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tblue37

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192. I don't know how to color the box on DU, but to color your
Sat Apr 15, 2017, 09:30 AM
Apr 2017

Last edited Sat Apr 15, 2017, 10:09 AM - Edit history (1)

text, just use this HTML tag inside square brackets:

font color = "red" font color = "red" [/font] (or blue...)

Then to go back to black use [font color = "red"] /font [/font]inside the brackets.

To enlarge your font, write in brackets
[font color ="red"] font size = "+1" [/font] ( or "+2" or " + "+3"...)

And then, of course, [font color ="red"] /font [/font]to return to normal size.

You need to add[font color ="red"] /font [/font]at the end of the text for each font change you make.

So you can do this:

[font color = "red" font size= "+1" ] words words words[/font][/font]

Or this:

[font color = "blue" font size= "+3" ] words words words[/font][/font]

[span style="background:#ff0000;"]Let me try something. . . .[/span]


[font color="00ff00"]Nope--didn't work. (I tried to color that text box.)[/font]

BUT in other places where you can use the HTML tag for the box color, you can use [font color="red"] span style="background=red"[/font] within either angle or square brackets to color the background of your text box. To end that HTML code use [font color="red"]/span[/font]

If the color has a name in HTML you can just write the name, but since not all the colors have a name in HTML, in order to able to use a color that doesn't, we have to use hexadecimal codes.

Here is a site with web safe hexadecimal codes for many colors:

