CMS - Advanced Tips

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Using the CMS there are many hidden features that are not displayed as a button on the menu, but that can still be used.

HTML Tags

Because the system generates HTML, you can use just about any HTML formatting in our system. To unlock this extra functionality, simply click the "Source" button.You can now start writing HTML source code tags. Tags are identified by <> signs.

Here are a few samples to get you going:

Tag	Meaning	Example	Result
<a>	Links	<a href="http://www.drawstring.com.au/">Drawstring homepage</a>	Drawstring homepage
<acronym>	Used to display text for an acronym	<acronym title="As soon as possible">ASAP</acronym>	ASAP
<p>	Paragraphs	<p>This is a paragraph.</p>	This is a paragraph.
<span>	Span of text that requires different formatting	<span style="font-size: 14px;">Larger text</span>	Larger text

And many more. You can view the official HTML pages here.

CSS

CSS or Cascading Style Sheets are used to create styles for particular objects on a page. Styles are represented by the style attribute as we have just seen above. Styles are an attribute within HTML tags. Here are some examples:

Style	Meaning	Example	Result
background-color	Background colour of element	<p style="background-color: red">Red background</p>	Red background
color	Font colour	<p style="background-color: red; color: white;">Red background with white text</p>	Red background with white text
font-size	Size of font	<span style="font-size: 16px;">Larger text</span>	Larger text

And many more. You can view the official CSS pages here.