Sunday, September 02, 2007

Using Strikethrough Font in Blogger

Using strikethrough font in blogger is overrated and entails an extremely convoluted process helpful and very easy to implement. It uses a simple html tag, which is just code that tells your editor how to display certain things. Html tags have to be opened and closed. Tags are opened by putting a greater than sign (<), then the tag content, followed by a lesser than sign (>). They are closed by doing the same process except with a backslash (/) before the tag content.

To strike through a word, make sure you are on the "edit html" tab and then surround the word you wish to strike through with an "s" tag.

Substituting the "s" in these examples will perform various functions. For example, "b" for bold; "i" for italics; etc. Strikethrough will work for posts, but not for comments in blogger.

Now that you know how to strike through words, your posts will look pretty much the same as before certainly look innovative and creative.

Note: to use strike through font in an inferior blogging medium Wordpress posts and comments, replace the "s" in the above examples with "strike".

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44 comments:

girl 11:40 AM  

You rock, thanks!

Siyang 1:57 AM  

Thanx for the tip!

Darragh 9:09 AM  

Thank you for this sir, much appreciated.

Julie P. (babyofmine) 7:05 PM  

thank you very much, just what I was googling, er I mean, searching for. :)
oh, and I didn't have to click "edit html", I just put it right there in the text.

muse 11:16 PM  

I wish there was a keyboard shorcut like for italics, underline etc.

Keeley 9:06 AM  

Thank you so much, that was very helpful.

KT 9:04 PM  

Thanks. That was quick and painless!
KT

down side up &amp; right side in 1:57 PM  

thanks for the instructions!!!

Kevin In The House!!! 9:57 PM  

thanks! i finally learned how to end the strikethrough thing. :D

backin15 10:29 PM  

More thanks.

Matt and Sarah Pitts 2:36 PM  

Thank you for this tip, I just used it!

~Sarah Pitts

Tiffany 2:57 AM  

Brilliantly simple! Thank you!

Mom2three 11:04 AM  

Thank you for posting this. You explained it so simply!

Patrick Soon 4:06 PM  

Thanks for your clear directions. I was able to use this in the blogger post title as well.

I've added a link to your site in my latest article.

www.patricksoon.blogspot.com

Jenn,  9:59 AM  

Thanks for posting this! Very helpful! Will share with other Bloggers!!

ScrapCandy.com 11:41 AM  

Thanks for that! Gonan go try out my new hipness!

~ A Moxie Mom 11:59 AM  

Thank you very much for this information.

Bec 5:34 AM  

Thank you for the advice but it doesn't help when Blogger no longer accepts strikethrough tags on comments (it used to, why no longer I wonder?)

I have to say I find it very funny that you would call Wordpress inferior when (on topic) you can use this tag in both post and comment on WP but for some inexplicable reason can no longer use strikethrough in comments on Blogger!

I'm a Typepad girl. I don't care about Blogger or WP especially. I just find your logic amusing.

Ched,  8:12 AM  

Bec said...

I have to say I find it very funny that you would call Wordpress inferior . . . I just find your logic amusing.Bec,

You have indeed exposed a gaping hole in my logic. My preference for blogger over Wordpress is completely irrational and based on whim rather than proven functionality. At this point, I can offer no explanation for this behavior. :)

Bec 8:14 AM  

One must follow one's heart, I suppose!

(absurdity continues: my word verification for this comment is 'pedant')

daniel 11:59 PM  

I have been wanting to know about this. Thanks.

SuBoo 3:19 AM  

Thanks for the tip!

Shannon 9:21 PM  

I think I love you! Just kidding. I finally googled this after almost 3 years of wondering your very clear and helpful post came up. Thanks a million!!! I am now officially very annoyed at myself for not doing it sooner. Like, 3 years ago! :)

Shannon 9:28 PM  

I also linked to your post from my blog, hope it's ok :)

Thanks again!

Ched,  8:11 AM  

"I also linked to your post from my blog, hope it's ok :)"

Shannon,

I'm glad you found it! Of course you can link to the post.

Bron Bates 9:14 PM  

cool tip, thanks!

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fullygrown 12:40 PM  

Very helpful - straight to the point.

Cheers Ched

qilah98 3:44 AM  

thankies, follow me okay!

Amy 1:18 AM  

thanks!

webi 11:23 PM  

thanks for the info! God bless :)

Heather Nicole 11:22 AM  

Thanks! I've been wondering how to do this for a while!

Leslie, the cleaning coach 12:13 PM  

Over 2 years later and you are still helping people! Thanks and may God bless your 2010!

Alex 9:10 AM  

Thanks so much! This really helped :)

dsy 10:49 PM  

ur blog comes No.2 when I put "strikethrough blogger" as the keyword.. and indeed it helps strike through the problem!
thanks so much! :)

onehm 7:43 PM  

Found you through a google search...Thank you for the help! :)

Aierra 2:00 PM  

I found you through google too!! thanks.. I have always wonder how people do it.

Heather 8:56 AM  

Chad,
exactly what I was looking for!
thanks for posting this info.
and i'm so happy to find your blog...i'm a christ follower as well and always happy to find another believer!

Ched,  10:15 AM  

Heather,

Glad you found what you were looking for.

And, blessings on your work at "Bebe and Alice"!

research help 1:03 AM  

Many institutions limit access to their online information. Making this information available will be an asset to all.

that one girl 1:23 AM  

cute :)
thanks.

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