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This is a test to see if a bookmarklet can add MathJax to this page to display these AsciiMath expressions like real math.

`gMS_30 = 1/((1+r_1))+1/((1+r_1)(1+r_2))+cdots+1/((1+r_1)(1+r_2)cdots(1+r_30))`

`gMS=sum_(i=1)^n (1/(prod_(j=1)^i(1+r_j)))`

Edit: It seems to work. Here is the bookmarklet. It was taken from here.

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javascript:(function(){var%20jsCode=document.createElement('script');jsCode.setAttribute('src','https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest/MathJax.js?config=AM_CHTML');document.body.appendChild(jsCode);}()); 
Edit 8/14/17: The Mathjax script is moving to a new host. Here is the updated bookmarklet.

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javascript:(function(){var%20jsCode=document.createElement('script');jsCode.setAttribute('src','https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/mathjax/2.7.1/MathJax.js?config=AM_CHTML');document.body.appendChild(jsCode);}());
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FYI Ron, it's not working on my browser. It all just looks like escaped markup, not rendered formulas:
`gMS_30 = 1/((1+r_1))+1/((1+r_1)(1+r_2))+cdots+1/((1+r_1)(1+r_2)cdots(1+r_30))`
When I look at the source code for the post, I also only see the escaped markup as pure text, with no scripting constructs. Since you're using a client-side scripting process, I should be able to see it in the source code even if my browser security blocked it from rendering. I would not be surprised if phpBB removes any bookmarklets or other attempts at using scripting in the post when the submit button is hit.
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Awesome! It works it works in Firefox. :beer

1. Create a new bookmark.
2. Copy Oicuryy's code block into the Location field, save the bookmark.
3. While still on this page, click on the newly created bookmark.

To address mudpuppy's point phpBB (the forum software) is very careful to remove anything that should not be contained in a forum post.

Once phpBB is done with it, the server renders the page and sends it to your browser. This is where the bookmark picks up the page - on the receiving (client) side after the page is processed. phpBB is out of the picture at this point, everything is local to your PC.

FireFox's Inspect Element shows MathJax has been inserted into the page.

Just in case, I should state: Custom page modifications are not supported, YMMV.
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Mudpuppy,

The bookmarklet needs to be run by your browser after this page has loaded. You can create a bookmark in your browser and then paste the bookmarklet code into the location field of the bookmark. After this page has load, click on the bookmark.

Or you could copy and paste the bookmarklet code into the browser's address field. But most browsers will strip off the javascript: at the front. You will need to type that back in before pressing enter.

Phpbb does not support MathJax or AsciiMath directly. Alex could probably add support. But he likes to keep modifications to a minimum. The bookmarklet gives us users a way to put math expressions in posts and see them in our browsers without any changes to phpbb or bogleheads.org.

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PS Here is how it looks in Safari on an ipad.

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Bear in mind that there are a number of math rendering standards. For example, the wiki has implemented Extension:Math which uses MathML. Note that MathJax has been deprecated.

An example is here: Risk and return, scroll down to see the equations.
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Mudpuppy wrote:I can't get to it either. The DNS lookup returns a SERVFAIL response for both IP and SOA (start-of-authority) lookups. Attempting to lookup the nameservers listed on the WHOIS record also returns SERVFAIL. So it looks like their DNS provider is down. You or your ISP have probably cached the DNS lookup, which is not removed when you clear your web browser cache (totally different cache).

Or, for a less technical explanation, check the down for everyone website: http://www.isup.me/postimg.org
Thanks! I'll just wait and try tomorrow.
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Tesing format for table with right justified variable width columns

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Why growth of $10K lump sum is not best indicator of long term performance for investing in retirement funds

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17 years 2000 - 2016		lump sum=$10,000		Yearly DCA=$4,000
				
                                     fund	      CAGR	$10,000 =	 DCA APY	$4000/yr =
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv VGTSX	    2.614%	  $15,507	  4.065%	   $99,195
   Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv VTSMX	    4.921%	  $22,630	  8.165%	  $148,222
                      VG Total Bond VBMFX	    4.964%	  $22,786	  4.077%	   $99,308
  Vanguard Interm-Term Treasury Inv VFITX	    5.303%	  $24,072	  4.111%	   $99,635
                   VG S&P 500 Index VFINX	    4.398%	  $20,784	  7.786%	  $142,718
        Fidelity 500 Index Investor FUSEX	     4.42%	  $20,862	  7.831%	  $143,358
    Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Inv VUSTX	    6.506%	  $29,198	  6.637%	  $127,349
                      VG Wellington VWELX	    7.534%	  $34,380	  7.943%	  $144,968
                           fixed rate 7.%	      7.0%	  $31,588	    7.0%	  $131,996

