Posted on 12/06/2002 9:33:54 AM PST by TPartyType
This Sandbox is devoted to giving you a place to practice basic HTML, and to get some coaching.
So, first things first:
Go to michigander's [ HTML Bootcamp (Cyber patriot training)] and learn there how to change font color, font size, font face, and the like.
THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE NOT COVERED HERE (so as to avoid duplication).
Learn there also how to post a link and an image, then come back here to practice.
If you're having problems, folks will drop by occasionally to give you pointers and help you troubleshoot.
NEWCOMERS TIP: I just reread the FreeRepublic posting guidelines. They're worth a read by all newcomers [click here].
But first, HTML advice from the FreeRepublic help page:
Basic HTML
The Free Republic forum uses standard HTML coding techniques. Use <p> to start new paragraphs. You may use <b> to begin bolding and <center> to center text, but please remember to end these items where appropriate with </b> and/or </center>, etc. If you post links or other advanced coding, be sure to test before posting.Creating new paragraphs is about the only html that most posters ever need, but if you would like to learn more about html you may use any search engine on the internet to find tutorials. Simply search on "html tutorial". Here are links to a couple tutorials that I found:
Please: ALWAYS turn "OFF" the formatting when you use it.
Some commonly used codes of this type are:
These codes can be "nested" to produce multiple effects at the same time. For instance:
<b><i>Bold and Italic</i></b> produces Bold and Italic
where "URL" is the URL address you want to link to (and you gotta use the double quotes), and Link Description is whatever you want to call your link. For example:
<a HREF="http://www.drudgereport.com/">Link to Drudge</a>
becomes Link to Drudge
And another from the same previous post:
<FONT COLOR="COLOR">Sample</FONT> produces colorful text.
"COLOR" is often a Hexidecimal Code for whatever Color you want, but color names are also supported.
Examples:
<FONT COLOR="blue">blue text</font> produces blue text
<FONT COLOR="red">red text</font> produces red text
<FONT COLOR="green">green text</font> produces green text
Here is an easy way to REMEMBER TO TURN OFF THE FORMATTING.
To be sure I turn off the formatting I TYPE THE "OFF" COMMAND AT THE SAME TIME AS THE "ON" COMMAND.
An example:
I want to respond to a line in a post by another brilliant Freeper.
I type < I >""< /I >< BR>
I then "cut and paste" his remarks between the quotes:
< i>" You are a poopy head "< /I>< BR>
And type my equally brilliant response: "No, you're a poopy head!"
The result:
"You are a poopy head"
No, you're a poopy head!
It's very easy to forget to turn off your formatting!
Yes it is!
Actually, the <ul> tag is for a bulleted list and stands for unordered list. The missing part is the list item tag (<li>) Here's an example:
<ul>
<li>List item #1
<li>List item #2
<li>List item #3
</ul>
Would display:
Finally . . .
Here's the link for [Webmonkey] (a super HTML training site).
Ah, the post where I learned HTML. Thanks!
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Trying to get the hang of this, I tried to post images without luck, however my home page displays an image but I’m not sure if others can see it there. Are you an ADMIN?
Not an admin and no, I can’t see the image here or on your homepage. I’ve not done much fiddling with fancy posting here either so I wouldn’t be able to offer any useful advice but heres a video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irimNjHPS9c
Give it ‘til 40 sec or so at least.
It looks like you have two extra spaces (beginning and end) and an unneeded semi-colon (at end) in there.
Also, your URL includes "My Documents" which may be your problem. The photo URL should end in ".jpg" and be hosted on a website -- if you right click on a picture, then choose "properties", the link is identified there. Copy and paste that in between the quotation marks, after img src.
I'm an old dog who can learn new tricks but only slowly, or with an occasional whack with a newspaper.
Nope... no photo. That one looks like you made a mistake in posting the URL. When you exclude required info, sometimes the freerepublic software reverts to the URL of the thread. In this case, I see a big white box with a little red X — If I right click on it, it says shows a URL of http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/802064/posts?page=219#219 (this thread)
Can you post a link (URL) of the photo you are trying to post? (Or, even the webpage of where the photo is?) Maybe I walk you through it.
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