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  Newbie Notes Lesson One WritingML Welcome to the world of WritingML The basics Let’s jump right in. What is WritingML The ML in WritingML stands for Mark-up Language. In its simplest form it is a set of tags that tell the language you type what to do. For instance, If I want to type in bold, I type a command in brackets. b = bold. The brackets are the two keys next to the letter P on your keyboard. { and } You need to hold down the “shift” key while you type them. If you put the command in the brackets {b}and do not leave a space, you tell the language to type in bold. The command becomes invisible. If you want to stop typing in bold, you have to give the command. In WritingML mark-up language, the command to stop is the forward slash /. It must be inside the brackets and placed in front of the original command, like so…{/b}. If you have a word processor like MSWord, you can practice but it will not recognize the commands. WDC has two places you can practice and view WritingML. The first is NotePad/ScratchPad. To find this go to the upper left side of the page and find Site Navigation. Depending on your personal settings, you can either hover over it to bring up the link box or you will have to click on it. If you want to change the setting on your account, go to {c:greem"My Account", (Top left of most any page) find "edit Preferences" and change it there. You have the option to hover or click to open it. I prefer click as it sometimes pops open and gets in my way. Hover over or click on “My Places” scroll down the list and find NotePad and click it. When NotePad opens, find and click “ScratchPad”. You can also practice in email. When you enter your email, across the top of the page are six buttons. Inbox, New Email, Addresses, Folders, Search, and Options. Click on “”New Email”. A new, blank email comes up. Put your own address in the “To:” bar. Now you can type in the body and click “preview” at any time to view what you have done. I prefer to work in ScratchPad for practicing. If I am just checking a quick link, I use Email. For the sake of this lesson, I will give instruction as if using ScratchPad. You can just as easily use Email, just substitute ScratchPad's Submit for Preview Now that we have a place to work, either ScratchPad or Email, lets get busy! In the lower box in ScratchPad, type {b} Then, without leaving a space, type the word brave. You should see {b}brave Now type the closing bracket{ {b}brave{ the forward slash/ {b}brave{/ the letter b {b}brave{/b and the end bracket } You should see {b}brave{/b} At the bottom of scratchpad, click on Submit/Store. In the upper view box you should see the word brave in bold, like this brave Let's do that one more time to make sure we have it! Type the Front bracket { Type b {b Type the closing bracket {b} No space, type brave {b}brave no space, type the front bracket {b}brave{ Type the forward slash (this is on the question mark key) {b}brave{/ Type b {b}brave{/b Type the closing bracket and you should see this… {b}brave{/b} Now hit Submit/Store in ScratchPad or Preview at the bottom of email. You should see brave The mark-up tag {b} will continue to type in bold until you tell it to stop with {/b} Now lets work in italics. The command for italics is the letter i. Go ahead and type the forward bracket and the letter i {i Type the closing bracket {i} Type brave {i}brave click on submit or preview to see brave Close the command with {/i}. You can use WritingML in the middle of a sentence, type, He is a brave man. In front of the first word, He, type the bold command. {b}He is a brave man. Now place your cursor in front of the word brave and type {i}. You should now see, {b}He is a {i}brave man. Lets enter the closing commands. Place the “close bold command” at the end of the sentence. Type {/b} You should see… {b}He is a {i}brave man.{/b} Now place the close italics command at the end of the word brave. Type {/i}. You should now see… {b}He is a {i}brave{/i} man{/b} Click Submit/Store or Preview to see… He is a brave man. C O L O R Now let’s add some color! Type your sentence He is a brave man. To the front of the sentence add { {He is a brave man. Add the letter c {cHe is a brave man. Add a colon: (the colon is located next to the letter “L” on your keyboard, You will have to hold down the “shift” key) {c:He is a brave man. Add the word red {c:redHe is a brave man. Close the command with the end bracket {c:red}He is a brave man. Add the end command to the end of the sentence. Place your cursor at the end of the sentence and type { {c:red}He is a brave man.{ Add the end slash {c:red}He is a brave man.{/ Type the color command which is the letter c {c:}He is a brave man.{/c Close the command {c:red}He is a brave man.{/c} Press submit in scratchpad or review in email to see He is a brave man. SIZE At the moment, size five is as big as you can get in WritingML. Type the opening bracket- { The word - size, {size Type the colon - : {size: Type the number five, {size:5 Add the close bracket - } {size:5} Like this: {size:5} The brackets { } hold the command. The main command is the word size. The colon : indicates a type of the command. Whenever WritingML uses a colon : it means that there is more than one kind of the given command. Color, for instance uses a colon because of the numerous colors we can choose from. With size, we have five sizes to choose from; {size:5} = big {size:4}smaller {size:3}smaller {size:2}smaller still {size:1}smallest. To end size, {/size} Type {...../......size.......