compose tips
- If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.
:) :-) :smile: 
;) ;-) :wink: 
:( :-( :sad: 
:D :-D :lol: 
}:) }:-) :evil: 
:P :-P :tongue: 
:O :-O :shocked: 
:? :-? :puzzled: 
8) 8-) :cool: 
:jawdrop: 
:sick: :barf: Allowed HTML tags: <a> <b> <span> <code> <pre> <blockquote> <br> <font> <center> <cite> <code> <embed><param> <div> <dl> <dt> <dd> <em> <form> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <HR> <img> <ol> <li> <object> <p> <script> <strong> <strike> <style> <table> <td> <tr> <ul> <label> <input>
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://dailygotham.com">The Daily Gotham</a>The Daily Gotham Bolded <b>Bolded</b>Bolded No help provided for tag span. Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedPreformatted <pre>Preformatted</pre>Preformatted
Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>Block quoted
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 breakText with
line breakNo help provided for tag font. No help provided for tag center. Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedNo help provided for tag embed. No help provided for tag param. No help provided for tag div. 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
Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized No help provided for tag form. Header <h1>Title</h1>Title
Header <h2>Subtitle</h2>Subtitle
Header <h3>Subtitle three</h3>Subtitle three
Header <h4>Subtitle four</h4>Subtitle four
No help provided for tag HR. No help provided for tag img. 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 object. 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 script. Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong No help provided for tag strike. No help provided for tag style. Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>Table header Table cell Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>- First item
- Second item
No help provided for tag label. No help provided for tag input. 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 "" - Web and e-mail addresses are automatically converted into links.
- 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.
- Easily link to terms in various wikis or other websites by typing [prefix:term]. Use the "|" character to create a "piped link," e.g., "[kos:public transport|public transportation]" displays as "public transportation." For a full list of available prefixes and the websites to which they point, see interwiki.
