Compose tips

input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:

    • Code:

      To post highlighted code, surround it code with <blockcode [type="language"]>...</blockcode> tags.

      E.g. actionscript block code: 

      <blockcode type="actionscript">
      ...
      </blockcode>

      If you don't use type="language" param or specify an unsupported language, the code will not be highlighted.

      The following languages are supported for highlight:
      <div class="item-list"><ul><li>bash</li><li>c</li><li>cpp</li><li>css</li><li>diff</li><li>java</li><li>javascript</li><li>php</li><li>python</li><li>sql</li><li>xml</li></ul></div>.

    • Allowed HTML tags: <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <em> <strong> <code> <del> <blockquote> <q> <sub> <p> <br> <pre> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <a> <b> <u> <i> <sup> <img> <span> <table> <tr> <td> <th> <thead> <tbody> <tfoot>

      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
      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
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
      Deleted<del>Deleted</del>Deleted
      Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
      Block quoted
      Quoted inline<q>Quoted inline</q>Quoted inline
      Subscripted<sub>Sub</sub>scriptedSubscripted
      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.
      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
      Preformatted<pre>Preformatted</pre>
      Preformatted
      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
      Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://www.howforge.com">howforge.com</a>howforge.com
      Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
      Underlined<u>Underlined</u>Underlined
      Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
      Superscripted<sup>Super</sup>scriptedSuperscripted
      No help provided for tag img.
      No help provided for tag span.
      Table<table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
      Table header
      Table cell
      No help provided for tag thead.
      No help provided for tag tbody.
      No help provided for tag tfoot.

      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.
  • Blog HTML:

    • Allowed HTML tags: <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <em> <strong> <code> <del> <blockquote> <q> <sub> <p> <br> <pre> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <a> <b> <u> <i> <sup> <img> <span> <table> <tr> <td> <th> <thead> <tbody> <tfoot>

      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
      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
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
      Deleted<del>Deleted</del>Deleted
      Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
      Block quoted
      Quoted inline<q>Quoted inline</q>Quoted inline
      Subscripted<sub>Sub</sub>scriptedSubscripted
      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.
      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
      Preformatted<pre>Preformatted</pre>
      Preformatted
      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
      Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="http://www.howforge.com">howforge.com</a>howforge.com
      Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
      Underlined<u>Underlined</u>Underlined
      Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
      Superscripted<sup>Super</sup>scriptedSuperscripted
      No help provided for tag img.
      No help provided for tag span.
      Table<table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
      Table header
      Table cell
      No help provided for tag thead.
      No help provided for tag tbody.
      No help provided for tag tfoot.

      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;"

    • Code:

      To post highlighted code, surround it code with <blockcode [type="language"]>...</blockcode> tags.

      E.g. actionscript block code: 

      <blockcode type="actionscript">
      ...
      </blockcode>

      If you don't use type="language" param or specify an unsupported language, the code will not be highlighted.

      The following languages are supported for highlight:
      <div class="item-list"></div>.