# Is there a list of the old HTML tags we can use here?

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**Created:** [June 23, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-the-old-html-tags-we-can-use-here/912335 "2020-06-23T11:53:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-the-old-html-tags-we-can-use-here/912335/1 "2020-06-23T11:53:02Z")

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I was a big fan of using “[sub][/sub],” “[color][/color]” and other such useful in-text tags. Are those now gone from the new site’s features, or is there a list of what’s available?

Tripler  
Ninja of the in-text tag.

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**Author:** ![DPRK](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4491bb/32.png) [@DPRK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DPRK)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-the-old-html-tags-we-can-use-here/912335/2 "2020-06-23T12:10:02Z")

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Jeff Atwood [said](https://meta.discourse.org/t/post-format-reference-documentation/19197):

> [W]e only support a “safe” subset of HTML. I’ll have to dig to find the specifics, but anything common you’d expect to work that isn’t crazy – like `<script>` – should work.

Also a subset of common BBCode

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**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-the-old-html-tags-we-can-use-here/912335/3 "2020-06-23T12:22:27Z")

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Click the section on formatting [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081).

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**Author:** ![Tripler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripler/32/21807_2.png) [@Tripler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tripler)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2020, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-a-list-of-the-old-html-tags-we-can-use-here/912335/4 "2020-06-23T12:24:37Z")

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> [@GreysonCarlisle](#):
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> Click the section on formatting [here](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-all-here-now-what-basic-tutorial/911081)

This is what I was looking for! Thanks!!

Tripler  
It seems to work great!