I have mini forum site im coding and when users make their profile they get to add a little info about themselves. I want them to be able to make list elements and add images into this description, as well as make /n (drop a line). How can I do this from a simple input text area? is there any jQuery text area plugins someone can recommend.
As it stands I have the users start any list elements (bullet points) with * and then just septate out the lines and stick them in list elements, for images I make them upload the image, they get a ref number and put that in the box between two sets of ++.
This is not very user friendly, anyone have any suggestions or plug-ins i could use to better this?
Sounds like you need a HTML editor such as TinyMCE. This will change a textarea into a HTML editor, which will give your users the ability to format the content with lists and images etc etc.