BelowBoston.com
Shining a progressive light on the political landscape from Quincy to the Cape
Susan Magic
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Objective: Jazz up your post
To make your post easier to read you may want to use some HTML tags. Listed below are some of the more common tags
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| Links |
Open square-bracket [ followed by the text to be linked, followed by the URL, followed by close square bracket ]. Thus, [ BelowBoston.com http:// www.BelowBoston.com ] comes out as Blue Mass Group (if you remove the appropriate spaces). |
| 1. Type the text you want the viewer to click on. (Display Text) |
BelowBoston.com |
| 2.Type the web address you want viewer to go to when the link is clicked(URL) |
BelowBoston.com http:// www.BelowBoston.com |
| 3. Place a open bracket before [ before the Display Text |
[BelowBoston.com http:// www.BelowBoston.com |
| 4. Place a close bracket after the URL |
[BelowBoston.com http:// www.BelowBoston.com] |
| 5. Press the Preview and you have just created a hyper link |
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| Bullets |
Bullets (like this one): < li > |
| 1. Type the text you want appear bulleted. (Display Text) |
It is good to be a Democrat! |
| 3. Place before<li> before the Display Text |
<li>It is good to be a Democrat! |
| 5. Press the Preview and you have just created bulleted text. |
- It is good to be a Democrat!
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| Bold |
Bold: Open tag is < b > close tag is < /b >. Put the text you want to highlight between the open and close tags: text to bold. (Remove the spaces around the < and >). |
| 1. Type the text you want the viewer to see bold. (Display Text) |
I'm Happy to Blog |
| 3. Place a open bold before <b> before the Display Text |
<b>I'm Happy to Blog |
| 4. Place a close bold</b> after the Display Text |
<b>I'm Happy to Blog </b> |
| 5. Press the Preview and you have just created bolded text. |
I'm Happy to Blog |
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| Italics |
Italics. < i > < /i > Put the text you want to highlight between the beginning and end tags: text to italicize. |
| 1. Type the text you want the viewer to see bold. (Display Text) |
Republicans are no fun! |
| 3. Place a open bold before <i> before the Display Text |
<i>Republicans are no fun! |
| 4. Place a close bold after</i> the Display Text |
<i>Republicans are no fun!</i> |
| 5. Press the Preview and you have just created Italics text. |
Republicans are no fun! |
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| Strike Through |
Strikethrough. < del > < /del > Put the text you want to strike between the beginning and end tags: . |
| 1. Type the text you want the viewer to see Stricken. (Display Text) |
Bush is a good leader! |
| 3. Place a open strike before <del> before the Display Text |
<del>Bush is a good leader! |
| 4. Place a close strike after</del> the Display Text |
<del>Bush is a good leader!</del> |
| 5. Press the Preview and you have just created Stricken text. |
Bush is a good leader!
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| Quotation |
Quotation. < blockquote > < /blockquote > |
| 1. Type the text you want the viewer to see Stricken. (Display Text) |
Best quote ever
Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country
BY JFK
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| 3. Place a open quote before <blockquote> before the Display Text |
Best quote ever
< blockquote >Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country
BY JFK |
| 4. Place a close quote after</blockquote> the Display Text |
Best quote ever
< blockquote >Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country< /blockquote >
BY JFK |
| 5. Press the Preview and you have just created Block Quote text. |
Best quote ever
| Ask not what your country can do for you but what you can do for your country |
BY JFK |
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| Images |
You must first post the image to the world wide web. |
| 1. Type <img src= " this turns on the image tage |
<img src=" |
| 2. Type the url of the image you want to display http://www.bowes3.com/image/Little200p.gif |
<img src="http://www.bowes3.com/image/Little200p.gif |
| 3. Close the Image tage with "> |
<img src="http://www.bowes3.com/image/Little200p.gif"> |
| 4. If you want to controll the size of the image you can use additional tages |
<img src="../image/Little200p.gif" width="200" height="100"> |
| 5. Press the Preview and you have just add an image to your blog. |
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