How to post a thread and other interesting facts, part II. (Welcome Newbies)

April 7, 2006 | Olive

[aShepard]

bttt - for later filing

[Admin Moderator]

Go to the top of the article, there is a bookmark link, right above post #1, hit that, that will end up in your personal links section. You can store your favorite threads there.

[Doomonyou]

Cool! Me in Wyoming. No I gotta figure out how to make them smaller.

[SmithL]

Do not excerpt an article unless necessary.

I too, like seeing entire articles on FR, especially if the newspaper site requires registration to read the whole article.

I have heard, from writers that I respect, that by posting an entire column we deprive them of a hit on their site. Sometimes, when legacy media is anticipating job cuts, the number of hits determines who goes and who stays on the payroll.

[Admin Moderator]

Insert the height and width variables, adjust as necessary.

<img src="http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g8/Doomonyou/Wyoming2005hunt051.jpg" height = 400 width = 500>

[NewJerseyJoe]

Thanks for this. I've been around here for several years, but I didn't know the difference between "Extended" and "Front Page" news until reading this.

Thanks again.

[Unrepentant VN Vet]

Don't know if I'll post much; having too much fun lurking and watching.

Thanks for the advice. I'll print this out for later.

[Admin Moderator]

see this

[Admin Moderator]

You're welcome!

[NewJerseyJoe]

> Good grief, that's HUGE!

Actually, it's hugh.

No really, I'm series.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

ThePythonicCow pointed out that &amp produces "&".

That's significant because it enables me to explain in HTML that

• &lt; produces the "less than" symbol (<) and
• &gt; produces the "greater than" symbol (>)

The primary use I find for that is in the </sarcasm> (&lt;/sarcasm&gt;) pseudo HTML tag closure.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

ThePythonicCow pointed out that &amp; produces "&".

[Toby06]

&lt
&gt

[Toby06]

where did i go wrong above? < > OK, I think I have it now.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I have heard, from writers that I respect, that by posting an entire column we deprive them of a hit on their site.

Then put a note in the first post asking us to give them a hit.

The archive function is one of the more valuable parts of FR. So often new sites rearrange things so that the article vanishes into the ozone. Sometimes deliberately.

[68skylark]

Hope this helps.

Thanks for all the kind background info. I'm a huge fan of The Belmont Club -- that blog has war news and analysis that's light years ahead of the MSM. I like to post it here at FR to share it, and get other views.

FR is a really wonderful place -- thanks in large measure to the folks behind the scenes who keep it all running smoothy. Great work.

[LucyJo]

bkmrk & bttt

[Jeffrey_D.]

img src= I think I'm getting it....Thanks ???

[KarinG1]

A lot of good info. Is it okay if I don't post anything original but just make smart-aleck comments about what has already been posted?

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

Hey, that helps!

Thanks....