Compose tips

• Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <blockquote> <s> <img>

  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.davidgrant.ca">David Grant</a>	David Grant
  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>	Coded
  Unordered 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
  Block quoted	<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>	Block quoted
  No help provided for tag s.
  No help provided for tag img.

  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 &amp; 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	&lt;	<
  Quotation mark	&quot;	"

• 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: .

  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: "bash" (for Bash), "c" (for C), "cpp" (for C++), "csharp" (for C#), "css" (for CSS), "diff" (for Diff), "drupal5" (for Drupal 5), "drupal6" (for Drupal 6), "java" (for Java), "javascript" (for Javascript), "latex" (for LaTeX), "mysql" (for MySQL), "perl" (for Perl), "php" (for PHP), "python" (for Python), "ruby" (for Ruby), "sql" (for SQL), "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 n^th 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.
  • Beside the tag style "<foo>" it is also possible to use "[foo]".

  Defaults:

  • Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: when no language attribute is specified, no syntax highlighting will be done.
  • Default line numbering: no 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="cpp" linenumbers="normal"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>	Code block with syntax highlighting for C++ source code and normal line numbers.
  <code language="cpp" start="23" fancy="7"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>	Code block with syntax highlighting for C++ source code, line numbers starting from 23 and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.

• Insert Google Map macro.
• Images can be added to this post.

• You may link to files uploaded with the current node using special tags. The tags will be replaced by the corresponding files. For example: Suppose you uploaded three files (in this order):

  • imag1.png (referred as file #1)
  • file1.pdf (referred as file #2)
  • imag2.png (referred as file #3)

  [inline:1=test]  or  [inline:imag1.png=test]

  will be replaced by <img src=imag1.png alt=test>

  [file:1=test]  or  [file:imag1.png=test]

  will be replaced by <a href=imag1.png>test</a>

  [attachment:2=test]  or  [attachment:file1.pdf=test]

  will be replaced by <a href=file1.pdf.png>test</a>

• The Views module allows administrators to create dynamic lists of content for display in pages or blocks. It is possible to insert those lists into existing node bodies and blocks, but such inclusion requires that PHP filtering be turned on. The Insert View module allows any user to insert view listings using tag syntax, without the need for PHP execution permissions. The Insert View tag syntax for embedding a view is relatively simple:

  [view:my_view]

  is replaced by the content listing corresponding to the named view. In this case it is my_view.

  [view:my_view=my_display]

  invokes the my_view view using the my_display view display ID. If the display slot is left empty, the view's "default" display is used.

  [view:my_view=my_display=1,2,3]

  uses the my_display view display, and passes a comma delimited list of arguments (in this case 1, 2, and 3) to the view.

  Here's an example you could use with the default view named "tracker" which uses the page display and takes a user ID as an argument:

  [view:tracker=page=1]

  In short this tag says, "Insert the view named tracker, use the "page" display, and supply the argument 1."

  Sometimes you want to pass an argument without specifying a display ID. You can do that by leaving the display ID slot empty, like so:

  [view:my_view==1]

  How to find a display ID: On the edit page for the view in question, you'll find a list of displays at the left side of the control area. "Defaults" will be at the top of that list. Hover your mouse pointer over the name of the display you want to use. A URL will appear in the status bar of your browser. This is usually at the bottom of the window, in the chrome. Everything after #views-tab- is the display ID. For example in http://localhost/admin/build/views/edit/tracker?destination=node%2F51#views-tab-page the display ID would be "page".