How to Style Text in a Craigslist Post With HTML Tags

The code on the left will give you the results on the right.

HTML code	Results
Simple Text Formatting
This is some <b>bold</b> text.	This is some bold text.
Other ways to emphasize text are <i>italics</> and <u>underline.</u>	Other ways to emphasize are italics and underline.
It’s simple to make text <big>bigger</big> or <small>smaller</small>	It’s simple to make text bigger or smaller
<blockquote>Text can be indented</blockquote>	Text can be indented.
Tags can be <b><i>combined</i></b>, but for best results be sure to <s><big>close tags</big></s> in the opposite order they were opened.	Tags can be combined, but for best results be sure to close tags in the opposite order they were opened.
You can <font color=”red”>change</font> the <font color=”green”>colors</font> of your text.(Supported colors: black, blue, fuchsia, green, maroon, navy,olive, purple, red, teal.)	You can change the colors of your text.
Line breaks
<p>Text enclosed by the “p” tag is treated as a separate paragraph.</p><p>This usually indicates the text should be separated from surrounding text by an extra line.</p>	Text enclosed by the “p” tag is treated as a separate paragraph.This usually indicates the text should be separated from surrounding text by an extra line.
<p>The “br” tag causes<br>a single line break.</p>	The “br” tag causes a single line break.
Horizontal Lines
The “hr” tag creates a <hr> horizontal dividing line across the page	The “hr” tag creates a horizontal dividing line across the page
Headers
The “h1″ “h2″ “h3″ “h4″ “h5″ and “h6″ tags can be used to create <h1>Headers</h1> <h3>of various</h3> <h6>sizes</h>	The “h1″ “h2″ “h3″ “h4″ “h5″ and “h6″ tags can be used to create Headers of various sizes
Unordered lists
Breakfast: <ul> <li>Eggs</li> <li>Bacon</li> <li>Milk</li> </ul>	Breakfast: Eggs Bacon Milk
Ordered lists
Business Plan: <ol> <li>Draft</li> <li>Plan</li> <li>Profit</li> </ol>	Business Plan: Draft Plan Profit
Dictionary lists
Per Bierce: <dl><dt>Deliberation</dt> <dd>The act of examining one’s bread to determine which side it is buttered on.</dd><dt>Magic</dt> <dd>An art of converting superstition into coin.</dd> <dt>Vote</dt> <dd>The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.</dd> </dl>	Per Bierce: Deliberation The act of examining one’s bread to determine which side it is buttered on. Magic An art of converting superstition into coin. Vote The instrument and symbol of a freeman’s power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country.
Links to other pages or websites
Creating links to <a href=”http://customcraigslist.com/”>external websites</a> is extremely simple.	Creating links to external websites is extremely simple
Externally-hosted images and custom ad designs
Custom Ad Design: <img src=”http://craigslist-kvc.blogspot.com/images/home-ad.jpg”>	Custom Ad Design:
Custom Ad Design Clickable: <a href=”http://craigslist-kvc.blogspot.com”><img src=”http://craigslist-kvc.blogspot.com/images/home-ad.jpg” />	Custom Ad Design Clickable:
Preformatted text
<pre> In Just- spring          when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonmanwhistles          far          and weeand eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it’s spring </pre>	In Just- spring          when the world is mud- luscious the little lame baloonmanwhistles          far          and weeand eddieandbill come running from marbles and piracies and it’s spring
Tables (like this one)
<table> <tr><th>President</th><th>Inauguration</th></tr> <tr><td>Fillmore</td><td>1850</td></tr> <tr><td>Pierce</td><td>1853</td></tr> <tr><td>Buchanan</td><td>1857</td></tr> </table>	President Inauguration Fillmore 1850 Pierce 1853 Buchanan 1857