Hypertext Markup (HTML) is not a simple concept. If you can't understand my instructions (which I write to the best of my ability), get a friend, sibling, or parent to help you.
Try copying and pasting the examples into your profile to help you understand what the tags do. By doing that, you will also find out whether or not you can use HTML in your profile.
You can't.
You can't.
If the picture is made up of punctuation marks ( . / _ - * | ), it's a text picture. Some people call them macros or ASCII art. This is done using regular text, and can be copied or saved to a text file.
If the picture actually looks like an image, it's a picture font. Common picture fonts are Symbol, Wingdings, and Webdings. The tables for these fonts are located here.
You can't.
Italic, underline, and strikeout text aren't supported anymore in profiles. The code for bold text is <h7>text</h7>.
Don't type anything in that field. Check to make sure you haven't left any undeleted spaces in there, too. The field must be COMPLETELY empty. If you want to use a field for background color tags, you'll need to use the hide default field names trick to keep the field name from appearing.
Yes, but not all of them. I have compiled a table of allowed and disallowed ANSI characters here. If you try to use a disallowed character, the entire field will be erased and you will get a message saying "Profiles cannot be updated at this time".
You cannot type a string of characters more than 27 characters long (like webpage addresses). AOL automatically inserts a space after the 27th consecutive character. Click here to learn how to fix that.
You inserted a carriage return (Enter, <br>, Ctrl+Bksp, Alt+0895) at the end of a line.
Because in ASCII, a carriage return consists of two characters. When you submit your updated profile, the character you put in your profile is turned into an ASCII carriage return.
No. Each field can only hold a certain amount of characters. Spaces, tabs, and carriage returns all count towards the total characters. Here are the maximum capacities for each field:
| Your Name: | 128 |
| City, State, Country: | 255 |
| Marital Status: | 32 |
| Hobbies: | 255 |
| Computers Used: | 128 |
| Occupation: | 128 |
| Personal Quote: | 255 |
They don't work for everybody. If you try everything, including copying and pasting examples into your profile, and it still doesn't work, then you're just one of the many unlucky AOL members who can't extend the features of their profiles.
If nothing works for you, don't write to me. Write to AOL. Go to keyword SUGGESTIONS, click on Member Services, and tell them you want Rich Text profiles just like the ones AOL Instant Messenger users have. The petition I hosted long ago didn't work, so now it's up to you to convince AOL to change the profile system.