Compose tips
- Filtered HTML:
- 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://learntheinternet.com">Learn the Internet</a>Learn the Internet 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.
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Video Filter
You may insert videos from popular video sites by using a simple tag
[video:URL].Examples:
- Single video:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId] - Random video out of multiple:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId2] - Override default autoplay setting:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId autoplay:1] - Override default width and height:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId width:X height:Y] - Override default aspect ratio:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId ratio:4/3] - Align the video:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId align:right]
Supported sites: YouTube, Google Video, Tangle, DailyMotion, Revver, Vimeo, Flickr Slideshows, Flickr Video, Game Videos, Meta Cafe, Streamhoster, Game Trailers, College Humor, MySpace, Capped, Blip.tv, Slideshare, Picasa Slideshows, Teachertube.
Special instructions:
Some codecs need special input. You'll find those instructions here.- Slideshare:
You need to construct your own URL, using the "Wordpress Embed" code from Slideshare, extract the "id" and "doc" parts, and form the URL like this: slideshare.net/?id=1759622&doc=usingdrupal-090723103440-phpapp01. - Picasa Slideshows:
You must use the URL of the RSS feed for the Picasa album:- View the album in Picasa (you should see thumbnails, not a slideshow).
- Find the "RSS" link and click it.
- Copy the resulting URL from the browser address bar. Example:
[video: http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/USER_NAME/albumid/5568104935784209834?alt=rss&kind=photo&hl=en_US]
- Single video:
- Full HTML:
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- 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.
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>-
Video Filter
You may insert videos from popular video sites by using a simple tag
[video:URL].Examples:
- Single video:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId] - Random video out of multiple:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId2] - Override default autoplay setting:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId autoplay:1] - Override default width and height:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId width:X height:Y] - Override default aspect ratio:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId ratio:4/3] - Align the video:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId align:right]
Supported sites: YouTube, Google Video, Tangle, DailyMotion, Revver, Vimeo, Flickr Slideshows, Flickr Video, Game Videos, Meta Cafe, Streamhoster, Game Trailers, College Humor, MySpace, Capped, Blip.tv, Slideshare, Picasa Slideshows, Teachertube.
Special instructions:
Some codecs need special input. You'll find those instructions here.- Slideshare:
You need to construct your own URL, using the "Wordpress Embed" code from Slideshare, extract the "id" and "doc" parts, and form the URL like this: slideshare.net/?id=1759622&doc=usingdrupal-090723103440-phpapp01. - Picasa Slideshows:
You must use the URL of the RSS feed for the Picasa album:- View the album in Picasa (you should see thumbnails, not a slideshow).
- Find the "RSS" link and click it.
- Copy the resulting URL from the browser address bar. Example:
[video: http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/USER_NAME/albumid/5568104935784209834?alt=rss&kind=photo&hl=en_US]
- Single video:
- wyswig with HTML filter:
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- 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.
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>-
Video Filter
You may insert videos from popular video sites by using a simple tag
[video:URL].Examples:
- Single video:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId] - Random video out of multiple:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId1,http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId2] - Override default autoplay setting:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId autoplay:1] - Override default width and height:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId width:X height:Y] - Override default aspect ratio:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId ratio:4/3] - Align the video:
[video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uN1qUeId align:right]
Supported sites: YouTube, Google Video, Tangle, DailyMotion, Revver, Vimeo, Flickr Slideshows, Flickr Video, Game Videos, Meta Cafe, Streamhoster, Game Trailers, College Humor, MySpace, Capped, Blip.tv, Slideshare, Picasa Slideshows, Teachertube.
Special instructions:
Some codecs need special input. You'll find those instructions here.- Slideshare:
You need to construct your own URL, using the "Wordpress Embed" code from Slideshare, extract the "id" and "doc" parts, and form the URL like this: slideshare.net/?id=1759622&doc=usingdrupal-090723103440-phpapp01. - Picasa Slideshows:
You must use the URL of the RSS feed for the Picasa album:- View the album in Picasa (you should see thumbnails, not a slideshow).
- Find the "RSS" link and click it.
- Copy the resulting URL from the browser address bar. Example:
[video: http://picasaweb.google.com/data/feed/base/user/USER_NAME/albumid/5568104935784209834?alt=rss&kind=photo&hl=en_US]
- Single video:
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