Compose tips

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

  • Allowed HTML tags:

      1. 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. Google Chrome Browser Google Chrome Browser
        Emphasized Emphasized Emphasized
        Strong Strong Strong
        Cited Cited Cited
        Coded text used to show programming source code Coded Coded
        Unordered list - use the
      2. to begin each list item
        		3.
        • First item
        • Second item
        • First item
        • Second item
        Ordered list - use the
      3. to begin each list item
        		4.
        1. First item
        2. Second item
        1. First item
        2. Second item
        Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists.
        begins the definition list,
        begins the definition term and
        begins the definition description.
        First term
        First definition
        Second term
        Second definition
        First term
        First definition
        Second term
        Second definition

        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 " "
      4. Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The
        line break,

        paragraph and

        close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
      5. E-Mail addresses are hidden with .

      6. Video Filter

        You may insert videos from popular video sites by using a simple tag [video:URL].

        Examples:

        • Single video:
          [video:]
        • Random video out of multiple:
          [video:1,2]
        • Override default autoplay setting: [video: autoplay:1]
        • Override default width and height:
          [video: width:X height:Y]
        • Align the video:
          [video: align:right]

        Supported sites: YouTube, Google Video, Tangle, DailyMotion, Eyespot, Jumpcut, Revver, Vimeo, Flickr Slideshows, Flickr Video, Game Videos, Meta Cafe, Game Trailers, College Humor, MySpace.