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  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <br> <p> <strike>

    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 DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="https://www.universalhub.com">Universal Hub</a>Universal Hub
    Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
    Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
    Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
    Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
    Block quoted
    Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
    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>
    1. First item
    2. 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.
    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 compatibilityText with <br />line breakText with
    line break
    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 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 &amp; for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

    Character DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Ampersand&amp;&
    Greater than&gt;>
    Less than&lt;<
    Quotation mark&quot;"
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

  • Allowed BBCode tags:

    Tag descriptionYou TypeYou Get
    [b]
    Bold text    		[b]bold[/b]bold
    [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]    		IMAGE( /themes/bartik/logo.png )
    [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]
    1. Apples
    2. Oranges
    3. Bananas
    [quote]
    Formats a quote.    		[quote]This text is quoted.[/quote]
    This text is quoted.
    [s]
    Stricken-through text    		[s]this sentence is false[/s]this sentence is false
    [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
    [youtube]
    Embed a Youtube video.    		[youtube=224x126]rF1X12PE6PY[/youtube]
  • 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.

Filtered HTML

  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <i> <b> <cite> <code> <s> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <em> <strong> <blockquote> <br /> <br> <strike>

    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 DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="https://www.universalhub.com">Universal Hub</a>Universal Hub
    Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
    Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
    Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
    Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
    Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
    Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
    No help provided for tag s.
    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>
    1. First item
    2. 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.
    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.
    Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
    Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
    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 compatibilityText with <br />line breakText with
    line break
    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 compatibilityText with <br />line breakText with
    line break
    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 &amp; for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

    Character DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
    Ampersand&amp;&
    Greater than&gt;>
    Less than&lt;<
    Quotation mark&quot;"

  • Allowed BBCode tags:

    Tag descriptionYou TypeYou Get
    [b]
    Bold text    		[b]bold[/b]bold
    [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]    		IMAGE( /themes/bartik/logo.png )
    [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]
    1. Apples
    2. Oranges
    3. Bananas
    [quote]
    Formats a quote.    		[quote]This text is quoted.[/quote]
    This text is quoted.
    [s]
    Stricken-through text    		[s]this sentence is false[/s]this sentence is false
    [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
    [youtube]
    Embed a Youtube video.    		[youtube=224x126]rF1X12PE6PY[/youtube]
  • 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.
  • Both <img> and <iframe> elements are lazy-loaded.

Plain text

  • No HTML tags allowed.
  • 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.