Woah I had no idea you could do that. That is pretty awesome. Thanks for the advice Jim!

Sales is thinking out side the box!

Jim,

So maybe I am not as smart as I thought I was.....How do you edit the text to get color?

 

HTML TUTORIAL Click Here!

Jim could you summarize for us dummies (step by step)

Jim-- I love this idea and I can be pretty good at figuring things out but the link is intimidating for some newbies (myself included). Could you give us an example it a few easy to understand steps? I would love to add color and change the fonts but don't know how.

 Thanks!

<B>bold</B> =  bold

<font color = "NAVY">text</font> = bold

<B><font color = "NAVY">text</B></Font> = text

I posted a link above there is an HTML tutorial.  A lot of success comes from learning.

I never knew we could ad color to the title.  I am Glad to know we can.  Thanks for the teaching.

It is always good to be the first!  LOL!

Thanks, Jim

I have done this HTML-thing before...No such thing as a Free lunch in this case. I guess you really have to take a little time and read and practice you can do anything!

Again THANKS!

You can cheat with front page, I write code by hand also.

Hope you realise what you have just unleased.

Wow this Active Rain thing is turning into a Monster.

As for me no time to read till later ,but will be colorizing soon as I am greatful for your lesson.

Now that is great marketing by capturing attention 101

That is what this is about...exchanging ideas, and networking!

I have just book-marked this and will use it if the "Virtual Assistant" I seek eludes me.

Great to point out that you can do things with your blog post even if there aren't color buttons like Word.

Jim,

You scared the &*%# out of me. I was looking for the comment to another post and yours was bright red. I thought I did something wrong.

Good post, I tried HTML on a post before. worked okay on template but did not stay when submitted. I'll try again.

Yikes, you've just changed the face of AR.

It is the diference of a colorized movie or a black and white!  While many of us talk about classic movies in black and white, we prefer to watch in color.

Oh no! Another thing to learn! I love this stuff! Thanks Jim

woo hooo... thanks for the inside information... I love color and flare can't way to "play" with it ...

Jim--I just tried it on the headline of a new members only post. It worked but I wanted red and black. I got red and blue....Oh well. I will keep trying! Thanks again.

I like the color vs b&w photos in your comments....gets the point across doesn't it?

Jim, I am HTML illiterate!  I'll give it try.  You are just full of great information.  Thanks so much.

Try it you'll like it!  Over the years I used to do a lot of html, and I got away from it.   You will suprize yourself home much is possible!

thanks Jim for those of us that are still learning, i find it helpful

Great!  I am still learning myself!

I'm still learning how to properly upload pics...HELP

Phyllis Pafumi

I didn't know you could do that in the title.  Thanks for the tip. 

Now can you also make the text in the headline blink or rotate?

Jim THANK YOU!  I have bookmarked so I can learn.

Tim No!  How did you know I've tried?

The greatest thing about Html is that there are loads of great ways to get noticed!  Colors, bold text, italicized and a variety of things from different fonts, and so on.  You can justify your text to make it look more organized, change the fonts to make your text more interesting, have a bulleted list, indent, and only your mind is your own limitation

If you know HTML...you can even add Color Tables!

ADD TEXT HERE
	The greatest thing about Html is that there are loads of great ways to get noticed!  Colors, bold text, italicized and a variety of things from different fonts, and so on.  You can justify your text to make it look more organized, change the fonts to make your text more interesting, have a bulleted list, indent, and only your mind is your own limitation ADD TEXT HERE  H1 ADD TEXT HERE H2 ADD TEXT HERE H3 ADD TEXT HERE H4 ADD TEXT HERE H5 ADD TEXT HERE H6 ADD TEXT HERE NORMAL
	ADD TEXT HERE

I also like Front Page. Great Post and Thanks

Anytime

Thanks for the link.  I added it to my favorites.  I'll look at it in the morning after I get some sleep.

Neat!

I knew I saw color somewhere and found this post.  Wow the things I have learned from Active Rain!!  I am in heaven!

Enjoy it!  There is so much you can do with html including things on your own website!

I know HTML but haven't "played" with it here even though I have clicked on the HTML button a few times. Thanks for showing us how it can be.

Anytime!

You just answered my question... Another thing to learn!

LOL!  But this is learning that  can make bucks!  Like even using html in emails!

