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HTML Reference Lookup Table

Links
Hyperlink No tags needed - just type the URL starting with http://
Hyperlink embedded in text

<a href="http://URLtolinkto">text that you want linked</a>

Example: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com">the NY Times</a>

produces:  the NY Times

Text Formatting
Bold <strong>Text</strong> or <b>Text</b> produces:   Text
Italic <em>Text</em> or <i>Text</i> produces:   Text
Strikethrough <del>Text</del> produces:   Text
Superscript <sup>Text</sup> produces:   Text
Subscript <sub>Text</sub> produces:   Text
Center <center>Text</center> produces:

Text
Blank character space &nbsp;
Start text on a new line <br />Text
Start text on a new line after a blank line <br /><br />Text
Blockquotes
Create an indented blockquote for article excerpts <blockquote>text of quote</blockquote>
Images
Images aka pictures Enter: <img src="yourpicturefilename" alt="picture title" width="350" border="0" />

The maximum width for a picture within a comment on the DCP blogs is 470. Acceptable image file types are jpg, gif and png.
Image with text floated on the right side Enter: <img src="yourpicturefilename" alt="picture title" width="300" border="0" style="float: left; padding: 5px 9px 5px 0;" />

The WIDTH parameter should be set to no more than 300 or 325 to allow room for the text on the side.
Image with text floated on the left side Enter: <img src="yourpicturefilename" alt="picture title" width="300" border="0" style="float: right; padding: 5px 0 5px 9px;" />

The WIDTH parameter should be set to no more than 300 or 325 to allow room for the text on the side.
Image with hyperlink Enter a hyperlink statement and add the image statement in place of text:
<a href="http://addyourURL"><img src="yourpicturefilename" alt="picture title" width="300" border="0" /> </a>
Formatted List
List with bullets aka an Unordered List <ul>
<li>text of first list item</li>
<li>text of second list item</li>
...
</ul>
List with numbers aka an Ordered List <ol>
<li>text of first list item</li>
<li>text of second list item</li>
...
</ol>
Tables
Tables are not allowed but some table formatting may be preserved by using the <pre> tag When you want to create a simple table of numbers such as reproducing the results of a poll, enclose the complete text with <pre> </pre> tags.

Example:   In the table below, <pre> is placed just before "Yes" and </pre> is placed just after "14439". The entire example, including the poll question, is enclosed in blockquotes, ie., <blockquote>question text and poll results</blockquote>.

Are Al Gore and the climate-change panel deserving winners of the Nobel Peace Prize?

Yes	 57%         8277
No	 43%	     6162

Total Votes:        14439
Embedded Videos
Add videos from youtube et al. to comments The <embed> and <object> statements that youtube videos use are allowed. Just copy & paste the complete embed statement as it is presented on the youtube or Google video website.

Example:   <object width="425" height="350"> <param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/zqfFrCUrEbY"> </param> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </param> <embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/zqfFrCUrEbY" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"> </embed> </object>

which links to this video (opens in a new window): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqfFrCUrEbY
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