Here are some examples of formatting text using the Textile text formatting options. Try all of them out in an entry into your own blog:
rather big innit?
This should be indented as a block.
a paragraph
citation inserted text
You don’t have to use HTML to format your blog entries. Just select the pull-down Textile in the
Text Formatting box to choose textile. Click on the (?) to show all the Textile
formatting options.
URL links are easy too:
Earlham’s web site and my blog site .
Images can be easily displayed too:

(Note : when you view this in Netscape you’ll see pop-up titles appear on the links).
What the textile codes look like:
h2. This is a 2nd level header. p. rather big innit? h4. This header is a more reasonble size. bq. This should be indented as a block. p. a paragraph # numbered list # 2^nd^ item * bullet list * second item ??citation?? +inserted text+ You don't have to use HTML(Hypertext Markup Language) to format your blog entries. Just select the pull-down Textile in the Text Formatting box to choose textile. Click on the (?) to show all the Textile formatting options. URL(Uniform Resource Locator) links are easy too: "Earlham's web site":http://www.earlham.edu/ and my "blog site (All you ever wanted to know about blogs but were afraid to ask)":http://www.earlham.edu/~markp/blogging/blog_about.htm. Images can be easily displayed too: !http://www.earlham.edu/~markp/m110_blog/_39057203_garvey345.jpg (Marcel Garvey strikes again)! (Note : when you view this in Netscape you'll see pop-up titles appear on the links).