- To make a new paragraph:
- Type <p> before your content and end the paragraph with
</p>
- To change alignment use the ALIGN attribute:
<p align=left>left text</p>
left text
<p align=center>center text</p>
center text
<p align=right>right text</p>
right text
Note: default alignment for the <P> tag is left
- To make a bullet list:
- Type <ul> to open the list
- Precede each item in the list with <li> and end the item
with </li>
- If you wish to create a nested list, open a new <ul> and
enter each sub-bullet point, close with </ul> and close the
list with </li>
- Type </ul> to close the list.
Example:
<ul>
<li>Dogs
<ul>
<li>poodles</li>
<li>Spaniels</li>
<li>greyhound</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Cats
<li>Birds
<ul>
<li>parrots</li>
<li>crows</li>
<li>turkey buzzards</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
generates:
- Dogs
- poodles
- Spaniels
- greyhound
- Cats
- Birds
- parrots
- crows
- turkey buzzards
- To make a numbered list:
- Type <ol> to open the list
- Precede each item in the list with <li> and end the item
with </li>
- If you wish to create a nested list, open a new <ol> and
enter each sub-bullet point, close with </ol> and close the
list with </li>
- Type </ol> to close the list.
Example:
<ol>
<li>Dogs
<ul>
<li>poodles</li>
<li>Spaniels</li>
<li>greyhound</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>Cats
<li>Birds
<ul>
<li>parrots</li>
<li>crows</li>
<li>turkey buzzards</li>
</ul>
</li>
</ol>
generates:
- Dogs
- poodles
- Spaniels
- greyhound
- Cats
- Birds
- parrots
- crows
- turkey buzzards
Note you can mix list types as long as you close them properly (do not
overlap)
- To make an image:
- Type <img src="<sourcefilename>" width="<width
in pixels>" height="<height in pixels>"
alt="<alt>" border="<number>">
- The sourcefilename must include valid path within the web directory
where the image is located. ex: /images/fig1.gif. You must specify
the image type extension
Example:
Example:
<img src="/images/decvarlogo.gif width="129" height="131"
alt="Logo">
generates
- To make a table:
- Type <table> to open the table
- Type <tr> to start a new row. You can modify the vertical
alignment by using valign="top" or horizontal alignment
by using align="center, left, right"
- Type <td>to start each new cell. You can modify the vertical
alignment by using valign="top" or horizontal alignment
by using align="center, left, right"
- Enter your text for this cell. You can nest tables by opening
and closing a new table, row and cell before you close the holding
cell.
- Close each cell with </td> before opening a new one
- Close your table row with </tr>
- Close your table with </table>
Example:
<table>
<tr>
<td>My text goes here</td>
<td>More text goes here</td>
</tr>
</table>
generates
| My text goes here |
More text goes here |
- If all else fails, you can enclose your text with the <pre></pre>
tags to have pre-formatted text.
Example:
<pre>
statement 1
statement 2
statement 3
statement 4
</pre>
Generates
statement 1
statement 2
statement 3
statement 4
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