In the previous article, I talked about the unique additions to HTML that you must use in order to create a fully working FARP article. But what about the *basic* stuff; how to create HTML? How to include Pictures? If you're really burning to do an article, but have no HTML knowledge, this is the article for you.
First off, there's tons of socalled 'tag's in HTML. You do not need to use hardly any of them. I will explain the few you need to do a decent article for FARP right here and now.
You need to use an text editor to do HTML that is capable of saving plain text. No word '.doc'-shit, or similar. Just plain text. Most word processors allow you to save your finished documents as plain text. Otherwise, you could always use some basic text editor, like the Notepad that comes along with microsoft windows.
Here is an example of a HTML file for FARP
example of HTML
<h1>Painting Trolls</h2> The key to painting goodlooking trolls, is to use warm and deep colours... <br> Once you have the pen in your hand, try to make a soft circle. It is <i>very</i> important that ... <p> <h2>Adding hair...</h2> Use the <b>finest</b> brush you have to bla bla bla... <br> <img src="man.gif"> <p> There you are!
And this is what it will look like...
Result...
Painting Trolls
The key to painting goodlooking trolls, is to use warm and deep colours...
Once you have the pen in your hand, try to make a soft circle. It is very important that ...
Adding hair...
Use the finest brush you have to bla bla bla...
There you are!
Explanation...
As you can see, tags are used to apply different kind of formatting, to include pictures, and to mark headlines. Some tags need a start and an end, some are just used as single entries.
The <br> tag (break) is used to do a line feed.
The <p> tag (break) is used to do a, well, larger line feed.
The <h1> and </h1> tag (header 1) are used around a piece of text to mark it as a headline. (1 = big one)
The <h1> and </h2> tag (header 2) are used around a piece of text to mark it as a hsecondary eadline. (2 = medium one - we also have 3 and 4... try them!)
The <img src="man.gif"> tag (image) is used to include a picture. The src= part points out the source of the image, so simply replace man.gif in the example with the file name of your picture!
The <i> and </i> tags (italic) are used to mark italics styled text.
The <b> and </b> tags (italic) are used to mark bold text.
These are the really basic ones; there are a lot more - please read some HTML tutorial to learn more if you wish! I have excluded and simplified a lot, believe me, but you really don't have to use more than this to do a good article at FARP.
Finally, also remember that after you're finished with this HTML file, embed the important special FARP tags found in the previous article.
Good luck!
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