Compose tips

                        
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 Description
                              
You Type
                              
You Get
                            
                          
                          

                            

                              
Anchors are used to make links to other pages.
                              
 Maritime Museum - Lake District Coast
                              

                                 Maritime Museum - Lake District Coast
                              
                            
                            

                              
Emphasized
                              
Emphasized
                              
Emphasized
                            
                            

                              
Strong
                              
Strong
                              
Strong
                            
                            

                              
Cited
                              
Cited
                              
Cited
                            
                            

                              
Block quoted
                              
Block quoted
                              

                                

                                  Block quoted
                                
                              
                            
                            

                              
Coded text used to show programming source code
                              
Coded
                              
Coded
                            
                            

                              
Unordered list - use the 
 to begin each list item
                              
 
First item
 
Second item
 
                              

                                

                                  
First item
                                  
Second item
                                
                              
                            
                            

                              
Ordered list - use the 
 to begin each list item
                              
 
First item
 
Second item
 
                              

                                

                                  
First item
                                  
Second item
                                
                              
                            
                            

                              
No help provided for tag li.
                            
                            

                              
Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. 
 begins the definition list, 
 begins the definition term and 
 begins the definition description.
                              
 
First term
 
First definition
 
Second term
 
Second definition
 
                              

                                

                                  
First term
                                  
First definition
                                  
Second term
                                  
Second definition
                                
                              
                            
                            

                              
No help provided for tag dt.
                            
                            

                              
No help provided for tag dd.
                            
                            

                              
Preformatted
                              
Preformatted
                              

                                
Preformatted
                              
                            
                          
                        
                        
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
                              
"
                              
"
                            
                          
                        
                      

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