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- Email addresses will be obfuscated in the page source to reduce the chances of being harvested by spammers.
- 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.
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
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://www.lullabot.com">Lullabot</a>Lullabot Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>Block quoted
Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedUnordered 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. 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. 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 ""
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- Quick Tips:
- Two or more spaces at a line's end = Line break
- Double returns = Paragraph
- *Single asterisks* or _single underscores_ = Emphasis
- **Double** or __double__ = Strong
- This is [a link](http://the.link.example.com "The optional title text")
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <p> <em> <strong> <span> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <blockquote> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <table> <thead> <tbody> <tfoot> <th> <tr> <td>
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://www.lullabot.com">Lullabot</a>Lullabot By default paragraph tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. <p>Paragraph one.</p> <p>Paragraph two.</p>Paragraph one.
Paragraph two.
Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong No help provided for tag span. 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
Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>Block quoted
Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedUnordered 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. 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. No help provided for tag img. Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>Table header Table cell No help provided for tag thead. No help provided for tag tbody. No help provided for tag tfoot. No help provided for tag th. No help provided for tag tr. No help provided for tag td. 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 "" - 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.
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- Email addresses will be obfuscated in the page source to reduce the chances of being harvested by spammers.