HTML enabled text in NamePros Parking

There are several description fields within the NamePros Parking dashboard that are labeled as "HTML enabled." Understanding how to effectively use these fields will greatly increase the customization options you have available for your landers.

What does "HTML enabled" mean?​

This label simply means that you can use HTML syntax within the field. This allows you to format the content of that field to your liking, such as making it bold,

, or even adding lists, headers, and more!

A course on what HTML is goes beyond the scope of this guide, but we will provide a brief introduction:

HTML is primarily compromised of "tags", similar to the BBCodes that you may be familiar with from the text editor you use to create and edit posts here on NamePros. Each tag results in a different display on your lander. For example, the <b> tag will cause bold text. Generally, each tag begins with an opening tag (<b>) and ends with a closing tag (</b>). Any content of the tag (<b>Tag content!</b>) will receive the effects of the tag. In this case, that results in the display "Tag content!", as we used the <b> tag.

For security and to ensure proper lander appearance, we only allow a small subset of HTML tags within the description fields, check below for a breakdown of what tags are allowed where. Attributes are currently not allowed for any tag. Disallowed tags and attributes are stripped from the HTML that will appear on your landers.

Where can I use HTML?​

There are currently two HTML enabled fields, within the Short description and Expanded description options under the "Extras" section of your parking profile and the edit pages for domains. Each field has it's own requirements, which we will address below.

The following tags can be used in any HTML enabled field:

* appearance may vary.

Short description​

The short description option allows a small amount of text below the domain name heading, within the main domain name display. This field cannot use any additional HTML tags, has a max length of 150 characters (HTML tags do not count towards this limit), and does not support template variables since those could make the description too long.

The above display is accomplished with the following HTML:

Expanded description (long description)​

The expanded description option allows for a large amount of text to appear in a separate description area, appearing below the main domain display.

This field allows the usage of the following additional HTML tags:

• <h1>Large heading</h1>
• <h2>Smaller heading</h2>
• <h3>Smallest heading</h3>
• <p>Paragraph</p>
• <hr /> - Horizontal line
• <br /> - Line break
• <ol><li>Ordered list</li></ol>
• <ul><li>Unordered list</li></ul>
• <li>List item</li> - Can only be used inside an ordered or unordered list.

In addition the expanded description supports template variables. Variables are in the format of {variable}. There is currently only one supported variable:

• {domain} - Inserts the current capitalized domain name.

This can be useful if you are setting a global description in your parking profile, but want to personalize descriptions for each domain. More variables will be supported in the future.

The expanded description contains an additional "Display each line separately and keep text spacing" option, which can be helpful if you don't want to structure your text using the tags above.
With it enabled then we will insert HTML tags to match the plain text structure you provide. This option is enabled by default, but it is highly recommended to disable it if you are familiar with HTML as it may result in an unexpected display.

The above display is accomplished with the following HTML ("Display each line separately and keep text spacing" is not enabled):

Descriptions​

The descriptions are optional: you can set either, neither, or both.

Here's an example of using only the expanded description: