Profiles
by Tau

America Online does not have an option in the profile edit window that allows users to add color. When AOL added the "Add a link to my AOL Hometown Page in my Member Profile" people realized that there must be a way to add HTML. It was discovered and here we are now.

All of the code here must be typed, not copy and pasted, and must have the periods included. And do not forget, if you want any of this to take effect you must update your profile when finished!

• Changing the font color.
• Changing the font size.
• Changing the font face (the font itself).
• Changing the font backcolor.
• Changing the background color.
• Adding links.
• Changing the justification.
• Combining HTML tags.
• Category lengths.
• Adding catagories.

To change the font color you must first choose the color you want. To do this go to http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/2397/ and write down the six digit code at the top of the color you want. Next, open your profile and put type in the following code. Replace the xxxxxx with the six digit code you have chosen.

When you want to change the color just put the same tag with a different color.

To change the font size, use the following code:

Replace x with a number from 1 to 99. Here are a few examples of the results you will see with various numbers.

To change the font face use the following code:

Replace "font name" with the font you want to change the font to.

To change the font backcolor you first need to pick a color. Go to http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/2397/ to pick a color. Write down the six digit code at the top of the color you have chosen, then add the following code to your profile.

Replace the xxxxxx with the six digit code you chose.

The body background color is the color of everything behind the text. Go to http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Network/2397/ and choose a color. Write down the six digit code at the top of the number. Now use the following code:

Replace the xxxxxx with the six digit code of your chosen color.

To add a link to your profile use the following code:

Replace url with the url of the web site you want and replace site name with the name you want to appear in your profile.

For example, if you wanted link to AOL's web site you would put:

< a . href="http://www.aol.com">AOL's Website< /a .>

Justification is the alignment of the text. To change it add the following code:

< p . align=left> Aligns the text to the left side of the profile.

< p . align=center> Aligns the text to the center of the profile.

< p . align=right> Aligns the text to the right of the profile.

Lets say that you wanted to make the font of your profile Tahoma, the color to be red, and the size to be 12 So you might put:

This would work but there is a better way to do it. When you need to combine two tags and they have the same element name (in this case it is "font") you can combine the attributes (face, color, and ptsize) by using a space. Now you can modify the previous code and put:

The only bad thing about profiles is the amount of space that AOL gives us:

Here is an example of how to add the category "Movies" after the "Location" category with your favorite movie being Gladiator:

1. Move the cursor position so that it is right after the last thing you have in the "Location" category.
2. Hold Control and press Backspace. A square character will appear.
3. Type "Movies:" after the square character.
4. Now we will add the tab space to align everything. Send yourself an Instant Message. It doesn't matter what it says. Now highlight and copy the tab space. It is the space between the colon after your name and the first letter of the message you sent.
5. Go back to your profile and paste the tab character after the colon in "Movies:".
6. Now type "Gladiator" in after the tab character.