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  • Use <ref>, </ref> around footnotes. <nowiki>, </nowiki> around text that you do not want to be formatted.

  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <sup> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <big> <small> <img> <ref> </ref> <references> <nowiki> </nowiki>

    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://forum.appropedia.org">Appropedia Blogs</a>Appropedia Blogs
    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
    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
    Superscripted<sup>Super</sup>scriptedSuperscripted
    Header<h1>Title</h1>

    Title
    Header<h2>Subtitle</h2>

    Subtitle
    Header<h3>Subtitle three</h3>

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

    Subtitle four
    Header<h5>Subtitle five</h5>
    Subtitle five
    No help provided for tag big.
    No help provided for tag small.
    No help provided for tag img.
    No help provided for tag ref.
    No help provided for tag references.
    No help provided for tag nowiki.

    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;"
  • You can use MediaWiki syntax.
    Start a line with "*" up to "***" to create multi-level bulleted lists.
    Start a line with "#" up to "###" to create multi-level numbered lists.
    Use "=Header1=" up to "=====Header5====="on a line to create section headers.
    For preformatted text, start the line with a space.
    For definition lists, start a line with ";" for term to define, and start a line with ":" to list the definitions.
    Enclose a section with <nowiki> and </nowiki> to disable formatting between those tags.
  • Images can be added to this post.
  • Converts "[[Page name]]" to "http://www.appropedia.org/Page_name", including the conversion of spaces to underscores. Also supports piped version: "[[Page name|link text]]", using "link text" for the link. Converts "[http://... link text]" to an external link (with icon). If no "link text", then only an icon is shown. Note: "http" must immediately follow "[" (as with MediaWiki).
  • 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.

  • 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>