} (Don't type the dots)  Try this, type Your opening bracket { The word size {size Your colon {size: The number five {size:5 Close the command {size:5} Now type, I like football (remember, no space) {size:5}I like football Hit preview or submit to see I like football If we don’t close the command, WritingML will continue to use the last command given so we have to close the command{/size} When closing a command that has multiple choices, like size and color. We only have to use the letter or word. For instance, {c:red}Red{/c} or {size:5}size{/size} Notice the end commands. We only need the original command like c or size and not the type of command like 5 or red. Type, This is the middle of the page. Now add this command to the front of the sentence. {center}This is the middle of the page. Add this close command to the end of the sentence. {center}This is the middle of the page.{/center} Click submit or preview to see this… This is the middle of the page  Now for the fun stuff{indent} Some commands do not need to be closed, for instance, {indent} moves the beginning of a sentence. This is useful when starting a paragraph. Smiley faces do not need to be closed. Type this, {e:smile} To see this The e stands for emoticons. You can also use font tags, Type this, {font:impact}He is a brave man.{/font} To see this, He is a brave man. To underline a word, sentence, phrase, or an entire page, type The opening bracket - { { The letter u {u The closing bracket {u} Add a sentence {u}It's a beautiful morning! Add the closing tag. First, the bracket, {u}It's a beautiful morning!{ Then the stop command, / {u}It's a beautiful morning!{/ The command we want to stop - u {u}It's a beautiful morning!{/u Close the command, {u}It's a beautiful morning!{/u} Click Submit or Preview, It's a beautiful morning! User Links There are seven ways to link to your favorite item. The most common link is a “bitem” link. You will use bitem links to post your homework assignments in the class forums here at New Horizons. If you don’t have a story or poem in your port yet, (We will cover how to create a static item at the end of this lesson) You can use this item ID for this class. 1434634. This is the story that won the Short Shots Official Contest for the month of June. To create a bitem link start with the opening bracket, { Add the word “bitem” {bitem Add a colon : {bitem: Add the item number {bitem:1434634 Add the closing bracket, {bitem:1434634} Hit submit to see,
The other six item links are, item, citem, gitem, litem, titem, and ritem. They are created the same way, substituting bitem for whichever you choose to use. For istance, {item:1434634} or {litem:1434634} You can also link to your name. There are three ways to do this. user, suser, and ruser. Type the front bracket, { Type Suser, {suser Add your colon {suser: Add your user name. Your user name may be different from your handle. A quick way to find your user name is to open an email that someone has sent to you. At the top of the email in the “To” row you will see your handle and a suitcase, an envelope and a favorites icon, like this, Scott Kuttner (Bronx)   . If you hover your mouse pointer over the suitcase or envelope, you will see the true user name.Type your user name, (Remember, no spaces) {suser:your user name Add the closing bracket, {suser:username} Click Submit or preview and you should see this, (I used my user name) Scott Kuttner (Bronx) This is all three. {suser:bronxbishop} Scott Kuttner (Bronx) {ruser:bronxbishop} Scott Kuttner (Bronx) {user:bronxbishop} Scott Kuttner (Bronx) {c:red}Assignment Open the WritingML Help and play around with it. See how many unique things you can do with it. Link your name with the suser, ruser, and user tags. In the forum, write a short paragraph about a brave man. Use as much WritingML as you can. To find WritingML, click on or hover over Site Navigation (upper left part of page) Click on "Site Tools". Find and click on WritingML Help. Create or copy and paste your assignment into a static item. Make sure you use the bitem format in a reply to the original "Assignment" post in the class forum This weeks Discussion Topic: How long have you been a member of Writing.Com? What do you like the most about WDC and why? Your Instructor is Scott Kuttner (Bronx) Homepage:"Invalid Item"  Feel free to drop me an email if you have any questions! See you next week! We will cover how to create a static item and all the other options in a future lesson. For now, here is a quick overview of the steps involved. Fisrt, click Writing at the very top of most any WDC page. This will take you to a page titled Writing @ Writing.Com. The first option, under the quill and feather, is Static Item. Clicking this takes you to the Create a Static Item page. Follow the step by step instructions on this page to create your item. It is important to get the correct content rating. For help with this, follow the link, Writing.Com Content Rating System. (CRS) Located just above the box you add your items rating. It will open in it's own window so you won't lose your place. When you have finished creating your item and click either the Save item, Save and Edit, or Save and View button, WDC will create an item number for your work and save it in whatever location you have chosen. You can view this (and other more detailed lessons) in the New Horizons Writing Academy. Keep ing 
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