Compose tips

input formats:
  • 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 DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
      Anchors are used to make links to other pages.<a href="https://mtrial.org">Friends of Muad'Dib</a>Friends of Muad'Dib
      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>
      1. First item
      2. 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 &amp; for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:

      Character DescriptionYou TypeYou Get
      Ampersand&amp;&
      Greater than&gt;>
      Less than&lt;<
      Quotation mark&quot;"
    • Enclose sections of text in [collapse] and [/collapse] to turn them into collapsible sections. If you use [collapse collapsed] and [/collapse], the section will start out collapsed. You may specify a title with [collapse title=some title] (or [collapse collapsed title=some title]). If no title is specified, the title will be taken from the first header (<h1>, <h2>, <h3>, ...) found. In the absence of a header, a default title is used.
    • 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.
    • 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>

  • Full HTML:
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
    • Enclose sections of text in [collapse] and [/collapse] to turn them into collapsible sections. If you use [collapse collapsed] and [/collapse], the section will start out collapsed. You may specify a title with [collapse title=some title] (or [collapse collapsed title=some title]). If no title is specified, the title will be taken from the first header (<h1>, <h2>, <h3>, ...) found. In the absence of a header, a default title is used.