Basic formatting:
Line break <br>
Paragraph break <p>
<blockquote>
Indented paragraphs</blockquote>
<u> underline </u>
<i> italics </i>
<b> bold </b>
<s>
<tt> typewriter text </tt>
<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]">
You can't just snag a favorite picture from a desktop folder...it has to be hosted someplace on line to be posted here.
Best bet is to save the image to an image hosting service, I use Photobucket. In Firefox right click and select "Copy image location", in Safari right click and select "Open image in new tab" and copy the address in the address bar. Other browsers have similar tricks.
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:
Cynwoody adds this tip:You can pre-cue a YouTube video by adding a t parameter to the link. Like so:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f66kEastC58&t=35s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=CwrgsufbFH4&t=3m13s