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Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <ul> <ol> <li> <b> <object> <embed> <param> <img> <blockquote> <strike>
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="http://www.throng.com.au">Throng</a>Throng Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited 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>- First item
- Second item
Bolded <b>Bolded</b>Bolded No help provided for tag object. No help provided for tag embed. No help provided for tag param. No help provided for tag img. Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>Block quoted
No help provided for tag strike. 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 "" - 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.
- If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.
- If you include a word in your post that's filtered (usually foul language), it will be replaced by the filtered version of the word.