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cui bono

(19,926 posts) Mon Aug 19, 2013, 12:16 AM Aug 2013

Sig help: How do I bold/italicize in my sig? [View all]

I see people doing all sorts of things with their sigs and I can't even get mine to be bold and italicized! It looks fine on my profile page after I save it, then when I see it in a post I see the <b> or <i> and the "closing" ones with the slashes.

I see others with those no problem. I also see other sigs that look just like the post text, so they're changing the size and color as well.

Can anyone help me?

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Sig help: How do I bold/italicize in my sig? [View all] cui bono Aug 2013 OP

Try typing an open bracket, then the letter i, then a closing bracket at the beginning of your sig. TexasTowelie Aug 2013 #1

Yeah, I tried both bracket and the <> things. Thanks though. cui bono Aug 2013 #3

You can use the Div tag to change formatting petronius Aug 2013 #2

I'm going to try using the Div since I tried just brackets and just <> and neither worked. cui bono Aug 2013 #4

This is so maddening! Why won't it work for me??? cui bono Aug 2013 #5

HEY!!! It worked! Funny thing is this time it shows incorrectly on profile page cui bono Aug 2013 #6

Yes, I think the Div tag completely overrides the default sig style - if you want the original petronius Aug 2013 #7

Beautiful. Thank you! cui bono Aug 2013 #8