Re: [SUGGESTION] Amendment to a.a-a FAQ re: HTML

In art<6ijt46$jiq$1...@tron.sci.fi>, Ilmari Karonen <ilt...@sci.fi> writes:
>Dave Bird---St Hippo of Augustine (new...@xemu.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>
>: In article <6hvhk7$5p0$1...@tron.sci.fi>, Ilmari Karonen <ilt...@sci.fi> writes:
>: > Q: How can I put ascii art 
>:      into HTML for webpages? should I put HTML on the newsgroup?
>
>I already added the words "Remember NOT to post HTML in the newsgroup."
>into the second entry. Do I really have to do the same here? (especially
>as IIRC that question has a FAQ entry of its own)

I thought the whole question of HTML -- and specifically those
questions-- should be covered comprehensively in one place.
Perhaps it already is.

>:   This is a text newsgroup. While nobody will object to a couple of tags
>:   at the beginning and end, the vast majority of the picture should look
>:   like 100% readable text: if it looks like a load of HTMLtags, you will
>:   get flamed by people whose newsreaders don't render it. 
>
>The original question was "How can I put ascii art on a WWW page?" I won't
>object to <PRE></PRE> around a post either, but *why on earth would they
>be needed* since "Content-Type: text/plain" seems to work just fine? 

My point was that it is acceptable to put a few tags surrounding a
readbale text post so that it will browse OK, and possibly do extra
things like be in colour when browsed.

>
>:   Q: Can I put colours in ascii art? [may be covered already]
>:   
>:   A: Standard ascii-art is what all readers can display in plain text
>:      and has no facility for colours.  You can put colours into HTML-  
>:      ised ascii-art with <FONT color="FFFF00">maxR+maxG=Yellow</FONT>.
>
>I thought about adding that, but decided to cut it for brevity. I'd then
>have to explain the rather controversial point of adding color but not
>depending on it, about the differences between ASCII art, text art, HTML
>art etc.. Also, it'd be tag soup, and IMHO that belongs in ciwah.

I thought it was asked frequently enough to deserve inclusion.


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