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Format the Article's Content

There are various options available that can be used to format articles.

There are both Visual and HTML formatting tools. This is found over the blank box where you enter your writing, links and any information you want to display on your site. You can use either the Visual or the HTML tab to compose your posts.

The Visual mode lets you see your post as others will, while the HTML mode shows you the code and replaces the WYSIWYG editor buttons with quicktags.

Visual Tab

Visual Toolbar

Tag

Tag Description

Visual Bold icon Bold

Visual tag for strong emphasis of text (i.e. bold).

Visual Italics Italics

Visual tag for emphasis of text (i.e. italicize).

Visual Strikethrough icon Strike-through

Visual tag to label text considered deleted from an article. Most browsers display this as striked through text.

Visual Bullets Bullet List

Visual tag to insert an unordered list, or wrap the selected text in same. An unordered list will typically be a bulleted list of items.

Visual Numbers icon Numbered List

Visual tag will insert a numbered list, or wrap the selected text in same. Each item in an ordered list is typically numbered.

Visual Blockquote Block Quote

Visual tag to differentiate between quoted or sited text.

Visual Align Aligning Tools

Visual tags used to align text to the centre, left or right

Visual Link Insert/Edit Link

Visual tag to create or modify a hyperlink.

Visual Unlink icon Unlink

Visual tag to remove links.

Visual More icon Insert More

The tag that breaks an article into "teaser" and content sections.

Visual Spellchecker icon Toggle Spellchecker

This feature is used to check the spelling of the content.

Visual Show and Hide icon Show/Hide

This opens or hides additional visual options. These additional visual options are:

  • Styles
  • Underline
  • Align full
  • Select text colour
  • Paste as Plain Text
  • Paste from Word
  • Remove formatting
  • Insert custom character
  • Outdent
  • Indent
  • Undo
  • Redo
  • Help

HTML Tab

HTML Toolbar

Tag

Tag Description

Tag Code

HTML Bold icon Bold

HTML tag for strong emphasis of text (i.e. bold).

<strong></strong>

HTML Italics icon Italics

HTML tag for emphasis of text (i.e. italicize).

<em></em>

HTML Blockquote icon Block Quote

HTML tag to distinguish quoted or cited text.

<blockquote></blockquote>

HTML Delete icon Delete

HTML tag to label text considered deleted from an article. Most browsers display this as striked through text. (Assigns date time attribute with offset from GMT (UTC)).

<del></del>

HTML Link icon link

HTML tag to create a hyperlink.

<a href="http://example.com"></a>

HTML Ins icon ins

HTML tag to label text considered inserted into an article. Most browsers display as underlined text. (Assigns date time attribute with offset from GMT (UTC)).

<ins></ins>

HTML Unordered List icon Unordered List

HTML tag to insert an unordered list, or wrap the selected text in same. An unordered list will typically be a bulleted list of items.

<ul></ul>

HTML Ordered List icon Ordered List

HTML tag to insert a numbered list, or wrap the selected text in same. Each item in an ordered list is typically numbered.

<ol></ol>

HTML List Item icon List Item

HTML tag to insert or make the selected text a list item. Used in conjunction with the ul or ol tag.

<li></li>

HTML Code icon Code

HTML tag for preformatted styling of text. Generally sets text in a monospaced font, such as Courier.

<code></code>

HTML More icon More

The tag that breaks an article into "teaser" and content sections.

<!--more-->

HTML Lookup icon Lookup

Opens a JavaScript dialog box that prompts for a word to search for through the online dictionary at answers.com. You can use this to check spelling on individual words.

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HTML Close Tags icon Close Tags

Closes any open HTML tags left open.

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Last Updated: 1/3/2013 10:28:22 AM