[backcolor=green]Now, why doesn't the above example display correctly? Well, let's examine how it was written:
[backcolor=maroon]
[center] [b] Chieftain replaces the Commander range, which [/b] [br]
[overcolor=pink] [size=5] [glow=crimson,20,400] [b] will remain [/b] [/glow] [/size] [/overcolor] [br]
[b]on the price list until further notice.[/b] [/center] [/backcolor]
As you can see, the "size" tags were place inside the "overcolor" tags before and after the "glow" tags. Browsers other than IE don't like this. However, if you reverse the placement of the "size" and "overcolor" tags, like this:
[backcolor=maroon]
[center] [b] Chieftain replaces the Commander range, which [/b] [br] [size=5]
[overcolor=pink] [glow=crimson,20,400] [b] will remain [/b] [/glow] [/overcolor] [/size] [br]
[b]on the price list until further notice.[/b] [/center] [/backcolor]
everything (except the glow feature, of course
) will display correctly in all browsers:[/backcolor]
[backcolor=maroon]
Chieftain replaces the Commander range, which
[overcolor=pink]will remain[/overcolor]
on the price list until further notice.
[/backcolor]
So, whenever you're using the "overcolor" tags and you want to change the text size of what you're typing between them, please
ALWAYS be sure to
PLACE THE "SIZE" TAGS OUTSIDE THE "OVERCOLOR" TAGS as a courtesy to people who might not be using IE.
[overcolor=gray](And yes, you can change the background color for certain sections of your post
and then go back to the default color. And you can use the "overcolor" tags
without using the "backcolor" tags.
)[/overcolor]
And BTW, I moved this post up in the listings so that all of these explanations would be grouped together. So, that's why Raineypark's post is listed after this one, even though it was made long before it.
This now concludes the first set of instructions for how to use these two new tags. But they have other features/settings that can make them even more versatile - and I'll be explaining those soon...