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  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <b> <br> <dd> <dl> <dt> <i> <em> <li> <ol> <u> <p> <strong> <del> <strike> <ul> <pre> <img> <div> <kbd> <blockquote> <param> <object> <embed> <span> <iframe> <table> <tbody> <thead> <tr> <td>

    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://synth.no">synth.no</a>synth.no
    Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
    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
    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
    Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
    Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
    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
    Underlined<u>Underlined</u>Underlined
    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.

    Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
    Deleted<del>Deleted</del>Deleted
    No help provided for tag strike.
    Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>
    • First item
    • Second item
    Preformatted<pre>Preformatted</pre>
    Preformatted
    No help provided for tag img.
    No help provided for tag div.
    No help provided for tag kbd.
    Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
    Block quoted
    No help provided for tag param.
    No help provided for tag object.
    No help provided for tag embed.
    No help provided for tag span.
    No help provided for tag iframe.
    Table<table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
    Table header
    Table cell
    No help provided for tag tbody.
    No help provided for tag thead.

    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.
  • Images can be added to this post.
  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.