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  • 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.
  • 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: <code> <p> <b> <i> <a> <em> <br> <tt> <hr> <li> <ol> <ul> <pre> <blockquote> <strike> <tt> <strong> <font> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <del> <q> <sub> <dl> <dt> <dd> <a> <b> <u> <i> <sup>

    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 DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
    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.
    Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
    Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://highervisibilitywebsites.com">HigherVisibility</a>HigherVisibility
    Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
    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 compatibilityText with <br />line breakText with
    line break
    No help provided for tag tt.
    No help provided for tag hr.
    No help provided for tag li.
    Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>
    1. First item
    2. Second item
    Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>
    • First item
    • Second item
    Preformatted<pre>Preformatted</pre>
    Preformatted
    Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
    Block quoted
    No help provided for tag strike.
    No help provided for tag tt.
    Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
    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
    Deleted<del>Deleted</del>Deleted
    Quoted inline<q>Quoted inline</q>Quoted inline
    Subscripted<sub>Sub</sub>scriptedSubscripted
    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.
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://highervisibilitywebsites.com">HigherVisibility</a>HigherVisibility
    Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
    Underlined<u>Underlined</u>Underlined
    Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
    Superscripted<sup>Super</sup>scriptedSuperscripted

    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 &amp; for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

    Character DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Ampersand&amp;&
    Greater than&gt;>
    Less than&lt;<
    Quotation mark&quot;"

Plain text

  • 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.