Tips on Using HTML

input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:
    • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <br> <img> <em> <i> <b> <u> <hr><strong> <table> <tr> <td> <th><ul> <ol> <li> </li><font><blockquote><sup> <colspan> <rowspan><object>

      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.salesedgeone.com">SalesEdgeOne</a>SalesEdgeOne
      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
      No help provided for tag img.
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
      Bolded<b>Bolded</b>Bolded
      Underlined<u>Underlined</u>Underlined
      No help provided for tag hr.
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      Table<table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
      Table header
      Table cell
      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
      No help provided for tag font.
      Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
      Block quoted
      Superscripted<sup>Super</sup>scriptedSuperscripted
      No help provided for tag colspan.
      No help provided for tag rowspan.
      No help provided for tag object.

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