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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, 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:
    1. View the album in Picasa (you should see thumbnails, not a slideshow).
    2. Find the "RSS" link and click it.
    3. 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]
• This creates an in line reference to another publication.
• You can cite references directly into texts with <bib>citekey</bib> or [bib]citekey[/bib]. This will be replaced with a running number (the publication reference) and the publication referenced by the citekey within the <bib> tags will be printed at the bottom of the page (the reference).
• Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

• Syntax highlighting of source code can be enabled with the following tags:

  • Generic syntax highlighting tags: "<code>", "<blockcode>".
  • Language specific syntax highlighting tags: "<bash>" for Bash source code, "<c>" for C source code, "<cpp>" for C++ source code, "<gnuplot>" for Gnuplot source code, "<java>" for Java source code, "<javascript>" for Javascript source code, "<latex>" for LaTeX source code, "<lisp>" for Lisp source code, "<perl>" for Perl source code, "<php>" for PHP source code, "<prolog>" for Prolog source code, "<python>" for Python source code, "<ruby>" for Ruby source code, "<scheme>" for Scheme source code.

  Options and tips:

  • The language for the generic syntax highlighting tags can be specified with one of the attribute(s): type, lang, language, class. The possible values are: "bash" (for Bash), "c" (for C), "cpp" (for C++), "gnuplot" (for Gnuplot), "java" (for Java), "javascript" (for Javascript), "latex" (for LaTeX), "lisp" (for Lisp), "perl" (for Perl), "php" (for PHP), "prolog" (for Prolog), "python" (for Python), "ruby" (for Ruby), "scheme" (for Scheme).
  • Line numbering can be enabled/disabled with the attribute "linenumbers". Possible values are: "off" for no line numbers, "normal" for normal line numbers and "fancy" for fancy line numbers (every n^th line number highlighted). The start line number can be specified with the attribute "start", which implicitly enables normal line numbering. For fancy line numbering the interval for the highlighted line numbers can be specified with the attribute "fancy", which implicitly enables fancy line numbering.
  • If the source code between the tags contains a newline (e.g. immediatly after the opening tag), the highlighted source code will be displayed as a code block. Otherwise it will be displayed inline.
  • A title can be added to a code block with the attribute "title".

  Defaults:

  • Default highlighting mode for generic syntax highlighting tags: when no language attribute is specified, no syntax highlighting will be done.
  • Default line numbering: no line numbers.

  Examples:

  You type	You get
  <code>foo = "bar";</code>	Inline code with the default syntax highlighting mode.
  <code> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>	Code block with the default syntax highlighting mode.
  <code lang="bash" linenumbers="normal"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>	Code block with syntax highlighting for Bash source code and normal line numbers.
  <code language="bash" start="23" fancy="7"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </code>	Code block with syntax highlighting for Bash source code, line numbers starting from 23 and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.
  <bash> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; </bash>	Code block with syntax highlighting for Bash source code.
  <bash start="23" fancy="7"> foo = "bar"; baz = "foz"; <bash>	Code block with syntax highlighting for Bash source code, line numbers starting from 23 and highlighted line numbers every 7th line.

• Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <object> <param> <br> <pre>

  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.sultanik.com">Evan Sultanik</a>	Evan Sultanik
  Emphasized	<em>Emphasized</em>	Emphasized
  Strong	<strong>Strong</strong>	Strong
  Cited	<cite>Cited</cite>	Cited
  Block quoted	<blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>	Block quoted
  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>	First item Second item
  No help provided for tag li.
  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
  No help provided for tag dt.
  No help provided for tag dd.
  No help provided for tag object.
  No help provided for tag param.
  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 break	Text with line break
  Preformatted	<pre>Preformatted</pre>	Preformatted

  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 Description	You Type	You Get
  Ampersand	&	&
  Greater than	>	>
  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.