Compose tips

input formats:

Textile:

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

Allowed HTML tags: <a> <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://www.parentfurther.com">ParentFurther</a>`	ParentFurther
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 span.

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	`"`	"

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

Pinback Format:

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

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

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://www.parentfurther.com">ParentFurther</a>`	ParentFurther
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.

Character Description	You Type	You Get
Ampersand	`&`	&
Greater than	`>`	>
Less than	`<`	<
Quotation mark	`"`	"

Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The line break, paragraph and close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.