BASIC HTML COMPOSITION

TO CREATE A LINK TO A WEB SITE:
       1. The link will consist of
            a. Beginning tag - <a href=""> with the url (web site address) displayed
                within the quotes
            b. Text to display - Text you wish people to click on to utilize the link
            c. Ending tag - </a> closes the link. If not closed then the entire message
                thereafter becomes part of the link

   <a href="http://www.peterpaulandmary.com">Click Here</a> will be displayed
   and active and clickable as Click Here

TO CREATE BOLD TEXT:
       1. The text will consist of
            a. Beginning tag - <b>
            b. Text to display in boldface- Text
            c. Ending tag - </b> closes boldface. If not closed then the rest of the message will ALL be bold

   Hello, I <b>love</b> this place. will be displayed
   as Hello, I love this place

ITALIC TEXT::
use the same method as bold except use the letter 'i' in the tags rather than 'b'

UNDERSCORE TEXT::
use the same method as bold except use the letter 'u' in the tags rather than 'b'

TO CREATE COLORIZED TEXT:
       1. The text will consist of
            a. Beginning tag - <font color=""> with the font color (red,blue etc.) inside the quotes
            b. Text to display in color- Text
            c. Ending tag - </font> closes font. If not closed then the rest of the message will ALL be color

   Hello, I <font color="green">love</font> this place. will be displayed
   as Hello, I love this place

TO RESIZE TEXT:
       1. The text will consist of
            a. Beginning tag - <font size=""> with the size code (+1,+2,+3) inside the quotes
            b. Text to display resized- Text
            c. Ending tag - </font> closes font. If not closed then the rest of the message will ALL be resized

   Hello, I <font size="+2">love</font> this place. will be displayed
   as Hello, I love this place

TEXT TAG COMBINATION:
       1. Text tags may be combined for different effects such as bold italic
            a. always close tags in reverse order, ie if bold is opened first, close it last!

   <font color="red"><b>Hello, I love</b> this place.</font> will be displayed
   Hello, I love this place.

TO CREATE AN EMAIL LINK:
       1. The link will consist of
            a. Beginning tag - <a href="mailto:"> with the email address displayed
                after the mailto: inside the parenthesis
            b. Text to display - Text you wish people to click on to utilize the link
            c. Ending tag - </a> closes the link. If not closed then the entire message
                thereafter becomes part of the link

   <a href="mailto:info@peterpaulandmary.com">Email Request</a> will be displayed
   and active and clickable as Email Request

TO DISPLAY AN IMAGE:
       1. The image display will consist of
            a. Tag - <img src=""> with the image web address displayed in the parenthesis
            b. Ending tag is not applicable for images

   <img src="http://www.peterpaulandmary.com/coffeehouse/messages/images/ppmsmall.gif"> will be displayed as

FINAL NOTE:
 If anyone is uncomfortable using html, images and links may still be entered using the OPTIONAL LINK URL and OPTIONAL IMAGE URL at the bottom of each message data entry screen.