html for poets

The essence of what is here I learned some while back
from an online site I am grateful to but do not recall,
and have not been able to track down.  However, this:
     See information above my name below.
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     The primary HTML tags to know are these three:
     PRE / FONT / P
     which must be used in this order before a post
     and in the OPPOSITE order after a post.  Each
     of these needs to be < > enclosed.  However,
     the FONT tag requires more defining input.  On
     this post I am presently defining FONT this way:
     FONT FACE="Verdana" COLOR="#006600" SIZE="2"
     but I am not getting the result I want.  The
     learning process I am into here is going to
     take longer than I expected.  New environments
     force one to wire/ new ways of seeing.  That's
     fine.  This is not the first time I have been
     so challenged.  Hello!: when I clicked the Compose
     tab I discovered I was getting what I requested,
     but that this environment requires such requests
     to be coded in a different way.  Here I need to use
     span (you will see the details upon clicking Edit Html)
     wherein span replaces font as a major tag; or I
     can still put it in as originally shown, and let the
     Compose tab translate it to this environment's
     code system.  I suggest using the after-the-or choice 
     and not using Compose until a post's content is right.
     Unless there is a need reason not to, I also suggest
     using Verdana with its size set at 2.  If Compose has
     already been utilized, set Verdana's size at 100%.
     Courier New is a font which allots equal space to each
     character, making it a need reason not to use Verdana
     under certain conditions; but the nearest choice in
     this environment is Courier.  I have not yet checked
     to see if it allots equal space to each character.
     [27JUN07 - Since writing the above about Courier, I
     tested it on this blog's Directory post, and it appears 
     to space as Courier New does.  Below is a link to the
     Directory.]
     .
     ~
     It is best to place both the needed major
     before tags and after tags on your post first.
     Put the opening tags on one line and the
     closing tags on the second or third line.
     The after tags must be preceded by a /
     since this symbol indicates end of tag use.
     <> body of post <>
     is a fake example.  Commonly, no space occurs
     between the <> and the tag or slant/tag within.
     ~
     Although it is not doing here all I hoped it
     would, the importance of the PRE tag (it has
     been my experience elsewhere) is that it
     keeps text placed where the person inputing
     that text wants it to be.  This is especially
     useful when presenting poems in which there
     are
               indented lines.
     ~
     [27JUN07 -
     Various available fonts, font colors, font sizes
     can be used on the same page; but not without
     first ending the font in use before inserting 
     the needed code change(s).  My present thinking
     is:  Pages in this environment which are likely
     to be frequently changed should be kept in HTML,
     if HTML is being used to construct them.  The
     Compose tab should be left unused.] 
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     Try these searches:
     lookup tables
     HTML colors rgb
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 See directory2007 in Catmap.


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    Brian A. J. Salchert
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