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10 years 2007 - 2016		lump sum=$10,000		Yearly DCA=$4,000
				
                                     fund	      CAGR	$10,000 =	 DCA APY	$4000/yr =
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv VGTSX	     .882%	  $10,918	  2.506%	   $45,950
   Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv VTSMX	     7.11%	  $19,875	 10.806%	   $73,428
                      VG Total Bond VBMFX	    4.179%	  $15,059	  3.318%	   $48,076
  Vanguard Interm-Term Treasury Inv VFITX	    4.409%	  $15,395	  3.013%	   $47,265
                   VG S&P 500 Index VFINX	    6.826%	  $19,355	 10.657%	   $72,804
        Fidelity 500 Index Investor FUSEX	    6.878%	  $19,448	 10.717%	   $73,056
    Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Inv VUSTX	    6.465%	  $18,711	  6.244%	   $56,662
                      VG Wellington VWELX	    6.892%	  $19,474	  8.615%	   $64,805
                           fixed rate 7.%	      7.0%	  $19,672	    7.0%	   $59,134

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5 years 2012 - 2016		lump sum=$10,000		Yearly DCA=$4,000
				
                                     fund	      CAGR	$10,000 =	 DCA APY	$4000/yr =
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv VGTSX	    5.427%	  $13,025	  2.642%	   $21,642
   Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv VTSMX	   14.488%	  $19,670	 12.323%	   $28,727
                      VG Total Bond VBMFX	    2.031%	  $11,058	  2.005%	   $21,235
  Vanguard Interm-Term Treasury Inv VFITX	    1.288%	  $10,661	  1.406%	   $20,859
                   VG S&P 500 Index VFINX	   14.493%	  $19,674	  12.42%	   $28,807
        Fidelity 500 Index Investor FUSEX	   14.567%	  $19,738	 12.488%	   $28,863
    Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Inv VUSTX	    7.485%	  $14,347	  5.194%	   $23,341
                      VG Wellington VWELX	   10.442%	  $16,431	  9.106%	   $26,174
                           fixed rate 7.%	      7.0%	  $14,026	    7.0%	   $24,613

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24 years 1993 - 2016		lump sum=$10,000					
                                       	      24yr	24yr lump	    24 yr DCA	  5yr rolling	 5yr rolling	 5yr rolling	
                                       	      CAGR	$10,000 =	      DCA APY	      average	        high	         low	
      Vanguard Balanced Index Inv VBINX	    7.930%	  $62,432	       7.229%	       7.901%	     19.127%	       .961%	
                 VG S&P 500 Index VFINX	    9.105%	  $80,953	       8.155%	
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 [code]24 years 1993 - 2016		lump sum=$10,000
				
      fund	   24yr	 24yr lump	 24 yr DCA	5yr rolling geomean	        	        
    symbol	   CAGR	 $10,000 =	   DCA APY	average	    high	     low
     VBINX	 7.930%	   $62,432	    7.229%	    7.901%	 19.127%	   .961%
     VFINX	 9.105%	   $80,953	    8.155%			
     VWELX	 9.405%	   $86,480	    8.571%			
	
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jimb_fromATL wrote:Why growth of $10K lump sum is not best indicator of long term performance for investing in retirement funds

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17 years 2000 - 2016		lump sum=$10,000		Yearly DCA=$4,000
				
                                     fund	      CAGR	$10,000 =	 DCA APY	$4000/yr =
Vanguard Total Intl Stock Index Inv VGTSX	    2.614%	  $15,507	  4.065%	   $99,195
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Nice job. It would be helpful for those who want to replicate this if you could explain the procedure you used to create the table.
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Here's a helpful guide to formatting: BBCode guide

Select the text, then click on the post editor button "B" to bold, "i" for italics "u" for underline. Also supported is "s" for strikeout.

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Select the text, then click on the post editor button "B" to [b]bold[/b], "i" for [i]italics[/i] "u" for [u]underline[/u]. Also supported is "s" for [s]strikeout[/s].
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bertilak wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:31 pm I will do a quoted reply to my own post (this one) to check notifications.
Here's an alternative to notifications. Go to the "view your posts" link and look for the ones with new activity: search.php?search_id=egosearch

Click on either red icon next to the thread title to go to the first unread post in the thread. Now that won't take you directly to anyone who has quoted you, but I find it's good to pick up on the overall conversations.

This works well enough for me that I have actually disabled notifications for post activity. I only use notifications for PMs, which might be a bit superfluous with the redesign too.
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bertilak wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 1:11 pm
bertilak wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:31 pm
bertilak wrote: Sun Aug 13, 2017 12:31 pm I will do a quoted reply to my own post (this one) to check notifications.
And here is the reply.
That didn't work. Not getting notified. Trying gain.
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Thanks for letting me know. My hunch is confirmed. (The same thing happened when we moved from phpBB 3.0 to phpBB 3.1. It took several days for the server to get caught up.)
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Testing
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Ease of simba spreadsht graphs posting:



No. Still need tinypic or photobucket.

