Hi All,

Me so Lame!... My "skills" or lack there of in coding.... can someone please tell me how to use the button and number list while in these editors?? Every time I try, never works...

Thanks
Scott

Hi Scott,

What do you mean a button and number list? Are you trying to create this in html? If so, here is the code:

Button code:
Ordered List Code:
Is this what you are looking for? :-)

Hi Scott,

Also:
1) Could we get a link to the page to take a quick look?
2) What Joomla version are you using?
3) Could you explain what you mean by "it never works"? What's the result? Are you getting any error messages?

Kind regards,
Nick

Hi Guys, it is a bit more elementary... I am referring to the bullets and number lists here in this [and on other] forum pages!

Will try bullet list using button on above menu:

• bullet a
  bullet b
  bullet c

and number list using above button:

• number 1
  number 2
  number 3

Can you advise me what I am doing wrong?

thanks
scott

Hi Scott,

If you provide the HTML code i would be happy to show you what the error is. :-D

Thanks Tessa,

See pic for the text from last post as I saved it. Keep in mind I did not type this code, I only used the above editor button after I highlighted my each list.... I must not be using the above buttons correctly.

I am going to first search and review the html and css tutorials [recommendations] so I can start understanding the code again. Meanwhile, can you tell me how to correctly use the above buttons? I really need to get a handle on this code quick as many of my component suppliers are instructing me to edit my files [test site].

Regards

Scott

Hi Scott,

I understand what you mean now, lol.

You are missing the [*] next to each list item. [*] actually replaces the <li> tag.

Thanks Tessa,

Sorry, I was trying to be funny at same time showing how lame my html is... that I can't even figure out how to use it in a help forum!! I am now reviewing the coding classes [html, css, and even intro to php] so I can resolve this once and for all!
Thanks again for your patience and understanding. Will report back once I have finished the classes.

Regards
Scott

Hey Scott,

Your HTML understanding is good. The forum uses BB code, which is a little different. In the early days of bulletin boards people wanted to be able to markup their posts. It was a big security risk to allow actual html to be used, so they devised a shorthand version just for bulletin boards.

Things have changed, but BB code is still used quite a bit.

Just thought I'd throw in little history lesson.

Cheers,
Ed

Hi Scott,

You are very welcome. I will always be a patient person so no worries in that area. ;-)

And as for BB code, it is expected that you don't know the code, and it is very different from HTML code, but does replace tags using different tags. It's hard to explain.

I hope you enjoy the HTML / CSS courses we offer here because it is excellent and very informative to watch. :-)

Have fun!

Hi again

• Almost finished with html course and starting css next.
• Also getting a handle on how to use numbers and bullets [bb style]
• Not so htmLame anymore

Regards
Scott

ps hit the open source wall [see attached]

Hi Scott,

Nice job! The formatting looks very nice! Congrats! :)

Kind regards,
Nick

Yay Scott! It's good to know your not htmLame anymore! haha.