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Twitmart does some automatic formatting, such as converting URL's to links, and recognizing URL's for popular Twitter photo sharing sites (twitpic, yfrog, tweetphoto, twitgoo, and img.ly).

You can use HTML tags in your posting to do additional styling of the text.

Basic HTML Tags

These tags provide basic HTML text formatting and have no arguments. They function just like the normal HTML versions, and all but <hr> need to be closed.

b, blockquote, code, em, h1, h2, h3, h4, hr, i, s, strong, sup, u

Links

Most URL's in postings will be converted to links automatically. You can add explicit links with HTML, as shown below.

a
<a href="{url}" (title,target)>{content}</a>

Images

Twitmart recognizes URL's for popular Twitter photo sharing sites (twitpic, yfrog, tweetphoto, twitgoo, and img.ly)

You can add images from external sites using the <img> tag.

img
<img src="{src}" (alt,align,width,height)>

Lists

ol, ul, list, li
List tags function just as they do in HTML. List items must be enclosed in <li></li>.

dl, dt, dd
Definition lists are also supported, using standard tags.

Tables

Table tags are supported with common arguments.

table, tr, th, td, tbody, thead
tbody and thead tags are supported, and recommended, but are not required.

HTML in Postings Examples

HTML code Results

<B>Bold Text</B>, compared to normal text. Bold Text, compared to normal text.

<CODE>Code Text</CODE>, compared to normal text. Code Text, compared to normal text.

<I>Italicized Text</I>, compared to normal text. Italicized Text, compared to normal text.

<STRIKE>Striked-Out Text</STRIKE>, compared to normal text. ~~Striked-Out Text~~, compared to normal text.

<U>Underlined Text</U>, compared to normal text. Underlined Text, compared to normal text.

Unordered List:
<ul>
    <li>First Item</li>
    <li>Another Item</li>
    <li>Trademark&trade;</li>
</ul>

Unordered List:

First Item
Another Item
Trademark™

Ordered List:
<ol>
    <li>Milk</li>
    <li>Butter</li>
    <li>Eggs</li>
</ol>

Ordered List:

Milk
Butter
Eggs

Definition lists:

<DL>
<DT><STRONG>Lower cost</STRONG>
<DD>The new version of this product costs significantly less than the
previous one!
<DT><STRONG>Easier to use</STRONG>
<DD>We've changed the product so that it's much easier to use!

<DT><STRONG>Safe for kids</STRONG>
<DD>You can leave your kids alone in a room with this product and
they won't get hurt (not a guarantee).
</DL>

Lower cost: The new version of this product costs significantly less than the previous one!
Easier to use: We've changed the product so that it's much easier to use!
Safe for kids: You can leave your kids alone in a room with this product and they won't get hurt (not a guarantee).

<table border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="5" width="100%">
<tr>
<th>Table header</th>
<th>Table header</th>
</tr>
<tr>

<td width="20%">Table cell 1</td><td>Table cell 2</td>
</tr>
</table>

Table header	Table header
Table cell 1	Table cell 2

<H1>This is a size "1" heading</H1>
<H2>This is a size "2" heading</H2>
<H3>This is a size "3" heading</H3>
<H4>This is a size "4" heading</H4>
<H5>This is a size "5" heading</H5>
<H6>This is a size "6" heading</H6>