Compose tips
- Filtered HTML:
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <p> <em> <strong><br>
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.onu.edu">Ohio Northern University</a>Ohio Northern University By default paragraph tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. <p>Paragraph one.</p> <p>Paragraph two.</p>Paragraph one.
Paragraph two.
Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>Emphasized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>Strong By default line break tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. Use of this tag is different because it is not used with an open/close pair like all the others. Use the extra " /" inside the tag to maintain XHTML 1.0 compatibility Text with <br />line breakText with
line breakMost 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 "" - Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- Full HTML:
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
Allowed HTML tags: <input> <form> <param> <span> <embed> <a> <div> <p> <img> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <table> <tr> <th> <td> <br> <pre> <h1> <h2> <h3> <h4> <h5> <sup> <sub> <object> <map> <area> <q> <blockquote> <hr /> <hr> <iframe> <small>
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 No help provided for tag input. No help provided for tag form. No help provided for tag param. No help provided for tag span. No help provided for tag embed. Anchors are used to make links to other pages. <a href="http://www.onu.edu">Ohio Northern University</a>Ohio Northern University No help provided for tag div. By default paragraph tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. <p>Paragraph one.</p> <p>Paragraph two.</p>Paragraph one.
Paragraph two.
No help provided for tag img. 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
Table <table> <tr><th>Table header</th></tr> <tr><td>Table cell</td></tr> </table>Table header Table cell By default line break tags are automatically added, so use this tag to add additional ones. Use of this tag is different because it is not used with an open/close pair like all the others. Use the extra " /" inside the tag to maintain XHTML 1.0 compatibility Text with <br />line breakText with
line breakPreformatted <pre>Preformatted</pre>Preformatted
Header <h1>Title</h1>Title
Header <h2>Subtitle</h2>Subtitle
Header <h3>Subtitle three</h3>Subtitle three
Header <h4>Subtitle four</h4>Subtitle four
Header <h5>Subtitle five</h5>Subtitle five
Superscripted <sup>Super</sup>scriptedSuperscripted Subscripted <sub>Sub</sub>scriptedSubscripted No help provided for tag object. No help provided for tag map. No help provided for tag area. Quoted inline <q>Quoted inline</q>Quoted inline
Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>Block quoted
No help provided for tag hr. No help provided for tag hr. No help provided for tag iframe. No help provided for tag small. 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 "" 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>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 webpage content in the lightbox, using iframes. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightframe". Again it's possible to group the content, (e.g.
lightframe[search][caption]) but in addition to that, it's possible to control some of the iframe properties. It's possible to set the "width", "height" and "scrolling" properties of the iframe. The properties are separated from the group name by a|, for examplelightframe[search|width:100px;][caption]. If no grouping is being used, then the|is still used and the format would belightframe[|width:100px;]. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon. If no iframe 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://www.google.com" rel="lightframe">Search google</a>Grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search][caption]">Search google</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search]">Search yahoo</a>Controlling iframe property example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;][caption]">Search google</a>Controlling iframe property when grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search google</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px;]">Search yahoo</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>-
SWF Tools Filter
The basic syntax for embedding a flash file (.swf), flash movie (.flv) or audio file (.mp3) is:
[swf file="filename.swf"]If you would like to override SWF Tools and flash player default settings, you can specify additional parameters. For example:
[swf file="song.mp3" flashvars="backcolor=#AABBCC&&forecolor=#11AA11"]If you would like to output a list of files then the format is:
SWF Tools Filter will accept following:[swf files="image1.jpg&&image2.jpg&&..."]- params : You can specify values for parameters to be passed to Flash
to control the appearance of the output. Typical values are
bgcolor and wmode. Example:
params="wmode=true&&bgcolor="#00FF00"Alternatively you can supply each parameter individually without usingparams. Examplewmode="true" bgcolor="#00FF00" - flashvars : You can specify values for output as flashvars, which
become available to the Flash movie that is playing. This is often done
to control a media player. Refer to the documentation of the flash player
you are using to know what flashvar options are available.
Example:
flashvars="autostart=true&&volume=80" - methods : Optional information about how to display the file. The most
common usage is to specify a particular media player and
thus override the default specified on the settings page.
Example:
methods="player=onepixelout_mp3"
WARNING: with params, flashvars and othervars, pass multiple values separated by &&.
- params : You can specify values for parameters to be passed to Flash
to control the appearance of the output. Typical values are
bgcolor and wmode. Example:

















