When making codes using your registered chat name there are a few things that are important

1. Its important to remember that the saved chat name is character, Upper/lower case sensitive and space sensitive. To show under your registered user name use only the exact characters that have been registered as your saved chat name.

How do I know if my name is entered correctly?

Example using the registered chat name ~Harry~ it would appear like so upon SignOn.

(19:58:46 ® Signon)~Harry~

I know I am signed on under my saved registered chat name when the " ® " appears at signon .

1. If you have problems with your brower kicking you out so to say try removing the # and " symbols in your codes, some browsers will throw you out of the chat room when using them as well as some chat software might as well. Why? am not sure

2. Never mention Java in your AV string.

3. Never use broken avatars, if you notice a picture is broken, remove it.

4. Try not to use long AV strings.

Basic HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language)

Is the coding language used to create hypertext documents for the World Wide Web. In HTML, a block of text can be surrounded with tags that indicate how it should appear. For example, in bold face, italics, size, colour as well as alignment such as center, left & right, You can also subscript and superscript. In HTML, a word, a block of text, or an image can be linked to another file on the Web using the "a href" command. HTML files are viewed with a World Wide Web browser, Internet Explorer, Nestcape, Opera, Mozilla, etc.

Your AV string is nothing more than a series of HTML codes stuck together to acheive the affect you want.

Making Your AV String.

When preparing your html code you may want to consider the text size, image, text color, font face, and font type.

Html code for chatrooms is built up on several things

  • Image
  • Text size
  • Text color
  • Font face
  • Font type (italic, bold, etc.)
  • Alignment (center, right, etc.)


What the different codes mean.

  • <center> - code used to center text or a picture in a chat room.

  • <br> - means break and takes you to next line.

  • <font size=3> - This represents the font size.The font size 3 is the standard size used most often. To change the size to another size then size 3 you simply change the number. I usually suggest to go no higher than 4.


  • <font color=#FFFFFF> - This represents the font color. Here is a good Color Chart so you can select a font color thats right for you.


  • <b> - This is used to make the font bold. To end bold simply put </b> at the end of the word you want the bold to end at.


  • <i> - This code is used to make the font italics. To end italics simply put </i> at the end of the word you want the italic to end at.


Examples of Registered User Name Codes/Strings.

Avatar with name

(19:58:46 ® Signon)

~Harry~

<center><img src=http://www.chatemporium.com:6551/doc/harry.jpg><br><font size=4><font face=Arial><font color=#49DAF3>~Harry~</font></font></font></center><br>


Avatar with a mouse over. Use either Alt or Title.[Note: Hover mouse over image to see floating text.]

(19:58:46 ® Signon)
I know nothing about wood
~Harry~

<center><img src=http://www.chatemporium.com:6551/doc/harry.jpg alt="I know nothing about wood"><br><font size=4><font face=Arial><font color=#49DAF3>~Harry~</font></font></font></center><br>

Avatar with Extra Tag Lines: Example 1

(19:58:46 ® Signon)

~Harry~<

~Harry~
Chat Emporium

the trick is to introduce an additional <

<center><font color=#000000 size=1>~Harry~<</font><br><img src="http://www.chatemporium.com:6551/doc/harry.jpg"><br><font color=#49DAF3><font size=4>~Harry~</font></font><br><font color=Gold><br>Chat Emporium </font></font></center><br>

Avatar with Extra Tag Lines: Example 2

(19:58:46 ® Signon)

~Harry~<

Chat Emporium

<center><font color=#000000 size=1>~Harry~<</font><br><img src="http://www.chatemporium.com:6551/doc/harry.jpg"><br><font color=Gold size=3>Chat Emporium </center></font><br>

Note: after the highlighted < in the above codes you can add as many tag lines you want just put a <br> following each additional line.

Each opening code must be closed with a closing code. It's the same as the opening code but with a "/" added. ex. <font color=#FF0000> TEXT </font>

Font codes can be paired. ex. <font color=#FF0000 size=1> TEXT </font> thereby requiring only one closing code.

HTML Goodies has many tutorials to help you out with more advanced HTML, SHTML and other web needs. See the Basic HTML Primers for additional codes, etc., for your AV strings.

Prepared By

~alayna aka lil church mouse 2004

altered for use in Chat Emporium 2007