HTML Sandbox

Various FReepers | 11/22/04 | TPartyType

[TPartyType]

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Welcome Newcomers!

This Sandbox is devoted to giving you a place to practice basic HTML, 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 . . .

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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TOPICS:

[A CA Guy]

Thanks

[aligncare]

New day. Another try.

What Moussaoui should have gotten.

[aligncare]

Hey, El, you sound saavy. What am I doing wrong? I don't seem able to post a picture on FR from the My Pictures folder on my computer. Should I open with IE first before going to properties? I read the tutorial and I was at the boot camp. I'm a high school graduate...even got a doctorate - but I can't seem to do it. Am I hopeless? Can you help? Can I stop asking all these questions? :-)

[El Gran Salseron]

You can't post anything that resides on your computer. The image has to reside somewhere on the internet/website. Do an internet search for free web space or a similar term. Many websites give free web space and you can then upload the image/s to the website. Your img src tag would then include the path to the website and the image name.

Sample of what I mean by path and image name:

http://home.houston.rr.com/computerdoc/maristanet/muttley.gif

[aligncare]

Your a life saver ('cause I thought I was going crazy stupid!). That little fact - that the photo must be web based - needs to be made clearer on the HTML sandbox tutorial or at the boot camp. Thanks again and keep on dancing.

[potlatch]

[Rameumptom]

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This Reflection paper serves as a vehicle to further examine Family Systems Therapy and grants me an opportunity to voice some of my beliefs, interests and preferences.
I did not pick one theorist in particular to write about.
Within Family Systems Therapy there are many different theories and therapies. I will write about some of the more recent developments within Family Systems Therapy.

I use the Handbook of Structured Techniques in Marriage and Family Therapy by Sherman, R. and Fredman, N. (1986) to discuss some of the basic foundations of Family Systems Therapy.

I have included Kreilkamp, T. (1989) Time-Limited Intermittent Therapy with Children and Families, as an example of the recent focus on brief therapy. Kreilkamp discusses how to maximize the short time we have with some clients. Furman, B. and Ahola, T. (1992) explain Solution focused techniques and how it is impacting counseling with individuals and families in their book Solution Talk: Hosting Therapeutic Conversations. I utilize Family Therapy Concepts and Methods by Nichols, M. and Schwartz, R. (2004) which is not an original source book, but a theory book. I have included it chiefly because it has a good section on Social Constructionism. _{Social Constructionism} ^{as a philosophy} has a profound effect on family therapists today. The philosophical implications of Social Constructionism mesh well with the phenomenological view of the family. Each family is its own culture.

[Rameumptom]

warcraft rocks This Reflection paper serves as a vehicle to further examine Family Systems Therapy and grants me an opportunity to voice some of my beliefs, interests and preferences. "I did not pick one theorist in particular to write about."
Within Family Systems Therapy there are many different theories and therapies. I will write about some of the more recent developments within Family Systems Therapy.

[Rameumptom]

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<"img src="http://i3.tinypic.com/xpc2tw.jpg">

[Rameumptom]

[Rameumptom]

Ahh victory!!! Success!!!

Mommy, can I go out and play with the other kids now?

[Rameumptom]

Hup two three four

[nuke rocketeer]

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just learning!

[nuke rocketeer]

[potlatch]

[devolve]

Malibu in Mexico?

[potlatch]

Possibly!!

[devolve]

[potlatch]

LOL, I was hunting for a whole different thing!! That looks good and everything is working just right!!

[potlatch]