Help / Great Games Experiment Code

When entering text for descriptions or uber modules, you have a variety of options for formatting your text. Here are some examples:

Simple Text Formatting

example: [h1]this is header 1 text[/h1]

example: [h2]this is header 2 text[/h2]

example: [h3]this is header 3 text[/h3]

example: [small]this is small text[/small]

example: [large]this is large text[/large]

example: [b]this is bold[/b]

example: [i]this is italicized[/i]

example: [u]this is underlined[/u]

Combining Formatting

You can combine multiple styles by using a style block. Rather than surrounding your text with lots and lots of separate tags, you can just use one style tag, with all the properties you want to change. There are several formatting properties that can only be used with a style block, such as font color, floating to the left or right, and background color. Font color can be changed by using a color keyword: red, blue, green, orange, or yellow; or by using a hex color like #FF0000. Background color can be used by including 'bg' before a hex color, like bg#000000.

example: [style=center,large,bold,#ff0000,bg#000000]This is super-styled text[/style]

Quotes

example: [quote]This is a quote[/quote]
example: [quote=John Doe]This is a quote from someone[/quote]

Lists

[ol]
* Ordered List Item
* Second Ordered List Item
[/ol]

[ul]
* Unordered List Item
* Second Unordered List Item
[/ul]

URL Hyperlinks

example: [url]http://www.pushbuttonlabs.com[/url]
example: [url=http://www.pushbuttonlabs.com]Click Here[/url]

E-Mail

example: [email]johndoe@gameover.com[/email]
example: [email=johndoe@gameover.com]Email Me![/email]

Images

Any image that you have uploaded to your image folder may be displayed in small(75x75), medium(128x128) or large(320x240) size and can be aligned to the left, right, center, or inline. You will need to know the filename of the image you wish to include, which can be found by right-clicking the desired image and then clicking Properties. The information you want will be after the last slash and before the underscore or period.

Size and alignment are optional, if they are not included, the medium size will be used and the image will be inline (meaning it will flow with the text, rather than text flowing around it). To include them, separate them from the filename with commas. Text will wrap around the image when aligned left or right, but will not wrap around it when centered. Clicking the image will open it at full size, unless you include a valid link in the img tag.

To insert a link into the image tag, simply add a comma followed by the URL to which you wish to link.

example: [img=cd60a352149411ae2f74290fde934e76,medium,center,http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com]

YouTube, Google Video & Soapbox

You can embed YouTube, Google Video or Soapbox videos directly into your profile.

In order to do such, all you need to know is the filename.

How do I figure out the filename?
When you view a video on these sites, quick links are made available to you, such as http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FojOS8bsxE0
In order to embed these videos in your profile, just copy the unique video code that corresponds, in this case: FojOS8bsxE0 (highlighted in blue above). 

This is the code you will need to insert into your video tag on your profile.  Please format these tags as such:

example: [youtube=QW4SDF6WFAS3,right]
example: [gvideo=5184966921114004130]
example: [soapbox=asd7asd0ASD]

These embedded videos can be aligned to the left, right, or center. The alignment is optional, the default alignment is left.

Xbox Live Gamer Cards

If you have an Xbox Live account, you can embed your Gamer Card directly into your profile and align it to the left, right, or center. All you need is your gamer tag. The alignment is optional, the default is to align to the left.

example: [gamertag=f00thill]

Google Gadgets

Google publishes a directory of gadgets, available at: http://www.google.com/ig/directory?synd=open

To add a Google Gadget to your profile, select the "Add to your webpage" button for the module you would like to add.  On the next page, adjust the settings for your module according to the manner in which you would like it display, then select the "Get the Code" button at the bottom of the page.

Once you click the "Get the Code" button, a text box will appear with a line of code starting with the words: "<script src="http://gmodules.com/ig/ifr?url=".  Select the portion of the code after "url=" leading up to the following quotation (").  Copy this code.  This is the code you need to insert into your Google Gadget tag on your profile.

example: [ggadget=http://www.schulz.dk/pacman.xml]
example: [ggadget=http://www.schulz.dk/pacman.xml, left]

Google Gadgets can be aligned to the left, right, or center. The alignment is optional, the default alignment is left.

Game, Group & Member Links

You can easily create links to games, groups, gamers, developers, or publishers that have a profile on GGE. All you need is their shortcut name. You can use gamer, user, member, developer, or publisher for any users and it will figure out what type of use they are automatically, in case you aren't sure.

example: [game=marbleblastultra]
example: [user=greatgamer]
example: [publisher=pushbuttonlabs]
example: [group=gamers]