Formatting HTML Messages

Messages can be formatted using HTML formatting tags. HTML tags are:

  • Used either side of a keyword, for example, <html> you wish to format.
  • The tag always has angle brackets, for example, <html> denoting the starting and closing of the tag.
  • HTML tags normally come in pairs, for example, <b> (the starting tag) and </b> (the closing tag).
  • You can use multiple tags, but each tag must have brackets at the start and end of the tag, for example, <p><b>

This is a list of the most common codes:

Starting Tag

Closing Tag

Description

<h1>

</h1>

First Heading.

Headings can be defined with <h1> to <h6> tags.

<h1> is the largest heading and <h6> is the smallest.

<p>

</p>

Paragraph

<b>

</b>

Bold text

<big>

</big>

Big text

<i>

</i>

Italic text

<small>

</small>

Small text

<sub>

</sub>

Subscript text

<sup>

</sup>

Superscript text

<br>

 

This tag adds a single line break, it does not need a closing tag.

For example applying the bold <b> tag to the 1st line of the message like this:

  • <b> Welcome to INPS practice Online Services</b>

Displays as:

  • Welcome to INPS practice Online Services:

Note - If you want to add an image to your message, you must link to an image which can be accessed over the Internet and not one stored locally. Locally stored images do not display on the website.
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