How do I use special characters on my web page?

To use special characters such as umlauts ( ö ) or tildes ( ñ ), you need to use an escape sequence and the appropriate code for the character. In HTML the escape sequence begins with an ampersand ( & ) and ends with a semicolon ( ; ).

For example, to produce a lowercase o with an umlaut, you must enter: ö You can also use the ASCII code for the character. In this case, you would enter: ö Special characters also allow you to display examples of HTML tags on a web page. For the angle brackets that surround tags, enter: < > For example, to display the  <p>  tag, enter: <p>

You can find a complete list of special characters at: http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/html-spec/html-spec_13.html