HTML Sandbox is locked - Requesting HTML Information, Links, etc. for FReeper Newbies

Self | August 17, 2002 | MeeknMing

[MeekOneGOP]

HTML Sandbox is locked - Requesting HTML
Information, Links, etc. for FReeper Newbies

No.....this is not a request for help for myself, lol ! This is for folks that are new to FreeRepublic.com that need a place to practice their HTML before posting on the regular threads. When I see a new FReeper that posts an article and the first reply is "Paragraphs are our friends" (or the likes), I will send them links to the NEWCOMERS: Welcome Center and Information thread and the HTML Bootcamp (Cyber patriot training) thread. This way, they may become oriented to FreeRepublic and their posts will go up and be better received by the FReeper audience.

Perhaps in all the recent changes FreeRepublic has undergone, I missed something? When I search for the "Sandbox" I find quite a few of them, but they are all "locked read-only". I'm trying to find out if there is an active "Sandbox" for folks to practice their HTML skills. If there is not one now, can someone post one? Perhaps there is a "Sandbox" posted now under a different name, or a place outside of FreeRepublic that one can practice their HTML posting skills. Bottom line, I think you see I'm looking for a place that I can direct new folks to so they can practice HTML.

Last, if you have any links to HTML instruction, etc., or anything that might be helpful to FReeper newbies (or helpful to anyone for that matter), please post them here.

[MeekOneGOP]

25 years ago today, I quit smoking. At 7 p.m. exactly.

:)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

<dl>
<dt>the first term</dt>
<dd>its definition</dd>

<dt>the second term</dt>
<dd>its definition</dd>

<dt>the third term</dt>
<dd>its definition</dd>
</dl>

is parsed by the browser as:

the first term

its definition

the second term

its definition

the third term

its definition

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

<ul>
<li>the first bullet
<li>the second bullet
<li>the third bullet
</ul>

is parsed by the browser as:

• the first bullet
• the second bullet
• the third bullet

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

<ol>
<li>first
<li>second
<li>third
</ol>

is parsed by the browser as:

1. first
2. second
3. third

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The three types of lists illustrated in posts 162, 163, and 164 can be nested:

<dl>
<dt>the first term</dt>
<dd>its definition:<ol><li>number one<ul>
<li>point<li>another point</ul><li>number two
</ol>
</dd>
<dt>the second term</dt>
<dd>its definition</dd>
<dt>the third term</dt>
<dd>its definition</dd>
</dl>
<P>
<ul>
<li>point:
<ul>
<li>subpoint
<li>another subpoint
</ul><li>another point:
<ol><li>first,
<li>second
</ol></ul><P>

<ol><li>first,
<li>second:
<ol><li>first,
<li>second
</ol></ol>

yields

the first term

its definition:

1. number one
   • point
   • another point
2. number two

the second term

its definition

the third term

its definition

• point:
  • subpoint
  • another subpoint
• another point:
  1. first,
  2. second

1. first,
2. second:
   1. first,
   2. second

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

In every thread, each reply is numbered - and the number is a link to the start of that reply. Therefore, if you click on the number of a specific reply to which you wish to link, you can then simply copy the URL shown in your browser and use that as your target URL in the link you create:

<a href= "http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/735087/posts?page=164#164"
>this link takes you to the start of reply # 164</a>

gives: this link takes you to the start of reply # 164

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Of course I also change font - using FR conventional <i>italics<i> - and also <tt>teletype font without or sometimes <b>with boldface<b>/<i>or with italics<i></tt> to distinguish the voices of various posters or authors I'm quoting.

I also use <blockquote> quite a lot to augment the font in distinguishing between voices. I think it makes posts more readable and more inviting to the eye.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The trick to displaying < in a post without triggering HTML parsing is to use the HTML code &lt; to induce the parser to display <

Correspondingly, the trick to displaying & in a sequence which might otherwise be interpreted as HTML code for something else is to use the HTML code &amp; to induce the parser to display &

[wintertime]

Thanks for the ping. I have bookmarked it on my list of favorites.