Compose tips

• Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

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

  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.	<a href="http://labs.echoditto.com">EchoDitto Labs</a>	EchoDitto Labs
  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>	First item 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
  No help provided for tag blockcode.

  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 Description	You Type	You Get
  Ampersand	&	&
  Greater than	>	>
  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.

• Code:

  To post highlighted code, surround it code with <blockcode [type="language"]>...</blockcode> tags.

  E.g. actionscript block code:

  <blockcode type="actionscript">
  ...
  </blockcode>

  You may also post highlighted inline code surrounding it with <code [type="language"]>...</code> tags.

  E.g. highlight actionscript inline code:

  <code type="actionscript">...</code>

  If you don't use type="language" param or specify an unsupported language, the code will be highlighted as <em>php</em> code.

  The following languages are supported for highlight:
  <div class="item-list"><ul><li>actionscript</li><li>apache</li><li>applescript</li><li>bash</li><li>c</li><li>cpp</li><li>css</li><li>diff</li><li>gml</li><li>html4strict</li><li>inno</li><li>java</li><li>lisp</li><li>mysql</li><li>pascal</li><li>php</li><li>python</li><li>rails</li><li>ruby</li><li>scheme</li><li>smalltalk</li><li>text</li><li>visualfoxpro</li><li>xml</li></ul></div>.