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  • Filtered HTML:

    • Allowed HTML tags: <img> <a> <em> <strong> <quote> <blockquote> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <i> <b> <s> <b> <h2> <h1> <h3> <h4>

      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
      No help provided for tag img.
      Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://robhamm.com">An Experimental Life</a>An Experimental Life
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      No help provided for tag quote.
      Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
      Block quoted
      Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
      Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
      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>
      1. First item
      2. 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
      Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
      Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
      No help provided for tag s.
      Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
      Header<h2>Subtitle</h2>

      Subtitle
      Header<h1>Title</h1>

      Title
      Header<h3>Subtitle three</h3>

      Subtitle three
      Header<h4>Subtitle four</h4>

      Subtitle four

      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;"
    • 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.
    • You can insert a blockquote directly into texts with; <blockquote>This text becomes a blockquote.</blockquote>.
    • 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.
    • If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.
      Smileys
      SmileyAcronyms
      :):) :-) :smile:
      :D:D :-D :lol:
      :bigsmile::bigsmile:
      ;);) ;-) :wink:
      :p:p :-p :tongue:
      :O:O :-O :shock:
      :|:| :-| :stare:
      :(:( :-( :sad:
      :~:~ :-~ :puzzled:
      :((:(( :-(( :cry:
      8)8) 8-) :cool:
      :steve::steve:
      J)J) J-) :crazy:
      :glasses::glasses:
      :party::party:
      :love::love:
      :X:X :-X :oups:
      :8):8) :8-) :shy:
      0:)0:) 0) 0:-) :innocent:
      :*:* :-* :sexy:
      |(|( \( :angry:
      :Sp:Sp :-S) :sick:
      :tired::tired:
      :santa::santa:
      :mail::mail:
      :sushi::sushi:
      :hat::hat:
      H)H) H:) H:-) :grade:
      :ghost::ghost:
      $)$) $-) :cash:
      :crown::crown:
      :davie::davie:
      S)S) S) :drunk:
      >)>) >-) :evil:
      :beer::beer:
      :star::star:
      :arrow::arrow:
      :quest::quest:
      :exmark::exmark:
    • Each email address will be obfuscated in a human readable fashion or (if JavaScript is enabled) replaced with a spamproof clickable link.
    • Every instance of "[toc ...]" in the input text will be replaced with a collapsible mediawiki-style table of contents. Accepts options for title, list style, minimum heading level, and maximum heading level, and attachments as follows: [toc list: ol; title: Table of Contents; minlevel: 2; maxlevel: 3; attachments: yes;]. All arguments are optional.

    • 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:

      Quote:
      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:

      Mr. Drupal wrote:
      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:

      Quote:
      I think she says it best...
      Ms. Quotation wrote:
      This is a quote nested within another quote.
      but you can't argue with
      Ms. Reply wrote:
      The more quotes, the merrier. Just don't get too carried away.
      And I have nothing more to say.
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    • Each email address will be obfuscated in a human readable fashion or (if JavaScript is enabled) replaced with a spamproof clickable link.