HTML SANDBOX 2021

[Pollard]

Working on updating my profile page with a Table of Contents of nested lists with on page anchors so that the TOC is nested and clickable for jumping down the page. Will probably put some Back to Top links throughout the page. Page is getting long and I’m about to make it a LOT longer.

[Pollard]

Got it started with working on page anchor jump links and a few back-to-top links.

Didn't do the top ones yet because that stuff is right up top. Once my TOC gets long, I'll make those anchors.

I either hot link images from the website I find them on or use imgur.com. I have a screenshot app that allows me to send to imgur without having to actually go there and it automatically puts the url on my clipboard. I do have my own web hosting and once in a while pluck one of my images or upload one to post.

Like I said, my profile page is about to get huge. I'll be putting this, https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/4037718/posts?page=41#41 and most of this, https://freerepublic.com/focus/chat/3973069/posts?page=113#113 on it. That and rearranging what I already have.

I use the FR Posting Form Enhancer from here; http://cynwoody.appspot.com/fr_posting_form_enhancer.html which adds buttons for all the basic html elements.

Notice the lack of closing html paragraph tags above? FR closes most tags for you.

[Hebrews 11:6]

FR closes most tags for you.

Those of us who were here in the early days have vivid memories of FR not closing tags. Someone would neglect to close his italics, and every post thereafter would be italicized--hence the battle cry, CLOSE YOUR ITALIANS! Finally, John R tweaked the software.

[Pollard]

https://freerepublic.com/~pollard/

500 lines of html

[Hebrews 11:6]

Looks like you did it!

[poconopundit]

Hey Hebrews!

I just discovered your FReeper sandbox post of a few months ago.  It's excellent.  And as an aspiring HTML/CSS/JS geek, I can appreciate the work that went into this post.

But is our passion for meticulous detail, easy-to-follow text/images, and coding efficiency a waste of time?  Shouldn't we be doing crossword puzzles or smacking white golf balls down the fairway instead?  Well, here's what Emerson had to say:

Heed thy private dream: you will not be missed in the scorning and skepticism  Stay there in thy closet, and toil, until the rest are agreed what to do about it 

Your sickness, they say, and your puny habit, require that you do this or avoid that, but know that thy life is a flitting state, a tent for a night, and do thou, sick or well, finish that stint 

You are sick, but shalt not be worse, and the universe, which holds thee dear, shall be the better 

When I first joined FR in 2015, I thought having to revert to an older version of HTML was limiting  But I soon realized Jim Robinson and Co  are smart cookies.  Cyber criminals are very attracted to "open architecture" stuff because it's relatively insecure and criminals choose the easiest paths to stealing money and breaking things  So with older HTML code, FR is a much small target for their fraud.

While my HTML coding on FR doesn't rise to the level of artistic as some FReepers have achieved, at least I learned how to code stories that are more magazine-like in appearance  My vanities are posted at freeper.org  Click on "Vanities" at the top to some HTML examples such as Trump the Diplomat, Mark Twain, and Trump International Chicago.

One trick I discovered a couple years back fits into the "HTML Sandbox" category 

Rather than go through the work of creating a custom GIF image from scratch, you can create a similar effect inside a HTML table by combining a transparent foreground image with a background animated GIF.  I have supplied the code below you can copy with step-by-step instructions  Here it is:

The Eagle Struck!

And here's the code. Copy this entire section below and drop into your HTML coding software. I use Notepad++.

<!-- The Eagle Struck -- Overlapping Transparent Image with Animated Background -->
<table width=700 height=270 cellspacing=10 bgcolor=black>

<!-- Table row with a black background -->
<tr bgcolor=black>

<!-- Left table cell <td> contains the fireworks GIF image as a background -->
<td align=left valign=bottom width=600px background="http://freeper.org/fr/clips/coloful-fireworks-animated-gif-image-6.gif">

    <!-- The Trump/eagle foreground image -->
    <img width=200 src="http://freeper.org/fr/clips/trump_eagle.gif"/>
</td>
<!-- Right side table cell where you insert your text -->
<td>
    <center>
    <b valign=middle><font color=white face=Arial size=6>The Eagle Struck!</font></b>
    </center>
</td>

</tr> <!-- close the table's Row -->
</table>

[Hebrews 11:6]

Magnificent! Tables enable SO much.

Thanks.

[rlmorel]

I always appreciate your work. I readily admit I am occasionally guilty of overdoing it on the HTML front, but I find that in a medium in which context of communication can lead to troublesome or ineffective online dialogue, the ability to format with HTML can be very helpful...:)

[poconopundit]

Thanks, rlmorel.  What's insane is the amount of instruction and free code available online for every purpose you can imagine.

I swear by the W3Schools How to Snippets.  In fact, in my web publishing work, that's where I go to learn something new. And if you find some code there, you know it's been thoroughly tested across platforms.

And complementing that is a coding platform that produces applications for the desktop. So you can take your HTML and CSS frameworks, merge them with data tables, and post it all online.

For that purpose I use Visual Foxpro (VFP).  And even though Microsoft no longer supports VFP, there's a huge international online community of experts who can keep you out of trouble -- and who are happy to provide free advice.

I got started with VFP about 15 years ago, and I am constantly finding uses for it in my boutique publishing stuff.  There's even an outstanding series of low cost training videos by a very competent and pleasant-to-listen-to guy in Toronto.  Using that training course filled in the gaps on how to get rolling.

[rlmorel]

Thanks for those tips, I have bookmarked it, FRiend...

[Beowulf9]

Hey! Thanks. Going to try these!

[Hebrews 11:6]

That's the spirit!

[Beowulf9]

It’s cool!

[Hebrews 11:6]

YOU CAN SAY THAT AGAIN!

[TianaHighrider]

Bookmark

[Beowulf9]

That is beautiful!

[ptsal]

SPECTRUM OF POLITICS

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Notice the collection on the left and left-center of this image.

Now, put a name or political party name with the information.

archived image file ::::: https://archive.ph/gdyO2

[Hebrews 11:6]

Are you asking for my help?

[ptsal]

No just archiving a handy image.

[Hebrews 11:6]

I notice “Monarchy” is absent. It will arrive soon universally, when Jesus takes His throne during His 1,000-year kingdom, prior to the end.