Adding formatting to question wording?

[lisa7174]

I'm having a bit of trouble with this. I'm able to create the htm file (using Microsoft Word). I can even get it to display in MediaLab using the directions given. But when it displays, it displays the code, not how I want it to look. (I'm trying to italicize and bold different phrases in a questionnaire). I even copied the code straight from previous posts to be sure that it was written correctly. Is there a step that I'm missing?

[jarvis24]

Can you zip and post a folder containing a simple .que file and your html file? Then I can try it out here and see if I can replicate the problem and identifiy the issue.

[lisa7174]

The code is displaying how I want it to look now (e.g, not the code, but as italicized text). Instead I'm having a problem getting it to look similiar to the rest of the questions in Medialab (same color, font, etc.) Also, the file takes up the whole screen (so that you can't even see the continue button).
The attached files are from two items that we are trying to create, one being a set of instructions with a bolded phrase, and the second being a multiple response item with italics, that we'd like to have 5 response options (again, the file takes up the whole page). The third and fourth items are included to give an idea of what we'd like this to look like in Medialab (excluding the formatting).
Thanks very much for your help with this.

[jarvis24]

Take a look at the revised sample and see if that's what you are looking for. I changed your two custom items to an instruction item and a scale response. Then I added your html files as "backgrounds" with defined areas for the html to appear. Let me know if you have any trouble with it!

[lisa7174]

Hi,
Thanks so much for your help with this, I've been able to do this for just about every item now. There is only one item that is still giving me trouble - it is a fill in the blank item. I've created the html file, and when I open that file separately, it looks just how I want it to. When I put the file into the item (with parameters so that it doesn't overlap the text box), it will display an error ("The page cannot be displayed. The page you are looking for is currently unavailable. The Web site might be experiencing technical difficulties, or you may need to adjust your browser settings."). This doesn't make sense to me, since the html code for this is very simliar to the other ones in the experiment, and they all are working correctly. Does this have to do with the item type?