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Allowed HTML tags: <p> <a> <em> <b> <i> <u> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2> <h3> <h4> <img> <pre> <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 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.
Anchors are used to make links to other pages. <a href="http://news.jensbenecke.de">JB-Net: Blog dir einen</a>JB-Net: Blog dir einen Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Bolded <b>Bolded</b>Bolded Italicized <i>Italicized</i>Italicized Underlined <u>Underlined</u>Underlined Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong 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
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 <h2>Subtitle</h2>Subtitle
Header <h3>Subtitle three</h3>Subtitle three
Header <h4>Subtitle four</h4>Subtitle four
No help provided for tag img. Preformatted <pre>Preformatted</pre>Preformatted
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.
- Web and e-mail addresses are automatically converted into links.