Recent Changes @ FreeRepublic UPDATED

[John Robinson]

There is some odd problem with Netscape and italics getting stuck on. It's something to do with the style sheets, I believe. So I am killing the default style sheet.

Original Thread

See the original thread if you would like to install your own custom style sheet.

[TheOtherOne]

Thank you.

[WIladyconservative]

FWIW, I use Netscape and haven't had the italics stick in the *on* position . . .

[Thinkin' Gal]

Looks like <em> is back to italians. My HTML editor uses <em> for italians. Imagine my initial horror when all those italians turned yellow.

[steveegg]

Thanks John. I almost fully traced it to imbedded tables stuck inside of a blockquote. For some reason, Netscape 4.7x was not closing the blockquote after the tables closed.

[steveegg]

Which version of Netscape are you using? I've experienced problems in 4.77, and have heard over versions of 4.7x with the same problem. 4.6 apparently doesn't have it (if I read the complaint threads right), and I have no idea about 6.x (too slow for me <VBG>.

[sharktrager]

One question. Will the ability to hide categories return soon?

[Hank Rearden]

Using Netscape 4.7 here with Win98 and a Proxomitron filter for ads. I had italics stuck on as well, but figured you were just messing with font selections.

This thread and most others recently have been fine. I asked earlier about animated GIFs and you said they weren't affected by your changes - I may have seen a non-animated of that USA-shaped waving flag and assumed there was a problem. FYI and thanks.

[Salvation]

I have been having trouble posting articles. One was from Yahoo and the other was from Worldnetdaily.com.

It's no big deal; it just rattles my patience button when I do all the HTML and then I get a message that my connection with the server had been terminated.

This seems strange since I can still post replies both on the thread and private---so I must be connected to the server.

Any insight into what I may not be doing?

[LBGA]

Thanks for the reply on the Guild thread, John. I had solved the problem by uploading a style page... pretty neat capability!

That was the only thread I saw where italics got stuck, but a lot of stuff is put in at the start of the thread and so you might inspect the code on that thread to see why italics were stuck there.

I changed your sample style sheet from "FONT-STYLE: italic" to "FONT-STYLE: plain" and the italics disappeared. I am using Netscape 4.75 on a Mac.

[ATOMIC_PUNK]

i cant get the EM HIGHLIGHTING to work is their a trick to it or am i just not holding my tongue right ?

[error99]

Why do I feel like you are using us as beta testers?
(grin)

[Benoit Baldwin]

How does one manage one's personal style sheet--i.e. edit or delete it--after uploading it?

[steveegg]

Because we are.

[steveegg]

To change it, just change your local copy and upload it. To revert to whatever JohnRob has, hit the Reset button.

[John Robinson]

Ah. That is a horror. I'll probably end up using a class for highlighting. I was hoping a simple tag would do, but there are no tags specifically designed for highlighting. EMphasis was my best guess. However, after reading the HTML specs, I see that <I> is being phased out in favor of <EM>, so that is going to cause problems.

Back to the drawing board!

[John Robinson]

I allow people to install their own custom style sheet-- see the original link above for directions.

I will probably not override the base tags again. I'll probably use classes to override tags.

If and when the default style sheet does come back, I will have to create two or more. One for MSIE and another for Netscape, and perhaps another for some other browser.

What a headache.

[John Robinson]

Netscape is a headache. :-)

[cmsgop]

Do You Have any "Style Duvets to go along with my "Style Sheet"?.....Pillow Cases....etc?