Compose tips

  • Allowed HTML tags: <b> <br> <div> <hr> <p class="text-align-left text-align-center text-align-right text-align-justify"> <pre> <span> <em> <strong> <ul type> <ol type start> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id>

    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 the HTML Living Standard or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.

    Tag Description You Type You Get
    Tag Description Bolded You Type <b>Bolded</b> You Get Bolded
    Tag Description 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 You Type Text with <br />line break You Get Text with
    line break
    Tag Description No help provided for tag div.
    Tag Description No help provided for tag hr.
    Tag Description By default paragraph tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. You Type <p>Paragraph one.</p> <p>Paragraph two.</p> You Get

    Paragraph one.

    Paragraph two.

    Tag Description Preformatted You Type <pre>Preformatted</pre> You Get
    Preformatted
    Tag Description No help provided for tag span.
    Tag Description Emphasized You Type <em>Emphasized</em> You Get Emphasized
    Tag Description Strong You Type <strong>Strong</strong> You Get Strong
    Tag Description Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item You Type <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul> You Get
    • First item
    • Second item
    Tag Description Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item You Type <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol> You Get
    1. First item
    2. Second item
    Tag Description No help provided for tag li.
    Tag Description Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. <dl> begins the definition list, <dt> begins the definition term and <dd> begins the definition description. You Type <dl> <dt>First term</dt> <dd>First definition</dd> <dt>Second term</dt> <dd>Second definition</dd> </dl> You Get
    First term
    First definition
    Second term
    Second definition
    Tag Description No help provided for tag dt.
    Tag Description No help provided for tag dd.
    Tag Description Heading You Type <h2>Subtitle</h2> You Get

    Subtitle

    Tag Description Heading You Type <h3>Subtitle three</h3> You Get

    Subtitle three

    Tag Description Heading You Type <h4>Subtitle four</h4> You Get

    Subtitle four

    Tag Description Heading You Type <h5>Subtitle five</h5> You Get
    Subtitle five
    Tag Description Heading You Type <h6>Subtitle six</h6> You Get
    Subtitle six

    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 Description You Type You Get
    Character Description Ampersand You Type &amp; You Get &
    Character Description Greater than You Type &gt; You Get >
    Character Description Less than You Type &lt; You Get <
    Character Description Quotation mark You Type &quot; You Get "