HTML Formatting for News Items

Basic HTML tags can be used to configure News items on the and Teacher Access Center Home Page. The News items can include web site hyperlinks and colors.

Home Access Center's news items do not support HTML formatting. If you enter html formatting, the text of the html code will be displayed to guardians and students.

The following example illustrates how HTML tags can be used to format text:

Below is a sample weather posting typed with HTML codes for text formatting.

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 45. East northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Below is the sample weather posting as it would appear on the page.

This Afternoon: Sunny, with a high near 45. East northeast wind between 10 and 15 mph.

Tonight: Showers and thunderstorms likely, mainly after 4am. Increasing clouds, with a low around 40. Chance of precipitation is 70%.

Basic Commands

Command	Formatting
<p>	Begin Paragraph
</p>	End Paragraph
<b>	Begin Bold
</b>	End Bold
<i>	Begin Italic
</i>	End Italic
<u>	Begin Underline
</u>	End Underline
<br>	Break or Blank Line
<hr>	Horizontal Line

Sample Hyperlink

<a href="http://www.powerschool.com/">PowerSchool</a>

The text in the quotation marks is the actual web address and the text in between the > < marks is the text that will display.

Sample Specifying Color for Text

Staff Training will be held from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Supported HTML Commands

Only the following HTML commands can be used in News items.

b – Bold
strong – Strong
i – Italics
em – Emphasize
small – Small
sub – Subscript
sup – Superscript
del – Deleted
mark – Highlight
a – Anchor
h1 – First Heading
h2 – Second Heading
h3 – Third Heading
h4 – Fourth Heading
h5 – Fifth Heading
h6 – Sixth Heading
p – Paragraph
ul - Unordered list
ol - ordered list
li - list items