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Acceptable HTML Tags

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Not all HTML tags are allowed within the Wiki. The restriction is necessary for security reasons (hackers might have a field day on the site if all HTML tags were allowed!)

Allowed HTML Tags:

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<a> defines an anchor. The most common use for the tag might be to create links to other pagees. For example, "<a href=http://www.umbc.edu>UMBC main web page</a>" would be interpreted as UMBC main web page. This tag allows you to make a hyperlink using text that might be more informative than the actual URL.

•	<b> is used to make bold text. "<b>bold text</b>" is interpreted as bold text. Within the Wiki surrounding text with asterisks ("bold text") accomplishes the same goal.

•	<i> is used to italicize text. "<i>italics</i>" = italics. In the Wiki you can use a slash ("/italics/") for the same effect.

•	<u> is used to underline text. "<u>underline</u>" = underline. The Wiki has no alternative for underlining.

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<img> inserts an image into a page. You can show an image by directly referencing an image file from the internet. For example, <img src="http://www.umbc.edu/images_fp/myumbc.gif"> inserts an image "myumbc.gif" directly into your page without making a local copy the file. For example:

. Using the <img> tag allows you to format the size and placement of the image. For a description of the options with this tag go to http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_img.asp

•	<code> formats text in a non-proportional font, the standard for showing computer code. "<code>code</code>" = `code`. In the Wiki this can be accomplished by surrounding the text with pound signs: "#code#= `code`

•	<pre> creates "preformatted" text in which all spaces and line breaks are preserved as typed.

•	<html> can be used to mark some text to be ignored by the Wiki. For example, the name DiRisiwould be recognized by the Wiki as "camelback" and made into a hyperlink ("DiRisi?"). Surrounding text with <html> and </html> causes the Wiki to ignore it.

•	<table> and </table> define a table. For a description of table tags see http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_table.asp

•	<tr> and </tr> define a row in a table. See http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_tr.asp

•	<td> and </td> define a cell of a table. See http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_td.asp

•	<div> is used to create divisions or sections in a document. See http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_div.asp

•	<font> can be used to format text in terms of font, color, alignment, etc. See http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_font.asp

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