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="http://www.sigpwned.com">SIGPWNED</a>SIGPWNED
      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;"
    • 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.
    • Get Amazon product data using [amazon ASIN selector], for example, [amazon 0399155341 thumbnail], [amazon 0399155341 full], or [amazon 0399155341 inline]. In addition, you can grab various data items from the item description using selectors like author, title, asin, detailpageurl, salesrank, publisher, manufacturer, studio, label, binding, listpriceamount, listpricecurrencycode, listpriceformattedprice, productgroup, producttypename, invalid_asin, deweydecimalnumber, edition, numberofpages, publicationyear, type, releaseyear, publicationyear, smallimage, smallimageurl, smallimageheight, smallimagewidth, mediumimage, mediumimageurl, mediumimageheight, mediumimagewidth, largeimage, largeimageurl, largeimageheight, largeimagewidth. For example, [amazon 0596515804 title] will provide the title of the item, and [amazon 0596515804 largeimage] will be replaced with an img tag giving the large image. A complete description of filters is on the Amazon module handbook page.
    • Typogrify.module brings the typographic refinements of Typogrify to Drupal.
      • Wraps ampersands (the $ldquo;&” character) with <span class=\"amp\">&</span>.
      • Prevents single words from wrapping onto their own line using Shaun Inman's Widont technique.
      • Converts straight quotation marks to typographer's quotation marks, using SmartyPants.
      • Converts multiple hyphens to en dashes and em dashes (according to your preferences), using SmartyPants.
      • Wraps multiple capital letters with <span class=\"caps\">CAPS</span>.
      • Wraps initial quotation marks with <span class=\"quo\"></span> or <span class=\"dquo\"></span>.
      • Adds a css style sheet that uses the <span> tags to substitute a showy ampersand in headlines, switch caps to small caps, and hang initial quotation marks.
  • Markdown:
    • Get Amazon product data using [amazon ASIN selector], for example, [amazon 0399155341 thumbnail], [amazon 0399155341 full], or [amazon 0399155341 inline]. In addition, you can grab various data items from the item description using selectors like author, title, asin, detailpageurl, salesrank, publisher, manufacturer, studio, label, binding, listpriceamount, listpricecurrencycode, listpriceformattedprice, productgroup, producttypename, invalid_asin, deweydecimalnumber, edition, numberofpages, publicationyear, type, releaseyear, publicationyear, smallimage, smallimageurl, smallimageheight, smallimagewidth, mediumimage, mediumimageurl, mediumimageheight, mediumimagewidth, largeimage, largeimageurl, largeimageheight, largeimagewidth. For example, [amazon 0596515804 title] will provide the title of the item, and [amazon 0596515804 largeimage] will be replaced with an img tag giving the large image. A complete description of filters is on the Amazon module handbook page.
    • Quick Tips:
      • Two or more spaces at a line's end = Line break
      • Double returns = Paragraph
      • *Single asterisks* or _single underscores_ = Emphasis
      • **Double** or __double__ = Strong
      • This is [a link](http://the.link.example.com "The optional title text")
      For complete details on the Markdown syntax, see the Markdown documentation and Markdown Extra documentation for tables, footnotes, and more.
    • Twitter-style @usersnames are linked to their Twitter account pages.
    • Twitter-style #hashtags are linked to search.twitter.com.
    • Typogrify.module brings the typographic refinements of Typogrify to Drupal.
      • Wraps ampersands (the $ldquo;&” character) with <span class=\"amp\">&</span>.
      • Prevents single words from wrapping onto their own line using Shaun Inman's Widont technique.
      • Converts straight quotation marks to typographer's quotation marks, using SmartyPants.
      • Converts multiple hyphens to en dashes and em dashes (according to your preferences), using SmartyPants.
      • Wraps multiple capital letters with <span class=\"caps\">CAPS</span>.
      • Wraps initial quotation marks with <span class=\"quo\"></span> or <span class=\"dquo\"></span>.
      • Adds a css style sheet that uses the <span> tags to substitute a showy ampersand in headlines, switch caps to small caps, and hang initial quotation marks.

    • Syntax highlight code surrounded by the {syntaxhighlighter OPTIONS}...{/syntaxhighlighter} tags, where OPTIONS is a Syntaxhighlighter options string.

      Example: {syntaxhighlighter brush:php;collapse:true;first-line:50;highlight:[57,81,101];class-name:'some_class some_other_class'}...{/syntaxhighlighter}

      This will syntax highlight PHP code, initially collapsed, start line number at 50, highlight lines 57, 81 and 101 and tag highlighted code with class names some_class and some_other_class.

      See usage, language aliases and options for additional helps.

      Note: instead of using the raw HTML <pre> tag markup from the original Syntaxhighlighter Javascript Library, you enable the Syntaxhighlighter filter in an input format, and then use the {syntaxhighlighter OPTIONS}...{/syntaxhighlighter} markup using that input format. The OPTIONS string is whatever you would put inside the class string as in <pre class="OPTIONS">...</pre> according to the original Javascript Library format. Secondly, you do not need to escape the "<" and ">" characters in your program code as required by the original Syntaxhighlighter Javascript Library. This is automatically taken care of so you can leave your program code completely unchanged. Thirdly, if you use the HTML filter, you must allow the <pre> tag.