Should you wish to write mesages that look more sophisticated, here are few HTML tags you could use to format your text. I have also included how to embed google maps or youtube videos.

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Link to a webpage

<A target="_blank" href="…"> … </A>

<A target="_blank" href="Web site address"> your text </A>

<A target="_blank" href=" http://www.glocals.com "> Glocals, the site for International friendly folks </A>



Result: Glocals, the site for International friendly folks

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bold

<b> … </b>

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italics

<i> … </i>

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Underlined

<u> … </u>

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strikethrough

<del> … </del>

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bold + italics + underlined

<b> <i> <u> … </b> </i> </u>

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bigger text.

<big> … </big>

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smaller text

<small> … </small>

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long quotation (paragraphs)

<blockquote> … </blockquote>

The bloc is isolated from the rest of the text and indented

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font size

<font size="1"> … </font>

size varies from 1 to 7

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Text in red

<font color="red"> … </font>

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Text with courier font

<font face="Courier"> … </font>

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Text in _subscript

_…

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Text in ^superscript

^…

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Embeding images

<img src= "http://www.memo.fr/Media/Mur_reformateurs.jpg"> </img>





If the image is too big, add size parameters (width=”xxx” height=”xxx”). To be sure that the image stays proportional, specify either height or width, but not both.

<img width="50" src= "http://www.memo.fr/Media/Mur_reformateurs.jpg"> </img>

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Embeding Google Maps

On the top right corner of the map, there is a “link to this page” click on ot and copy the link “Paste HTML to embed in website" This will cause the map to be copied in your post.





View Larger Map

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Embeding Youtube videos

On the right side of the video, there is a light blue block with details about the video. Copy the contents of the "Embed" box to your post.




FreeMay 4, 2008 @ 16:13