Basic formatting:
Line break <br>
Paragraph break <p>
<blockquote>
Indented paragraph</blockquote>
<u> underline </u>
<i> italics </i>
<b> bold </b>
<font color=red> Red font </font>
<blink> </blink> Use blink sparingly. People blink
<font size=1>Smallest FR font</font> Displays as:
Smallest FR font
<font size=7>Largest FR font<font> Displays as:
Largest FR font
Or
Step font size up or down with <big>bigger</big>
and <small>smaller</small>
"Hidden" text: <font color=white> White font </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.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlimage&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadervalue1=max-age%3D420&blobkey=id&blobtable=JPImage&blobwhere=1205420685960&cachecontrol=5%3A0%3A0+*%2F*%2F*&ssbinary=true">
Posts this:
Tip: control the size with "height=nnn" like so:
This: <img height= 200 src=http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlimage&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadervalue1=max-age%3D420&blobkey=id&blobtable=JPImage&blobwhere=1205420685960&cachecontrol=5%3A0%3A0+*%2F*%2F*&ssbinary=true>
Posts this:
While This: <img height= 100 src="http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?blobcol=urlimage&blobheader=image%2Fjpeg&blobheadername1=Cache-Control&blobheadervalue1=max-age%3D420&blobkey=id&blobtable=JPImage&blobwhere=1205420685960&cachecontrol=5%3A0%3A0+*%2F*%2F*&ssbinary=true">
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...