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- 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.
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Allowed HTML tags: <abbr> <acronym> <address> <area> <b> <blockquote> <br> <caption> <cite> <code> <dd> <del> <div> <dl> <dt> <em> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr> <i> <img> <ins> <li> <map> <ol> <p> <pre> <quote> <small> <span> <strike> <strong> <sub> <sup> <table> <tbody> <td> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <tr> <u> <ul>
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 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 area. Bolded <b>Bolded</b>
Bolded Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
Block quoted
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 break
Text with
line breakNo help provided for tag caption. Cited <cite>Cited</cite>
Cited Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>
Coded
No help provided for tag dd. Deleted <del>Deleted</del>
DeletedNo help provided for tag div. 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. Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>
Emphasized No help provided for tag font. 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
No help provided for tag hr. Italicized <i>Italicized</i>
Italicized No help provided for tag img. Inserted <ins>Inserted</ins>
Inserted No help provided for tag li. No help provided for tag map. Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>
- First item
- Second item
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.
Preformatted <pre>Preformatted</pre>
Preformatted
No help provided for tag quote. No help provided for tag small. No help provided for tag span. No help provided for tag strike. Strong <strong>Strong</strong>
Strong Subscripted <sub>Sub</sub>scripted
Subscripted Superscripted <sup>Super</sup>scripted
Superscripted Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
Table header Table cell 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. 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
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 "
" - Youtube and Vimeo video links are automatically converted into embedded videos.
Plain text
- No HTML tags allowed.
- 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.