https://wiki.zombiepanicsource.com/index.php?action=history&feed=atom&title=Help%3AHTMLHelp:HTML - Revision history2026-05-14T14:48:33ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.43.1https://wiki.zombiepanicsource.com/index.php?title=Help:HTML&diff=538&oldid=prevWuffesan: Created page with "'''HTML''' (HyperText Markup Language) is a language used on websites to format the layout and content. Wiki pages are generally managed by wikitext rather than HTML, so only a limited number of HTML tags can be used on articles. HTML (and wikitext) can be written and managed while using the editor's source editor. == Available HTML tags == The following HTML tags can be used in articles: <div style="column-count: 3;"> * <code><nowik..."2025-06-12T11:24:29Z<p>Created page with "'''HTML''' (HyperText Markup Language) is a language used on websites to format the layout and content. Wiki pages are generally managed by <a href="/Help:Wikitext" title="Help:Wikitext">wikitext</a> rather than HTML, so only a limited number of HTML tags can be used on articles. HTML (and wikitext) can be written and managed while using <a href="/index.php?title=Help:Editing&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Help:Editing (page does not exist)">the editor</a>'s source editor. == Available HTML tags == The following HTML tags can be used in articles: <div style="column-count: 3;"> * <code><nowik..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>'''HTML''' (HyperText Markup Language) is a language used on websites to format the layout and content. Wiki pages are generally managed by [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] rather than HTML, so only a limited number of HTML tags can be used on articles.<br />
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HTML (and wikitext) can be written and managed while using [[Help:Editing|the editor]]'s source editor.<br />
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== Available HTML tags ==<br />
The following HTML tags can be used in articles:<br />
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* <code><nowiki><abbr></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><b></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><bdi></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><bdo></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><blockquote></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><br /></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><caption></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><cite></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><data></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><dd></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><del></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><dfn></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><div></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><dl></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><dt></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><em></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><h1></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><h2></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><h3></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><h4></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><h5></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><h6></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><hr></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><i></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><ins></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><kbd></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><li></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><mark></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><ol></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><p></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><pre></nowiki></code>**<br />
* <code><nowiki><q></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><rp></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><rt></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><ruby></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><s></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><small></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><span></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><strong></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><sub></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><sup></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><table></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><td></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><th></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><time></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><tr></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><u></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><ul></nowiki></code>*<br />
* <code><nowiki><var></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><wbr /></nowiki></code><br />
* <code><nowiki><!-- --></nowiki></code><br />
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<nowiki>*</nowiki>These tags have equivalent [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] markup, which is generally preferable. See [[#Usage notes]].<br/><br />
<nowiki>**</nowiki><nowiki><pre></nowiki> is actually a parser tag. It applies the HTML tag but also escapes any markup inside except HTML entities, similar to <nowiki><nowiki></nowiki>.<br />
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== Deprecated HTML tags ==<br />
Deprecated HTML tags will still work, but they may not in future software versions or browsers.<br />
