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[Koiyuki]

Linking to another site
The first of these uses the tag; whatever you type after the = sign will cause the contents of that tag to act as a URL. For example, to link to Star Cross'd
Destiny you could use:

[url=http://www.starcrossd.net/]Read me![/url]

If you add the bold and other tags before you put the URL, you can also color the text and give it different effects.

Before...
[url=http://www.starcrossd.net/][color=indigo][b]Read me![/b][/color] [/url]

After

Read me!

if you feeling lazy, you can put the URL, like so

http://www.megatokyo.com

Just putting the URL links it automatically, and the same goes for E-mail addresses, so if you feel like getting some random e-mails, just put it right up (unless you have common sense)

[Koiyuki]

Adding an image.

A simple act of the IMG boxes and adding the URL for the image.

Before...
[img]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/Koiyuki/IPGBanner.jpg[/img]

After


To link an image to a URL, add the url image to the IMG boxes

Before...
[url=http://www.gaiaonline.com/guilds/index.php?page_mode=4&guild_id=6544]
[img]http://i13.photobucket.com/albums/a251/Koiyuki/IPGBanner.jpg[/img][/url]

After



This also works in your sigs if you want to link it back to somewhere.

An Image map works much the same way, expect that you'll have many links contained in one image. Unfortunately, I have no idea how the process works confused Ask someone that does make this stuff, like this guy or this guy(the second guy's being a bit simpler than the first) When do you get one(or make one yourself *points to links*), however, you use the Imagemap command to place one in your sig.

This is what it looks like typed out

[url=This is where the URL for the map would go][imgmap]and this is where the URL for the image would go[/imgmap][/url]

And another thing, if you want a lot of things in your sig at once, get the URL for what you want, go to tinyurl.com and paste it there. *don't do this for your Imagemaps, however, as it'll take you to...someplace other than the desired link xd * Once you shrink it, paste in back in your sig. You'll be amazed at how much space you'll have in your sig for...other things... ninja

Hosting an image
If you haven't figured out HOW to yet, don't worry, thats what I'm here for ^_^
Go to Photobucket or Imageshack and make an account.

When you make one, click on Browse and look for the folder that has your desired image on it. Double click on the file, then click submit on the website page. In a few moments, you should have the image loaded and 3 different addresses for it (the raw URL, the HTTP upload for it and the BBCode for it) Click on the BBCode address *that'd be the bottom one of the 3* and right click , choose copy, then paste it into your sig. And remember to shrink the URL so you have more space. ^_^

And for other helpful tutorials, check these out:
CCS Profile Codes Tutorial

[Koiyuki]

Well i hope i have helped you some with my little lesson. If not then...heh, oh well, i tried. Maybe i should reconsider becoing a teacher...