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FormattingConventions

For basic formatting, just type as if you were composing an email. Blank lines delimit paragraphs.

Hint: If you see some formatting you like, go to the edit window and copy the underlying formatting information, using it as a template.

To add a horizonal rule between paragraphs, type four or more dashes (----) alone on a line. You'll get this:

To add a block of indented text
like this

indent the block with four leading spaces. If the block spans several input lines, indent each to the level of the first line in the block.

To add bullet points
  • like this
  • and this
    • and this

begin each line with an asterisk, and indent subsequent lines to the level of the first line in the bullet. Indent sub-bullets deeper than their parent bullet.

To add a list of numbered items
  1. like this
  2. and this

begin the first item with "1." and indent lines following lines to match the indentation of the first.

The initial number you use will be the starting number in the list. For example,

  1. this list starts at 47.
  2. and so on...

To label list items with letters, start the list with an "A." or an "a.".

  1. like this

At present, there is no way to start with an arbitrary letter.

A WordLikeThis becomes a link to a page with the same name.

AddingExternalLinks to web pages and email addresses is also possible.

For simple text markup like this or like this, use the following subset of HTML tags:
<i>words in italic</i> will display as words in italic.

<u>words in underline</u> will display as words in underline.

<b>words in bold</b> will display words in bold.

<strike>words struck out</strike> will display works struck out.

<tt>teletype text</tt> will display as teletype text.

Take care to include the closing tag, lest your formatting affect subsequent text.

If you need to manually break a line, use <br>. It's useful for poetry:

Roses are red<br>
Violets are blue<br>
HTML markup is occassionally obtuse<br>
and so are you.
To embed an image, use a URL that ends in .gif, .jpg, .jpeg, or .png. The image will appear in place of the URL when the page is displayed.

Please Note: If you use a URL that points to a third-party web site (e.g., not yours), then we're "stealing bandwidth" from that site each time the page is displayed in a browser. To stay on the up-and-up, please embed only images that you control.

Those are the basics. Try it out! Go to ScratchPage and click the edit button. Be bold. That's what the scratch page is there for.
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Updated: Monday, October 25, 2004