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Input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:

    • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <hr> <dl> <dt> <dd> <h2> <h3> <h4> <pre> <i> <table> <tr> <th> <td> <img> <div> <p> <br> <blockquote> <font>

      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://lopsa.org">League of Professional System Administrators</a>League of Professional System Administrators
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      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
      No help provided for tag hr.
      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
      Header<h2>Subtitle</h2>

      Subtitle
      Header<h3>Subtitle three</h3>

      Subtitle three
      Header<h4>Subtitle four</h4>

      Subtitle four
      Preformatted<pre>Preformatted</pre>
      Preformatted
      Italicized<i>Italicized</i>Italicized
      Table<table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>
      Table header
      Table cell
      No help provided for tag img.
      No help provided for tag div.
      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
      Block quoted<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
      Block quoted
      No help provided for tag font.

      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.
    • Easily link to terms in various wikis or other websites by typing [prefix:term]. Use the "|" character to create a "piped link," e.g., "[w:public transport|public transportation]" displays as "public transportation." For a full list of available prefixes and the websites to which they point, see interwiki.

    • 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>
    • Web and e-mail addresses are automatically converted into links.
  • Plain text:
    • Web and e-mail addresses are automatically converted into links.
    • 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.

    • 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>
  • Wiki Text:
    • 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>
    • Easily link to terms in various wikis or other websites by typing [[prefix:term]]. Use the "|" character to create a "piped link," e.g., "[[w:public transport|public transportation]]" displays as "public transportation." For a full list of available prefixes and the websites to which they point, see interwiki.
    • WikiText is converted to HTML according to the following formatting guidelines:

      Paragraphs

      • Don't indent paragraphs
      • Words wrap and fill as needed
      • Use blank lines as separators
      • Four or more minus signs make a horizontal rule
      • %%% or \\ makes a linebreak (in headings and lists too)

      Lists

      • asterisk for first level
        • asterisk-asterisk for second level, etc.
      • Use * for bullet lists, # for numbered lists (mix at will)
      • semicolon-term-colon-definition for definition lists:
        • term here
        definition here, as in the <DL><DT><DD> list
      • One line for each item
      • Other leading whitespace signals preformatted text, changes font.

      Headings

      • ! at the start of a line makes a small heading
      • !! at the start of a line makes a medium heading
      • !!! at the start of a line makes a large heading

      Fonts

      • Indent with one or more spaces to use a monospace font;
      • Or enclose within triple braces {{{ }}}, which may cross multiple lines:
      This is in monospace

      This is not

      Indented Paragraphs

      • semicolon-colon -- works like <BLOCKQUOTE>, but is actually implemented as Term Definition above without the term

      this is an indented block of text

      Emphasis

      • Use doubled single-quotes ('') for emphasis
      • Use doubled underscores (__) for strong emphasis
      • Mix them at will: very strong emphasis
      • Emphasis can be used multiple times within a line, but cannot cross line boundaries:

        ''this
        will not work''

      References

      • Hyperlinks to other pages within the Wiki are made by placing the page name in square brackets: [this is a page link]
      • Hyperlinks to external pages are done like this: [http://www.example.com]
      • You can name the links by providing a name, a pipe/bar (|) and then the hyperlink or pagename:
        [PhpWiki home page | http://phpwiki.sourceforge.net/]
      • You can suppress linking to old-style references and URIs by preceding the word with a '!', e.g. NotLinkedAsWikiName, http://not.linked.to/
      • Also, the old way of linking URLs is still supported: precede URLs with "http:", "ftp:" or "mailto:" to create links automatically as in: http://example.com/
      • URLs ending with .png, .gif, or .jpg are inlined if in square brackets, by themselves

      HTML Mark-Up Language

      • HTML will display as-is
      • < and > are themselves
      • Entities (e.g. &amp;) will not convert to characters
      • If you really must use HTML, the system administrator has enabled this feature. Start each line with a bar-greater-than (|>).

      Content protection

      • To protect content as is (i.e., in a <pre></pre> block) without interpretation, enclose within triple braces {{{ }}}, which may cross multiple lines. Note that the content within the triple braces may still be interpreted by the browser in the same way <pre></pre> enclosed content is.

      Table is supported

      • Start the line with single-bar (|) or double-bars (||) to create a table
      • One line per row, do not insert blank line, or the table ends
      • Double-bar separates header (<th></th>) cells
      • Single-bar separates normal table (<td></td>) cells
      • Don't end a line with single or double bar; otherwise, a blank cell results
      • Example:
        || Heading 1 || Heading 2
| Cell a1 | Cell a2
| Cell b1 | Cell b2
        Result:
        Heading 1Heading 2
        Cell a1Cell a2
        Cell b1Cell b2