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  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <abbr> <acronym> <address> <bdo> <blockquote> <del> <hr> <img> <ins> <pre> <q> <sub> <sup> <dl> <dt> <dd> <ul> <ol> <li> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <table> <caption> <col> <colgroup> <tbody> <td> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <tr> <b> <big> <cite> <code> <dfn> <em> <i> <kbd> <samp> <small> <strong> <tt> <var>

    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://whipandapple.com">Whip and Apple</a> Whip and Apple
    Abbreviation <abbr title="Abbreviation">Abbrev.</abbr> Abbrev.
    Acronym <acronym title="Three-Letter Acronym">TLA</acronym> TLA
    No help provided for tag address.
    No help provided for tag bdo.
    Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
    Block quoted
    Deleted <del>Deleted</del> Deleted
    No help provided for tag hr.
    No help provided for tag img.
    Inserted <ins>Inserted</ins> Inserted
    Preformatted <pre>Preformatted</pre> 
    Preformatted
    Quoted inline <q>Quoted inline</q> Quoted inline
    Subscripted <sub>Sub</sub>scripted Subscripted
    Superscripted <sup>Super</sup>scripted Superscripted
    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
    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
    Header <h1>Title</h1>

    Title
    Header <h2>Subtitle</h2>

    Subtitle
    Header <h3>Subtitle three</h3>

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

    Subtitle four
    Header <h5>Subtitle five</h5>
    Subtitle five
    Header <h6>Subtitle six</h6>
    Subtitle six
    Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
    Table header
    Table cell
    No help provided for tag caption.
    No help provided for tag col.
    No help provided for tag colgroup.
    No help provided for tag tbody.
    No help provided for tag tfoot.
    No help provided for tag thead.
    Bolded <b>Bolded</b> Bolded
    No help provided for tag big.
    Cited <cite>Cited</cite> Cited
    Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code> Coded
    No help provided for tag dfn.
    Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em> Emphasized
    Italicized <i>Italicized</i> Italicized
    No help provided for tag kbd.
    No help provided for tag samp.
    No help provided for tag small.
    Strong <strong>Strong</strong> Strong
    No help provided for tag tt.
    No help provided for tag var.

    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
    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.