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HTML Sandbox
Self | 2/1/06 | TPartyType and Other FReepers

Posted on 02/01/2006 3:48:27 PM PST by TPartyType

Welcome Newcomers!

This Sandbox is devoted to giving you a place to practice basic HTML, and to get some coaching.


So, first things first:

Go to michigander's [ HTML Bootcamp (Cyber patriot training)] and learn there how to change font color, font size, font face, and the like.
THERE'S A WEALTH OF INFORMATION THERE NOT COVERED HERE (so as to avoid duplication).
Learn there also how to post a link and an image, then come back here to practice.

If you're having problems, folks will drop by occasionally to give you pointers and help you troubleshoot.


So practice here first and you'll get flamed out on the forum a lot less!


NEWCOMERS TIP: I just reread the FreeRepublic posting guidelines. They're worth a read by all newcomers [click here].


Following is an excellent previous post by Willie Green

But first, HTML advice from the FreeRepublic help page:

Basic HTML
The Free Republic forum uses standard HTML coding techniques. Use <p> to start new paragraphs. You may use <b> to begin bolding and <center> to center text, but please remember to end these items where appropriate with </b> and/or </center>, etc. If you post links or other advanced coding, be sure to test before posting.

Creating new paragraphs is about the only html that most posters ever need, but if you would like to learn more about html you may use any search engine on the internet to find tutorials. Simply search on "html tutorial". Here are links to a couple tutorials that I found:

The Basics

Paragraphs, Line Breaks and Horizontal Lines
A lengthy article or reply can be very tedious to read if it does not contain some very simple HTML formating. Inserting either of the following codes will make your post much more readable:


Character Formatting
Simple special effects may be created using Character Formatting Codes. These codes are used in pairs in the format: <?>words to be formatted</?>, where <?> turns the formatting "ON" and </?> turns the formating "OFF".

Please: ALWAYS turn "OFF" the formatting when you use it.

Some commonly used codes of this type are:

These codes can be "nested" to produce multiple effects at the same time. For instance:

<b><i>Bold and Italic</i></b> produces Bold and Italic


Links
The method for posting a HTML link is fairly simple. The following format is used:

<a HREF="URL">Link Description</a>

where "URL" is the URL address you want to link to (and you gotta use the double quotes), and Link Description is whatever you want to call your link. For example:

<a HREF="http://www.drudgereport.com/">Link to Drudge</a>

becomes Link to Drudge


And another from the same previous post:

<FONT COLOR="COLOR">Sample</FONT> produces colorful text.

"COLOR" is often a Hexidecimal Code for whatever Color you want, but color names are also supported.
Examples:

<FONT COLOR="blue">blue text</font> produces blue text

<FONT COLOR="red">red text</font> produces red text

<FONT COLOR="green">green text</font> produces green text


To: foolproof formatting

Here is an easy way to REMEMBER TO TURN OFF THE FORMATTING.

To be sure I turn off the formatting I TYPE THE "OFF" COMMAND AT THE SAME TIME AS THE "ON" COMMAND.

An example:
I want to respond to a line in a post by another brilliant Freeper.
I type < I >""< /I >< BR>
I then "cut and paste" his remarks between the quotes:
< i>" You are a poopy head "< /I>< BR>
And type my equally brilliant response: "No, you're a poopy head!"
The result:

"You are a poopy head"
No, you're a poopy head!

It's very easy to forget to turn off your formatting!
Yes it is!


To: ftrader, deport

Actually, the <ul> tag is for a bulleted list and stands for unordered list. The missing part is the list item tag (<li>) Here's an example:

<ul>
<li>List item #1
<li>List item #2
<li>List item #3
</ul>

Would display:


Finally . . .

Here's the link for [Webmonkey] (a super HTML training site).


This information is getting obsolete. Anyone care to help update?


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: faq; html; newcomers; practice; thankyou4thread
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To: TPartyType

Bookmark bump!


401 posted on 06/19/2007 4:53:05 AM PDT by secret garden (Dubiety reigns here)
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To: roamer

 Photo Sharing and Video Hosting at Photobucket

Jesus, I trust in You!