Thank you so much my friend for another great post and so very true. Also, I am amazed at how some posts just WOW a person and others are pretty blah.  I am trying to learn from the pros like you and please "Be patient with me" LOL  Have  a great day my friend.

Jim,

Good idea, I'm surprised....now why didn't think of that?

George - I learn from you all the time!  You are the true professional!

Neal  Because I did first!  LOL!  Now you can think about it! LOL!

I was looking for a way to get color in my messages. You must have read my mind....lol.

Hey, I may be good but no that good!  "Jim...The Psychic Realtor!!

You know I've invited tons of agents and loan officers to join Active Rain, so have, but I just don't think they get how much good information is past back in forth between members. 

Jim, thanks for the link, and I will be boning up on HTML soon!

It is easy to do!

I definitely notice the titles in RED!

I guess that is what marketing is all about, getting yourself noticed before the competition.  In a real estate office some people wait for leads, others generate them.

Thank you Jim.  I've been looking at your blogs this afternoon and wondering how you were doing this.

Personally, I do not like it.  I distracts from other useful blogs.  If everyone does this the list of blogs will look ugly and be difficult to scan.  It should be uniform throughout.  I know HTML, however I will not use it for this purpose.  Other members should refrain from doing this as well.

Jim- Thanks for sharing this information, I was wondering why yours were so colorful! I will bookmark this for when I have a little more time.

Jim I don't know a lot about html, but I'm learning from you.  I agree with Suzanne I'd like to know where you got the rainbow color as well.

Thanks for all the comments.  Marketing is different for all of us here.  Some of us do real estate with classifieds, others do direct mail, another group will do billboards, and yet another TV.  I do Internet.  The object in marketing is to stand out.  It gives you a chance at bat...that gives you a chance at rounding the bases and scoring.  So even if you do not like the color, we probably will not be able to fit the genie back in the bottle here.  Things we do every day make the difference of whether we survive or fail.  New is just new, until we find a utility for it...until then it is just a novelty.

Loved the reminder that we can do much more by spending a few minutes learning here and there. I actually had forgotten that I could do this. Thanks so much,

Anytime.  Sometimes it is the small things that make one person stand out..while others don't.  One will take a listing, one won't...

Yeeeeowww!!!! Oh this is NOT a good thing!!! The possibilities are endless.....this is going to be such fun!   Already bookmarked look out website and marketing! Thanks so much, Jim!

Anytime! Perhaps it could make AR more addictive, and more fun at the same time!

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	Back Ground images can be interesting also.  They can allow you to make the site come alive.  Give it Character, and define who you are.  Notice the RE/MAX Balloon in the Background?
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Jim,

Thank you for that great link to HTML codes!  I'll know just enough now to be dangerous to myself, but it will be fun experimenting!

LOL! It is fun, and you can always delete!

Ok i already spending too much time here and you give me another toy to play with. This is to much for a newbie. My wife wants to know why I'm on the computer so much lately and sometimes late at night.

Thanks for the post

Ralph

Because this is how we can start to lean how to do websites. 

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Jim, I didn't have the time to read through 64 comments so if this has already been mentioned, I apologize.  I wanted to mention that the only problem I see with using HTML in a blog post title is that the html takes the place of the actual title in the URL for the blog post.  If you look at the URL for this post, you'll see the following:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/79288/-font-color-8

... when it should've been:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/79288/put-some-color-in

URLs play a part in how your posts come up in search engines (but you probably already knew that).

Hey Leanne!  That for the valid points!  I fully understand that.  Indexing was not my intent of this particular blog.  My sharing this was about HTML possibilities, and a brief demonstration of them.  I was not concerned about search engine placement.  Life cannot be all work and no play.  I love HTML, and the bold print and colors attracted comments.  So perhaps a lesson also in marketing.

As far as SEO...that is my forte.  I know how to be at the top of the search engines, and drive web traffic.  That will be another lesson!  LOL!  Thanks again!  You were the only one that commented that caught that!

Jim, that is some terrific information... Now though we are going to start seeing all the blog titles in multiple colors and we won't know what to do with ourselves! Ha Ha

LOL!  Marketing to the MAX!  LOL!  Is nothing sacred even Active Rain?  :) 

By they way Phil you have a great looking and very functional website!

Jim, Thanks for the comment on my website. I keep working on it and hopefully someday it will be the best out there! (Well, I guy has to have goals! right?) Oh and thanks for adding me as an associate - I did the same.

