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input formats:
  • Filtered HTML :
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
    • Allowed HTML tags:


      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 Description You Type You Get
      Anchors are used to make links to other pages. St Mary’s Church, Sandbach St Mary’s Church, Sandbach
      Emphasized Emphasized Emphasized
      Strong Strong Strong
      Cited Cited Cited
      Coded text used to show programming source code Coded Coded
      Unordered list - use the
    • to begin each list item
      • First item
      • Second item
      • First item
      • Second item
      Ordered list - use the
    • to begin each list item
      1. First item
      2. Second item
      1. First item
      2. Second item
      Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists.
      begins the definition list,
      begins the definition term and
      begins the definition description.
      First term
      First definition
      Second term
      Second definition
      First term
      First definition
      Second term
      Second definition
      Bolded Bolded Bolded
      Italicized Italicized Italicized
      Block quoted
      Block quoted
      Block quoted
      By default paragraph tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones.

      Paragraph one.

      Paragraph two.

      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 compatibility Text with
      line break
      Text with
      line break
      No help provided for tag center .

      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 & for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

      Character Description You Type You Get
      Ampersand & &
      Greater than > >
      Less than < <
      Quotation mark " "
    • Each email address will be obfuscated in a human readable fashion or (if JavaScript is enabled) replaced with a spamproof clickable link.
  • Full HTML :
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
    • Each email address will be obfuscated in a human readable fashion or (if JavaScript is enabled) replaced with a spamproof clickable link.