Compose tips
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <b> <dd> <dl> <dt> <i> <li> <ol> <u> <ul> <img> <em> <p> <br> <span> <div> <h2> <h3> <abbr> <small> <table> <tr> <td> <strong> <acronym> <th> <blockquote>
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://acko.net">Steven Wittens - Acko.net</a>Steven Wittens - Acko.net Bolded <b>Bolded</b>Bolded 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
Italicized <i>Italicized</i>Italicized Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>- First item
- Second item
Underlined <u>Underlined</u>Underlined Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>- First item
- Second item
No help provided for tag img. Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized 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.
By default line break tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. Use of this tag is different because it is not used with an open/close pair like all the others. Use the extra " /" inside the tag to maintain XHTML 1.0 compatibility Text with <br />line breakText with
line breakNo help provided for tag span. No help provided for tag div. Header <h2>Subtitle</h2>Subtitle
Header <h3>Subtitle three</h3>Subtitle three
Abbreviation <abbr title="Abbreviation">Abbrev.</abbr>Abbrev. No help provided for tag small. Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>Table header Table cell Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong Acronym <acronym title="Three-Letter Acronym">TLA</acronym>TLA Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>Block quoted
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.
