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> <img data-entity-type data-entity-uuid src alt height width> <strong> <em> <code> <li>
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> |
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| 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.libraries.fi">Libraries.fi</a> |
Libraries.fi |
| 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> |
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| Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item | <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol> |
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| No help provided for tag img. | ||
| Strong | <strong>Strong</strong> |
Strong |
| Emphasized | <em>Emphasized</em> |
Emphasized |
| Coded text used to show programming source code | <code>Coded</code> |
Coded |
| No help provided for tag li. | ||
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 | " |
" |
Allowed HTML tags: <i> <b> <s>
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Italicized | <i>Italicized</i> |
Italicized |
| Bolded | <b>Bolded</b> |
Bolded |
| No help provided for tag s. | ||
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 | " |
" |