Posting tips

input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:
    • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <img><h4><strong><cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <!--pagebreak-->

      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.advisor.com">www.ADVISOR.com</a>www.ADVISOR.com
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      No help provided for tag img.
      Header<h4>Subtitle four</h4>

      Subtitle four

      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

      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;"
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
    • 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.
  • Article HTML:
    • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <caption> <cite> <code> <colgroup> <div> <em> <h4> <h5> <h6> <hr> <img> <li> <ol> <pre> <span> <strong> <style> <table> <tbody> <td> <tfoot> <th> <thead> <tr> <ul> <!--pagebreak--> <!-- -->

      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.advisor.com">www.ADVISOR.com</a>www.ADVISOR.com
      No help provided for tag caption.
      Cited<cite>Cited</cite>Cited
      Coded text used to show programming source code<code>Coded</code>Coded
      No help provided for tag colgroup.
      No help provided for tag div.
      Emphasized<em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized
      Header<h4>Subtitle four</h4>

      Subtitle four

      Header<h5>Subtitle five</h5>
      Subtitle five
      Header<h6>Subtitle six</h6>
      Subtitle six
      No help provided for tag hr.
      No help provided for tag img.
      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
      Preformatted<pre>Preformatted</pre>
      Preformatted
      No help provided for tag span.
      Strong<strong>Strong</strong>Strong
      No help provided for tag style.
      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 tfoot.
      No help provided for tag thead.
      Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item<ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>
      • First item
      • Second item

      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;"
    • 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_upload|file=1|title=test]  or  [inline_upload|file=imag1.png|title=test]
      will be replaced by <img src=imag1.png alt=test>

    • 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.
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