HTML in 10 minutes

Here are some examples of HTML usage which will probably suffice for all of your posting needs... whenever you need more than a single paragraph. If you become more curious about HTML, NCSA's Beginner's Guide to HTML is a nice introduction. For reference material, we suggest the documents created by the Web Design Group and, of course, those of the W3C.

Creating separate paragraphs
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<p>Dialectica est bene disputandi scientia. Disputamus autem utique verbis. Verba igitur aut simplicia sunt aut coniuncta. Simplicia sunt quae unum quiddam significant ut cum dicimus `homo equus disputat currit'. </p> <p>And by the way...</p> <p>Dictum est enim id esse simplex quod unum quiddam significet. Itaque hoc includitur hac definitione, qua non includitur cum dicimus `loquor'.</p>	Dialectica est bene disputandi scientia. Disputamus autem utique verbis. Verba igitur aut simplicia sunt aut coniuncta. Simplicia sunt quae unum quiddam significant ut cum dicimus `homo equus disputat currit'. And by the way... Dictum est enim id esse simplex quod unum quiddam significet. Itaque hoc includitur hac definitione, qua non includitur cum dicimus `loquor'.
Making links to other pages
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<p>Have you ever visited <a href="http://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/">Knuth's home page</a>? Or seen an exhibition <a href="http://alem3d.obidos.org/en/">beyond the third dimension</a>?</p>	Have you ever visited Knuth's home page? Or seen an exhibition beyond the third dimension?
Reproducing pre-formatted plain text verbatim: <pre>...</pre>
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<pre> But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror's magic sights, For often thro' the silent nights A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, went to Camelot: Or when the moon was overhead, Came two young lovers lately wed: "I am half sick of shadows," said The Lady of Shalott. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson </pre>	But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror's magic sights, For often thro' the silent nights A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, went to Camelot: Or when the moon was overhead, Came two young lovers lately wed: "I am half sick of shadows," said The Lady of Shalott. -- Alfred Lord Tennyson
Unordered and ordered lists
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<ul> <li>Baker Street</li> <li>Hill Street</li> <li>Wall Street</li> <li>Elm Street</li> </ul> <ol> <li>First item.</li> <li>Second item.</li> <li>Third item.</li> </ol>	Baker Street Hill Street Wall Street Elm Street First item. Second item. Third item.
Miscellaneous font changes
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<p>You can <em>emphasize</em> or say it even <strong>stronger</strong>. Explicitly, you can write in <b>bold</b> or <i>italic</i>, and sometimes <big>larger</big> or <small>tinier</small>. <tt>Monospacing</tt> is useful in some cases.</p>	You can emphasize or say it even stronger. Explicitly, you can write in bold or italic, and sometimes larger or tinier. `Monospacing` is useful in some cases.