Edit: 10/24

googledrive


-that works.
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-that works
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How about Google Drive?

If you get stuck, post the link here and someone (like me) will help you get it going.
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This is a test.
This is only a test.
Had it been an actual alert,
you would have
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Test. First time poster.

Still trying to figure out how to PM the Admins.
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Sockeye wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2017 7:48 pm Test. First time poster.

Still trying to figure out how to PM the Admins.
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Thanks. It appears the problem was that I needed to post once before having PM privileges.
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^^^ Test passed, but it was in the wrong sticky (you were off by one). This is the thread to post in.
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test image upload
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Test post for Blank line doubling.
An image from Wikipedia:
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single line
single line
single line
single line
single line
single line

^^^ skip a line
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Testing that the problem is fixed for Blank line doubling.

An image from Wikipedia:
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single line
single line
single line
single line
single line
single line

^^^ skip a line
single line

^^^ skip a line
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  • A, very, tiny, list
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Test post 2018-03-06
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pondering wrote: Tue Mar 06, 2018 9:25 am Test post 2018-03-06

Test quoting
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Testing new BBCodes.

This is normal text. This is superscript text. This is normal text.

This is normal text. This is subscript text. This is normal text.

You can build a fraction by combining "superscript / subscript" like this:

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[super]1[/super]/[sub]2[/sub]
1/2

Use in a formula:

1 = 1/2 + 1/2
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LadyGeek wrote: Wed Mar 07, 2018 12:31 pm Testing new BBCodes.
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Nice!

While the iron is hot...any chance of adding the Table BBCode. Understood if not, but "nothing ventured, nothing gained." ;)
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Thanks for trying, but remember that we also need to support the software. Allowing members to arrange their own HTML elements means that someone will get the order wrong (or leave out an element). With no further internal checks, the page will be incorrectly rendered in your browser.

For example, putting [/table] in the wrong spot will result in the entire thread being stuffed into a table. There's nothing we can do except edit the post causing the error. That's more work for the moderators, and frustration for the members who don't understand what's wrong.

For this reason, I don't think adding tables via BBCode will be helpful.

If you want to discuss further, feel free to bump Tables feature.
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Making a S&P futures and 10 yr yield chart fit in a post.

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Images that I uploaded to postimages.org in recent months have not been working for several days.

Here is one example in the very first post. Only the word "Image" displays. If you start a reply by clicking on quote you can see the actual image link.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=240620

Anyone know what might be going on with that site?
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Electron wrote: Tue May 01, 2018 12:26 pm Images that I uploaded to postimages.org in recent months have not been working for several days.

Here is one example in the very first post. Only the word "Image" displays. If you start a reply by clicking on quote you can see the actual image link.

viewtopic.php?f=10&t=240620

Anyone know what might be going on with that site?
Try changing ".org" to ".cc"

E.g., Image
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FiveK wrote: Tue May 01, 2018 12:33 pmTry changing ".org" to ".cc"
Thank you! I assume I need to edit previous posts. Any idea why that change is required?
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Electron wrote: Tue May 01, 2018 12:40 pm
FiveK wrote: Tue May 01, 2018 12:33 pmTry changing ".org" to ".cc"
Thank you! I assume I need to edit previous posts. Any idea why that change is required?
Don't know any details, but did find http://www.ballreviews.com/comments-and ... 196.0.html.
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FiveK wrote: Tue May 01, 2018 12:54 pm Don't know any details, but did find . . .
Thanks once again. Here is some additional info.

http://forums.watchuseek.com/f530/posti ... 84343.html

"postimage.org recently was cited by the Internet's registrar for a domain definition problem and had to change to postimag.cc"
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mrc wrote: Tue Oct 31, 2017 9:14 am Getting a list working ...
  1. Go to the shops
  2. Buy a new computer
  3. Swear at computer when it crashes
  1. Go to the shops
  2. Buy a new computer
  3. Swear at computer when it crashes
  1. Go to the shops
  2. Buy a new computer
  3. Swear at computer when it crashes
Finally!
Thank you. I wondered how to do that.
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This is a test. Today's date is 5/6/18
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goldy18 wrote: Sun May 06, 2018 2:30 pm Today's date is 5/6/18
Testing how to quote

Yea! It worked
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Text before the image.

Image

Text after the image.
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oh, my word!

Look at that building in the background. It's like a stack of pizza boxes!

