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Allowed HTML tags: <a> <p> <span> <div> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <img> <map> <area> <hr> <br> <br /> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <table> <tr> <td> <em> <b> <u> <i> <strong> <font> <del> <ins> <sub> <sup> <quote> <blockquote> <pre> <address> <code> <cite> <embed> <object> <strike> <caption> <thead> <th> <param> <style> <BGSOUND> <color> <center> <font-size> <script>

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.geekdrop.com">GeekDrop | Your One-Stop Geek Drop</a> GeekDrop | Your One-Stop Geek Drop

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.

No help provided for tag span.

No help provided for tag div.

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

No help provided for tag img.

No help provided for tag map.

No help provided for tag area.

No help provided for tag hr.

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 compatibility Text with <br />line break Text with
line break

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

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

Table

<table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>

Table header
Table cell

Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em> Emphasized

Bolded <b>Bolded</b> Bolded

Underlined <u>Underlined</u> Underlined

Italicized <i>Italicized</i> Italicized

Strong <strong>Strong</strong> Strong

No help provided for tag font.

Deleted <del>Deleted</del> ~~Deleted~~

Inserted <ins>Inserted</ins> Inserted

Subscripted <sub>Sub</sub>scripted _Subscripted

Superscripted <sup>Super</sup>scripted ^Superscripted

No help provided for tag quote.

Block quoted

<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>

Block quoted

Preformatted

<pre>Preformatted</pre>

Preformatted

No help provided for tag address.

Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code> Coded

Cited <cite>Cited</cite> Cited

No help provided for tag embed.

No help provided for tag object.

No help provided for tag strike.

No help provided for tag caption.

No help provided for tag thead.

No help provided for tag param.

No help provided for tag style.

No help provided for tag BGSOUND.

No help provided for tag color.

No help provided for tag center.

No help provided for tag font.

No help provided for tag script.

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	`"`	"

Quoted content can be placed between [quote] tags in order to be displayed as an indented quote. Every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag. For example:

[quote]This is a simple quote.[/quote]

is displayed as:

Quote:

This is a simple quote.

Additionally, there is an optional attribute which allows quotes to specify the original author.

[quote=Mr. Drupal]This is a quote with an attribution line.[/quote]

is displayed as:

Mr. Drupal wrote:

This is a quote with an attribution line.

Finally, multiple [quote] tags can be nested within one another. Just remember that every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag.

      [quote]I think she says it best...
      [quote=Ms. Quotation]This is a quote nested within another quote.[/quote]
      but you can't argue with
      [quote=Ms. Reply]The more quotes, the merrier.
      Just don't get too carried away.[/quote]
      And I have nothing more to say.[/quote]

is displayed as:

Quote:

I think she says it best...

Ms. Quotation wrote:

This is a quote nested within another quote.

but you can't argue with

Ms. Reply wrote:

The more quotes, the merrier. Just don't get too carried away.

And I have nothing more to say.

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.

If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.

Smileys

Smiley	Acronyms
	:angel: O:)
	:angry: X(
	:blush: :\
	:brokenheart: =((
	:callme: :C
	:applause:
	:clown: :O)
	:confused: :/
	:cool: B)
	:cowboy:
	:crying: :'(
	:daydream:
	:devil: :evil:
	:doh:
	:drool:
	:suspect:
	:batlashes: :flirt:
	:frustrated:
	:grin: :D
	:love: :X
	:hug: :hugs:
	:hypnotize:
	:kiss: :*
	:lol: lol :))
	:liar:
	:loser:
	:nailbite:
	:nerd: :B
	:neutral: :\|
	:nottalking:
	:party:
	:phbbt: :raspberry:
	:onphone:
	:rofl: lmfao lmao =))
	:rolleyes: 8\|
	:sad: :(
	:shh: :$
	:sick: :&
	:sigh:
	:silly: 8}
	:sleepy:
	:smile: :) =)
	:smug:
	:surprise: :O
	:think: :hmm: hmm
	:timeout:
	:tongue: :P :p ;p ;P
	:ttthand:
	:waiting:
	:wave:
	:whew: :phew:
	:wink: ;)
	:worried: :S
	:yawn:
	:heart: <3
	:puppydogeyes:
	:idontknow:
	:moneyeyes:
	:beg: :praying:
	:cranky:
	:alien:
	:bug:
	:skull:
	:coffee:
	:pumpkin:
	:flag:
	:goodluck:
	:rose:
	:chicken:
	:monkey:
	:cow:
	:pig:
	:notlistening:
	:whistling:
	:beatup:
	:peace:
	:shameonyou:
	:dancing:
	:bringiton:
	:heehee:
	:chatterbox:
	:notworthy:
	:ohgoon:
	:star:
	:yinyang:
	:bee:
	:transformer:
	:hideseyes:
	:hurryup:
	:rockon:
	:thumbsdown:
	:thumbsup:
	:wasntme:
	:pirate:
	:gmconfused:
	:gmshocked:
	:gmrockout:
	:gmnosesmile:
	:gmnosegrin:
	:gmmonkey:
	:gmheart:
	:gmgrin:
	:gmsad:
	:gmequalsmile:
	:gmequalgrin:
	:gmcrying:
	:gmcool:
	:gmangry:
	:idea:
	:gmneutral:
	:gmtongue:
	:gmwink:
	:gmbignosewink:
	:gmnosewink:
	:jester:
	:wtf:
	:confused2:
	:snap:
	:pullhair:

Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:

Generic syntax highlighting tags: "<code>", "<blockcode>".
Language specific syntax highlighting tags: "<csharp>" for C# source code, "<css>" for CSS source code, "<html4strict>" for HTML source code, "<javascript>" for Javascript source code, "<php>" for PHP source code, "<vb>" for Visual Basic source code, "<vbnet>" for vb.net source code, "<xml>" for XML source code.

Options and tips:

The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language. The possible values are: "csharp" (for C#), "css" (for CSS), "html4strict" (for HTML), "javascript" (for Javascript), "php" (for PHP), "vb" (for Visual Basic), "vbnet" (for vb.net), "xml" (for XML).
Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every n^th line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.
Beside the tag style "<foo>" it is also possible to use "[foo]".

Defaults:

Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: the default language used for syntax highlighting is "html4strict".
Default line numbering: no line numbers.

Examples:

You type	You get
`<code>foo = "bar";</code>`	Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode.
`<code> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>`	Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode.
`<code lang="html4strict" linenumbers="normal"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>`	Code block with syntax highlighting for HTML source code and normal line numbers.
`<code language="html4strict" start="23" fancy="7"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>`	Code block with syntax highlighting for HTML source code, line numbers starting from 23 and highlighted line numbers every 7^th line.
`<csharp> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </csharp>`	Code block with syntax highlighting for C# source code.
`<csharp start="23" fancy="7"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; <csharp>`	Code block with syntax highlighting for C# source code, line numbers starting from 23 and highlighted line numbers every 7^th line.

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.