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- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <bdo> <blockquote> <del> <hr> <img> <ins> <pre> <q> <sub> <sup> <dl> <dt> <dd> <ul> <ol> <li> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <table> <caption> <col> <colgroup> <tbody> <td> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <tr> <b> <big> <cite> <code> <dfn> <em> <i> <kbd> <samp> <small> <strong> <tt> <var>
This site allows HTML content. While learning all of HTML may feel intimidating, learning how to use a very small number of the most basic HTML "tags" is very easy. This table provides examples for each tag that is enabled on this site.
For more information see W3C's HTML Specifications or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.
Tag Description You Type You Get Anchors are used to make links to other pages. <a href="http://vekseid.com">On Forums</a>On Forums Abbreviation <abbr title="Abbreviation">Abbrev.</abbr>Abbrev. Acronym <acronym title="Three-Letter Acronym">TLA</acronym>TLA No help provided for tag address. No help provided for tag bdo. Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>Block quoted
Deleted <del>Deleted</del>DeletedNo help provided for tag hr. No help provided for tag img. Inserted <ins>Inserted</ins>Inserted Preformatted <pre>Preformatted</pre>Preformatted
Quoted inline <q>Quoted inline</q>Quoted inline
Subscripted <sub>Sub</sub>scriptedSubscripted Superscripted <sup>Super</sup>scriptedSuperscripted Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. <dl> begins the definition list, <dt> begins the definition term and <dd> begins the definition description. <dl> <dt>First term</dt> <dd>First definition</dd> <dt>Second term</dt> <dd>Second definition</dd> </dl>- First term
- First definition
- Second term
- Second definition
No help provided for tag dt. No help provided for tag dd. Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>- First item
- Second item
Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>- First item
- Second item
No help provided for tag li. Heading <h1>Title</h1>Title
Heading <h2>Subtitle</h2>Subtitle
Heading <h3>Subtitle three</h3>Subtitle three
Heading <h4>Subtitle four</h4>Subtitle four
Heading <h5>Subtitle five</h5>Subtitle five
Heading <h6>Subtitle six</h6>Subtitle six
Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>Table header Table cell No help provided for tag caption. No help provided for tag col. No help provided for tag colgroup. No help provided for tag tbody. No help provided for tag td. No help provided for tag tfoot. No help provided for tag th. No help provided for tag thead. No help provided for tag tr. Bolded <b>Bolded</b>Bolded No help provided for tag big. Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedNo help provided for tag dfn. Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Italicized <i>Italicized</i>Italicized No help provided for tag kbd. No help provided for tag samp. No help provided for tag small. Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong No help provided for tag tt. No help provided for tag var. Most unusual characters can be directly entered without any problems.
If you do encounter problems, try using HTML character entities. A common example looks like & for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:
Character Description You Type You Get Ampersand && Greater than >> Less than << Quotation mark "" - Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
- To post pieces of code, surround them with <code>...</code> tags. For PHP code, you can use <?php ... ?>, which will also colour it based on syntax.
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- No HTML tags allowed.
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.