User name help

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Posted on Oct. 24, 2014, 2:24 a.m. by acidgreed

Ok, I haven't ever used html coding in my life, I am trying to make my name multiple colors with some shading and a aura aroundit, I just cant figure it out. Can some one help me out with this ? There are just so many boxes on the edit name page I don't know if I use all of them or just one <.<

Arvail says... #2

You need to have an upgraded account. If you have one, try this: http://tappedout.net/mtg-forum/tappedout/a-tutorial-on-how-to-make-a-nice-username/

October 24, 2014 8:28 a.m.

acidgreed says... #3

I am never going to understand any of this if I told someone what I wanted could they write the code for me ?

October 24, 2014 10:29 p.m.

Femme_Fatale says... #4

It isn't that hard ... you have your text colour, text shadow, and then font.

The colours you can get from any colour coding site.

All you have to do is input your text colour code first, followed by a semi-colon, then input your text shadow code next, followed by a semi-colon, finally your font name, followed by a semi-colon. I can't change that forum post, but you should never actually add ANY form of font size. The site will automatically format your font size for you, so never touch it.

So, on the colour coding site, pick a colour, and then copy and paste the code into a text document (it is easier to manage this way), and then close it off with a semi-colon.

Then, follow up with text-shadow: your colour and then your x and y coordinates, and blur. You can do as many of these as you want, but always do a comma after the blur to separate it from the colour for the next shadow. the coordinates are always done in px, and for the first two px, the x and y coordinates, a negative sign dictates the opposite direction. The last px, your blur, can only be positive. Once again, close this off with a semi-colon at the end.

Finally, you have your font-family: This is a little harder to find out, but if you go to your font folder in your control panel, and open any of the font previews there, at the top of the preview (not the file title) it will say the font name, that is what you use for the font-family:. Just beware that some fonts are harder to read than others, and no one likes a hard to read font.

All this is referencing the coloured text on my tutorial on the first page. And just for clarification, I know jack about coding. All I know how to do is copy/paste and troubleshoot. Anyone can learn this with ease.

October 25, 2014 5:24 p.m.