Patti, who wants to be more colorful and expressive
I don't mind working on that with you. And besides, I'm all for giving moms some extra pampering!
Let's start with colorizing your signature...
You've finished typing a message but before adding your name to the bottom, look above the grey message window for the bar that says "black". Click on the arrow to open the menu, then click on whichever color you want. For demonstration's sake, let's say you chose purple, so these are the 2 tags that will have appeared at the bottom of your message:
[color=Purple][/color]
Of course, it will actually say the color YOU picked. What I want you to do to that code is get your cursor into the spot between the tags, which is in the middle of ][. Next type your name into that space. What you have should now look like this (except it'll give your color choice):
[color=purple]Patti[/color]
Your name will be in color in the posted message, but if it isn't please don't worry cuz I'm going to stick with you.
And if your text gets wacky at any time while you're experimenting, just click reload and it should straighten itself out.