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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="https://chelmsfordmc.co.uk">Chelmsford Motor Club</a>
Chelmsford Motor Club 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. Heading <h1>Title</h1>
Title
Heading <h2>Subtitle</h2>
Subtitle
Heading <h3>Subtitle three</h3>
Subtitle three
Heading <h4>Subtitle four</h4>
Subtitle four
Heading <h5>Subtitle five</h5>
Subtitle five
Heading <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 breakBy 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 breakUnordered 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
No help provided for tag li. 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
No help provided for tag dt. No help provided for tag dd. Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
Table header Table cell No help provided for tag caption. No help provided for tag tbody. No help provided for tag tr. No help provided for tag td. 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 Deleted <del>Deleted</del>
DeletedInserted <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 param. 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 "
" - Email addresses will be obfuscated in the page source to reduce the chances of being harvested by spammers.
- If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.
Smiley Acronyms *dance4* *DANCE* :dance: *unknw* *DONT_KNOW* *UNKNOWN* :HZ: :hz: *mamba* *WASSUP* *SUP* *MAMBA* :MAMBA: *bomb* @= *good* *THUMBS%%_%%UP* :GOOD: :good: *GOOD* *THUMBS UP* *music2* [:-} [:} [:-} *i-m_so_happy* *HAPPY* :happy: :HAPPY: :Happy: ^^ *dash1* *DASH* *WALL* *diablo* ]:-> }:-> ]:> }:> >:-] >:] (6) :diablo: *DIABLO* *cray2* :'( :'-( *mail1* *WRITE* *MAIL* *aggressive* >:o >:O >+O >:o >+o :-@ :angry: *sad* :-( :( +( =( :-(( :(( +(( =(( :sad: *lol* *LOL* :-)) :)) =)) +)) :-))) :))) :lol: *fool* :-| :| =| :-| *pardon* *PARDON* =] :PARDON: :pardon: *secret* :-X :-x X: x: :-# :# :secret: *give_rose* @}->-- @}-:-- @>}--,-`--- (F) (f) @}->-- *stop* *STOP* :stop: *drinks* *DRINK* :drink: *air_kiss* *KISSED* *boredom* *TIRED* |-0 :boredom: *ok* *OK* *blum3* :-P :P :-p :p +P =P +p =p :-b :b +b =b :tongue: *blush* :-[ :[ ;'> ;-. :blush: *new_russian* \m/ \M/ *kiss2* :-* :* :-{} :{} +{} ={} ^.^ :kiss: *KISS* *mosking* *JOKINGLY* 8P 8p *kiss3* *KISSING* *pleasantry* *db* :db: *ROFL* *ROFL* :ROFL: :rofl: :-)))) :-))))) :-)))))) :)))) :))))) :)))))) =)))) =))))) =)))))) *bye* *BYE* *yes3* *YES* *dirol* 8-) 8) B) :COOL: :cool: *nea* *NO* *NO* *acute* ;D *ACUTE* *sorry2* *SORRY* :sorry: *wacko* %) %-) :-$ :$ :wacko: :WACKO: *smile* :-) :) +) =) :smile: *preved* *HELLO* *PREVED* *PRIVET* *HI* *biggrin* :-D :D +D =D :biggrin: *help* *HELP* *shok* =-O =O =-o =0 O_O O_o o_O O_0 o_0 0_O 0_o *scratch_one-s_head* *SCRATCH* *crazy* *CRAZY* :crazy: *angel* O:-) O:) O+) O=) 0:-) 0:) 0+) 0=) (A) (a) *man_in_love* *IN%%_%%LOVE* *IN LOVE* *wink* ;-) ;) ^_~ :wink: *clapping* *BRAVO* :BRAVO: :bravo: :clapping: *yahoo* *YAHOO* *YAHOO!* :YAHOO: :yahoo: *bad* :-! :! :-~ ;-~ :(~ +(~ =(~ :bad: *beee* :-\ :-/ :\ :-\ - 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.
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Extensible BBCode
- No HTML tags allowed.
