The HTML Campfire

10/5/2004 | me, all the helpful others

[michigander]

The HTML Campfire

Gather 'round one and all. New or old, it doesn't matter.
All that should matter is a willingness to have, what may or may not be considered, knowledge bestowed upon anyone willing to learn how in the world all this cool looking stuff happens 'round here.
Let's get started...

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Line Break: <br>
When you type <br> at the end of a line of text
This is what happens.

New Paragraph: <p>
When you type <p> at the end of a line of text

This is what happens.

These you need to turn something "on" and "off".

Bold "on" = <b> Bold "off "= </b>
Typing in:
<b>Bold</b> no more bold
Looks like:
Bold no more bold

The rest work the same way

Italic: <i></i>
Italic

Underline: <u></u>
Underline

Strikeout: <s></s>
Strikeout

Center: <center></center>

Center

The recently popular, Superscript: 
^{th, st, rd}

Subscript: 
_{th, st, rd}

Nothing to it right?
Now these require you to enter what you want between the " and ".

Font Size: <font size="?"></font> (?=font sizes; 1-7)
1234567

Font Color: <font color="the color name"></font>
Black
White It's White, trust me it's there (highlight it with your pointer)
Red
Green
Blue
Cyan
Purple
Orange
Yellow
Brown

These rquire you to enter where you want to go between the " and ".

How to post a picture: <img src="?"> (?=the address of the picture)
In this case the picture address is: http://www.freerepublic.com/images/frlogo.gif (It's from the FR home page)
<img src="http://www.freerepublic.com/images/frlogo.gif"> =

Links are a 2 step process. Where you want to go and something for the pointer to "click" on.
Link Something: <a href="?">??</a> (?=the address of the page, ??=something to "click" on)
In this case the page address is: http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm (the FreeRepublic "home" page)
<a href="http://www.freerepublic.com/home.htm">(the FreeRepublic "home" page)</a> the </a> turns off the link. =
(the FreeRepublic "home" page) the </a> turns off the link.

[MaryFromMichigan]

Was there a thread of the OUTING?

There must have been.
Classygreeneyedblonde still has a freeper page, but hasn't posted since 01/28/2002.
I see my old screen name in some of the posts, "Tooters" Lol!

[Coleus]

or you just can use Outlook Express e-mail by doing this:

click on "create mail"

then with the new message box created click on "view"


then "source edit"

you will now notice 3 tabs at the bottom of the e mail.

"edit" "source" "preview"

copy and paste the article in the 'new message' e mail
once you do that click on "source" and viola, the html. code is done for you.

[little jeremiah]

You remembered that I am a dunce!

Thanks, bookmark this one for a little later when I have what's called "time".

Merry Christmas!

[BuglerTex]

Ping

[madconserv]

test

[AmeriBrit]

bookmarked for reference

[2111USMC]

Bookmark

[Stegall Tx]

In case anyone cares, I have discovered a quick & relatively easy way to insert a link into a post.

First off, type up your post as you would like it to appear. Copy and paste the link into the "Your Reply" window on a line by itself. Skip down to the next line, and type a word that you know is spelled incorrectly. Hit the "Spell" button and accept the correction.

When you preview the post, the HTML for the link and line breaks will be automatically generated.

http://www.google.com

If you want to "pretty up" the link, replace the section after the first ">" and before the "</a>" with meaningful text such as:

Commie-loving search engine

I don't know who coded the spell checker to do this, but thanks whomever you are, wherever you are.

[stylecouncilor]

ping to self

[dangerdoc]

bump

[michigander]

[widdle_wabbit]

attribution martin fierro

 

http://macandsunny.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2007/01/mac%20litterbox.jpg

 

 

Attribution, MOsby

1. Click on view 2. make sure the source/edit thing has a check by it..if not, click on it 3. open up a new message 4. TYPE AWAY.. 5. After you have typed, look at the bottom of the screen for the tab "Source" click on it...you will automatically see you "message" converted FOR YOU into HTML. 6. Copy this...and paste it into your FR post... ~Add whatever you want...links will turn into links...cut and pasted pictures (not hotlinked of course) will automatically be right...and all of the other nifty formatting available will work AUTOMATICALLY!!!!

[MWestMom]

FOR LATER

[LowOiL]

ga honden ballen likken gast

[LowOiL]

boeien iedereen in nederland haat jullie dus balt mij het

[LowOiL]

Just wanted to see what some folks were saying about me in game.

[Fiddlstix]

HTML Help Threads & Other Info for Newbies
(And Anyone Else Who Needs It )
Just Click The Links Below For The Threads

• The HTML Campfire

• Formatting Messages with Outlook Express (HTML Bootcamp)

• HTML Sandbox (Original Thread)

• HTML Sandbox (Thread Two)

• HTML Sandbox (Thread Three)

• HTML Sandbox (Thread Four)

• HTML Sandbox (Thread Five)

• HTML Sandbox 2008

• HTML Sandbox 2010

• HTML Sandbox 2011

• Reference HTML Cheatsheet

These are the current active threads.
Most of the older HTML Bootcamp and
HTML Campfire Threads are no longer active links.
Those have been removed over time.

Fiddlstix ©

Also This for New Freepers

• Fifth Edition of the Lexicon of FreeRepublic * A helpful FR dictionary for newcomers

• 2006 FREEREPUBLIC LEXICON (Lingo, Dictionary, Lore Handbook)

• Updated FR Excerpt and Link Only or Deny Posting List due to Copyright Complaints

• Way too many duplicates and vanities. Please read - again. (Welcome Newbies)

• Posting refresher course - Please read

• The Proper Care and Feeding of the Free Republic Keyword Feature

• Merry Christmas from Olive, and the rest of the herd

Fiddlstix ©

Even More Info For New Freepers

• Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide

• HTML Goodies Tutorials

• HTML Special Characters

• HTML Colors Chart

• Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

• Even More Info (Probably Useless Though)

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