402 posted on 06/22/2007 10:46:46 PM PDT by roamer
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To: TPartyType

testing tagline in the sandbox


403 posted on 06/27/2007 7:05:03 PM PDT by Bluegrass Federalist (formerly FutureSenatorFromKentucky)
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To: Bluegrass Federalist

testing whether I have to re-type it every time - apparently not


404 posted on 06/27/2007 7:06:00 PM PDT by Bluegrass Federalist (formerly FutureSenatorFromKentucky)
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To: mutley

405 posted on 07/14/2007 1:15:27 PM PDT by mutley
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To: mutley
[url=http://www.freeimagehosting.net/][img]http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/9ba7d3b33f.jpg[/img][/url]
Okay. Test.
406 posted on 07/16/2007 1:20:31 PM PDT by mutley
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To: mutley
Osama underexposed
<a href="http://blogs.abcnews.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/07/14/possiblenewme_mn.jpg">Osama underexposed</a>
407 posted on 07/16/2007 1:31:10 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: cynwoody

Osama taking a toke. Probably not sharing either.


408 posted on 07/16/2007 2:30:47 PM PDT by mutley
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To: mutley

Another test:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1866839/posts


409 posted on 07/16/2007 3:42:10 PM PDT by Cpl.Nym
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To: Cpl.Nym

It worked for me, corporal.


410 posted on 07/16/2007 3:49:46 PM PDT by mutley
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To: cynwoody

Does my Greasemonkied posting form still work?


411 posted on 07/17/2007 7:37:44 PM PDT by cynwoody (My tag line.)
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To: cynwoody

Looks like it does...


412 posted on 07/17/2007 7:39:14 PM PDT by cynwoody (My tag line.)
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To: cynwoody

Does the preview check still work? Yep.


413 posted on 07/17/2007 8:26:01 PM PDT by cynwoody (My tag line.)
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Test
414 posted on 07/23/2007 12:09:27 PM PDT by BunnySlippers (Buy a Mac ...)
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To: mutley
Free Image Hosting

Test.
415 posted on 07/27/2007 4:56:05 AM PDT by mutley
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To: roamer

ASCII characters


PRINTABLE CHARACTERS
DEC HEX CHARACTER DEC HEX CHARACTER DEC HEX CHARACTER
32 0x20 <SPACE> 64 0x40 @ 96 0x60 `
33 0x21 ! 65 0x41 A 97 0x61 a
34 0x22 " 66 0x42 B 98 0x62 b
35 0x23 # 67 0x43 C 99 0x63 c
36 0x24 $ 68 0x44 D 100 0x64 d
37 0x25 % 69 0x45 E 101 0x65 e
38 0x26 & 70 0x46 F 102 0x66 f
39 0x27 ' 71 0x47 G 103 0x67 g
40 0x28 ( 72 0x48 H 104 0x68 h
41 0x29 ) 73 0x49 I 105 0x69 i
42 0x2A * 74 0x4A J 106 0x6A j
43 0x2B + 75 0x4B K 107 0x6B k
44 0x2C , 76 0x4C L 108 0x6C l
45  0x2D - 77 0x4D M 109 0x6D m
46 0x2E . 78 0x4E N 110 0x6E n
47 0x2F / 79 0x4F O 111 0x6F o
48 0x30 0 80 0x50 P 112 0x70 p
49 0x31 1 81 0x51 Q 113 0x71 q
50 0x32 2 82 0x52 R 114 0x72 r
51 0x33 3 83 0x53 S 115 0x73 s
52 0x34 4 84 0x54 T 116 0x74 t
53 0x35 5 85 0x55 U 117 0x75 u
54 0x36 6 86 0x56 V 118 0x76 v
55 0x37 7 87 0x57 W 119 0x77 w
56 0x38 8 88 0x58 X 120 0x78 x
57 0x39 9 89 0x59 Y 121 0x79 y
58 0x3A : 90 0x5A Z 122 0x7A z
59 0x3B ; 91 0x5B [ 123 0x7B {
60 0x3C < 92 0x5C \ 124 0x7C |
61 0x3D = 93 0x5D ] 125 0x7D }
62 0x3E > 94 0x5E ^ 126 0x7E ~
63 0x3F ? 95 0x5F _ 127 0x7F <DEL>