{|class="wikitable"<br />
|+ Deprecated tags<br />
|-<br />
! scope="col" | Deprecated tag<br />
! scope="col" | Replacement<br />
! scope="col" | Example<br />
! scope="col" | Example display<br />
|-<br />
| <code><nowiki><big></nowiki></code><br />
| <code><nowiki><span style="font-size: larger;"></nowiki></code><br />
| <code><nowiki><span style="font-size: larger;">big</span></nowiki></code><br />
| <span style="font-size: larger;">big</span><br />
|-<br />
| <code><nowiki><center></nowiki></code><br />
| <code><nowiki><div style="text-align: center;"></nowiki></code><br />
| <code><nowiki><div style="text-align: center;">Centered</div></nowiki></code><br />
| <div style="text-align: center;">Centered</div><br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | <code><nowiki><font color="x" size="y" face="z"></nowiki></code><br />
| rowspan="2" | <code><nowiki><span style="color: x; font-size: y; font-family: z;"></nowiki></code> <br />
| <code><nowiki><span style="color: red;">Red Alert!</span></nowiki></code><br />
| <span style="color: red;">Red Alert!</span><br />
|-<br />
| <code><nowiki><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This is Times New Roman</span></nowiki></code><br />
| <span style="font-family: Times New Roman;">This is Times New Roman</span><br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="2" | <code><nowiki><strike></nowiki></code><br />
| <code><nowiki>del</nowiki></code> (for marking an edit)<br />
| <code><nowiki><del>Yes</del> No</nowiki></code><br />
| <del>Yes</del> No<br />
|-<br />
| <code><nowiki><s></nowiki></code> (for anything else)<br />
| <code><nowiki>Photon Torpedoes <s>$44.99</s> '''now just $24.99!''' each</nowiki></code><br />
| Photon Torpedoes <s>$44.99</s> '''now just $24.99!''' each<br />
|-<br />
| rowspan="5" | <code><nowiki><tt></nowiki></code><br />
| <code><nowiki><code></nowiki></code> (preferred for source code)<br />
| <code>use <nowiki><code>&amp;nbsp;</code></nowiki> for nonbreaking space</code><br />
| use <code>&amp;nbsp;</code> for nonbreaking space<br />
|-<br />
| <code><nowiki><kbd></nowiki></code> (preferred for user input)<br />
| <code><nowiki><kbd>mypasswd</kbd></nowiki></code><br />
| <kbd>mypasswd</kbd><br />
|-<br />
| <code><nowiki><var></nowiki></code> (preferred for variables)<br />
| <code><nowiki><var>age</var>=65</nowiki></code><br />
| <var>age</var>=65<br />
|-<br />
| <code><nowiki><samp></nowiki></code> (preferred for computer output)<br />
| <code><nowiki><samp>Invalid password. Please try again.</samp></nowiki></code><br />
| <samp>Invalid password. Please try again.</samp><br />
|-<br />
| Similar appearance without special meaning<br />
| <code><nowiki><span style="font-family: monospace;">Typed text</span></nowiki></code> <br />
| <span style="font-family: monospace;">Typed text</span><br />
|-<br />
| '''Table cell horizontal alignment:''' <code>align=''X''</code><br/>where <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">''X''</span> is <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">"left"</span>, <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">"center"</span> or <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">"right"</span> (sometimes without quotes)<br/><br />
| <code>style="text-align: X;"</code> <br />
| <code>style="text-align: right;" &#124; right-justified text</code><br />
| style="text-align: right;" | right-justified text<br />
|-<br />
| '''Table cell vertical alignment:''' <code>valign=''X''</code><br/>where <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">''X''</span> is <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">"top"</span>, <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">"middle"</span> or <span style="font-family: monospace, monospace;">"bottom"</span> (sometimes without quotes)<br />
| <code>style="vertical-align: X;"</code> <br />
| <code>style="vertical-align: top;" &#124; top aligned text</code><br />
| style="vertical-align: top;" | top aligned text<br />
|-<br />
| '''Table cell background color:''' <code>bgcolor=''X''</code><br />
| <code>style="background-color: X;"</code> <br />
| <code>style="background-color: pink" &#124; pink background</code><br />
| style="background-color: pink" | pink background<br />
|}<br />
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== Usage notes ==<br />
; Keep it friendly<br />
: The use of [[Help:Wikitext|wikitext]] is recommended wherever possible, as HTML generally makes the text in the edit box harder to read and more intimidating for new users. Complex uses of HTML and CSS can be hidden away in [[Help:Templates|templates]], where they are less likely to get in the way of the casual editor.<br />
; Combine it with CSS<br />
: Styling information can be stored in [[Help:Community CSS and JS|community CSS pages]] (using code like <code>class="classname"</code>). Both CSS classes and inline styling (<code>style="color: pink;"</code>) can be used with the HTML tags listed above, and they can also be used with many types of wikitext, particularly [[Help:Tables|tables, table rows and cells]]. However, please keep in mind that [[w:c:portability:Why you should avoid inline styles|use of inline styling should be limited]], as it can cause conflicts with the mobile experience of your community.<br />
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== See also ==<br />
* [[Help:CSS and JS customization]]<br />
* [[Help:Tables]]<br />
* [[Help:Editing]]<br />
* [[mw:Help:Editing pages|MediaWiki's help page]]<br />
* [[mw:Help:HTML in wikitext|Using HTML in wikitext on MediaWiki]]<br />
* [[wikipedia:Span tags|Information on using span tags on Wikipedia]]<br />
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