This document outlines the acceptable tags for use in posting articles. Please note that while you may use other tags, our editors (or our CMS) will most likely remove them before posting. This site is coded to xHTML 1.0 Transitional, so please only use elements and attributes from that specification. In particular, please remember:

<h#> Tags and Their Use

The tags should be used for section headings. Using

is forbidden since that is the top-most title of every page. Please use them in order; don't skip to

without first using

. For your settings, the tags will render as:

This is the <h2> tag

This is the <h3> tag

This is the <h4> tag

This is the <h5> tag

This is the <h6> tag

Paragraphs

Please wrap each paragraph within a

pair.

Styling Text

Bold

Please use the pair to strongly emphasise. This is preferred to since it describes structure instead of style.

This is bold text

Italic

Please use the pair to emphasise text. This is preferred to since it describes structure instead of style.

This is italic text

Underline

Please do not use the pair to underline text. Not only is it deprecated, but it may confuse users about whether or not it is a link. If you think something should be underlined, it would probably be more correct to make it bold or italic.

Color

Do not apply any color to any text via CSS or the tag. The CSS for the site allows any user to customize the colors and fonts, and setting colors would override those settings, possibly hiding your text.

The <font> Tag

The tag is not allowed, if you use it we will remove it. All font properties for the site are defined via the CSS and customizable by each user. All markup must be structural; the tag does not denote structure. Also, the tag is deprecated.

Script and Code Samples

If you're using block-level code samples (see below), please don't forget to escape all your entities.

This means, in particular, changing all your > and < characters into &gt; and &lt; entities (respectively) as well as & to &amp; and " to &quote;. You can get a complete list of the accepted character entities from section 24.2 Character entity references for ISO 8859-1 characters of the HTML 4.01 specification at the W3C site. There is also a character entity chart right here on the evolt.org site: A Simple Character Entity Chart

Code Blocks

Blocks of code/script/markup should be placed between 
 tags.  Since 
 is a block level element, it will be rendered as its own paragraph.  
This is how a block of code will appear on the site.  Long lines of text will result in a scrollbar that doesn't mess up the layout.
Short lines will
be rendered thusly
You may also post block level PHP code between  tags for pretty syntax colour coding:
Inline Code
Code/script/markup snippets within a paragraph should be wrapped within  tags. This will escape all your entities for you.
This is a sample of inline code.
Linking
Whenever possible, please try to add a 'title' attribute to your  tags.  So a tag may appear like this:
.
Off-Site Links
Please add a 'target' attribute to your links to open a new window so readers of your article on evolt.org don't lose their place.  Please use "_blank" so all new links open in one window, since the use of "_new" opens links in a new window for each link.  To expand on the above example:
.
Miscellaneous Tags
Abbreviations
Whenever you use abbreviations in articles, please keep in mind that not everyone knows all abbreviations out there.  To allow users to see what an abbreviation means, you can wrap it in the  tag and add a title attribute with the full name of the abbreviated item.  For example:
The W3C is an example of this in action.  The abbreviation in the previous sentence uses the  tag.
Acronyms
Whenever you use acronyms in articles, please keep in mind that not everyone knows all the acronyms out there, either.  To allow users to see what an acronym means, you can wrap it in the  tag and add a title attribute with the full name of the acronym.  For example:
WYSIWYG is an example of this in action.  The acronym in the previous sentence uses the  tag.
Horizontal Rules
The 
 tag will render as: 
Bullet Lists (Ordered, Unordered, Dictionary Lists)
The 
    ,