HTML tags in posts.

[Sirius_Alpha]

I really don't know how many people are aware of this, but I'll announce it anyway. phpbb3 allows for HTML tags and formatting, which I've found useful for organising my posts and presenting data in an nicer format. It's slightly different than what one would write in a .html file though, as opposed to

Code:

<table>

, we would write

Code:

[table]

For example, I've written down the basic parameters of the 55 Cancri system in HTML, as well as displayed the code.

Code:

 [table border=1 bordercolor="#FFFFFF"][tr][td bgolor="#0000cc"][b]Planet[/b][/td][td][b]Mass (xJupiter)[/b][/td][td][b]Period (d)[/b][/td][td][b]semi-major axis[/b][/td][td][b]eccentricity[/b][/td][td][b]Discovered[/b][/td][/tr] [tr][td]55 Cancri b[/td][td]0.824[/td][td]14.65162[/td][td]0.115 AU[/td][td]0.014[/td][td]1996[/td][/tr] [tr][td]55 Cancri c[/td][td]0.169[/td][td]44.3446[/td][td]0.24 AU [/td][td]0.086[/td][td]2002[/td][/tr] [tr][td]55 Cancri d[/td][td]3.835[/td][td]5218[/td][td]5.77[/td][td]0.025[/td][td]2002[/td][/tr] [tr][td]55 Cancri e[/td][td]0.034[/td][td]2.81705[/td][td]0.038[/td][td]0.07[/td][td]2004[/td][/tr] [tr][td]55 Cancri f[/td][td]0.144[/td][td]260[/td][td]0.781[/td][td]0.2[/td][td]2007[/td][/tr][/table]


Planet	Mass (xJupiter)	Period (d)	semi-major axis	eccentricity	Discovered
55 Cancri b	0.824	14.65162	0.115 AU	0.014	1996
55 Cancri c	0.169	44.3446	0.24 AU	0.086	2002
55 Cancri d	3.835	5218	5.77	0.025	2002
55 Cancri e	0.034	2.81705	0.038	0.07	2004
55 Cancri f	0.144	260	0.781	0.2	2007

Known problems

• Quotes don't work if they're within a table cell.
  
• tr or td bgcolors don't seem to work (shown in code).