Allowed BBCode tags:
Tag description You Type You Get [abbr]
Identifies the content as an abbreviation and displays the full meaning in a tooltip.[abbr=et cetera]etc.[/abbr]
etc. [acronym]
Puts a tooltip over the contained text, which displays the full meaning of the acronym.[acronym=PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor]PHP[/acronym]
PHP [b]
Bold text[b]bold[/b]
bold [center]
Aligns text in the center.[center]Centered text[/center]
[code]
Formats the content text as code, in Monospace and with a grey box around it. BBCode tags within this tag will not be parsed.[code]def fib (n):
a, b = 0, 1
for i in xrange(n):
a, b = b, a + 1
return a[/code][color]
Changes the color. You may enter a color word (red) or a hex code with hash sign (#ff0)[color=#f80]Orange text[/color]
Orange text [define]
Formats a definition list.[define]
--verbose:This will start the program with full debug messages.
--in=IN:This will set the input file to IN.
--out=OUT:This will write output to OUT.
[/define]- --verbose
- This will start the program with full debug messages.
- --in=IN
- This will set the input file to IN.
- --out=OUT
- This will write output to OUT.
[font]
Changes the font of the text.[font=arial]Text[/font]
Text [h1]
Level 1 heading. You may want to restrict access to the level 1 and level 2 headings for ordinary users.[h1]Title[/h1]
Title
[h2]
Level 2 heading. Use this as the top level on non-node content, as level 1 is used by the site header.[h2]Volume[/h2]
Volume
[h3]
Level 3 heading. Use this as the top level within nodes as levels 1 and 2 are used by the site and node title.[h3]Chapter[/h3]
Chapter
[h4]
Level 4 heading.[h4]Section[/h4]
Section
[h5]
Level 5 heading.[h5]Sub-section[/h5]
Sub-section
[h6]
Level 6 heading.[h6]Sub-sub-section[/h6]
Sub-sub-section
[hr]
Horizontal divider.[hr]
[i]
Italic text[i]italic[/i]
italic [img]
Displays a picture. The size may be set by entering widthxheight as the only option.[img=65x73]
/themes/bartik/logo.png
[/img][justify]
Aligns text as a justified block.[justify]Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.[/justify]
[left]
Aligns text on the left side.[left]Left-aligned text[/left]
[list]
Formats a list. ol and ul may be entered as an option, making the list items numbered or non-numbered.[list=ol]
[*]Apples
[*]Oranges
[*]Bananas
[/list]- Apples
- Oranges
- Bananas
[node]
Links to a certain node. Unlike a [url] tag, this is passed through the linking function and returns the alias of the node.[node=1]Node #1[/node]
Node #1 [php]
This colors the syntax of PHP code using the in-built PHP highlighting library.[php]<?php
echo 'Hello World' . 5 . $variable;
?>[/php][quote]
Formats a quote.[quote]This text is quoted.[/quote]
This text is quoted.
[right]
Aligns text on the right side.[right]Right-aligned text[/right]
[s]
Stricken-through text[s]this sentence is false[/s]
this sentence is false[size]
Changes the text size. This requires the unit (pt, px, em) of the size.[size=16pt]Text[/size]
Text [sub]
Sets text to be smaller and below the line.a[sub]i,j[/sub]
ai,j [sup]
Sets text to be set smaller and above the line.x[sup]2[/sup]
x2 [u]
Underlined text[u]underlined[/u]
underlined [url]
Formats a Hyperlink.[url=http://drupal.org]Drupal.org[/url]
Drupal.org [wikipedia]
Formats a link to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.[wikipedia]Drupal[/wikipedia]
Drupal [youtube]
Embed a Youtube video.[youtube=224x126]rF1X12PE6PY[/youtube]
[ol]
Formats a numbered list of items.[ol][*] fruit
[**] apples
[**] bananas
[*] animals
[**] cat
[**] dog[/ol]- fruit
- apples
- bananas
- animals
- cat
- dog
[ul]
Formats a non-numbered list of items.[ul][*] fruit
[**] apples
[**] bananas
[*] animals
[**] cat
[**] dog[/ul]- fruit
- apples
- bananas
- animals
- cat
- dog
[table]
Create a table from comma-separated data. The tag option contains an optional caption and column headers; a prefix of ! or # aligns the column to the center or the right, respectively.[table=Caption;!Item,Color,#Amount]
Fish,Red,1
Fish,Blue,2
[/table]Caption Item Color Amount Fish Red 1 Fish Blue 2 - 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.
Plain text
- 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.