HTML Sandbox

self | 10 Jan 06 | 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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[DWar]

Issue	Immediacy	Negativity	Changeability
					Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain	Romney	Thompson
1- Electablity-Any R is better than a D	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		8	5	10	8	5
2- Illegal Immigration	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		2	2	0	10	10
3- War Iraq & on terror	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
4- SCOTUS appts	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	5	2	10	10
5- Guns & 2nd Amend	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		0	10	10	8	10
6- Business/infl/rec	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
7- Lower Taxes	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	2	2	10	10
8- Iran	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		10	5	10	10	10
9- Pro-Life	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		0	10	10	5	10
10- Gov Healthcare	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	5	5	5	10
Top 10 Total					70	60	69	86	95
11- Soc Sec-Privatize	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
12- Internet Tax	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	0	10	10	10
13- Kyoto Treaty	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
14- Global Warming	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		0	0	0	0	10
15- Energy Indy	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		8	8	5	10	8
16- ANWAR Drilling	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		5	10	0	10	10
17- Globalism & Free Td	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		2	8	10	10	10
18- Tax Reform	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		10	10	5	10	9
19- Gay Rights	Serious	Powerful	Unchangeable		0	10	5	8	8
20- CFR & 1st Amend	Serious	Powerful	Changeable		0	0	0	10	5
Top 20 Total					125	122	124	174	185
21- School Vouchers	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
22- Guantanamo	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
23- Waterboarding	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
24- Death Penalty	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
25- Tort Reform	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	5	10	5
26- Federalism	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	10
27- Crime	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
28- Affirmative Action	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	0
29- Military Strength	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
All Issues Total					205	184	179	260	260
						Conservative= 10
						Conservative to Moderate= 8
						Moderate or Unreliable=5
						Moderate to Liberal= 2
						Liberal= 0

[DWar]

Issue	Immediacy	Negativity	Changeability
					Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain	Romney	Thompson
1- Electablity-Any R is better than a D	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		8	5	10	8	5
2- Illegal Immigration	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		2	2	0	10	10
3- War Iraq & on terror	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
4- SCOTUS appts	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	5	2	10	10
5- Guns & 2nd Amend	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		0	10	10	8	10
6- Business/infl/rec	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
7- Lower Taxes	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	2	2	10	10
8- Iran	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		10	5	10	10	10
9- Pro-Life	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		0	10	10	5	10
10- Gov Healthcare	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	5	5	5	10
Top 10 Total					70	60	69	86	95
11- Soc Sec-Privatize	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
12- Internet Tax	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	0	10	10	10
13- Kyoto Treaty	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
14- Global Warming	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		0	0	0	0	10
15- Energy Indy	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		8	8	5	10	8
16- ANWAR Drilling	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		5	10	0	10	10
17- Globalism & Free Trd	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		2	8	10	10	10
18- Tax Reform	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		10	10	5	10	9
19- Gay Rights	Serious	Powerful	Unchangeable		0	10	5	5	8
20- CFR & 1st Amend	Serious	Powerful	Changeable		0	0	0	10	5
Top 20 Total					125	122	124	171	185
21- School Vouchers	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
22- Guantanamo	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
23- Waterboarding	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
24- Death Penalty	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
25- Tort Reform	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	5	10	5
26- Federalism	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	10
27- Crime	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
28- Affirmative Action	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	0
29- Military Strength	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
All Issues Total					205	184	179	257	260
				Conservative= 10
				Conservative to Moderate= 8
				Moderate or Unreliable=5
				Moderate to Liberal= 2
				Liberal= 0

[DWar]

Issue	Immediacy	Negativity	Changeability
					Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain	Romney	Thompson
1- Electablity-Any R is better than a D	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		8	5	10	8	5
2- Illegal Immigration	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		2	2	0	10	10
3- War Iraq & on terror	Imminent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
4- SCOTUS appts	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	5	2	10	10
5- Guns & 2nd Amend	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		0	10	10	8	10
6- Business/infl/rec	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
7- Lower Taxes	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	2	2	10	10
8- Iran	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		10	5	10	10	10
9- Pro-Life	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		0	10	10	5	10
10- Gov Healthcare	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	5	5	5	10
Top 10 Total					70	60	69	86	95
11- Soc Sec-Privatize	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
12- Internet Tax	Urgent	Devestating	Unchangeable		10	0	10	10	10
13- Kyoto Treaty	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
14- Global Warming	Urgent	Devestating	Changeable		0	0	0	0	10
15- Energy Indy	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		8	8	5	10	8
16- ANWAR Drilling	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		5	10	0	10	10
17- Globalism & Free Trd	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		2	8	10	10	10
18- Tax Reform	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		10	10	5	10	9
19- Gay Rights	Serious	Powerful	Unchangeable		0	10	5	5	8
20- CFR & 1st Amend	Serious	Powerful	Changeable		0	0	0	10	5
Top 20 Total					125	122	124	171	185
21- School Vouchers	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
22- Guantanamo	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
23- Waterboarding	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
24- Death Penalty	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
25- Tort Reform	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	5	10	5
26- Federalism	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	10
27- Crime	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
28- Affirmative Action	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	0
29- Military Strength	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
All Issues Total					205	184	179	257	260
			Conservative= 10
			Conservative to Moderate= 8
			Moderate or Unreliable=5
			Moderate to Liberal= 2
			Liberal= 0

[DWar]

Jim Rob

If Fred or Hunter don't "make it" and it becomes necessary to vote while holding my nose and puking, I tried to devise a rational way to determine which RINO would make me puke the least.

