Bold Italic Underline buttons

[DeMuro1]

so I'm struggling through making an easily updateable website. My aim is to make no HTML knowledge needed. Kind of reinvent the wheel.

Anyway, I want buttons like the ones that in the post reply windows. Bold italic underline mostly but hyperlink would be good too.

Can anyone help me out here. The view source for this page shows

PHP Code:

<td nowrap><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="1">
        <input type="button" class="bginput" value=" B " onclick="vbcode(this.form,'B','')" onmouseover="stat('b')" title="BOLD (alt+b)" accesskey="b" 
        ><input type="button" class="bginput" value=" I " onclick="vbcode(this.form,'I','')" onmouseover="stat('i')" title="ITALIC (alt+i)" accesskey="i" 
        ><input type="button" class="bginput" value=" U " onclick="vbcode(this.form,'U','')" onmouseover="stat('u')" title="UNDERLINE (alt+u)" accesskey="u" >
        &nbsp; 


Thius bit of code but there are severeal problems.
1. I'm afraid there may be some sort of liscenceing or copyright law
2. I hate plagerism even if I can't spell it
3. I'd like to be able to say someone showed me and then I did it thus making me feel more gratified in the end.

Any help would be greatly appreciated