HTML Help
You can enhance your Mart listing by using HTML in your description. Using HTML, you can add additional images, present information in a table, or enhance parts of your text by making it a different size or color.

Below is a primer on some of the basic HTML tags you can use. We recommend that you test your HTML code before you submit your auction.  For more HTML information, visit one of the many HTML resources on the internet, such as: HTMLGoodies.com. webmonkey.com, or netmechanic.com.

We have also included a Free Description Template that you can copy and paste into the Postcard/description field so you don't have to use any HTML to format your descriptions (view template example here).  To use the template, select (highlight) and copy the text in the yellow background here, then paste it into the description field and replace the ***INFO Here*** text with the appropriate information about your book and your selling policies.
Text Tags (NOTE: all HTML tags are enclosed by the "<" and ">" symbols)
<b>only text between tags is affected</b>
Creates bold text
<i>only text between tags is affected</i>
Creates italic text
<u>only text between tags is affected</u>
Creates underlined text
<u><b><i>only text between tags is affected</i></b></u>
Creates underlined bold italic text (note: close tags in reverse order)
<small>only text between tags is affected</small>
Creates one size smaller text
<big>only text between tags is affected</big>
Creates one size larger text
<font size="4">only text between tags is affected</font>
Sets size of font, from 1(smallest)  to 7(largest) )
<font size="4"><b>only text between tags is affected</b></font>
Sets size of Bold font, from 1(smallest)  to 7(largest) )
<font color="red">only text between tags is affected</font>
Sets font color, using color name or hex value
<font color="red"><b>only text between tags is affected</b></font>
Sets Bold font color
<font color="red"><b><i>only text between tags is affected</I></b></font>
Sets Bold Italic font color

Text Formatting
<p></p>
Creates a new paragraph

<p align="center">
Aligns a paragraph to the left, right, or center

<br>
Inserts a line break
<blockquote>
</blockquote>
indents text from both sides
<ul></ul>
Creates a bulleted list
<ol></ol>
Creates a numbered list
<li></li>
Precedes each list item, and adds a bullet or a number
List Examples:
Bulleted list
HTML Displays
<ul>
<li>apple</li>
<li>orange</li>
<li>grape</li>
</ul>
  • apple
    •
  • orange
    •
  • grape

 
Numbered list
HTML Displays
<ol>
<li>apple</li>
<li>orange</li>
<li>grape</li>
</ol>
  1. apple
    2.
  2. orange
    3.
  3. grape

 
Images
<img src="http://yourwebsite.com/yourimagefolder/yourimage.jpg">
Adds an image
<hr>
Inserts a horizontal rule
Tables
<table></table>
Creates a table
<tr></tr>
Sets off each row in a table
<td></td>
Sets off each cell in a row
table example 1
HTML Displays
<table>
    <tr>
        <td>apple</td>
         <td>orange</td>
        <td>grape</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td>strawberry</td>
        <td>peach</td>
        <td>pear</td>
    </tr>
</table>
apple orange grape
strawberry peach pear
   
<table width="300">
Sets the width of the table, either in pixels ("300") or as a percentage of the screen ("75%")
<table border="1">
Sets the width of a border around the table and between each cell in that table.
<table cellpadding="2">
Sets the distance between the border of the table and the contents of each cell in that table (in pixels).
<table bgcolor="Antiquewhite">
Sets the background color of a table using a color name.
 <td bgcolor="#">
Sets the background color of a cell using a color hex value.
<table align="center">
Sets the horizontal alignment of a table.
 <td bgcolor="center">
Sets the horizontal alignment of the contents of a cell.
table example 2
HTML
<table width="500" border="1" cellpadding="2">
    <tr>
        <td width="200" align="center" bgcolor="antiquewhite">apple</td>
         <td width="200" align="right" bgcolor="Beige">orange</td>
        <td width="100" bgcolor="cornsilk"><b>grape</b></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
        <td width="200">strawberry</td>
        <td width="200" bgcolor="CCFF99">peach</td>
        <td width="100" bgcolor="3300CC"><font color="white">pear</font></td>
    </tr>
</table>
Displays
apple orange grape
strawberry peach pear
Free template:

Select the text in the yellow cell to the right and paste it into the description field.  Replace the complete

*** INFO Here***

text (including the asterisks) with the appropriate information about your book and your selling terms and policies.

NOTE:

Once you enter your Shipping, Payment, and Seller Info/Policies into the template the first time, you can copy the HTML again, this time with your information replacing the

 ***INFO Here***

markers for those fields and you won't have to enter that information over again each time.

Scroll down to see what the Template will look like in your listing.
HTML
<table border="1" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="780">
<tr>
<td width="780" align="center" colspan="2">

 

***LISTING TITLE or IMAGE URL here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
ISBN</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***ISBN Here or DELETE***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
Author</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***AUTHOR Here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
Title</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***TITLE Here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
Publisher</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***PUBLISHER Here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">Pub
Date</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***PUB DATE Here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">-</font></b></td>
<td width="630">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
Description</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***DETAILED DESCRIPTION and GRADING Here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><font color="#000080">-</font></td>
<td width="630">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
Shipping</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***SHIPPING TERMS Here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
Payments</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***PAYMENTS ACCEPTED INFO Here***

 

</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><font color="#000080">-</font></td>
<td width="630">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="150" bgcolor="#F4F4F4" align="right"><b><font color="#000080">
Seller Info/Policies</font></b></td>
<td width="630">

 

***SELLER INFO/POLICIES here***

 

</td>
</tr>
</table>

 

Free Template looks like this:
***LISTING TITLE or IMAGE URL here***
ISBN ***ISBN Here or DELETE***
Author ***AUTHOR Here***
Title ***TITLE Here***
Publisher ***PUBLISHER Here***
Pub Date ***PUB DATE Here***
-  
Description ***DETAILED DESCRIPTION and GRADING Here***
-  
Shipping ***SHIPPING TERMS Here***
Payments ***PAYMENTS ACCEPTED INFO Here***
-  
Seller Info/Policies ***SELLER INFO/POLICIES here***

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