Compose tips

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

  • Allowed HTML tags: <p> <a> <em> <i> <strong> <b> <ul> <ol> <li> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6>

    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
    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.
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages.	<a href="http://www.jrf.org.uk">Joseph Rowntree Foundation</a>	Joseph Rowntree Foundation
    Emphasized	<em>Emphasized</em>	Emphasized
    Italicized	<i>Italicized</i>	Italicized
    Strong	<strong>Strong</strong>	Strong
    Bolded	<b>Bolded</b>	Bolded
    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
    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

    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	&	&
    Greater than	>	>
    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.
  • Images can be added to this post.
• 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.
  • Images can be added to this post.