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self | 10 Jan 06 | TPartyType

Posted on 01/10/2006 7:29:56 PM PST by TPartyType


Welcome Newcomers!

This Sandbox is devoted to giving you a place to practice basic HTML, and to get some coaching.


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.


Boring posts are a crime . . .

Cartoon_cop.gif - (12K)

So practice here first!


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


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:

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:


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:

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


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


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


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!


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:


Finally . . .

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



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KEYWORDS: 2006; 2006html; faq; fr; html; htmlsandbox; lexicon; newbies; newcomers
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To: cynwoody
This one doesn't go quite across...
Is that less confusing?

Another try.

701 posted on 11/01/2007 4:13:51 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody
Another try.
702 posted on 11/01/2007 5:34:01 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: TPartyType

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Ut wisi enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ulliam corper suscipit lobortis nisl ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat.



703 posted on 11/02/2007 8:04:19 PM PDT by Mitt Romney (Mitt Romney For President)
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To: TPartyType
Trying to post a picture -

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704 posted on 11/10/2007 5:20:28 AM PST by MomwithHope
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To: TPartyType

Anyone know if you have a picture on goggle’s picasaweb if that will post??


705 posted on 11/10/2007 5:21:41 AM PST by MomwithHope
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To: devolve

706 posted on 11/12/2007 11:01:44 PM PST by potlatch ("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
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To: potlatch

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LOL!

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707 posted on 11/13/2007 9:02:50 PM PST by devolve (---- -Secret_Asian_Man_&_Dr.No-No_Sorass_-)
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To: devolve

Now that bear is shaking all over!
Let me go read email.


708 posted on 11/13/2007 9:07:11 PM PST by potlatch ("Life may not be the party we hoped for, but while we're here we might as well dance!")
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To: TPartyType
Tonight a follow up to last weeks posting of the reinstallement of the cross on St Peters Church in Bagdad...

Don't bother looking for any of this in the MSM, Drive By Media...

"A Bishop came to St John’s Church in Baghdad today, 15 November, where a crowd of locals welcomed him home. They were joined at the service by soldiers from the 2-12 infantry battalion, many of whom had fought hard to secure these neighborhood streets. Members of the hard-fighting Iraqi Army 3rd Division were also here for this special day."

"Today, Muslims mostly filled the front pews of St John’s. Muslims who want their Christian friends and neighbors to come home. The Christians who might see these photos likely will recognize their friends here. The Muslims in this neighborhood worry that other people will take the homes of their Christian neighbors, and that the Christians will never come back. And so they came to St John’s today in force, and they showed their faces, and they said, “Come back to Iraq. Come home.” They wanted the cameras to catch it. They wanted to spread the word: Come home. Muslims keep telling me to get it on the news. “Tell the Christians to come home to their country Iraq.”"

"It was the first mass said in St John’s since the church was shuttered after the nearby St George’s was destroyed and clergy in the north were kidnapped, tortured and executed."

"This Christian mom wanted to show off her kids. Muslim women also do this. Iraqi women love to show off their kids."

This is all clearly good news from Iraq that you will never see on TV...

See the whole thing from Michael Yon here.

709 posted on 11/16/2007 4:40:05 PM PST by pandemoniumreigns
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To: Lefty1961

Ping!


710 posted on 12/01/2007 3:02:37 PM PST by Allegra (Greetings from a kinder, gentler Iraq. God bless US and Coalition Forces.)
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To: rineaux
hello so what what? hello hello
712 posted on 12/19/2007 5:13:19 AM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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To: rineaux
hello
713 posted on 12/19/2007 5:15:40 AM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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To: rineaux

714 posted on 12/19/2007 5:30:25 AM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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To: rineaux
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715 posted on 12/19/2007 5:33:13 AM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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To: rineaux
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716 posted on 12/19/2007 10:55:55 AM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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To: rineaux
Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting


717 posted on 12/20/2007 5:36:54 AM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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To: rineaux

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718 posted on 12/20/2007 3:14:08 PM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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To: rineaux

bttt


719 posted on 12/20/2007 3:15:23 PM PST by texastoo ((((((USA)))))((((((, USA))))))((((((. USA))))))))
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To: texastoo

Just learning how to play in the sandbox. LOL


720 posted on 12/20/2007 3:22:35 PM PST by rineaux (How dare you, how dare you question the Clinton's wrecked record.)
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