Did you design your site yourself?  It really is very good! If you know me, I do not get too excited easily about webs.  Yours has a lot of fuctionality!

Jim

Thanks for the post, I'll have to try them. I liked some of the responses to your post as well. 

Nice work. how did you learn that info

I was looking for something just like this.  Things are getting busy in the RE world and I don't have time to learn blogging, and html --so all of these great tips from our friends at AR are so wonderful.  Thanks and have a great weekend  -- in color!

Thanks all!  I've been doing HTML for years, I just never played around with it on Active Rain.

Thank you!  This is great info!  Now I'll have to play with it.

Wow so much to learn & so little time - looks fabulous!

What is interesting is that it is more than something to play with, it is a tool.  The constant thing we try to do in real estate is get noticed.  We try this both in our own marketplaces, neighborhoods, states, and regions.  In our own backyard we want business - listings or sales. nationally we want to be noticed for referral and relocation business.  We want to be seen first by clients or by other real estate agents looking for someone to refer their clients to!  How can we do we accomplish this?  Webs and Internet!  What are they made of?  HTML!

Jim,

This could be a very useful website - thank you for the inspired and useful post.  It seems the more tech I learn, the more I have to learn - what a vicious cycle!

Tech can also simplify your life in the sense sooner or later the business goes on auto-pilot.  You can then either go for more money, or enjoy life as God intended.  It is truly working smarter not harder.

That is a very useful post.  I am not a great HTML guy, but have done a fair amount of copy and pasting of code.

Yes, and put some pictures in, too!

Thanks all.  I have been a major proponent of self education for years.  It allowed me to make a very good living in real estate, and keep a lot of what we earned.

I got all paranoid yesterday (after finally figuring out how to do the colored title) and took my green title off after seeing many blogs on "they will delete them if the title is a different color""  I like to have fun and they just put a damper on it...oh, well. Thanks for the tips though!

Why would they delete them?  The comment was they will not index into the search engines with color codes,html etc...  Noting of mine is deleted.  I changed the colors back on my older posts for indexing.  You must have misunderstood.

BTW this post was not deleted!

Thanks again! You are great! I use my website to do this, but have not put it to use on here!

Chris,it is fun I wouldn't want to over do it.  Too much is annoying!  I do not want to wear out my welcome!

HTML can be intimidating.  I appreciate your post and will try to use this in the future.  Thanks for letting us know about using html in this forum!!!

HTML is really easy when you learn it!  It always starts with <> and ends with </>

<B>text</> = text

Thanks for sharing this... I tried doing a couple posts with HTML to change the font size and color.  But when I hit publish, my html did not take effect.  But I think I know why now after reading this... I was using the font color number/letter codes and not the color names.  Guess I can go back and try it again.  Thanks for posting this.

Anytime!  Active Rain may have already killed it!  LOL!  I have not tried it recently!  Title tags no that have not changed.

I owe you a beer if your come to Tucson..thanks for this

LOL!  Thanks!  A starbucks coffee will be just fine!  LOL!

Thank you so much for this blog!  I was actually going to buy a HTML book for dummies, but now I don't have to.  Appearance is everything and color sure makes a difference.  No more fearing HTML!

Tracy Moses~Redefining LUXE~Staging & Redesign Thanks!  HTML can be a lot of fun!  It is easy to make some items BOLD, ITALICS, or UNDERLINED!  Since it is free!  Why not learn to use it?

Thanks for the link Jim!

Brentwood TN Real Estate- Vanessa Stalets  Anytime!

Thanks for this... I've been curious about colorizing for quite a while now.

Chuck Willman, Realtor®, ABR, TRC   I think in comments, and title AR has since eliminated some of those capabilities.  I feel it is an incredible tool to use.

Jim,

I saw this post just come up again and thought I would confirm to you that HTML cannot be used in the comments or title.

If you try, the code just shows up, not the results.

Now we must submit our color text in the form of jpeg or a picture format, it appears.

 Don Davies, GRI  I guess I was the first to test the waters....  and that loop hole has been corrected!

Man, there's not enough time in the day to learn everything there is to know. 

Jim, excellent info, gonna have to do some checking into it when I have time. Thank you for sharing.

 Jon Miller  There are loads of great things!

Duane Marlink, Rate A Home Thanks!