There actually are some tall building constructed so that the each floor is sort of "rotated" from that below it. But this building seems a bit random about it. Interesting (to an engineer).

bklyn96 wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 10:11 pm Text before the image.

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Text after the image.
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JohnFiscal wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 10:14 pm oh, my word! Look at that building in the background. It's like a stack of pizza boxes! There actually are some tall building constructed so that the each floor is sort of "rotated" from that below it. But this building seems a bit random about it. Interesting (to an engineer).
Here's an article about that building:

https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/05/yimby- ... attan.html
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bklyn96 wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 10:32 pm
JohnFiscal wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 10:14 pm oh, my word! Look at that building in the background. It's like a stack of pizza boxes! There actually are some tall building constructed so that the each floor is sort of "rotated" from that below it. But this building seems a bit random about it. Interesting (to an engineer).
Here's an article about that building:

https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/05/yimby- ... attan.html
bklyn96, thanks for the info! That's great to be able to read about this building. ...the things I learn, in the most unexpected places. :sharebeer
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JohnFiscal wrote: Tue May 22, 2018 10:52 am
bklyn96 wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 10:32 pm
JohnFiscal wrote: Wed May 16, 2018 10:14 pm oh, my word! Look at that building in the background. It's like a stack of pizza boxes! There actually are some tall building constructed so that the each floor is sort of "rotated" from that below it. But this building seems a bit random about it. Interesting (to an engineer).
Here's an article about that building:

https://newyorkyimby.com/2018/05/yimby- ... attan.html
bklyn96, thanks for the info! That's great to be able to read about this building. ...the things I learn, in the most unexpected places. :sharebeer
testing a "reply with quote"
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LadyGeek wrote: Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:37 pm Thanks for trying, but remember that we also need to support the software. Allowing members to arrange their own HTML elements means that someone will get the order wrong (or leave out an element). With no further internal checks, the page will be incorrectly rendered in your browser.

For example, putting [/table] in the wrong spot will result in the entire thread being stuffed into a table. There's nothing we can do except edit the post causing the error. That's more work for the moderators, and frustration for the members who don't understand what's wrong.

I am trying to add this line, in the color blue, as if it is a response to the sentence above it. lets see if it works.

For this reason, I don't think adding tables via BBCode will be helpful.

If you want to discuss further, feel free to bump Tables feature.

testing how to put an answer inside an earlier quote that gets copied
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'67Bosox wrote: Sun May 27, 2018 7:12 am
LadyGeek wrote: Wed Mar 07, 2018 3:37 pm ...
I am trying to add this line, in the color blue, as if it is a response to the sentence above it. lets see if it works.
...
testing how to put an answer inside an earlier quote that gets copied
The above color is not "true" blue - if that was the intention.

The forum's text color editor is not very user-friendly. For those with a software background - the colors are r g b in hex. The quote's colors are:

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[color=#4000FF]I am trying to add this line, in the color blue, as if it is a response to the sentence above it.  lets see if it works. [/color]
Blue is #0000ff, the first "blue" tile at the top-left, 5th color block, as:

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[color=#0000FF]I am trying to add this line, in the color blue, as if it is a response to the sentence above it.  lets see if it works. [/color]
Keep the background colors in mind when choosing a text color.

"True" blue in a post (harder to see):
I am trying to add this line, in the color blue, as if it is a response to the sentence above it. lets see if it works.
"True" blue in a quote (easier to see):
I am trying to add this line, in the color blue, as if it is a response to the sentence above it. lets see if it works.
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Great advice on selecting color, for a post.
thank you!
just for fun, here is a test of color: trying this sentence in blue or hopefully in blue-ish, mainly to see if it shows up.
trying this one in red, to see what it will look like when posted.
i am expecting these to show up on a background of the usual light/blue/grey, so i am expecting the red one to "look" better to a reader?
and this is all just me testing with this, and if i am supposed to be somewhere else trying this out, please tell me.
I have been a reader for a while, but a brand new Newbie in terms of posting anything on this site.
Thank you again.
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Note that it's not necessary to use hexadecimal RGB specifications to set colors. You can also use a more convenient form--the color's name, e.g.

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[color=blue]Color Blue[/color]
[color=red]Color Red[/color]
[color=green]Color Green[/color]
[color=yellow]Color Yellow[/color]
[color=orange]Color Orange[/color]
[color=purple]Color Purple[/color]
[color=navy]Color Navy[/color]
[color=mediumblue]Color Medium Blue[/color]
[color=darkblue]Color Dark Blue[/color]
etc.
show as follows:
Color Blue
Color Red
Color Green
Color Yellow
Color Orange
Color Purple
Color Navy
Color Medium Blue
Color Dark Blue

This handy RGB Color Codes Chart shows a list of available named colors as well as a color picker for more discriminating users.
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