HTML Sandbox

Various Freepers | Refreshed 2 Jan 03 | Various Freepers

[TPartyType]

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Welcome Newcomers!

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

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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.

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Boring posts are a crime . . .

So practice here first!

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

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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:

• HTML Goodies

• Three Rivers Free-Net Beginning HTML

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:

• <br> is a line break. Text that follows this code will begin on the next line.

• <p> is a paragraph break. Text that follows this code will begin on a new line after skipping a line.

• <hr> is a horizontal rule. It draws a line across the page like this:

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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:

• <b> and </b> -- BOLD
• <i> and </i> -- Italic
• <u> and </u> -- Underline
• <blink> and </blink> -- Blink
• <strike> and </strike> -- Strike
• _and -- _Subscript
• ^and -- ^Superscript
• <big> and </big> -- Big text
• <small> and </small> -- Small text

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

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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

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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

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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!

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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:

• List item #1
• List item #2
• List item #3

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Finally . . .

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

[KS Flyover]

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[Two in the Hat]

I found an excellent site for learning HTML, XML, Java and many other web skills here

[Defiant]

How do you paste an article into the window, with text, pictures and formatting intact? I've never figured out that one, I can only do text, and then I have to put in all the paragraphs and line breaks by hand. Thanks.

[altayann]

Just testing your encoding...

[TPartyType]

right click on the article and "view source" code. Copy and paste all the code you want to include. (You'll know if you got too much or too little when you preview it. Good luck!

[Gil4]

Also, web developers accessories has a feature called View Partial Source. After you install it, you can select a portion of the web page, right-click, and click on View Partial Source; it will show you the HTML for just the section you selected. Then you can just copy and paste.

It says it's only for IE 5.x, but it worked for 6.0 also.

[fightinJAG]

bump is right!

[Lady Heron]

I am not new but I would love to know how to put pictures on my profile page. I can not seem to figure that one out.:)

[kayak]

FYI

[Fiddlstix]

Bump

[Sparta]

thank you very much

[kayak]

Just be very careful how you use your new skills ....... ;-)

[facedown]

I am not new but I would love to know how to put pictures on my profile page.

You need to have a web page where you can store the actual images, then link them to your home page via: <IMG SRC="URL"> .

Many ISP's provide access to a personal website that a lot of customers don't even realize they have! If not there are some pretty cheap ones around.

[ImFree]

HTML help is much appreciated...but what about searching help? Is the title search the only search capability or is there a way to search replys in the threads?

[Lady Heron]

Thankyou!

[Defiant]

Thanks.

[maui_hawaii]

I have been looking for this for a while

I am html impaired

[American Preservative]

Sandbox ping! Have fun kids. : )

[sweetliberty]

[Balata]

I successfully posted this animated picture and it worked fine for approx 30 minutes then it turned into a box with a red x. What's up with that?

[Balata]

Check this out. I posted it the other night on the cat thread, but it only lasted for a short time.

[hole_n_one]

It's still a x, but I was able to determine the url that the gif resides on by highlighting the x, right clicking and selecting properties.

Some sites do not allow remote linking, which would result in that dreadful x phenomina.

Is he supposed to be a gynecologist?

[Rainbow Rising]

Wow!

Thank you for putting up this thread!

Now I can get really fancy!

[Balata]

Both pictures are of a surgeon. One, he is tossing bloody cats and the other he is holding a beating heart in his hand. Click on the Dr. Kavorkin picture on this page. It's worth a look.

[Balata]

FWIW, I can still see both animated pictures on my cmptr at this time. I'm running IE.

[KS Flyover]

[Balata]

Thanks, KS Flyover. The animated pics in my post #21 and #22 lasted exatly one hour before the turned into an X. Did you do anything different to post those?

[KS Flyover]

"Did you do anything different to post those?"

Yeah, I stuck em' on my ISP webspace so they would show up.

[KneelBeforeZod]

photoisland.com is a good free host. make sure you click the "link for auction" link before you try to post the picture though.

[KneelBeforeZod]

you probably were seeing the picture just in your computers cache....try photoisland!

[Balata]

Thanks for the explanation and thanks for responding. It's much appreciated.

FRegards...my FRiend.

[Balata]

I will try that. Thanks much for the info.

[runningbear]

valuable source, but can someone lead me the way how to link prior threads so they link with same story theme, and add future threads as the subject theme exists? I hope I make sense here...;o)

[Fiddlstix]

Good Morning Everybody.

You Know The Drill
Click the Pics J

Coffee & Donuts J

[TPartyType]

er, not really followin' ya, there, runningbear. sorry

try again?

[TPartyType]

bttt

[Fiddlstix]

More HTML Help:

1. HTML Bootcamp (or Wow, how did they do that?)
   
   
2. HTML for FReeper Newbies
   
   
3. HTML Sandbox (Original Thread)
   
   
4. HTML Sandbox (New Thread)
   
   
5. Reference HTML Cheatsheet

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(If you change the <ol> tag to the <ul> tag the list will look like this:

• HTML Bootcamp (or Wow, how did they do that?)
  
  
• HTML for FReeper Newbies
  
  
• HTML Sandbox (Original Thread)
  
  
• HTML Sandbox (New Thread)
  
  
• Reference HTML Cheatsheet

[TPartyType]

Nice list! Thanks. Did fiddlestix answer your question, runningbear?

[altayann]

testing 1-2-3

[FourtySeven]

Thanks, and bump!

[Two in the Hat]

Also on images if you don't have a web page to store the images you want on try a Google image search. You can usually find a suitable image then click on it to maximize it, that also takes you to the web address of the image. Then you can just hit F6 to jump to the address box of IE then copy and paste it in the tag

[Bella_Bru]

Well, there are 2 ways I know of.

1) You find a really cool graphic on another website, right click on it, click on "properties", and write down the web address of the graphic. Then, on your profile page, you would type in the html code for it: < img src .That is risky, though, because if the person's site crashes or they take off the pictures, you'll just get a big where the pic was.

The second way is more reliable. You dload or save the pics, graphics, whatever to your hard drive. Then, you upload them to your own website or FTP space (for AOL users). The address for the graphic or pic might be something like: members.aol.com/members/ladyheron/nameofgraphichere or ladyheron.com/images/nameofgraphichere. That way, you will never have a big ole because you know the pics are there! :-)

[Denver Ditdat]

Also, web developers accessories has a feature called View Partial Source... ...It says it's only for IE 5.x, but it worked for 6.0 also.

Mozilla has this feature built in, at least the 1.3a build I'm using. Good popup killing and cookie management options, too.

[Lady Heron]

Thank you very much for the help.

[TPartyType]

You're welcome bump!

[exhaustedmomma]

Well, thank goodness! Here I go, trying to make a link work:
The Counter Clinton Library

[exhaustedmomma]

YIPEEEEEE!!!! I did it!! I wasn't putting the space between the a & HREF!! Thanks for the thread, ya'll!!

[GOPJ]

bump