Alpha Phi Signatures
 

Hey Valkyrie,

Can you explain to everyone how you created the cool Alpha Phi signature?

Thanks!

Laura

Hi Laura,

In the Frequently Asked Questions section, there is a section that teaches you how to do color, formatting, etc. See: FAQs Section - Click HERE

Basically, you just need to put brackets [], around the letter "I" to make italic text. Then close the tag by doing a:
[/I]

to make it stop. I would show you an example, but if I type the code, it will not display the code, it will display the results of the code (if that makes any sense).

The FAQs will answer your questions. :)

AOE,
Jen

Another try:
 

Below I will be using {} instead of []. When you attempt it yourself, type the brackets [] instead of {}.

-->So to make text BOLD:

You would type:

{B} ALPHA PHI {/B} (remember instead of the {}, you would use [] )

The text would look like this:

ALPHA PHI

-->To make text ITALICIZED

You would type:

{I} ALPHA PHI {/I} (remember instead of the {}, you would use [] )

The text would look like this:

ALPHA PHI

--> To make text appear in COLOR

You would type:

{COLOR=darkred} ALPHA PHI {/COLOR} (remember instead of the {}, you would use [] )

The text would look like this:

ALPHA PHI

NOTE: The color options are as follows:

skyblue
royalblue
blue
dark-blue
orange
orange-red
crimson
red
firebrick
darkred
green
limegreen
sea-green
deeppink
tomato
coral
purple
indigo
burlywood
sandybrown
sienna
chocolate
teal
silver

You must enter the colors the way they appear above. No spaces.

--> To make text appear LARGER

You would type:

{SIZE=6}ALPHA PHI{/SIZE} (remember you would type [] instead of {} )

The text would look like this:

ALPHA PHI

--> To make text appear SMALLER

You would type:

{SIZE=1}ALPHA PHI{/SIZE} (remember you would type [] instead of {} )

The text would look like this:

ALPHA PHI

The size options are as follows:

1 (very small)
2
3
4
5
6 (very large)

Make a combination!
 

To, for example, make text bold and large, you'd do this:


{SIZE=6}{B}{COLOR="firebrick"}Alpha Phi RULES!{/COLOR}{/B}{/SIZE}

REMEMBER to replace {} with [] !


Your text would look like this:

Alpha Phi RULES!



Edited to make an ever-so-slight correction.

Let me know if you have anymore questions. :)

AOE,
Jen

Wow, that was awesome!

What are sisters for? :)

SATX*Aphi: You're always so sweet. Thanks. :)

Different fonts...
 

I just thought of one last item. Making text in various fonts.

--> To make text appear in different fonts.


** As a reminder, you would replace { } with [ ] .

You would type:

{FONT=times new roman} ALPHA PHI {/FONT}

The text would look like this:

ALPHA PHI

The text above should appear in Times New Roman font face. The options are virtually limitless, but you have to remember that there are only a FEW fonts that all computers (or most computers have). Those fonts are:

- arial (most Macintoshes have this font)
- times new roman (most Macintoshes have this font)
- courier (most Macintoshes have this font)
- century gothic (** not on most Macintoshes)
- symbol (** not all Macintoshes have this either)

If person X doesn't have a certain font installed on their computer, your text will not show up the same on their computer.

Let's make Greek letters!
 

A B G D


--> To make Greek letters ( AF )


** As a reminder, you would replace { } with [ ] .

You would type:

{FONT=symbol} A F {/FONT}

(I am typing F for the letter "Phi" because that is the standard keyboard equivalent. The font "Symbol" will convert it appropriately. )

The text would look like this:

A F

The text above should appear as Greek letters. Again if there are people out there without the font called "Symbol" installed on their computers, they will not see Greek letters.

Putting it ALL together
 

Let's say you want a signature that has your greek letters and your chapter name. You want the Greek letters and the chapter name to be bordeaux (or as close as we can get here), and you want them to be large and bold.

