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Using HTML for Collection Customization

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HTML for collection customization

When publishing to JSTOR Shared Collections, you can use HTML markup to enhance your projects.

With the exception of hyperlinks (see Publishing Metadata Hyperlinks on JSTOR), JSTOR currently supports HTML markup within collection descriptions and Compilation descriptions only.

Supported markup

Currently JSTOR supports the following HTML elements within collection and Compilation descriptions:

Element Example
Bold text 
<b>Text</b>
Italic text 
<i>Text</i>
Underlined text 
<u>Text</u>
Paragraphs 
<p>Text</p>
Line breaks 
<br>
Unordered lists 
<ul>
 <li>Item 1</li>
 <li>Item 2</li>
 <li>Item 3</li>
</ul>
Hyperlinks 
<a href="https://www.example.org" target="_blank">Link Text</a>
Within an anchor element you can use the target attribute to determine where your hyperlinks will open. For example: You can include target="_blank" to open the link in a new tab or window.

Other style tags, such as <strong>, or additional attributes within tags, are not currently supported.

If you're using a supported tag and receive an error message please contact forumsupport@jstor.org with information about your project and the field you're trying to edit.

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