HTML Tips
Use HTML to add color and personality to the “About Me" and “Who I Want to Meet" sections of your profile! There are just a few rules you need to follow:
What’s allowed: Feel free to modify and enhance your text with any standard HTML (<B>, <A HREF>, <IMG SRC>, <FONT>, <TABLE>, etc.). Keep in mind that there is a character limit for each field, so make sure to leave enough room to close your tags (otherwise you might mangle the remaining code of your page).
What’s not allowed: Applets, frames, layers, forms, scripts, XML, or any mouse-over events (they’ll be stripped from your code automatically). Adding elements to the page that cover Friendster advertising is also a no-no.
New to HTML?
Don’t worry, HTML is incredibly easy to learn. All you have to do is surround whatever text you want to modify with tags. Like this:
The Very Basic Basics
| What You Type | What You Get |
|---|---|
| <B>Men</B> | Men |
| <I>Are</I> | Are |
| <U>from</U> | from |
| <S>Men are from Mars</S> | |
| You can even combine tags (just remember to next each pair of tags) | |
| <B><I><U>Mars Needs Women</U></I></B> | Mars Needs Women |
| And That’s Not All | |
| <CENTER></CENTER> | Centers text or image. |
| <A HREF="URL HERE"></a> | Makes whatever text/image it surrounds into a link. |
| <IMG SRC="IMAGE URL HERE" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="100" /> | Add an image, using optional WIDTH and HEIGHT attributes to control the sizing. Note: IMG code is stand-alone (no seperate close tag necessary). |
| <FONT FACE="verdana" SIZE="6" COLOR="green">Little Green Men</font> | Alter the size, style, and color of text. |
Cross-browser friendly fonts: Arial, Arial Black, Comic Sans, Courier New, Georgia, Times New Roman, Trebuchet, Webdings.
Cross-browser friendly colors: aqua, black, blue, fuchsia, gray, green, lime, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, and yellow. (Want more colors? Use a HEX code.)
That should be enough to get you started! If you're at all interested in learning more (how to build TABLES, for instance), here are some off-site resources to help you push your HTML skills even further:
Additional HTML Resources
Please note: The off-site resources listed here are not affiliated in any way with Friendster, and we don't endorse all the content they offer. We just think you might find them potentially helpful or useful!