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A guide to using HTML on Free Republic in 5 lines
Painful experience | April 25, 2007 | GrondramB

Posted on 04/25/2007 5:19:01 PM PDT by gondramB

Edited on 12/14/2007 2:04:47 PM PST by Lead Moderator. [history]

When I came to Free Republic I had never used HTML. All the guides seemed complicated. This is a guide where I try to keep it as short as possible to cover the most needed topics. There are many better and more complete guides. I'll link to a couple at the end.


  1. Free Republic uses HTML where formatting is enclosed in “less than” and “greater than” signs like this <bold> </bold>unlike many boards that use brackets like this [bold] [/bold].

  2. The first one starts the command and the second one (with the divided by sign) ends the formatting like this < b > Text < /b >

    As soon as you use one HTML command in your post the Free Republic editor assumes you are doing all the formatting so you need to add you own line breaks and blank lines. Use the <br> command once for a line break, or twice (like this <br><br>) for one blank line, three times for two blank lines and so on.

  3. To insert a clickable link: <a href=www.linkadress.com>Link description</a>

  4. To insert a picture <img src=”www.linkadress.com/picturename.jpg”>


Other resources

  1. To host photos for free and get the HTML generated for you www.photobucket.com This site doesn't allow porn so its less likely to be blocked at work.

  2. More advanced Freep thread on HTML http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1569737/posts

  3. Best off-Freep resource page I've found http://www.htmlcodetutorial.com/

  4. Good luck!



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<center><hr noshade><font color="#777799" size="-2"><b>&middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/536123/posts" target="ping" title="Bump List">Bump List</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/perl/bump-list" target="ping" title="Old Time Bump List">Old Time Bump List</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1278474/posts" target="ping" title="Ping List Envy -- How big is your Ping List?">Ping List Envy -- How big is your Ping List?</a> &middot;<br>&middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1328605/posts" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers">List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #1</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1461671/posts" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #2">#2</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1575959/posts" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #3">#3</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1608368/posts" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #4">#4</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1692671/posts?page=222#222" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #5">#5</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1712139/posts" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #6">#6</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765959/posts" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #7">#7</a> &middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1811878/posts" target="ping" title="List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #8">#8</a> &middot;<br>&middot; <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/~seamole/" target="ping" title="SeaMole s Concise List">SeaMole's</a> and <a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/~ernestatthebeach/" target="ping" title="Ernest at the Beach s Concise List">Ernest at the Beach's</a> Concise Lists &middot;</b></font><hr noshade></center>
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· Bump List · Old Time Bump List · Ping List Envy -- How big is your Ping List? ·
· List of Ping Lists and Their Keepers #1 · #2 · #3 · #4 · #5 · #6 · #7 · #8 ·
· SeaMole's and Ernest at the Beach's Concise Lists ·


61 posted on 05/20/2007 3:08:38 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Time heals all wounds, particularly when they're not yours. Profile updated May 18, 2007.)
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wall. .


62 posted on 05/24/2007 2:22:23 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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. wall. .


63 posted on 05/24/2007 2:23:03 PM PDT by Jedi Master Pikachu ( What is your take on Acts 15:20 (abstaining from blood) about eating meat? Could you freepmail?)
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To: gondramB
Let me try this....

If there is a photo above this line, it worked!

64 posted on 05/24/2007 2:26:30 PM PDT by Volunteer (Just so you know, I am ashamed the Dixie Chicks make records in Nashville.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
Hey, thanks. I finally found the Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Digital Rights Management add on!

As if! LOL

Really, what's that called? I didn't see it there.

:O)

P
65 posted on 05/24/2007 2:51:17 PM PDT by papasmurf (FRed one liners...click my name. FRed & JC , for Pres.and VeePee.)
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To: thackney
That second link leads to this: HTML Tutorial, one of the very best I've found. It's a real keeper, too. Thanks.

