NOTE:
Between v5.0 and 5.5 there is a slight change to how use "dings", v5.0 supported the following colour tag...
<font color="6600ff">
with v5.5 you can MUST remove the " and " <font color=6600ff> for the colours to work
thanks heaps to Adam K. Wolff :)

If you haven't already opened the link to our table on Mircrosoft Webdings then use [THIS LINK] The link will open in a new browser window, have a quick look over it then minimize it.

To quickly check if you the Webding Font installed on your computer launch Yahoo Messenger and check on the DropDown Font Menu..

We'll be using Yahoo Messenger in a minute so keep it open for now

This is script we're going to make..


using 1 webding font, the heart..

(webding: Y)


Using html in a tutorial is quite difficult as html is of course used to generate web pages so please compare the two scripts below.. the first is a graphic image of the script, the second is the script itself written in html for you to copy and paste into your IM text area.. they should look EXACTLY the same...
Graphic Image of Script...


HMTL Script...

if the two look exactly the same then highlight the text in the second window from start of < in <font face="webdings"> till the last Y
right click the highlighted text
select copy
with Yahoo Messenger open...
hit the New Message button
now paste the text (right click inside the text area and select paste)

hit send
and you'll see the following!


Writing the Code/Script...
ok, now you're going to make the script yourself so go grab a coffee and take a deep breath ;-)



The Basics...

font face..
<font face="webdings">
this sets the font type of font your using.. in this example it's webdings

font size..
<font size="6">
the smaller the number the smaller the font, as you can see in our example we started out with size=6 and worked our way up to size=26, this what allowed us to 'grow' the heart

font colour..
<font color="FF6666">
this is what allowed us the change the colour of the heart. The colours are represented by their specific colour code, some examples are...
000000 = BLACK
FFFFFF = WHITE
990099 = PURPLE
FFFF00 = YELLOW
FF0000 = RED
0000CC = BLUE
FF6600 = ORANGE
33FF00 = LIME
colour charts are readily available all over the net so have a quick look around www.google.com

Launch Notepad...
hit Start
select Programs
select Accessories
hit Notepad

your first line is going to be...

<font face="webdings">

this sets the font type of font your using.. in this example it's webdings

now add each line (after the <font face="webdings">) as shown in the graphic below and feel free to change the font size and colour attributes.
Drop a line break (hit enter on your keyboard) after each row of text, this will be removed later.



once you've finished it should look like the graphic below..


check for spaces, typos etc.
Before you do the final formating on your script...
hightlight the entire script
right click the highlighted text
select copy
with Yahoo Messenger open...
hit the New Message button
now paste the text (right click inside the text area and select paste)
hit send
and you'll see the following!

each heart is on an individual line for troubleshooting purposes... it allow you to quickly locate when line has the error etc or quickly find a colour code to change if all doesn't look as funky as you thought it would ;-)
Once you are satisfied with the script then simple put your cursor (|)in front of each |<font....> tag and hit the backspace button to remove the line break/space. Once these have been removed it should look like...


now copy and paste the script back into the IM text area and it should look like this...


Here's the script mirrored all ready for you to copy and paste :-).

<font face="webdings"><font size="6"><font color="FF6666">Y<font size="10"><font color="6600FF">Y<font size="14"><font color="FF0099">Y<font size="18"><font color="33CC33">Y<font size="22"><font color="FFFF33">Y<font size="26"><font color="990099">Y<font size="26"><font color="990099">Y<font size="22"><font color="FFFF33">Y<font size="18"><font color="33CC33">Y<font size="14"><font color="FF0099">Y<font size="10"><font color="6600FF">Y<font size="6"><font color="FF6666">Y