Compose tips

  • Allowed HTML tags: <br> <p> <h2 id> <h3 id> <h4 id> <h5 id> <h6 id> <cite> <dl> <dt> <dd> <a hreflang href> <blockquote cite> <ul type> <ol type start> <strong> <em> <code> <sub> <sup> <li> <img src alt height width data-align data-entity-type data-entity-uuid>

    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 the HTML Living Standard or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.

    Tag Description You Type You Get
    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
    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.
    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
    Cited <cite>Cited</cite> Cited
    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.
    Anchors are used to make links to other pages. <a href="https://www.wi-fi.org">Wi-Fi Alliance</a> Wi-Fi Alliance
    Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
    Block quoted
    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
    Strong <strong>Strong</strong> Strong
    Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em> Emphasized
    Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code> Coded
    Subscripted <sub>Sub</sub>scripted Subscripted
    Superscripted <sup>Super</sup>scripted Superscripted
    No help provided for tag li.
    No help provided for tag img.

    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 &amp; &
    Greater than &gt; >
    Less than &lt; <
    Quotation mark &quot; "

  • You can align images, videos, blockquotes and so on to the left, right or center. Examples:

    • Align an image to the left: <img src="" data-align="left" />
    • Align an image to the center: <img src="" data-align="center" />
    • Align an image to the right: <img src="" data-align="right" />
    • … and you can apply this to other elements as well: <video src="" data-align="center" />
  • Web page addresses and email addresses turn into links automatically.