Forum for the Future of Aid

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.	Forum for the Future of Aid	Forum for the Future of Aid
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	First item Second item	First item 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

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	"	"

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