Posted on 08/09/2005 5:18:14 PM PDT by Admin Moderator
Edited on 08/09/2005 6:51:08 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]
We've had many new folks join up recently. Welcome aboard, this thread is a gentle reminder of some basic posting guidelines. (And for some of you old timers as well) Please read the follow, and ask any questions. We will all try to help you out. Anyone who has a link that might be useful, feel free to post it.
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I would appreciate the update. I was beginning to think many FReepers talked too fast to use spellcheck. What is series?
I'm serious. And thank you, hispanarepublicana for post # 204. I've been looking for the italics button for months now.
This looks like a vanity post to me. Shouldn't this be moved out of breaking news and into general chat?
Click on your name, go to 'in forum', look at the url, your number is 39742.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/user-posts?id=39742
Definitely not breaking news...someone ping the Admin Moderator.......oh wait...
Oh and to clear things up...this is not Bush's fault or Cheney's fault...
This is the perfect Rovian storm.
Hey lady.......Couldn't remember the line between B...& D.....in your name....Must write that down....Thanks for the repost of pic...Lost my copy when the comp crashed.
How are you and yours?
Dad is progressively getting worse....just aging. Have been on the road visiting with him...Could sure use another cruise...but have wondered what's left of paradise after the storms.....
BTW do you have a picture of me "relaxing" in the hammock?
....You'll have to read earlier post to get the joke in this one....Lesson learned as freeper....Everything is NOT as it appears.
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- The HTML Campfire
- Formatting Messages with Outlook Express (HTML Bootcamp)
- Basic html formatting
- R U new? Some Tips....
- HTML for FReeper Newbies
- HTML Sandbox (Original Thread)
- HTML Sandbox (Thread Two)
- HTML Sandbox (Thread Three)
- HTML Sandbox (Latest Thread)
- Reference HTML Cheatsheet
(Also This for New Freepers)
- Revised & Updated! -- THE LEXICON OF FREEREPUBLIC -- (FR dictionary, more help for newcomers!)
- Fifth Edition of the Lexicon of FreeRepublic * * A helpful FR dictionary for newcomers * *
- Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints
- Posting refresher course - Please read
- Way too many duplicates and vanities. Please read - again. (Welcome Newbies)
Hia, Olive!
how are the other other reindeer?
Uh, oh. I didn't do that. Did I break a rule? Please don't ban me!
If anyone did not understand you,
he will have a chance again with
this post:
<I> Italic </I><P> starts a new paragraph.
<B> Bold </B>
<U> Underline </U>
<S>Strikethrough</S>
For instance, I write blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. <P>
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah,
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. <P>
blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, ...
Thanks for reminder. I will bookmark.
If the powers-that-be were really serious (er, "series") about this, they would at least put a reminder on the Post Article page about it. Even better, put a Search link on the Post Article page to encourage it. Better yet, put the Search functionality (the input box, etc.) right there ON the Post Article page.
Better still, they wouldn't leave it to chance. They'd institute at least a simple automatic search to determine if an article with a similar title was already posted, and give the poster a chance to avoid posting the duplicate.
Or, just continue to let FReepers police themselves. :O)
Still works in the Outlook Express mail composer....
Hey, that's a great tip.
I'll give it a try. Thank you.
This worked well. I could not view the HTML in Outlook Express, but I did copy what I created there, pasted it into the Netscape Editor, viewed that in HTML, copied it and pasted that into the FR posting window.
It worked.
If you know a way to view the HTML code in Outlook Express, that would save a step.
Thanks very much.
I found it. I hadn't tried the right click, which I use all the time. There it was, view source.
Excellent.
Your tip was very helpful and I appreciate it.
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