Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <blockquote> <s> <img> <h2> <h3>
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="https://www.davidgrant.ca">David Grant</a> | David Grant |
Emphasized | <em>Emphasized</em> | Emphasized |
Strong | <strong>Strong</strong> | Strong |
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> |
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Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item | <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol> |
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No help provided for tag li. | ||
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> |
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No help provided for tag dt. | ||
No help provided for tag dd. | ||
Block quoted | <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote> | Block quoted |
No help provided for tag s. | ||
No help provided for tag img. | ||
Heading | <h2>Subtitle</h2> | Subtitle |
Heading | <h3>Subtitle three</h3> | Subtitle three |
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 | " | " |
Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:
<code>
", "<blockcode>
".Options and tips:
bash
" (for Bash), "c
" (for C), "cpp
" (for C++), "csharp
" (for C#), "css
" (for CSS), "diff
" (for Diff), "drupal5
" (for Drupal 5), "drupal6
" (for Drupal 6), "java
" (for Java), "javascript
" (for Javascript), "latex
" (for LaTeX), "mysql
" (for MySQL), "perl
" (for Perl), "php
" (for PHP), "python
" (for Python), "ruby
" (for Ruby), "sql
" (for SQL), "xml
" (for XML).<foo>
, [foo]
.Defaults:
Examples:
You type | You get |
---|---|
<code>foo = "bar";</code> | Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode. |
<code> | Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode. |
<code lang="drupal6" linenumbers="normal"> | Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 6 source code and normal line numbers. |
<code language="drupal6" start="23" fancy="7"> | Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 6 source code, line numbers starting from 23 and highlighted line numbers every 7th line. |
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