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Allowed HTML tags: <img><a> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd><blockquote><center><strike><h3>

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
No help provided for tag img.
Anchors are used to make links to other pages.	`<a href="http://couleeregiononline.com">Coulee Region</a>`	Coulee Region
Emphasized	`<em>Emphasized</em>`	Emphasized
Italicized	`<i>Italicized</i>`	Italicized
Bolded	`<b>Bolded</b>`	Bolded
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
Block quoted	`<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>`	Block quoted
No help provided for tag center.
No help provided for tag strike.
Header	`<h3>Subtitle three</h3>`	Subtitle three
Subscripted	`<sub>Sub</sub>scripted`	_Subscripted

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	`"`	"

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

If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.

Smileys

Smiley	Acronyms
	:( :-( :sad:
	:) :-) :smile:
	:D :-D :lol:
	XD :bigsmile:
	;) ;-) :wink:
	:p :-p :tongue:
	:O :-O :shock:
	:\| :-\| :stare:
	:~ :-~ :puzzled:
	:cry:
	8) 8-) :cool:
	:steve:
	J) J-) :crazy:
	:glasses:
	:party:
	:love:
	:X :-X :oups:
	:shy:
	0:) 0) 0:-) :innocent:
	:* :-* :sexy:
	\|( \( :angry:
	:Sp :-S) :sick:
	:tired:
	:santa:
	:mail:
	:sushi:
	:hat:
	H) H:) H:-) :grade:
	:ghost:
	$) $-) :cash:
	:crown:
	:davie:
	:drunk:
	:evil: >-)
	:beer:
	:star:
	:arrow:
	:quest:
	:exmark:

Quoted content can be placed between [quote] tags in order to be displayed as an indented quote. Every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag. For example:
```
[quote]This is a simple quote.[/quote]
```
is displayed as:

Quote:
This is a simple quote.

Additionally, there is an optional attribute which allows quotes to specify the original author.
```
[quote=Mr. Drupal]This is a quote with an attribution line.[/quote]
```
is displayed as:

Mr. Drupal wrote:
This is a quote with an attribution line.

Finally, multiple [quote] tags can be nested within one another. Just remember that every [quote] tag must have a corresponding [/quote] tag.
```
[quote]I think she says it best...
[quote=Ms. Quotation]This is a quote nested within another quote.[/quote]
but you can't argue with
[quote=Ms. Reply]The more quotes, the merrier.
Just don't get too carried away.[/quote]
And I have nothing more to say.[/quote]
```
is displayed as:

Quote:
I think she says it best...
Ms. Quotation wrote:
This is a quote nested within another quote.
but you can't argue with
Ms. Reply wrote:
The more quotes, the merrier. Just don't get too carried away.
And I have nothing more to say.
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.
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>
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>
It's possible to show webpage content in the lightbox, using iframes. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightframe". Again it's possible to group the content, (e.g. lightframe[search][caption]) but in addition to that, it's possible to control some of the iframe properties. It's possible to set the "width", "height" and "scrolling" properties of the iframe. The properties are separated from the group name by a |, for example lightframe[search|width:100px;][caption]. If no grouping is being used, then the | is still used and the format would be lightframe[|width:100px;]. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon. If no iframe properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.
Basic example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe">Search google</a>
Grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search][caption]">Search google</a> <a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search]">Search yahoo</a>
Controlling iframe property example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;][caption]">Search google</a>
Controlling iframe property when grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search google</a> <a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px;]">Search yahoo</a>

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