http://html-color-codes.com








People find all kinds of things offensive jberryhill Apr 2017 #1
It was removed and the poster blocked for a week on a liberal site. William769 Apr 2017 #21
Yes, and? jberryhill Apr 2017 #48
The OP is titled from the article. William769 Apr 2017 #49
Are you the only one? No, but it is normal to at least attribute jberryhill Apr 2017 #50
I used DU's 4 paragraph rule with a link to the article. William769 Apr 2017 #52
Wow, Seems you hit Some Nerves bitterross Apr 2017 #115
Who in this thread is offended in that manner? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #122
I Cannot Say What Others Feel, However... bitterross Apr 2017 #136
Oh, yeah, and I stand by that. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #138
If you highlight the text and click the "excerpt" button above the text box, you will get a nice tblue37 Apr 2017 #68
Thank you for your kind response & tip. William769 Apr 2017 #69
You are welcome. It took me a year or more before I figured out how other people were getting tblue37 Apr 2017 #73
You can teach an old dog new tricks. William769 Apr 2017 #74
now i have to try that orleans Apr 2017 #188
If you highlight something and then hit blockquote, it offsets the text. tblue37 Apr 2017 #189
ahhhhh..... very cool. thanks for the example. n/t orleans Apr 2017 #195
I used to know how to make the damn gray box a different color, even. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #190
I don't know how to color the box on DU, but to color your tblue37 Apr 2017 #192
Yeah, there was a way to use the hex codes to change the box color Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #193
i don't know. maybe we're just getting old orleans Apr 2017 #194
I'm certainly too old to wear undies like that in the shower. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #196
You mean there are liberal websites with user communities even MORE old and cranky than DU? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #97
"old and cranky"? nocalflea Apr 2017 #102
Sarcasm is tough, on the internet. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #105
I get ya. But , if you can't take the heat. .. nocalflea Apr 2017 #106
Im just hoping to avoid Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #109
You slay ! - as usual nocalflea Apr 2017 #137
Thanks! Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #185
because penis? snooper2 Apr 2017 #128
people get outraged about the silliest things, don't they? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #172
Potatoes can be bland. Chellee Apr 2017 #82
Ate you saying... GulfCoast66 Apr 2017 #142
LOL Chellee Apr 2017 #143
Obvious assets? guillaumeb Apr 2017 #2
Ah hahahahahahah. . .n/t annabanana Apr 2017 #3
Super funny Laf.La.Dem. Apr 2017 #10
Heres some audio for you. William769 Apr 2017 #20
He is hot....and he can sing Pachamama Apr 2017 #55
That debuted on July 4th 2016 on youtube. William769 Apr 2017 #58
I don't usually like country music, but I have to admit I like that song. Different Drummer Apr 2017 #63
It's not bad! Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #162
Besides being a 'gay country singer' is an oxymoron angstlessk Apr 2017 #4
My thought exactly LeftInTX Apr 2017 #19
Bwah! WinkyDink Apr 2017 #150
He's very handsome Beakybird Apr 2017 #5
OMG!!!! SpankMe Apr 2017 #6
LOL wryter2000 Apr 2017 #17
Love you comment. William769 Apr 2017 #23
For some reason I didn't notice that. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #32
. Squinch Apr 2017 #53
No, can't say I noticed that at all. grossproffit Apr 2017 #61
Love your reply! herding cats Apr 2017 #86
You win the thread. lapucelle Apr 2017 #103
Hmmmm..... Heartstrings Apr 2017 #123
LOL chia Apr 2017 #135
It's not demonstrating proper shower hygiene Jonny Appleseed Apr 2017 #7
I can't believe I laughed. JTFrog Apr 2017 #40
Offensive or is it - - Laf.La.Dem. Apr 2017 #8
He's gorgeous greymattermom Apr 2017 #9
oh, you'd be amazed Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #147
As a hetro female TNLib Apr 2017 #11
Pffft..I'm a hetero male and I'd blow that guy, just out of respect. Volaris Apr 2017 #125
LOL TNLib Apr 2017 #131
... Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #182
What was the site? melman Apr 2017 #12
How DARE you. nolabear Apr 2017 #13
I might be in a minority here, but this really does nothing for me, I'm female and this shot a kennedy Apr 2017 #14
Honestly, I kid, but I'm the same way. Laffy Kat Apr 2017 #34
Me Three RobinA Apr 2017 #126
I don't seem to be offended. NCTraveler Apr 2017 #15
That's not my article. William769 Apr 2017 #24
Muscles like that make men/women look like insects. And the photo is not safe for work. KittyWampus Apr 2017 #16
so is his music crummy and he's compensating? msongs Apr 2017 #18
quite adequately it appears waddirum Apr 2017 #174
People go nuts over the SI swimsuit issue on many liberal sites. NewDealProgressive Apr 2017 #22
Yes melman Apr 2017 #25
Exactly. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #77
i hate to admit, i was afraid to comment because of fear of being labelled OMG YOU'RE A SEXIST steve2470 Apr 2017 #164
I know-I knew at the time from my PMs-- A lot of people were bullied into silence during that shit. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #165
"sitewide DEFCON 5 crisis" steve2470 Apr 2017 #166
I dont get it, either. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #167
totally agree nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #168
Ok, now I'm offended... cemaphonic Apr 2017 #179
You are, of course, correct. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #180
He wears underwear to take a shower??? greatauntoftriplets Apr 2017 #26
He's just cutting down on his laundry csziggy Apr 2017 #30
OMG! Thank you for making me laugh right out loud! skylucy Apr 2017 #36
If you've got that body, you're allowed to wear briefs. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #79
Those aren't actually underwear, technically. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #96
no, the gross part is he has streaks on the back side of his underwear snooper2 Apr 2017 #129
Silly, one of the many benefits of that "underwear" is, it doesn't HAVE a back side. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #163
I bet it would have been OK if it had been a woman. athena Apr 2017 #27
Exactly William769 Apr 2017 #28
Agreed. athena Apr 2017 #31
Bingo! nt JTFrog Apr 2017 #43
Oh, totally! Squinch Apr 2017 #51
No, it would have been alerted on. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #95
This message was self-deleted by its author Squinch Apr 2017 #127
I dont see anyone disturbed here. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #76
There it is loyalsister Apr 2017 #108
Or, maybe people just like to look at sexy attractive people of the opposite or same gender Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #110
Why not an attractive image that isn't objectifying? loyalsister Apr 2017 #112
People are sexually attracted to other people, often based upon physical appearance. This isn't Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #113
Sex, sexuality, and sexualizing people into objects loyalsister Apr 2017 #117
