Compose tips

input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
    • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <p> <em> <style> <strong> <cite> <code> <center> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <embed> <object> <param> <table> <tr> <td> <tbody> <br>

      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
      Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://www.freedomhaters.org">www.freedomhaters.org</a>www.freedomhaters.org
      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.

      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      No help provided for tag style.
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
      Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
      No help provided for tag center.
      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
      No help provided for tag img.
      No help provided for tag embed.
      No help provided for tag object.
      No help provided for tag param.
      Table<table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
      Table header
      Table cell
      No help provided for tag tbody.
      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 compatibilityText with <br />line breakText with
      line break

      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.
  • Full HTML:
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
    • 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 may use [block:module=delta] tags to display the contents of block delta for module module. To discover module names and deltas, visit admin/build/block and hover over a block's configure link and look in your browser's status bar. The last "word" you see is the name of the module and the number following that is the delta. If you leave off the delta in an Insert Block tag, the default delta will be used.
    • 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: