Can someone explain post formatting with HTML?

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Some context:

I’m still in the early learning stage of HTML, so please bear with me here.

I notice that the composer will translate some HTML code, but it doesn’t want to recognize more detailed elements/ attributes.

For example, the composer will read a basic table like this:

<table>
 <tr>
  <th>Name</th>
  <th>Favorite Color</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Bob</td>
  <td>Yellow</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Michelle</td>
  <td>Purple</td>
 </tr>
</table>
Name Favorite Color
Bob Yellow
Michelle Purple

This appears to work just fine, just a straight forward table built with super basic elements.

But the composer doesn’t seem to want to read more specialized elements and attributes. For example, if I add some column styling under the opening <table> element:

<table>
  <colgroup>
    <col style="background-color: yellow" span="2">
  </colgroup>
 <tr>
  <th>Name</th>
  <th>Favorite Color</th>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Bob</td>
  <td>Yellow</td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td>Michelle</td>
  <td>Purple</td>
 </tr>
</table>

The composer won’t translate it; it also won’t break anything:

Name Favorite Color
Bob Yellow
Michelle Purple

Now, one of the things I have run into during my head-first dive into coding, is that there is more than one way to skin a cat. It seems like every website will offer a different means to the same end.

I would appreciate any information that can help me to think better about this.

So, my questions:

  • Is this a problem with my approach/ current understanding of HTML?

  • Is the composer simply selective on what it will translate? And if so, are there clear parameters for this?

  • Is there a setting that can enable the composer to translate more complex HTML? And would enabling this be a bad idea?

Thank you

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Raw HTML would cause many security exploits (in posts). Only a very tightly whitelisted subset of tags and elements are allowed.

In general you should not be using HTML, use Markdown, per Markdown Reference

Now for Admin, Customize areas where HTML is allowed as part of site setup and customization, admins can indeed put in whatever HTML they want.