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The break tag <br> starts a new line in HTML, like hitting return would in normal typing.

There are lots of symbols that have HTML escape sequences (HTML codes you can type to make the symbol appear).

©	©	™	™	®	®
♥	♥	♦	♦	♣	♣	♠	♠
<	&lt;	>	&gt;	«	&laquo;	»	&raquo;
←	&larr;	→	&rarr;	↑	&uarr;	↓	&darr;
†	&dagger;	‡	&Dagger;
α	&alpha;	β	&beta;	γ	&gamma;	δ	&delta;
ε	&epsilon;	ζ	&zeta;	η	&eta;	θ	&theta;
ι	&iota;	κ	&kappa;	λ	&lambda;	μ	&mu;
ν	&nu;	ξ	&xi;	ο	&omicron;	π	&pi;
ρ	&rho;	ς	&sigmaf;	σ	&sigma;	τ	&tau;
υ	&upsilon;	φ	&phi;	χ	&chi;	ψ	&psi;
ω	&omega;	Α	&Alpha;	Β	&Beta;	Γ	&Gamma;
Δ	&Delta;	Ε	&Epsilon;	Ζ	&Zeta;	Η	&Eta;
Θ	&Theta;	Ι	&Iota;	Κ	&Kappa;	Λ	&Lambda;
Μ	&Mu;	Ν	&Nu;	Ξ	&Xi;	Ο	&Omicron;
Π	&Pi;	Ρ	&Rho;	Σ	&Sigma;	Τ	&Tau;
Υ	&Upsilon;	Φ	&Phi;	Χ	&Chi;	Ψ	&Psi;
Ω	&Omega;

And for even more weird and wonderful symbols, don't forget about the Wingdings font.



To make a wingdings symbol just change the font for one letter, for instance <font face="wingdings">M</font> would create a little bomb symbol.

There's a couple of methods of showing your code. If you want it in one of those little text boxes, you write:


But textarea codes aren't allowed on the messageboards or in cult posts, so alternatively you can swap the tag symbols for their HTML escape sequence. The escape sequence for < is &lt; and for > is &gt; so to write a <br> so it displays on the page instead of creating a line break you would need to write &lt;br&gt;

The following code will create a box people can type in to send you a message:


rows define how high the comment box is, and cols decide how wide. Don't forget to fill in your VF username where it says "YOUR VF NAME" or the comment won't send!

A banner is just a clickable image. If you don't already have the image for your banner there are a couple of ways to go about getting one:

1. You could download a graphics program and create your own entirely from scratch. [ Get A Graphics Program ].
2. You could cheat and use a banner making site. Try one of these sites: [ My Banner Maker ] / [ BannerFans ] or Google "banner maker" to find your own.

The next step will vary depending how you made your banner. If you made your own banner using a graphics program the first thing to do is upload it to the internet [ how to upload images ]. The site you upload to will provide you with the image path or url, which you then insert into this code:


Note, you also need to fill in the page to link to. If the banner is for your profile, the page to link to would be: http://vampirefreaks.com/YOUR VF NAME. If it's for your cult, it would be: http://vampirefreaks.com/cult/YOUR CULT NAME.

If you used a banner making site they will have probably already provided you with a linking code, but you will still need to replace the href of their link with the page you want your banner to link to, e.g. your profile or cult. I'm going to use a code from the BannerFans site to illustrate- in their case they provide several codes. You need to pick the one entitled "Code for webpages/blogs/Myspace". Then replace their url (highlighted in pink below) with the path to your profile or cult:

You don't. The google ads help pay for the Vampirefreaks site, and noone is allowed to hide them Free users will normally be deleted, and premiums suspended for hiding ads, and you may also have your layout erased. Nb Premium members don't see google ads on the site, but they are still not allowed to use ad blocking codes on their profiles or cults.

The main Vampirefreaks.com font is called Twilyte Zone [ download ]

And the title font for featured members etc on the main page is Batman Forever [ download ]

There are 3 different profile templates available which require different hiding codes. If you aren't sure which one you're using go to your edit profile page and look in the "Template" dropdown just above where you write your profile.

If you're using the OLDSKOOL template (default for older users) copy and paste this code anywhere on your edit profile page:


If you are a band using the OLDSKOOL template the code is slightly different:



If you are using the ELECTRICSTORM template (default for new users), the code is:


(band profiles can use the exact same code)


If you're using the OTTOID template, the code is:


Or if you're a band using OTTOID:

Nb, This is a problem that only occurs on the OLDSKOOL profile template. If you're using the OTTOID or ELECTRICSTORM templates make sure you're using the [ appropriate hiding code from this site ] (as ours also kill all the padding), and if you still have a problem check your own HTML / CSS coding for accidental line breaks / padding.

On OLDSKOOL if you hide everything on your profile you're still left with a space at the top (between the top of the page and your own content). This is caused by a couple of stray line breaks in VFs code that aren't inside any tables, and don't have a class of their own so they can't be hidden. We get around this by hiding all the breaks, then unhiding the ones in inner tables.

Nb, for this to work you MUST put your own content in a table, or else your own line breaks won't show up either!


If whatever layout you're creating for your profile isn't already in a table, you should also include:


at the top of your profile and:


at the bottom.

In the header section on the edit cult page, write:


You can then write custom post counts in users' titles if you like.

On the edit cult page you have 2 separate boxes you can write in, one called Description, and one called Header. Anything you write in the Description box will only show up on the main page of your cult, whilst stuff you write in the Header will show up on every page, so to get your styles to show up inside your threads, just put your stylesheet in the Header box. If you want the main page of your cult to have different styles, you can put another stylesheet in the Description box, and those styles will override the Header ones for the main page.