[LC HOGHEAD]

OK OK call me a newbie, but how do you post in italics??/ Also what does "pwn3d" mean??/ and "IIRC"????

[steveegg]

...how do you post in italics??

You type </i> to start the italics and </i> to end them. Of course, if you do that, you'll also need to put in the HTML code for line (<br>) and paragraph (<p>) breaks.

[retrokitten]

Here is the thread I learned from: HTML Bootcamp

What I did was copy the commands on to a wordpad and print it out. Then it was always right at my fingertips and I didn't have to keep refering back to the thread.

Hope that helps!

[BlessedBeGod]

but how do you post in italics??

Put < i > in front of the word or phrase and < /i > at the end (without the spaces that I put within the brackets).

[WVNan]

I'm sure I won't be first.

Do this before the phrase you want in italics. Put a < and > with an i inside. then be sure that when you end the phrase you put the < and > with /i inside. Otherwise everything you post thereafter will be in italics.

[RightWhale]

< i > . . . < / i > will create italics and turn them off. Somebody else might explain about the rest.

[LowOiL]

IIRC = if I recall Correctly...

Pawned means owned... owned = someone made you look bad via a post or a joke.

[null and void]

OK OK call me a newbie, but how do you post in italics??/ Also what does "pwn3d" mean??/ and "IIRC"????

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>

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:

[BenLurkin]

IIRC = "If I recall correctly"