Compose tips
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
This site allows HTML content. While learning all of HTML may feel intimidating, learning how to use a very small number of the most basic HTML "tags" is very easy. This table provides examples for each tag that is enabled on this site.
For more information see W3C's HTML Specifications or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.
Tag Description You Type You Get Anchors are used to make links to other pages. <a href="http://www.thebws.com">thebws.com</a>thebws.com Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong Cited <cite>Cited</cite>Cited Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>CodedUnordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>- First item
- Second item
Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>- First item
- Second item
Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. <dl> begins the definition list, <dt> begins the definition term and <dd> begins the definition description. <dl> <dt>First term</dt> <dd>First definition</dd> <dt>Second term</dt> <dd>Second definition</dd> </dl>- First term
- First definition
- Second term
- Second definition
Most unusual characters can be directly entered without any problems.
If you do encounter problems, try using HTML character entities. A common example looks like & for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:
Character Description You Type You Get Ampersand && Greater than >> Less than << Quotation mark "" - Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:
- Generic syntax highlighting tags: "
<code>", "<blockcode>". - Language specific syntax highlighting tags: "
<applescript>" for AppleScript source code, "<asp>" for ASP source code, "<c>" for C source code, "<objc>" for C (Mac) source code, "<cpp>" for C++ source code, "<css>" for CSS source code, "<drupal5>" for Drupal 5 source code, "<drupal6>" for Drupal 6 source code, "<htmlc>" for HTML source code, "<java>" for Java source code, "<javascript>" for Javascript source code, "<mysql>" for MySQL source code, "<php>" for PHP source code, "<python>" for Python source code, "<ruby>" for Ruby source code, "<xml>" for XML source code. - PHP source code can also be enclosed in <?php ... ?> or <% ... %>, but additional options like line numbering are not possible here.
Options and tips:
- The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language. The possible values are: "
applescript" (for AppleScript), "asp" (for ASP), "c" (for C), "c_mac" (for C (Mac)), "cpp" (for C++), "css" (for CSS), "drupal5" (for Drupal 5), "drupal6" (for Drupal 6), "html4strict" (for HTML), "htmlc" (for HTML), "java" (for Java), "javascript" (for Javascript), "mysql" (for MySQL), "objc" (for C (Mac)), "php" (for PHP), "python" (for Python), "ruby" (for Ruby), "xml" (for XML). - Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every nth line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
- If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.
Defaults:
- Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: the default language used for syntax highlighting is "html4strict".
- Default line numbering: normal line numbers.
Examples:
You type You get <code>foo = "bar";</code>Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode. <code>
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
</code>Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode. <code lang="drupal5" linenumbers="normal">
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
</code>Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 5 source code
and normal line numbers.<code language="drupal5" start="23" fancy="7">
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
</code>Code block with syntax highlighting for Drupal 5 source code,
line numbers starting from 23
and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.<applescript>
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
</applescript>Code block with syntax highlighting for AppleScript source code. <applescript start="23" fancy="7">
foo = "bar";
baz = "foz";
<applescript>Code block with syntax highlighting for AppleScript source code,
line numbers starting from 23
and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.- Generic syntax highlighting tags: "
- Images can be added to this post.
To add a lightbox to your images, add rel="lightbox" attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox. For example:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox">image #1</a><a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[][my caption]">image #1</a>To show a caption either use the title attribute or put in the second set of square brackets of the rel attribute.
If you have a set of related images that you would like to group, then you will need to include a group name between square brackets in the rel attribute. For example:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]">image #1</a>
<a href="image-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 2]">image #2</a>
<a href="image-3.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 3]">image #3</a>
There are no limits to the number of image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each set.
If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the following way:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel='lightbox[][<a href="http://www.yourlink.com">View Image Details</a>]' >image #1</a>- Image links from G2 are formatted for use with Lightbox2
To add a lightbox slideshow to your images, add rel="lightshow[slideshowname][slide caption]" attribute to any link tag to activate the slideshow. For example:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #1</a>
<a href="image-2.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #2</a>
<a href="image-3.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #3</a>
The title attribute in the link tag is optional. The addition of this attribute enables the display of a caption with the image displayed in the lightbox.
There are no limits to the number of slideshow image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each slideshow.
If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the following way:
<a href="image-1.jpg" rel='lightshow[show1][<a href="http://www.yourlink.com">View Image Details</a>]'>image #1</a>It's possible to show video content in the lightbox. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to
lightvideo. It's possible to group videos and to control the size of the lightbox by setting the "width" and "height" properties. The properties can be configured likelightvideo[group|width:300px; height: 200px;][caption]. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon. If no properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.Basic example:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765" rel="lightvideo">Google video example - default size</a>Controlling lightbox size example:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765" rel="lightvideo[group|width:400px; height:300px;][caption]">Google video example - custom size</a>Supported video formats include asx, wmv, mov and swf. A number of online video providers are also supported, including YouTube and Google Video. For a full list of the current supported video providers please see the documentation on drupal.org.
It's possible to show HTML snippets in the lightbox, that is on the same domain. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightmodal". Again it's possible to group the content, (e.g.
lightmodal[group][caption]) but in addition to that, it's possible to control some of the modal properties. It's possible to set the "width", "height" and "scrolling" properties of the modal. The properties are separated from the group name by a|, for examplelightmodal[group|width:100px;][caption]. If no grouping is being used, then the|is still used and the format would belightmodal[|width:100px;]. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon. If no modal properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.Basic example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal">Search</a>Grouped example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[search][caption 1]">Search</a>
<a href="search.php?status=1" rel="lightmodal[search]">Search published</a>Controlling modal property example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;][caption]">Search</a>Controlling modal property when grouped example:
<a href="search.php" rel="lightmodal[search|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search</a>
<a href="search.php?status=1" rel="lightmodal[search|width:400px; height:300px;]">Search published</a>- If you include a textual smiley in your post (see chart below), it will be replaced by a graphical smiley.