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An embarrassing problem
moi ^ | April 10th, 2008 | bishop_malachi

Posted on 04/10/2008 6:27:14 AM PDT by Bishop_Malachi

Ladies and gents,

I have a problem. I've posted here for years, and I've let it slide until now. I should have asked these questions before, but I was too lazy/indifferent to bother. Anyway, it's gotten to the point where I can't take it anymore. I can't post pictures. I can't italicize the text that I want to respond to. I can't post links. I can't post text in different colors or fonts. I've tried tinkering with the settings on Free Republic. I've tried tinkering with my web browser. Can someone out there give me an idiot-proof explaination of what I can do to remedy this problem. I'll be forever greatful. Heck, I may even send a small donation to FR in your name. Just...please...help me.


TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Computers/Internet; Free Republic Policy/Q&A; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: computers; explaination; faq; html; posting; settings
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To: Zevonismymuse
Photobucket
21 posted on 04/10/2008 7:02:32 AM PDT by Dick Vomer (liberals suck....... but it depends on what your definition of the word "suck" is.,)
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To: Grut
and allow for edits of posted comments. FR is pretty badly behind the times, here.

Iirc, the Powers believe that allowing editing of comments after posting would reduce the dialogue to gibberish, as people went back to their posts and changed what they'd originally said, after others had responded.

I agree. If we all took the "Preview" function more seriously, we'd avoid saying many dumb things.

22 posted on 04/10/2008 7:06:24 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
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To: Bishop_Malachi

The neatest thing I have ever seen for internet posting/ forums is the ne Microsoft Live Write.

It allows you to compose in a true wysiwyg format. Then you can copy and paste it directly.


23 posted on 04/10/2008 7:07:22 AM PDT by BillM
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To: Bishop_Malachi

bttt


24 posted on 04/10/2008 7:08:52 AM PDT by firewalk
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To: Bishop_Malachi

bookmark


25 posted on 04/10/2008 7:13:45 AM PDT by Coldwater Creek
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To: Tax-chick

“If we all took the “Preview” function more seriously, we’d avoid saying many dumb things.”

Ha! Preview cannot stop me from saying many dumb things. My wife cannot stop me from saying many dumb things. It’s a special talent of mine.


26 posted on 04/10/2008 7:16:01 AM PDT by live+let_live
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To: Bishop_Malachi

See- there are FRiends here ready and willing to help.
Have a great day experiementing on the tips you’ve received. I look forward to your first pic.


27 posted on 04/10/2008 7:16:22 AM PDT by proud2beconservativeinNJ ("In God We Trust")
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To: Jeff Head

< a href=”http://www.jeffhead.com//"; target=”blank” > opens jeffhead.com in a separate window.


28 posted on 04/10/2008 7:24:44 AM PDT by HoosierHawk
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To: Bishop_Malachi
If you run Firefox, you can get an extension called Xinha Here! that'll give you an HTML editor for the reply box. After installing it, you just right click in the reply box and select it in the menu.
29 posted on 04/10/2008 7:26:19 AM PDT by JoJo Gunn (Help control the RINO population. Have them spayed or neutered. ©)
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To: Bishop_Malachi
Go to the thread HTML Sandbox located here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1555762/posts

and all your questions shall be anwered.

... you can cut-and-paste can't you?

30 posted on 04/10/2008 7:31:30 AM PDT by Rummyfan (Iraq: it's not about Iraq anymore, it's about the USA!)
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To: Bishop_Malachi; shuckmaster

A good point was made by shuckmaster.

When you find a post that has a feature you like, right click the entire page and select “view source” from the commands available.

A screen will open showing you that page you were viewing expressed in the raw html code.

It will take you some time learning how to make that view source page wrap and how to find the exact post you are looking for with find commands and the like looking for key words or poster names, but eventually you will find the individual lines of html code that the poster used to produce the effect that you wish to duplicate.

Then it is copy and paste and edit to change how you wish.

Another thing. If you are in the reply box on a post and you have html commands or flags anywhere in your response the automatic formatting gets turned off. Where you have made paragraphs, line breaks and the like, those won’t be carried over to the preview or post because the automatic formating is only used on replies that have no html. You will have to manually add the < P > commands (without the spaces) to get paragraphs when you have html anywhere in the reply.


31 posted on 04/10/2008 7:31:48 AM PDT by KC Burke (Men of intemperate minds can never be free...their passions forge their fetters.)
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To: Bishop_Malachi
Make it easy on yourself.

Get a basic HTML editor like Nvu.

http://nvudev.com/index.php

Type what you like, copy, paste and be done.

Learning HTML just to post is a huge waste of time to me....

Cheers,

knewshound

http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/
32 posted on 04/10/2008 7:32:09 AM PDT by knews_hound (Democrats dilemma:Vote for a Nut with 2 boobs or a Boob with 2 nuts)
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To: Bishop_Malachi
You can practice in the HTML Sandbox.
33 posted on 04/10/2008 7:33:31 AM PDT by jellybean (Write in Fred! - Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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To: Bishop_Malachi
Everyone has given you good information.

Another thing to note is that you can also combine the HTML formatting codes:

<i><b><font color=blue>Here's what you get with italics, bold, font color and <u>underline</u> all at once!</font></b></i>

Here's what you get with italics, bold, font color and underline all at once!

34 posted on 04/10/2008 7:34:49 AM PDT by TChris ("if somebody agrees with me 70% of the time, rather than 100%, that doesnÂ’t make him my enemy." -RR)
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To: live+let_live

Accidentally saying dumb things, I meant :-).


35 posted on 04/10/2008 7:41:34 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("Everything is either willed or permitted by God, and nothing can hurt me." Bl. Charles de Foucauld)
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To: live+let_live
I’m with you brother. I feel your pain. I have had the same problems. In addition I have been unable to get girls to date me.

Despite what you might think, kmowing HTML is no help there.

36 posted on 04/10/2008 7:42:36 AM PDT by Oztrich Boy
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To: BillM

Great link - thanks! bttt


37 posted on 04/10/2008 7:46:11 AM PDT by Matchett-PI (Proud member of "Operation Chaos" having the T-shirt , ball cap and bumpersticker to prove it.)
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To: TChris; Bishop_Malachi
Another thing to note is that you can also combine the HTML formatting codes:

<i><b><u>If you use multiple tags in the same post, turn them off in reverse order. It's called nesting.</u></b></i>

38 posted on 04/10/2008 7:50:13 AM PDT by jellybean (Write in Fred! - Proud Ann-droid and a Steyn-aholic)
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To: trisham

Hosting other people’s pictures is always a copyright problem.


39 posted on 04/10/2008 7:52:55 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
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To: Bishop_Malachi
Dear Bishop_Malachi, You're in good company. Thanks to all the kind contributors. Now watch the explosion of fonts and styles in future postings. Regards,
40 posted on 04/10/2008 7:56:29 AM PDT by alexander_busek
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