Advanced Text Editing (formatting, hyperlinks)

The text boxes on a page support advanced text editing features such as inserting links to email, documents and other pages and formatting text (font size, bold, italics, underline).

Creating a hyperlink

To create a hyperlink from within your text to a document or web page, simply type the destination URL (eg starting with http:// or www or an email address) into the text box. When you save the page, a link will automatically be created and become visible to the public (note that you will not see the link until you log out). Tip: A quick way to identify the destination URL is to navigate to the document or page you want to link to, then copy its URL from the address bar of your browser and paste it into your text box. Alternatively, you can right-click your mouse over a link to the destination URL and then select 'Copy shortcut' from the menu and then right-click your mouse within your text box and select 'Paste'.

Formatting text

If you want to format text as bold, italics, underlined or as a header, you can use standard HTML tags at the beginning and end of the text you want to format. Don't forget to include the closing HTML tag or all subsequent text within that text box will be effected by the formatting. The following HTML tags are supported:


<b> </b> bold
<i>  </i>   italic
<u> </u> underline
<h1> </h1> to <h6> </h6> for headers

 
Source Output
<b>This is bold</b> This is bold
<i>This is italics</i> This is italics
<u>This is underline</u> This is underline
<h1>This is header 1</h1> This is header 1
<h2>This is header 2</h2> This is header 2
<h3>This is header 3</h3> This is header 3
<h4>This is header 4</h4> This is header 4
<h5>This is header 5</h5> This is header 5
<h6>This is header 6</h6> This is header 6

Colouring text

If you want to change the colour of the text, you can use our custom colour tag. Don't forget to include the closing tag or all subsequent text within that text box will be coloured.

eg. <Red>This text will be red</Red>

The following colours are valid:

LightPinkLightSlateGrayLimeBisque
PinkSlateGrayForestGreenDarkOrange
CrimsonDodgerBlueGreenLinen
LavenderBlushAliceBlueDarkGreenPeru
PaleVioletRedSteelBlueChartreusePeachPuff
HotPinkLightSkyBlueLawnGreenSandyBrown
DeepPinkSkyBlueGreenYellowChocolate
MediumVioletRedDeepSkyBlueDarkOliveGreenSaddleBrown
OrchidLightBlueYellowGreenSeashell
ThistlePowderBlueOliveDrabSienna
PlumCadetBlueBeigeLightSalmon
VioletAzureLightGoldenrodYellowCoral
MagentaLightCyanIvoryOrangeRed
FuchsiaPaleTurquoiseLightYellowDarkSalmon
DarkMagentaCyanYellowTomato
PurpleAquaOliveMistyRose
MediumOrchidDarkTurquoiseDarkKhakiSalmon
DarkVioletDarkSlateGrayLemonChiffonSnow
DarkOrchidDarkCyanPaleGoldenrodLightCoral
IndigoTealKhakiRosyBrown
BlueVioletMediumTurquoiseGoldIndianRed
MediumPurpleLightSeaGreenCornsilkRed
MediumSlateBlueTurquoiseGoldenrodBrown
SlateBlueAquamarineDarkGoldenrodFireBrick
DarkSlateBlueMediumAquamarineFloralWhiteDarkRed
LavenderMediumSpringGreenOldLaceMaroon
GhostWhiteMintCreamWheatWhite
BlueSpringGreenMoccasinWhiteSmoke
MediumBlueMediumSeaGreenOrangeGainsboro
MidnightBlueSeaGreenPapayaWhipLightGrey
DarkBlueHoneydewBlanchedAlmondSilver
NavyLightGreenNavajoWhiteDarkGray
RoyalBluePaleGreenAntiqueWhiteGray
CornflowerBlueDarkSeaGreenTanDimGray
LightSteelBlueLimeGreenBurlyWoodBlack