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input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

    • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <i> <strong> <b> <u> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <p> <br> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <h6> <div> <span> <blockquote> <img>

      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="http://www.cpawsmb.org">Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Manitoba Chapter</a>Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, Manitoba Chapter
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
      Underlined<u>Underlined</u>Underlined
      Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
      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
      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
      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.
      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
      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 div.
      No help provided for tag span.
      Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
      Block quoted
      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 DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
      Ampersand&amp;&
      Greater than&gt;>
      Less than&lt;<
      Quotation mark&quot;"
    • 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.
    • Insert Flickr images: [flickr-photo:id=230452326,size=s] or [flickr-photoset:id=72157594262419167,size=m].The size parameter can be one of the following:
      • s — (Square) 75x75 pixel square
      • t — (Thumbnail) 100 pixels on longest side
      • m — (Small) 240 pixels on longest side
      • - — (Medium) 500 pixels on longest side
      • b — (Large) 1024 pixels on longest side
      • o — (Original) Original image
  • Full HTML:
    • 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.
    • Insert Flickr images: [flickr-photo:id=230452326,size=s] or [flickr-photoset:id=72157594262419167,size=m].The size parameter can be one of the following:
      • s — (Square) 75x75 pixel square
      • t — (Thumbnail) 100 pixels on longest side
      • m — (Small) 240 pixels on longest side
      • - — (Medium) 500 pixels on longest side
      • b — (Large) 1024 pixels on longest side
      • o — (Original) Original image
    • Images can be added to this post.

    • You may link to files uploaded with the current node using special tags. The tags will be replaced by the corresponding files. For example: Suppose you uploaded three files (in this order):

      • imag1.png (referred as file #1)
      • file1.pdf (referred as file #2)
      • imag2.png (referred as file #3) 
      [inline:1=test]  or  [inline:imag1.png=test]
      will be replaced by <img src=imag1.png alt=test> 
      [file:1=test]  or  [file:imag1.png=test]
      will be replaced by <a href=imag1.png>test</a> 
      [attachment:2=test]  or  [attachment:file1.pdf=test]
      will be replaced by <a href=file1.pdf.png>test</a>