Cragslist

Formatting Craigslist is always a bit of a pain.  So we'll start here:


STYLE TEXT

1. BOLD YOUR TEXT
Display bold text in your Craiglist post by typing "<b>" at the beginning of the text and "</b>" at the end.
2. ITALICIZE YOUR TEXT
Italicize words in your Craigslist ad by inserting "<i>" at the start of the text and "</i>" at the end.
3. UNDERLINE YOUR TEXT
Underline words in your Craigslist post by inserting an opening "<u>" tag at the beginning of the text and a closing "</u>" tag at the end.

4. FONT TYPE
Display text in your post in a chosen font by typing "<font face="XXX">" and replacing "XXX" with the name of the font. Type a closing "</font>" tag at the end of the text that you want to style.

5.  FONT SIZE
Use the <font> HTML tag as following: 
<font size="4" face="Bookman Old Style" color="#FF0000">

The Posting Body section of Craigslist's posting form automatically recognizes and translates certain HTML attributes. To enlarge certain text, place "<big>" (without quotes here and throughout) before the text and "</big>" after the text. You can also nest additional Big attributes to create even larger fonts. As an example, "This <big><big><big>is</big></big></big> a test" will make "is" very large while keeping the other text the normal size.
6. TEXT COLOR
Change the color of text in your Craigslist ad by typing "<font color="XXX">" and replacing "XXX" with the color you want to assign the text, such as "red". Type a closing "</font>" tag at the end of the text that you want to color.


STYLE PARAGRAPHS

1. RIGHT-ALIGN PARAGRAPH
Right-align a paragraph by typing "<p align="right">" before the text and "</p>" at the end to close the attribute.
2. JUSTIFY PARAGRAPH 
Justify a paragraph by typing "<p align="justify">" before the content and "</p>" at the end of the text to close the attribute.
3. INDENTED BLOCKQUOTE
Create an indented blockquote by inserting "<blockquote>" at the start of the text and "</blockquote>" at the end.
4. PRE-FORMATTED TEXT
Allow for pre-formatted text by typing "<pre>" at the beginning of the text and "</pre>" at the end. Pre-formatted text allows you to insert extra spaces between words. Without this tag, extra spaces in your text will be automatically displayed as a single space in a Web browser.

STYLE DYNAMIC CONTENT

1. HYPERLINK
Create a hyperlink by typing "<a href="XXX">" at the beginning of the text and replacing "XXX" with the URL. Close the hyperlink tag by typing "</a>" at the end of the linked text.  

Well, those instructions up there did not work for me.  See if this works

2. OPEN LINK IN NEW TAB
Instruct a Web browser to open a link in a new tab or window by typing "<a href="XXX" target="_blank">" before the text and replacing "XXX" with the URL. Close the attribute by typing "</a>".
3. INSERT IMAGE INTO POST
Insert an image into your post by typing "<img src="XXX" />" and replacing "XXX" with the URL of the image.

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