diff --git a/news/news.go b/news/news.go
index f120c76..e262e73 100644
--- a/news/news.go
+++ b/news/news.go
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import (
 	_ "github.com/lib/pq"
 	"strconv"
 	"time"
+	"html/template"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 type News struct {
@@ -17,6 +19,7 @@ type News struct {
 	Category_id int
 	Date        time.Time
 	Notes       string
+	htmlNotes	template.HTML
 }
 
 const (
@@ -138,6 +141,10 @@ func (news *News) Id() int {
 	return news.id
 }
 
+func (news *News) HTMLNotes() template.HTML {
+	return news.htmlNotes
+}
+
 func nullStringToString(str *sql.NullString) string {
 	if str.Valid {
 		return str.String
@@ -182,6 +189,9 @@ func scanNews(rows *sql.Rows) (*News, error) {
 	news.Url = nullStringToString(&url)
 	news.Title = nullStringToString(&title)
 	news.Notes = nullStringToString(&notes)
+	// support wordpress style <quote> tags
+	news.Notes = strings.Replace(news.Notes, "quote>", "blockquote>", -1)
+	news.htmlNotes = template.HTML(news.Notes)
 
 	if category_id.Valid {
 		news.Category_id = int(category_id.Int64)
diff --git a/templates.go b/templates.go
index af32df6..97c1572 100644
--- a/templates.go
+++ b/templates.go
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"github.com/dballard/transmet/categories"
 	"github.com/gorilla/csrf"
-
 	"html/template"
 	"net/http"
 	"path/filepath"
diff --git a/templates/pages/news.html b/templates/pages/news.html
index 7365ada..f807a57 100644
--- a/templates/pages/news.html
+++ b/templates/pages/news.html
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
          </div>
          <div class="row">
             <div class="col-xs-2">&nbsp;</div>
-            <div class="col-xs-8 post-preview">{{truncate .post.Notes 500}}</div>
+            <div class="col-xs-8 post-content"> {{ .post.HTMLNotes }}</div>
             <div class="col-xs-2 post-delete">
                 <form method="POST" action="/news/{{.post.Id}}/delete" class="confirm-news-delete">{{ .csrfField }}
                     <input type="submit" class="btn btn-sm btn-block" value="Delete" />