compose tips

  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>

    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.miriresortcity.com">Miri Resort City.com</a>Miri Resort City.com
    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

    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.
  • If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.
    :)   :-)   :smile: :)   :-)   :smile:
    ;)   ;-)   :wink: ;)   ;-)   :wink:
    :(   :-(   :sad: :(   :-(   :sad:
    :D   :-D   :lol: :D   :-D   :lol:
    }:)   }:-)   :evil: }:)   }:-)   :evil:
    :P   :-P   :tongue: :P   :-P   :tongue:
    :O   :-O   :shocked: :O   :-O   :shocked:
    :?   :-?   :puzzled: :?   :-?   :puzzled:
    8)   8-)   :cool: 8)   8-)   :cool:
    :jawdrop: :jawdrop:
    :sick:   :barf: :sick:   :barf:

  • Adding Voting Controls

    You can let people vote on your post, or things in your post, just by adding a carefully formatted tag in your post. The tag should look like this:
    [voting|type=artwork|prompt=Rate my artwork:|confirmation=Thanks for voting!] The prompt and confirmation are optional.

  • 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.