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input formats:

Filtered HTML:

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

Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <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.notasdeciencia.com">Notas de ciencia</a>`	Notas de ciencia
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.

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	`"`	"

Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> 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>
You can embed tablemanager tables within your nodes using the following syntax:
[tablemanager:table_id,pagination,admin_links,column=?|start=?|end=?,attribute=?|attribute=?|...]
All arguments bar table_id are optional:
- table_id = table number
- pagination = list length (numeric or NULL for all results)
- admin_links = TRUE or FALSE to enable/ disable administrative links
- column=?|start=?|end=? = can be in any order:
  - column = column to search on (numeric)
  - start = match from
  - end = match end (optional)
- attributes = add as many attributes as you like separated by '|', for example border=2|bgcolor=yellow

Full HTML:
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
- Insert Google Map macro.
- 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>
- You can embed tablemanager tables within your nodes using the following syntax:
  [tablemanager:table_id,pagination,admin_links,column=?|start=?|end=?,attribute=?|attribute=?|...]
  All arguments bar table_id are optional:
  - table_id = table number
  - pagination = list length (numeric or NULL for all results)
  - admin_links = TRUE or FALSE to enable/ disable administrative links
  - column=?|start=?|end=? = can be in any order:
    - column = column to search on (numeric)
    - start = match from
    - end = match end (optional)
  - attributes = add as many attributes as you like separated by '|', for example border=2|bgcolor=yellow
- Twitter-style #hashtags are linked to search.twitter.com.
Wiki:
- Content in [[double square brackets]] will be linked to existing content with that title, or a page to create that content. Links can contain an optional bar, "|". Content on the left of the bar is the target; to the right, the link shown. Links to pages outside this site are allowed. They must start with one of the following: "http", "https", "ftp", or "mailto", and can exist either by themselves, or on the left of the bar. Examples:
- [[simple link]] - will go to the content titled "simple link" or a page to create that content.
- [[this is the target|this is the source]] - will present "this is the source" as a link to "this is the target", or a page to create that content.
- [[http://www.example.com|this is the source]] - will present "this is the source" as a link to http://www.example.com.
- [[http://www.example.com]] - will present "http://www.example.com" as a link to http://www.example.com.
Quick Tips:
- Two or more spaces at a line's end = Line break
- Double returns = Paragraph
- *Single asterisks* or _single underscores_ = Emphasis
- **Double** or __double__ = Strong
- This is [a link](http://the.link.example.com "The optional title text")
For complete details on the Markdown syntax, see the Markdown documentation and Markdown Extra documentation for tables, footnotes, and more.

Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd><br><h1><h2><h3>

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.notasdeciencia.com">Notas de ciencia</a>`	Notas de ciencia
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
By default line break tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. Use of this tag is different because it is not used with an open/close pair like all the others. Use the extra " /" inside the tag to maintain XHTML 1.0 compatibility	`Text with <br />line break`	Text with line break
Header	`<h1>Title</h1>`	Title
Header	`<h2>Subtitle</h2>`	Subtitle
Header	`<h3>Subtitle three</h3>`	Subtitle three

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 <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
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>
You can embed tablemanager tables within your nodes using the following syntax:
[tablemanager:table_id,pagination,admin_links,column=?|start=?|end=?,attribute=?|attribute=?|...]
All arguments bar table_id are optional:
- table_id = table number
- pagination = list length (numeric or NULL for all results)
- admin_links = TRUE or FALSE to enable/ disable administrative links
- column=?|start=?|end=? = can be in any order:
  - column = column to search on (numeric)
  - start = match from
  - end = match end (optional)
- attributes = add as many attributes as you like separated by '|', for example border=2|bgcolor=yellow