i ][ b ] together and close them like this [ /i ][ /b ][/b]

do I got it now? Yes!

thanks guys!
thanks guys!
thanks guys!
thanks guys!

Originally posted by gameover9
[ b ][ i ] testing[ /b ][ /i ]

Originally posted by orfeo
You've put spaces in. Doesn't work with spaces!

EDIT: Oopsie, guess who didn't notice there was a second page to this thread?

*Slaps forehead, Homer Simpson style*

I think the incorrect second example converted to similar code in HTML would not adhere to the W3C standard. Any HTML gurus care to comment?

Originally posted by fawcr01
Technically it's better to do
[ i ][ b ][b]Your text here![ /b ][ /i ]

rather than
[ i ][ b ]Your text here![ /i ][ /b ]

as the second example is incorrectly nested. It still works both ways of course.

I think the incorrect second example converted to similar code in HTML would not adhere to the W3C standard. Any HTML gurus care to comment?[/b]