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Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide:

(In all cases remove the space between the < and the following character)

Basic formatting:

Line break < br>
Paragraph break < p>
< u> underline < /u>
< i> italics < /i>
< b> bold < /b>
< font color=red> Red font < /font>
< blink> blink < /blink>

< font size=1>Smallest FR font< /font> Displays as:
Smallest FR font

< font size=7>Largest FR font< /font> Displays as:
Largest FR font

Or

Step font size up or down with < big>bigger< /big>

and < small>smaller< /small>

"Hidden" text: < font color=white> White font < /font>
Drag cursor over blank area to highlight to read...

Posting a link:

General:
< a href=[web address]>[title]< /a>
Example:
This: < a href=http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1179145/posts>Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal< /a>
Posts as this:
Iran starts atom tests in defiance of EU deal

Posting an image:

General:
< img src="[web server location]">

Clarity is needed - you can't just snag a favorite picture from a desktop folder...it has to be hosted someplace to be transferrable to our posts. ~ ErnBatavia

Example:
This: < img src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">

Posts this:

Tip: control the size with "height=nnn" like so:

This: < img height= 200 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

While This: < img height= 100 src="http://www.notablebiographies.com/images/uewb_09_img0611.jpg">
Posts this:

[SES1066]

Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide:

Thanks for this HTML primer. I wasn't the one asking but I did learn some more about the images. Another day, another brain cell or two filled.

[Positive]

Thanks Nully.

[chinaboy]

< img src=”http://byfiles.storage.live.com/y1pFT62y-8U0Xu1Asb33WHgdn_1nlOAvZTVsLg0-DH9qLayUvcHmF_GuoL8rxiXXuHjO4PjMK1d6_s";>
my painting.

[rabscuttle385]

For the sake of all that is good and holy, please do not use the blink tag.

[Chinstrap61a]

Bump for instructional purposes

[savedbygrace]

BTW, you can create a < by typing &lt;

The > is &gt;

That way you don't have to tell the neophyte to NOT include a space.

An ampersand is created by typing &amp;