Compose tips
Allowed HTML tags: <p> <blockquote> <a> <b> <strong> <i> <em> <u> <ol> <ul> <li> <img> <strike> <cite> <sub> <sup> <n> <c> <aa>
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 |
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| 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. |
| Block quoted | <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote> | Block quoted |
| Anchors are used to make links to other pages. | <a href="http://www.takingchildrenseriously.com">Taking Children Seriously</a> | Taking Children Seriously |
| Bolded | <b>Bolded</b> | Bolded |
| Strong | <strong>Strong</strong> | Strong |
| Italicized | <i>Italicized</i> | Italicized |
| Emphasized | <em>Emphasized</em> | Emphasized |
| Underlined | <u>Underlined</u> | Underlined |
| Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item | <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol> | - First item
- Second item
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| Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item | <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul> | |
| No help provided for tag img. |
| No help provided for tag strike. |
| Cited | <cite>Cited</cite> | Cited |
| Subscripted | <sub>Sub</sub>scripted | Subscripted |
| Superscripted | <sup>Super</sup>scripted | Superscripted |
| No help provided for tag n. |
| No help provided for tag c. |
| No help provided for tag aa. |
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 |
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| Ampersand | & | & |
| Greater than | > | > |
| Less than | < | < |
| Quotation mark | " | " |
- Converts special HTML-style tags into information about a node or comment.
- Converts line breaks into HTML, but only if the user has not supplied explicit <p> tags.
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