On the next line you want your favorite quote from the Alpha Phi Creed. You want the quote to be somewhat smaller, in silver italics.

Here's what you would do:

(Again as a reminder, replace { } with [ ] .)

{B}{COLOR=darkred}{SIZE=5}{FONT=symbol}AF{/FONT}{/SIZE} - {SIZE=4}Gamma Iota Chapter at Texas Tech {/SIZE}{/COLOR}{/B}

With the code above, your text should appear like this:

AF - Gamma Iota Chapter at Texas Tech

Notice in the code above, I close the FONT tag before all of the others because I want the rest of my text NOT to appear in greek letters.

Remember that EVERY tag needs a closing tag, so if you start italics with {I}, you must close it when you don't want your text to be italicized anymore.

For your second line, you would code it something like this:

{B}{COLOR=silver}{SIZE=2}{I}"I believe in the friendships formed in the springtime of my youth."
-- The Alpha Phi Creed{/I}{/SIZE}{/COLOR}{/B}

With the code above, your text should look like this (again, remember to replace { } with [ ] when you actually try it):

"I believe in the friendships formed in the springtime of my youth."
-- The Alpha Phi Creed

Final note, remember to close all tags in reverse order, so if you start with Italics, then Bold, then Color; close tags starting with Color, then Bold, then Italics. :)

The finished product:

AF - Gamma Iota Chapter at Texas Tech
"I believe in the friendships formed in the springtime of my youth."
-- The Alpha Phi Creed

That's it Good luck!

SATX*APhi:


You must replace your { }s with brackets--- [ ] .

So you will have [B] not {B}. I couldn't write the above rules using the brackets because they would not show up on screen. So replace { } with [ ].

Okay? If you have questions PM me. :)

Jen

I'm trying, I'm trying. :rolleyes: This is rather confusing, but it's okay. Thanks Jen!

I'll send you the code, if you let me know what you want. Then I can explain it. It can be very confusing.

I am a webdesigner, so I have some experience in using funky code like this. If you're unfamiliar it is DEFINITELY confusing. :)

WOO HOO, I THINK I GOT IT!!! Thanks!! I just messed around with it a bit. Thanks!!

You got it! Just remember to change the {} from above to [ ].

Be sure to close your code, so if you do a tag for bold, you must close it, using the slash. So you'll have a tag on either side of the text you want to be bold.

It is really hard to explain because I cannot do the actual code here. I have to replace the [ ] with {}.

Argh! :)

Jen,

THanks for the detailed information. I hope this works!

Laura

FKT-EPSILON THETA chapter SFSU

Thanks

Testing..
 

Coming out of lurkdom to test my sig

Woo Hoo *A*Phi*ever*!! Welcome to GC!!

PS - Your SN is cute, especially having all those Asterisks. ;)

checking my sig

Test

Midwesterngirl, it's about time you added an A Phi signature. ;)

Sadly enough,I didn't add it.I Let SATX *APhi do it for me. I think she did a fabulous job.:) I was going to wait until after Initiation,but I will be crazy busy through next week and didn't know when I would have a minute to sit down and do it,so I asked her to do it for me.I got the quote from my Mary Engelbreit calendar and have been waiting all year to use it.:D




Thank You SATX*APhi! You did a marvelous job!:D

Awww. Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. That's what sisters are for. :)

here is mine
 

here is my signature

Laura

Since I'm new,

This Was Helpful!



Thanks all!

:)

The silver in my siggy is too light, is there a dark silver? Thanks.

In place of the color you have now try:

COLOR="#666666"

Be sure to put the brackets around it.

...lets see if it works THIS time..

I saw the list of colors earlier, but are there more? I'm guessing with the color "#666666" there must be....

Re: #666666
 

That is the HTML code for a medium grey. In addition to the colors listed (BB code), you may also use HTML color codes. That expands the possibilities for colors almost infinitely.