EXTENDED ASCII CHARACTERS
DEC HEX CHARACTER DEC HEX CHARACTER DEC HEX CHARACTER
128 0x80 171 0xAB « 214 0xD6 Ö
129 0x81  172 0xAC ¬ 215 0xD7 ×
130 0x82 173 0xAD ­ 216 0xD8 Ø
131 0x83 ƒ 174 0xAE ® 217 0xD9 Ù
132 0x84 175 0xAF ¯ 218 0xDA Ú
133 0x85 176 0xB0 ° 219 0xDB Û
134 0x86 177 0xB1 ± 220 0xDC Ü
135 0x87 178 0xB2 ² 221 0xDD Ý
136 0x88 ˆ 179 0xB3 ³ 222 0xDE Þ
137 0x89 180 0xB4 ´ 223 0xDF ß
138 0x8A Š 181 0xB5 µ 224 0xE0 à
139 0x8B 182 0xB6 225 0xE1 á
140 0x8C Œ 183 0xB7 · 226 0xE2 â
141 0x8D  184 0xB8 ¸ 227 0xE3 ã
142 0x8E Ž 185 0xB9 ¹ 228 0xE4 ä
143 0x8F  186 0xBA º 229 0xE5 å
144 0x90  187 0xBB » 230 0xE6 æ
145 0x91 188 0xBC ¼ 231 0xE7 ç
146 0x92 189 0xBD ½ 232 0xE8 è
147 0x93 190 0xBE ¾ 233 0xE9 é
148 0x94 191 0xBF ¿ 234 0xEA ê
149 0x95 192 0xC0 À 235 0xEB ë
150 0x96 193 0xC1 Á 236 0xEC ì
151 0x97 194 0xC2 Â 237 0xED í
152 0x98 ˜ 195 0xC3 Ã 238 0xEE î
153 0x99 196 0xC4 Ä 239 0xEF ï
154 0x9A š 197 0xC5 Å 240 0xF0 ð
155 0x9B 198 0xC6 Æ 241 0xF1 ñ
156 0x9C œ 199 0xC7 Ç 242 0xF2 ò
157 0x9D  200 0xC8 È 243 0xF3 ó
158 0x9E ž 201 0xC9 É 244 0xF4 ô
159 0x9F Ÿ 202 0xCA Ê 245 0xF5 õ
160 0xA0   203 0xCB Ë 246 0xF6 ö
161 0xA1 ¡ 204 0xCC Ì 247 0xF7 ÷
162 0xA2 ¢ 205 0xCD Í 248 0xF8 ø
163 0xA3 £ 206 0xCE Î 249 0xF9 ù
164 0xA4 ¤ 207 0xCF Ï 250 0xFA ú
165 0xA5 ¥ 208 0xD0 Ð 251 0xFB û
166 0xA6 ¦ 209 0xD1 Ñ 252 0xFC ü
167 0xA7 § 210 0xD2 Ò 253 0xFD ý
168 0xA8 ¨ 211 0xD3 Ó 254 0xFE þ
169 0xA9 © 212 0xD4 Ô 255 0xFF ÿ
170 0xAA ª 213 0xD5 Õ      

Last modified on: Tuesday, 26-Jul-2005 20:49:53 EDT

copied chart from
http://www.idevelopment.info/data/Programming/ascii_table/PROGRAMMING_ascii_table.shtml

 

 

Q: How do I generate extended ASCII characters from the keyboard?
A: DOS will allow you to enter extended ASCII characters into many programs. Here's how you do it:

  1. Make sure NumLock is enabled on your keyboard.
  2. Press and hold the ALT key.
  3. While holding down the ALT key, enter the 3-digit decimal code for the extended ASCII character you want to generate.
  4. Release the ALT key.
copied from: http://www.jimprice.com/jim-asc.shtml

samples:

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416 posted on 07/29/2007 12:42:32 PM PDT by roamer
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To: roamer

test


417 posted on 07/29/2007 1:06:32 PM PDT by roamer (ô¿ô___†_Divine Mercy chaplet and Rosary daily_†)
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To: roamer

test 2


418 posted on 07/29/2007 1:11:28 PM PDT by roamer (ô¿ô........†...Divine Mercy chaplet and Rosary daily...†)
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To: roamer

test 3


419 posted on 07/29/2007 1:14:08 PM PDT by roamer (ô¿ô.....†..Divine Mercy chaplet and Rosary daily..†)
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To: roamer

test4


420 posted on 07/29/2007 1:51:22 PM PDT by roamer (ô¿ô † Divine Mercy chaplet and Rosary daily †)
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