Style Samples

Generally, you'll want some style on your pages of text. Using good web writing practices, the proper way to do this is to use the styled elements available to you.

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There are six levels of headings, and the first is reserved for the page title and is automatically applied for you.

Generally, when writing for the web:

1. Use bullet lists to control content
2. Be concise
3. Remember that most of your readers scan, and a big block of text will not be read carefully.

To really set off a text item, use a blockquote. This can be treated like a magazine-style quote, which may be indirectly related to page content or pulling one of the most important items from it.

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More than one level of sub-heading may be required in longer pages or when describing multiple concepts on a page.

• Use headings to categorize your text
• Use other text elements sparingly, but with effect

You may find it necessary to use a horizontal rule to separate truly distinct items on a page.

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Have a look, there are six levels of headings available. You may not use them all, but it's useful to know where they are and what they do.

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There are several elements available to you in basic text to add impact: bold and italics are available, but use them only if you want those particular typographic effects. It usually makes more sense to usestrong (which will show up as bold or some other "strong" style depending on the circumstances) and emphasis (which will show up as italics or some other "emphatic" style depending on the circumstances). For the names of books, movies and other long works, it's often good to use cite which is meant for that purpose. Underlines and strikethroughs are included, but very rarely used.

It is good to be aware of the symbols available to you, listed under the button that looks like an omega. Symbols are important - including copyright symbols, foreign characters, and a few other common symbols.  The proper symbols to use on the web have a special character code.

►Warning! Using improper symbols will cause some browsers to display ugly marks on your site that can make text unreadable.

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In general, you will probably not have several headings cascading without text in between, but you may. Test it out if you have concerns.

You can use tables, but don't do it unless you have a good reason - such as a set of numbers that needs to be displayed in columns as, well, a table.