:O)

P
66 posted on 05/24/2007 3:05:27 PM PDT by papasmurf (FRed one liners...click my name. FRed & JC , for Pres.and VeePee.)
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To: Volunteer
Can you make it bigger? Too hard to see the peoples eyes. :)

:O)

P
67 posted on 05/24/2007 3:07:52 PM PDT by papasmurf (FRed one liners...click my name. FRed & JC , for Pres.and VeePee.)
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To: David_G_Burnet
Best FREE spell checker...www.iespell.com. Works on forums, blogs, etc. just right click and presto, spell checker.

Uses Windows standard dictionary, and you can use/build your own.

:O)

P
68 posted on 05/24/2007 3:11:04 PM PDT by papasmurf (FRed one liners...click my name. FRed & JC , for Pres.and VeePee.)
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To: papasmurf

>>Can you make it bigger? Too hard to see the peoples eyes. :)

:O)

P<<

I saw somebody on another board post a picture where it looked small until you moused over it and then it got large - made it easier for folks with slow connections - I wish I knew how...


69 posted on 05/24/2007 6:02:19 PM PDT by gondramB (No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil)
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To: papasmurf
Really, what's that called? I didn't see it there.

What I was referring to in #26 wasn't anything to do with DRM. Rather a tool called "webdevaccess.exe" that will allow you to view the html source code for a selected chunk of text on a web page. It's on the right side of the page I linked to.

70 posted on 05/24/2007 6:09:07 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts
I was being funny, I thought. LOL

Thanks for the follow up and the link.

:O)

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71 posted on 05/24/2007 6:14:05 PM PDT by papasmurf (FRed one liners...click my name. FRed & JC , for Pres.and VeePee.)
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To: gondramB
I have never tried any of this stuff... Let me try: this is a great day
72 posted on 05/24/2007 6:17:05 PM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: gondramB

Bold did not work for me. When is after school tutoring????? Is it after football practice? I swear this is not easy. I guess I am doomed to just use straight typing for the rest of my FREEPER life...


73 posted on 05/24/2007 6:18:36 PM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Ok, I got it. I installed it, even though it said for IE 5.x. It doesn’t appear to work on ie 7.


74 posted on 05/24/2007 6:20:58 PM PDT by papasmurf (FRed one liners...click my name. FRed & JC , for Pres.and VeePee.)
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To: napscoordinator
>>Bold did not work for me. When is after school tutoring????? Is it after football practice? I swear this is not easy. I guess I am doomed to just use straight typing for the rest of my FREEPER life...<<


That's my fault. That's a typo I wish I could edit.


Bold is done with just the letter “B” not the whole word.

Like this <b>This should appear bold</b> but not this.

75 posted on 05/24/2007 6:30:49 PM PDT by gondramB (No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil)
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To: gondramB

Cool. Thank you. I might make it out of Kindergarten after all. I sincerely appreciate you helping us. I am not that computer savvy.


76 posted on 05/24/2007 6:32:50 PM PDT by napscoordinator (.)
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To: papasmurf
I was being funny, I thought. LOL

Ahhh...got it now. Sometimes my funny detector don't work so good after a long day.

I guess I'll have to re-install my own plug in.


77 posted on 05/25/2007 8:28:56 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts; All

Is there a nifty little code package to go with the “Pajamas” badge graphic? I’d love to post that little honey on my blog page...


78 posted on 06/14/2007 10:00:35 PM PDT by redhead ("Ah works dirty, but Ah does a clean job..." --Nightmare Alice in Li'l Abner)
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To: redhead

...with the LINK embedded, of course. duh


79 posted on 06/14/2007 10:02:37 PM PDT by redhead ("Ah works dirty, but Ah does a clean job..." --Nightmare Alice in Li'l Abner)
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To: redhead
Is there a nifty little code package to go with the “Pajamas” badge graphic?

Not sure which graphic you are referring to.

80 posted on 06/15/2007 6:27:39 AM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (Don't question faith. Don't answer lies.)
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