Compatible HTML formatting tags

You can add some flair to your SEEK job ads by including a few bits of simple HTML, the language of the Internet's World Wide Web.

Generally, HTML is written as plain text with special parts enclosed within a pair of HTML ‘tags’. Opening tags are of the form <tag>, while closing tags are </tag>.

The HTML described below is permitted by SEEK for layout and typography of the Ad Details in your SEEK job ads.

Bold

To begin a section of bold text: <b>
End bold text: </b>
Example:
<b>bold text goes here</b>

Italic

To begin a section of italicised text: <i>
End italic: </i>
Example:
<i>italic text goes here</i>

New Paragraph

To create a new paragraph with a line-break: <br><br>
Example:
First paragraph text goes here<br><br>Second paragraph text goes here
Notes:

A closing tag is not required when using the <br> tag because it goes between blocks of text instead of encapsulating it.
SEEK discourages the use of the <p> tag to create a new paragraph as it will disrupt the font formats in your job ad.

Bullets

To create bullets in an unordered list, place the tag <ul> at the beginning of a word or paragraph. Place a <li> tag at each sentence where you would like to a bullet to appear. The </li> tag is optional. To close-off a list of bullet-points, use </ul>.

Example:
<ul><li>Big Bucks</li><li>Great Location</li><li>Receptionist Extraordinaire</li></ul>

This will produce the following result:

• Big Bucks
• Great Location
• Receptionist Extraordinaire

Centre

To begin centre: <center>

To end centre </center>

Example: <center>Centred text goes here</center>

Note: the HTML ‘centre’ tag is spelled the using English (USA), not English (UK) or English (Aus). If centred text does not appear to be properly formatted when you preview your HTML then check the spelling.

Summary of permitted HTML

HTML style	Opening tag	Closing tag	Example HTML	Sample output
Bold	<b>	</b>	This part is <b>bold</b>	This part is bold
Italic	<i>	</i>	This part is <i>italic</i>	This part is italic
New Paragraph	<br><br>		First paragraph <br><br> Second paragraph	First paragraph Second paragraph
Lists and Bullets	<ul> <li>	</ul> </li>	<ul> <li>Big Bucks</li> <li>Great Location</li> <li>Receptionist</li> </ul>	Big Bucks Great Location Receptionist
Centre	<center>	</center>	<center>This block is an example of centred text</center>	This block is an example of centred text