Basic Codes

BOLD: <b>text</b>
ITALIC: <i>text</i>
UNDERLINES: <u>text</u>
STRIKE THROUGH: <s>text</s>

CENTER TEXT: <center>text</center>
TEXT ON THE RIGHT: <div style="text-align: right;">text</div>
TEXT ON THE LEFT: <div style="text-align: left;">text</div>

CHANGING COLOR:
<font color="htmlcolor">text</font>

CHANGING SIZE:
<font size="2">text</font>
The number "2" is an example, you can put any number.

CHANGING COLOR & SIZE:
<font size="2" color="htmlcolor">text</font>

MAKING A LINK:
<a href="http://link">name</a>

If you want to open the link in a NEW window, use this code:
<a href="http://link" target="_blank">name</a>

TEXT WITH A BACKGROUND:
<div style="width:190px; height:12px; background-color:#000000; text-align:left; color: #ffffff;">text</div>

Change the width, the height, the background-color and the color text to your linking. You can replace "left" with "right" or "center" for those effects.

BORDER AROUND YOUR TEXT:
<FIELDSET style="width:190px; height:12px; border: 1px solid #000000;">text</FIELDSET>

Change the width, the height and the color (#000000) to your liking. You can replace "solid" with "dashed" or "dotted".

PUTTING A IMAGE IN YOUR DESCRIPTION:
upload the image you want on TinyPic, ImageShack or Photobucket. Get the direct link (it should end in .jpg for example) and use this code: <img src="directlink">

SCROLLING MARQUEE:
go here
http://www.myspacegens.com/handler.php?gen=marquee
or here
http://www.quackit.com/html/codes/stop_marquee.cfm