Help with Posting

If you want to use the entire web page,

1. In your browser, select (under View for IE) "view source". This will open a window with the HTML text.
2. Select all of the HTML text.
3. Copy all of the HTML text.
4. Return to FR in the post box, and paste the HTML text.
5. Use the Preview button to view.

Depending on what's going on with the site (some that have banners and stuff make it difficult) I found the easies was was to open two browser windows, one to the place I want to post from and one to FR. use the View Source Code (or similar) feature of your browser, select all (CTRL-A usually, might have to click and drag) the text and copy that to your clipboard (your friend CTRL-C) then paste it in the FR post box (CTRL-V). This will get all the formating codes. Unfortunately if it's a "busy" page you'll get a lot of other crap which might or might not be easy to delete from your post (heavy use of the preview button). Finally don't forget to grab the location from your browser pointing at the story you're grabbing and copy that to your FR post.

And finally remember, if it's the Washington Post or LA Times only grab the first few paragraphs. FR is still in court with those jagoffs and posts of entire articles will be removed.

Good luck, happy freeping.

Isn't there an easier way....I seem to recall something about typing in the address in <> with some letters before it?????

Thanks, TomGuy's explanation was the easiest to follow.

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Help with Posting

Culture/Society
Posted on 12/14/01 9:32 AM Pacific by watsonfellow

I would like to post this article as it looks on the web site, how would I do that......

Thanks

1 posted on 12/14/01 9:32 AM Pacific by watsonfellow
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To: watsonfellow

If you want to use the entire web page,

1. In your browser, select (under View for IE) "view source". This will open a window with the HTML text.
2. Select all of the HTML text.
3. Copy all of the HTML text.
4. Return to FR in the post box, and paste the HTML text.
5. Use the Preview button to view.

2 posted on 12/14/01 9:39 AM Pacific by TomGuy
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To: watsonfellow

Depending on what's going on with the site (some that have banners and stuff make it difficult) I found the easies was was to open two browser windows, one to the place I want to post from and one to FR. use the View Source Code (or similar) feature of your browser, select all (CTRL-A usually, might have to click and drag) the text and copy that to your clipboard (your friend CTRL-C) then paste it in the FR post box (CTRL-V). This will get all the formating codes. Unfortunately if it's a "busy" page you'll get a lot of other crap which might or might not be easy to delete from your post (heavy use of the preview button). Finally don't forget to grab the location from your browser pointing at the story you're grabbing and copy that to your FR post.

And finally remember, if it's the Washington Post or LA Times only grab the first few paragraphs. FR is still in court with those jagoffs and posts of entire articles will be removed.

Good luck, happy freeping.

3 posted on 12/14/01 9:44 AM Pacific by discostu
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To: watsonfellow

download this tool...

View Partial Source

Highlight the text you wish to copy, right click and select "View Partial Source" from the menu, copy the partial source and paste it into the FR box.

4 posted on 12/14/01 9:54 AM Pacific by tex-oma
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To: tex-oma

Isn't there an easier way....I seem to recall something about typing in the address in <> with some letters before it?????

5 posted on 12/14/01 9:58 AM Pacific by watsonfellow
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To: watsonfellow

Thanks, TomGuy's explanation was the easiest to follow.

6 posted on 12/14/01 10:03 AM Pacific by watsonfellow
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To: watsonfellow

Don't forget your flame suit.

7 posted on 12/14/01 10:04 AM Pacific by cdwright
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Whoa. hehehe.

I think they want the < Base ref= > tag

Please avoid posting the entire web page. It takes up valuable bandwith and slows down loading. Plus, some of us really don't like looking at the ads.