HTML Sandbox

Various FReepers | refreshed 10/31/03 | Various FReepers

[TPartyType]

Welcome Newcomers!

This Sandbox is devoted to giving you a place to practice basic HTML without getting flamed when you make a mistake, and to get some coaching.

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So, first things first:

Go to michigander's [ HTML Bootcamp (Cyber patriot training)] and learn there how to change font color, font size, font face, and the like.
THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE NOT COVERED HERE (so as to avoid duplication).
Learn there also how to post a link and an image, then come back here to practice.

If you're having problems, folks will drop by occasionally to give you pointers and help you troubleshoot.

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Boring posts are a crime . . .

gif provided by The Animation Factory

So practice here first!

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NEWCOMERS TIP: I just reread the FreeRepublic posting guidelines. They're worth a read by all newcomers [click here].

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Following is an excellent previous post by Willie Green

But first, HTML advice from the FreeRepublic help page:

Basic HTML
The Free Republic forum uses standard HTML coding techniques. Use <p> to start new paragraphs. You may use <b> to begin bolding and <center> to center text, but please remember to end these items where appropriate with </b> and/or </center>, etc. If you post links or other advanced coding, be sure to test before posting.

Creating new paragraphs is about the only html that most posters ever need, but if you would like to learn more about html you may use any search engine on the internet to find tutorials. Simply search on "html tutorial". Here are links to a couple tutorials that I found:

• HTML Goodies

• Three Rivers Free-Net Beginning HTML

The Basics

Paragraphs, Line Breaks and Horizontal Lines
A lengthy article or reply can be very tedious to read if it does not contain some very simple HTML formating. Inserting either of the following codes will make your post much more readable:

• <br> is a line break. Text that follows this code will begin on the next line.

• <p> is a paragraph break. Text that follows this code will begin on a new line after skipping a line.

• <hr> is a horizontal rule. It draws a line across the page like this:

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Character Formatting
Simple special effects may be created using Character Formatting Codes. These codes are used in pairs in the format: <?>words to be formatted</?>, where <?> turns the formatting "ON" and </?> turns the formating "OFF".

Please: ALWAYS turn "OFF" the formatting when you use it.

Some commonly used codes of this type are:

• <b> and </b> -- BOLD
• <i> and </i> -- Italic
• <u> and </u> -- Underline
• <blink> and </blink> -- Blink
• <strike> and </strike> -- Strike
• _and -- _Subscript
• ^and -- ^Superscript
• <big> and </big> -- Big text
• <small> and </small> -- Small text

These codes can be "nested" to produce multiple effects at the same time. For instance:

<b><i>Bold and Italic</i></b> produces Bold and Italic

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Links
The method for posting a HTML link is fairly simple. The following format is used:

<a HREF="URL">Link Description</a>

where "URL" is the URL address you want to link to (and you gotta use the double quotes), and Link Description is whatever you want to call your link. For example:

<a HREF="http://www.drudgereport.com/">Link to Drudge</a>

becomes Link to Drudge

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And another from the same previous post:

<FONT COLOR="COLOR">Sample</FONT> produces colorful text.

"COLOR" is often a Hexidecimal Code for whatever Color you want, but color names are also supported.
Examples:

<FONT COLOR="blue">blue text</font> produces blue text

<FONT COLOR="red">red text</font> produces red text

<FONT COLOR="green">green text</font> produces green text

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To: foolproof formatting

Here is an easy way to REMEMBER TO TURN OFF THE FORMATTING.

To be sure I turn off the formatting I TYPE THE "OFF" COMMAND AT THE SAME TIME AS THE "ON" COMMAND.

An example:
I want to respond to a line in a post by another brilliant Freeper.
I type < I >""< /I >< BR>
I then "cut and paste" his remarks between the quotes:
< i>" You are a poopy head "< /I>< BR>
And type my equally brilliant response: "No, you're a poopy head!"
The result:

"You are a poopy head"
No, you're a poopy head!

It's very easy to forget to turn off your formatting!
Yes it is!

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To: ftrader, deport

Actually, the <ul> tag is for a bulleted list and stands for unordered list. The missing part is the list item tag (<li>) Here's an example:

<ul>
<li>List item #1
<li>List item #2
<li>List item #3
</ul>

Would display:

• List item #1
• List item #2
• List item #3

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Finally . . .

Here's the link for [Webmonkey] (a super HTML training site).

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Link to previous Sandbox thread

[antaresequity]

Jenya,

The easiest way around all this html mumbo jumbo is to get your hands on a program like Frontpage or equivalent.

Then you can type and format do whatever like normal.

Once your happy with your composition, you switch to code view, and copy all the stuff between the body tags.

Then you just paste that in fire it off.

Really speeds things up and makes it easier.

Ask around...I am sure someone you know has an old copy of Frontpage 2000 they would give you.

Scott

[BykrBayb]

I love it!

[Jenya]

Sounds good Scott. Thank you. I'll start scouting around. Tough being a newbie. :-)

[Jackie]

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[McGruff]

Somebody tell me if you can hear this mp3.

[McGruff]

Nevermind, it didn't work.

[Graybeard58]

Pictures of your new truck and wife. They are both pretty! I already asked Crystal if I can borrow it to haul some manure for my garden because I don't want to mess up my truck bed and she said "Sure you can, it's Steve's, not mine"

[GottaLuvAkitas1]

[Graybeard58]

This is a test

[TheRIGHTChoice]

Greeeeeeen

[JoJo Gunn]

Blinking text is very irritating. It's kewl for about 5 seconds. Shows in Mozilla Firefox 0.8 but not IE6.

[JoJo Gunn]

I see your post while in the sandbox.

To show the actual code as an example, without having to make spaces and explain that to whoever, use "xmp" and "/xmp" in the < and > brackets. Googles image should look like this:

<img src="http://www.google.com/images/logo.gif">

Copied exactly as shown, it should work now.

[AnimalLover]

Ping for review

[BykrBayb]

<img src="http://ecard.silkera.net/thank/thank-1.jpg">

I just started a Word document with html codes. Your tip was my first entry.

[JoJo Gunn]

You're welcome.

Ain't that handy? I've seen others, (and I've done it), countless times trying to describe a tag without being able to show it. Came up on the "example" code by happenstance on some forgotten site. Of all the "sandboxes" I'd never seen this.

As you can see, you can't really show an example of an example. It shows the beginning of it, but never the close. Sorta like closing out "infinity", perhaps.

<xmp><img src="http://ecard.silkera.net/thank/thank-1.jpg">

[BykrBayb]

That explains why you didn't just type it that way when you first told me. I wondered about that.

Somebody can say "Thanks" with an image.

I can tell you how somebody said "Thanks" with an image.
<img src="http://ecard.silkera.net/thank/thank-1.jpg">

But I can't tell you how to tell somebody that somebody said "Thanks" with an image. <xmp><img src="http://ecard.silkera.net/thank/thank-1.jpg">

I know that you know this. Now you know that I know. And I know that you know that I know.

HELP!!! How do you close out infinity?

[JoJo Gunn]

I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know.

[BykrBayb]

ROFL

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