You should take it up with the OP, then. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #119
using your logic, cultures that strictly censor images of sex and nudity should be less misogynistic Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #183
no, actually, it would have spawned a month-long outrage, and anyone who rec'ced this thread Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #171
idk Flaleftist Apr 2017 #29
I am past the age of being offended by that... Moostache Apr 2017 #33
I wish I could rec this post. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #184
Why would a liberal site find it offensive? Are they overrun with conservative trolls? AgadorSparticus Apr 2017 #35
DING DING DING DING DING DING Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #81
you nailed it steve2470 Apr 2017 #130
Wrong crowd to find that offensive- Boxerfan Apr 2017 #37
What was the cropped version? Squinch Apr 2017 #38
Whatever gets you through the night. DefenseLawyer Apr 2017 #39
I imagine many people can say "whatever gets you through the night" to racist speech as well. LanternWaste Apr 2017 #41
"Good men doing nothing" about someone deciding of his/her own free will to pose for a sexy picture? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #169
... Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #186
I suppose I could have stated that better. Iggo Apr 2017 #42
I wonder if you had cropped the pic at the navel if the same complaint would have occurred. LonePirate Apr 2017 #44
Except in my experience, at least on "progressive" sites, it's the same people who get upset. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #78
As George Takai would say..... dawnie51 Apr 2017 #45
The part that answers your own question is: UTUSN Apr 2017 #46
We're all adults, here. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #187
Gay country singer...that is NOT a job for the timid FDRsGhost Apr 2017 #47
As a Gay closeted Country music fan, I agree! William769 Apr 2017 #54
He looks like he works out mcar Apr 2017 #56
gee... ya think? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #98
Eye Candy!! lunatica Apr 2017 #57
Huh. OriginalGeek Apr 2017 #59
Nice shower head. grossproffit Apr 2017 #60
I see what you did there. WinkyDink Apr 2017 #151
Personally I don't find nudity offensive and... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #62
Seriously. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #80
Our puritanical roots run deep. I swear... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #99
Not me. I'm built just like that dude in the picture. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #100
Well... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #104
I don't see a problem here. smirkymonkey Apr 2017 #64
Not my thing, but I am not offended. NT Adrahil Apr 2017 #65
mine are larger Demonaut Apr 2017 #66
Mine too ornotna Apr 2017 #71
lol Demonaut Apr 2017 #93
That's not how you shower! Generic Brad Apr 2017 #67
thanks Bill ornotna Apr 2017 #70
I've always hated the term "sugar daddy" William769 Apr 2017 #72
... Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #116
We now know Steve Grand is circumcised. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #75
Please tell me you are kidding Coventina Apr 2017 #88
I wish I was. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #94
Unbelievably insensitive, to compare paid models to the victims of the Killing Fields. Coventina Apr 2017 #133
I have a friend who is a survivor of the killing fields. I interviewed him and survivors of three stevenleser Apr 2017 #145
Exactly. 3 women posing in bathing suits for a magazine isn't a "human rights atrocity" at all. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #148
A LITTLE WEIRD?!? A HERETIC I AM Apr 2017 #175
Hear ya. But at least the Moon Bombing was fun. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #181
When I searched for that Cambodian comment, betsuni Apr 2017 #156
There was a full month of multiple threads. Threads upon threads upon threads. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #157
Oh, I just thought that for the multiple times you referrenced it, you'd remember. betsuni Apr 2017 #158
... in the other post (#88) I said "fairly certain". Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #160
To play Devil's advocate - meadowlander Apr 2017 #83
If Pat Robertson says the beauty of the human body is a-okay why oasis Apr 2017 #84
Pat Robertson said that???? LeftInTX Apr 2017 #89
Pat said nude pix of Melinia Trump are "pure art". Surely he would oasis Apr 2017 #90
Oh Gawd, I thought it was Trump that said it LeftInTX Apr 2017 #91
Pat is so full of shit he's simply hard to take seriously enough to ridicule, if such a Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #111
Umm... Snopes... WePurrsevere Apr 2017 #101
Yeah, that makes more sense. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #114
The thought of Pat Robertson being... 3catwoman3 Apr 2017 #134
Oh. My. Goodness. herding cats Apr 2017 #85
it's offensive because... 0rganism Apr 2017 #87
You can kind of see his peen, I guess. BlueStater Apr 2017 #92
uhmn my eyes were kinda drawn to the package but I'm sure that's my problem hahahaha luvMIdog Apr 2017 #107
I don't find that offensive at all Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #118
I suspect it was the animation that did you in, there, doc Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #120
Lol...i suppose you're right Warren... Docreed2003 Apr 2017 #173
Because it's appeal is to both.... vi5 Apr 2017 #121
hummmm winetourdriver01 Apr 2017 #124
The same people offended by this were offended by the split-second revealing of Janet Jackson's..... steve2470 Apr 2017 #132
The most offensive thing that happened at the Super Bowl Halftime in the past 20 years? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #139
aw :) nt steve2470 Apr 2017 #141
Apparently this man is being "objectified" Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #140
Concealed carry. milestogo Apr 2017 #144
....... JHan Apr 2017 #153
It's the mother of all bananas. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #170
hahahahaha luvMIdog Apr 2017 #178
From the article: Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #146
I'm offended by the silliness of his HAVING CLOTHES ON IN THE SHOWER! ;-) He's actually not as WinkyDink Apr 2017 #149
He looks kind of like an overly buffed Jakob Dylan, to me. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #154
Because Mike Pence could NOT eat alone with that ad. VOX Apr 2017 #152
Mike Pence...alone...the ad.....The mind gags! WinkyDink Apr 2017 #155
Indeed. Sorry for the retch-worthy imagery! VOX Apr 2017 #161
well kcdoug1 Apr 2017 #159
Not really my type Warpy Apr 2017 #176
Nothing's as sexy as a brain, I agree. Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #177
Oh baby lillypaddle Apr 2017 #191
So melman Apr 2017 #197
I'm still waiting for the flood of outraged, homoeroticism-traumatized dudebros we were promised Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #198
So what's the verdict, Bill? Warren DeMontague Apr 2017 #199
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