I identified my top 29 issues and prioritized them based on:

• How immediately they could impact the nation-
  Immediate, Urgent, Serious
• The power of their negative impact-
  Devastating, Powerful, Strong and
• Once implemented could they ever be changed-
  Unchangeable, Changeable.

It seemed rational that issues like being conquered by illegal immigrants or losing the war, being more immediate, potentially negative and unchangeable, were more critical than even important issues like Gay Rights or Healthcare. Therefore issues that are more immediate, more negative and that were relatively unchangeable were more highly prioritized.

I spent yesterday analyzing the candidates quotes and votes from several sources including http://www.ontheissues.org/default.htm, and made some judgments about their level of conservatism. Taking into consideration the "If their lips are moving, they're lying" factor, I marked a candidate lower if I thought their stated position was shaded like with Huckabee on Taxes, McAmnesty on Immigration, Romney on Gay Rights or Giuliani on Guns.

The ranking scale range is:

• Conservative = 10
• Conservative to Moderate = 8
• Moderate or Unreliable = 5
• Moderate to Liberal = 2
• Liberal = 0

I separated and subtotaled the top 10 and the top 20 from the total to see how the candidates compare on the most important issues as opposed to the total.

No one scores as high as FRed.
In order they rank, The Flipper, Juilie Anne, the Hickster and McAmnesty.
Romney may be the "Best of the Worst". Especially on critical top 10 issues.

Issue	Immediacy	Negativity	Changeability
					Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain	Romney	Thompson
1- Electablity-Any R is better than a D	Imminent	Devastating	Unchangeable		8	5	10	8	5
2- Illegal Immigration	Imminent	Devastating	Unchangeable		2	2	0	10	10
3- War Iraq & on terror	Imminent	Devastating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
4- SCOTUS appts	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable		10	5	2	10	10
5- Guns & 2nd Amend	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable		0	10	10	8	10
6- Business/infl/rec	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	8	8	10	10
7- Lower Taxes	Imminent	Powerful	Changeable		10	2	2	10	10
8- Iran	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable		10	5	10	10	10
9- Pro-Life	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable		0	10	10	5	10
10- Gov Healthcare	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable		10	5	5	5	10
Top 10 Total					70	60	67	86	95
11- Soc Sec-Privatize	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable		10	8	10	10	10
12- Internet Tax	Urgent	Devastating	Unchangeable		10	0	10	10	10
13- Kyoto Treaty	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
14- Global Warming	Urgent	Devastating	Changeable		0	0	0	0	10
15- Energy Indy	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		8	8	5	10	8
16- ANWAR Drilling	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		5	10	0	10	10
17- Globalism & Free Trd	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		2	8	10	10	10
18- Tax Reform	Urgent	Powerful	Changeable		10	10	5	10	9
19- Gay Rights	Serious	Powerful	Unchangeable		0	10	5	5	8
20- CFR & 1st Amend	Serious	Powerful	Changeable		0	0	0	10	5
Top 20 Total					125	122	122	171	185
21- School Vouchers	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
22- Guantanamo	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
23- Waterboarding	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	0	0	10	10
24- Death Penalty	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
25- Tort Reform	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	5	10	5
26- Federalism	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	10
27- Crime	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	8	10	10	10
28- Affirmative Action	Serious	Strong	Changeable		5	8	5	8	0
29- Military Strength	Serious	Strong	Changeable		10	10	10	10	10
All Issues Total					205	184	177	257	260
			Conservative= 10
			Conservative to Moderate= 8
			Moderate or Unreliable=5
			Moderate to Liberal= 2
			Liberal= 0

[Joshua]

bump for personal reference...
test

[potlatch]

[pjsbro]

ignore i'm trying to figure out why this link doesn't work: http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/092107A.shtml

Excuse me, but I don't remember any objections when Keith Olberman accused President Bush of "pimping" General Petraeus on 09/20/2007. Think MSNBC will apologize?

[potlatch]

Remember this?

[devolve]

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Back a ways

It looks kinda like a video

[potlatch]

Last year I think, or 2006. I had to change all the apostophies in it like in the other one I told you about.

But I have to either email them to myself from my laptop or Freepmail them. That may be making them change somehow.

Just thought you might like to see the Hillary part anyway.

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

Answer: Is there news?