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Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <i> <strong> <b> <strike> <cite> <code> <tt> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h3> <h4> <h5> <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://goofans.com">GooFans</a>GooFans Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Italicized <i>Italicized</i>Italicized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong Bolded <b>Bolded</b>Bolded No help provided for tag strike. Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedNo help provided for tag tt. 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
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
Header <h3>Subtitle three</h3>Subtitle three
Header <h4>Subtitle four</h4>Subtitle four
Header <h5>Subtitle five</h5>Subtitle five
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 "" - Youtube and google video links are automatically converted into embedded videos.
- 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.
Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:
- Generic syntax highlighting tags: "
<code>", "<blockcode>". - Language specific syntax highlighting tags: .
Options and tips:
- The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language, class. The possible values are: "
c" (for C), "java" (for Java), "javascript" (for Javascript), "php" (for PHP), "python" (for Python), "ruby" (for Ruby), "xml" (for XML). - Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every nth line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
- If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.
Defaults:
- Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: when no language attribute is specified, no syntax highlighting will be done.
- Default line numbering: no line numbers.
Examples:
You type You get <code>foo = "bar";</code>Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode. <code>
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
</code>Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode. <code lang="php" linenumbers="normal">
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
</code>Code block with syntax highlighting for PHP source code
and normal line numbers.<code language="php" start="23" fancy="7">
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
</code>Code block with syntax highlighting for PHP source code,
line numbers starting from 23
and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.- Generic syntax highlighting tags: "
Quoted content can be placed between [quote] tags in order to be displayed as an indented quote. Every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag. For example:
[quote]This is a simple quote.[/quote]
is displayed as:This is a simple quote.Additionally, there is an optional attribute which allows quotes to specify the original author.
[quote=Mr. Drupal]This is a quote with an attribution line.[/quote]
is displayed as:This is a quote with an attribution line.Finally, multiple [quote] tags can be nested within one another. Just remember that every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag.
[quote]I think she says it best... [quote=Ms. Quotation]This is a quote nested within another quote.[/quote] but you can't argue with [quote=Ms. Reply]The more quotes, the merrier. Just don't get too carried away.[/quote] And I have nothing more to say.[/quote]
is displayed as:I think she says it best...This is a quote nested within another quote.but you can't argue withThe more quotes, the merrier. Just don't get too carried away.And I have nothing more to say.- If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.