Compose tips

input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:

    • 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.edtechtalk.com">EdTechTalk</a>EdTechTalk
      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.
  • Full HTML:

    • Flash Filter

      The basic syntax for embedding a flash file (.swf), flash movie (.flv) or audio file (.mp3) is:

      [flash:filename.swf]

      If you would like to override SWF Tools and flash player default settings, you can specify additional parameters. For example:

      [flash:filename.swf preview="image.jpg" flashvars="backcolor=#AABBCC&&forecolor=#11AA11"]
      Flash Filter will accept following parameters:
      • preview : Path to an image that will be displayed in place of a failed embed (or when a movies does not begin automatically).
      • action : Explicitly declare an action: play a movie, play a playlist, etc You can use one of the following:
        • 'swftools_image_display'
        • 'swftools_image_display_list'
        • 'swftools_flv_display'
        • 'swftools_flv_display_list'
        • 'swftools_mp3_display'
        • 'swftools_mp3_display_list'
        • 'swftools_media_display'
        • 'swftools_media_display_list'
        • 'swftools_swf_display'
        • 'swftools_swf_display_direct'
      • player : Explicitly declare a flash player. Possible values (depending on installed modules) are:
        • 'wijering_mediaplayer'
        • 'wijreing_imagerotate'
        • 'simpleviewer'
      • embed : Explicitly declare an embed method. Possible values (depending on installed modules) are:
        • 'direct'
        • 'lutman_replace'
        • 'swfobject_replace'
      • params : You can specify values for output inside <param> tags with the <embed> html. Typical values are bgcolor and wmode. Example: params="wmode=true&&bgcolor=0x00FF00"
      • flashvars : You can specify values for output as flashvars, which become available to the flash 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"
      • othervars : Additional options that will be passed to the other modules managed by SWF Tools. .

      WARNING: with params, flashvars and othervars, pass multiple values separated by &&.

    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.