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Nully's Quick FR HTML Guide:

Basic formatting:

Line break 
Paragraph break 
<blockquote>

Indented paragraph

</blockquote>
 underline 
 italics 
<tt> typewriiter text 
 bold 
 Red font 
<blink> blink </blink> Use blink sparingly. People HATE blink

Smallest FR font Displays as:
Smallest FR font

Largest FR font Displays as:
Largest FR font

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

and smaller

"Hidden" text: White 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:

Thanks to BykrBayb for a tip on using < instead of showing < with a space that needed to be removed and the blockquote command...

To add to NULL AND VOID’s excellent information....

HTML is just a program language that can be used in an environment where it is mixed with text and graphics.

The LEFT CARET and RIGHT CARET are used to distinguish commands/operands from ordinary text.

The ‘animated’ picture you are concerned about is a GIF file.

It doesn’t really matter as GIF files are just pictures, to the computer, and so they are done exactly the same way that any other picture is posted on a thread.

FAQ’S:
Why don’t you have to use HTML commands normally?

Because simple features, such as paragraphs, and hyperlinks are automatically inferred.

Why does my text get all screwed up when I try to post a picture?

Because if you use any HTML commands in your post, the automatic feature is disabled. You must supply the ‘paragraph break’ command, for instance.

How do I get the ‘url’ to put into the <img src..... command?

The easiest way is to find the picture (or animated GIF) you want. It must be located on the network somewhere and not just your computer. Do a RIGHT CLICK, select COPY IMAGE LOCATION.

Then, in your REPLY area on F.R., do your IMG SRC command and in between the quotation marks, (where it says the URL goes) do a PASTE (use CONTROL-V or from menu pick EDIT then PASTE.

Give it it a try. You can even test it using the ANIMATED file you were asking about.

Good luck