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 Description	You Type	You Get
Anchors are used to make links to other pages.	`<a href="http://zeitkunst.org">zeitkunst</a>`	zeitkunst
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

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	`"`	"

Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:

Generic syntax highlighting tags: "<code>", "<blockcode>".
Language specific syntax highlighting tags: .

Options and tips:

The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language, class. The possible values are: "c" (for C), "cpp" (for C++), "drupal5" (for Drupal 5), "drupal6" (for Drupal 6), "java" (for Java), "javascript" (for Javascript), "php" (for PHP), "python" (for Python), "ruby" (for Ruby).
The supported tag styles are: <foo>, [foo].
Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every n^th line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.

Defaults:

Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: when no language attribute is specified, no syntax highlighting will be done.
Default line numbering: no line numbers.

Examples:

You type	You get
`<code>foo = "bar";</code>`	Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode.
`<code> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>`	Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode.
`<code lang="javascript" linenumbers="normal"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>`	Code block with syntax highlighting for Javascript source code and normal line numbers.
`<code language="javascript" start="23" fancy="7"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>`	Code block with syntax highlighting for Javascript source code, line numbers starting from 23 and highlighted line numbers every 7^th line.

Textile Help

Block modifier syntax:

CSS attributes can be applied to blocks (paragraphs, headers, etc.). CSS classes are specifed with "(class)"; CSS IDs are specified with "(#id)"; both can be specified with "(class#id)". An arbtirary CSS style can be applied by using "{style}". Finally, language attributes are applied using "[language]".

Additionally, alignment and indentation shorthands are provided. To left-align, right-align, center, and justify text, use "<", ">", "=", and "<>", respectively. "(" left-indents a block 1em for each occurrence, and ")" right-indents similarly.

Tables have additional options. "^", "-", and "~" specify top, middle, and bottom vertical alignment. The "_" attribute on a cell indicates that it is a table header.

The examples below illustrate these attributes.

textile input output

Headings

hx. (where x is 1 - 6)

h1. Heading

Heading

h2(class). Heading with class

Heading with class

Paragraphs

p=. Centered text

Centered text

p())(#id). Indented text with ID

Indented text with ID

Block quotes

bq(class#id). Quote with class and ID

Quote with class and ID

bq[en]. English quote

English quote

Ordered lists

{color: blue}# Attributes specified
# before the first item
# affect the whole list

Attributes specified
before the first item
affect the whole list

Unordered lists

* Lists can have
## subitems or
## sublists
* too

Lists can have
1. subitems or
2. sublists
too

Footnotes

fnx. (where x is 1 - 100)

fn17. Footnote

¹⁷ Footnote

Tables

|_. A|_. B|_. C|
(dark). |very|simple|table|
|<. left|=. center|>. right|
|^{height:3em}. top|-. middle|~. bottom|

A	B	C
very	simple	table
left	center	right
top	middle	bottom

Phrase modifier syntax:

The class, ID, style, and language attributes described above also apply to the span phrase modifier as shown below.

textile input	output
_emphasis_	emphasis
__italic__	italic
strong	strong
bold	bold
??citation??	citation
-delete text-	~~deleted text~~
+inserted text+	inserted text
^superscript^	^superscript
~subscript~	_subscript
@code@	`code`
%(class)span%	span
%{color:red;}span%	span
==no textile==	no textile
"link text":url	link text
"link text(title)":url	link text
!imageurl!
!imageurl(alt text)!
!imageurl!:url
ABC(Always Be Closing)	ABC
Footnote reference[17]	Footnote reference¹⁷

Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
To add a lightbox to your images, add rel="lightbox" attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox. For example:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox">image #1</a>
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[][my caption]">image #1</a>
To show a caption either use the title attribute or put in the second set of square brackets of the rel attribute.
If you have a set of related images that you would like to group, then you will need to include a group name between square brackets in the rel attribute. For example:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]">image #1</a> <a href="image-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 2]">image #2</a> <a href="image-3.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 3]">image #3</a>
There are no limits to the number of image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each set.
If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the following way:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel='lightbox[][<a href="http://www.yourlink.com">View Image Details</a>]' >image #1</a>
Image links from G2 are formatted for use with Lightbox2
To add a lightbox slideshow to your images, add rel="lightshow[slideshowname][slide caption]" attribute to any link tag to activate the slideshow. For example:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #1</a> <a href="image-2.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #2</a> <a href="image-3.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #3</a>
The title attribute in the link tag is optional. The addition of this attribute enables the display of a caption with the image displayed in the lightbox.
There are no limits to the number of slideshow image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each slideshow.
If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the following way:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel='lightshow[show1][<a href="http://www.yourlink.com">View Image Details</a>]'>image #1</a>