The problem isn’t knowing html. I have about 30,000 pages of html on the web. The problem is knowing why Free Republic is MUNGING the html. The sandbox is giving normal html commands. The problem is that FR isn’t accepting them. Haven’t found a sentence yet that says that they trash tables, but somewhere that seems to be what is happening.
Ask the admins. They would know what HTML commands they accept. Sounds like it’s just some basic ones.
I use an HTML editor and post its code into the FR box. See my personal page. If I’m doing anything that FR is munging for you, freeper mail me and we’ll figure it out.