diff --git a/application/clipage.class.inc.php b/application/clipage.class.inc.php
index 2514a391f..afeaa1694 100644
--- a/application/clipage.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/clipage.class.inc.php
@@ -46,6 +46,11 @@ class CLIPage
 		echo $sText."\n";
 	}	
 
+	public function pre($sText)
+	{
+		echo $sText."\n";
+	}	
+
 	public function add_comment($sText)
 	{
 		echo "#".$sText."\n";
diff --git a/application/webpage.class.inc.php b/application/webpage.class.inc.php
index b3eddd14a..4842fcbd7 100644
--- a/application/webpage.class.inc.php
+++ b/application/webpage.class.inc.php
@@ -103,6 +103,14 @@ class WebPage
         $this->add($this->GetP($s_html));
     }
     
+	/**
+	 * Add a pre-formatted text to the body of the page
+	 */
+    public function pre($s_html)
+    {
+        $this->add('<pre>'.$s_html.'</pre>');
+    }
+    
 	/**
 	 * Add a paragraph to the body of the page
 	 */