Is there any way to enter text with markup other than HTML? Most wikis have a much more user-friendly markup language (MediaWiki being one common example). Are there Drupal modules that let you enter text like that?
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I am not familiar with MediaWiki so can you give an example of what you think would be a more user-friendly markup language than html? I think html is pretty friendly, especially with drupal giving you the ability to limit which html the user can edit. html is also the most widely known and accepted markup and familiarity is the greatest path to usability.
plus there are the wysiwyg editors - at least 5 - maybe one of them supports what you are looking for.
Roy Smith wrote:
Is there any way to enter text with markup other than HTML? Most wikis have a much more user-friendly markup language (MediaWiki being one common example). Are there Drupal modules that let you enter text like that?
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MediaWiki is the software behind Wikipedia. The markup language it uses is even easier than HTML. Instead of
<h2>title</h2>
you type
==title==
Likewise, you do things like ''italics'', '''bold''', and so on. Nothing earth-shattering, but it's easier to type than all that angle- bracket stuff.
When you say, "the wysiwyg editors", are you talking about wysiwyg editors in general, or are there some which are specifically meant to work with drupal?
On Aug 17, 2007, at 5:09 PM, sander-martijn wrote:
I am not familiar with MediaWiki so can you give an example of what you think would be a more user-friendly markup language than html? I think html is pretty friendly, especially with drupal giving you the ability to limit which html the user can edit. html is also the most widely known and accepted markup and familiarity is the greatest path to usability.
plus there are the wysiwyg editors - at least 5 - maybe one of them supports what you are looking for.
Roy Smith wrote:
Is there any way to enter text with markup other than HTML? Most wikis have a much more user-friendly markup language (MediaWiki being one common example). Are there Drupal modules that let you enter text like that?
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Here's another type of markup possible: the bbcode you know from countless forums:
http://drupal.org/project/bbcode
----- Original Message ----- From: Roy Smith To: support@drupal.org Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 11:22 PM Subject: Re: [support] Non-HTML input formats?
MediaWiki is the software behind Wikipedia. The markup language it uses is even easier than HTML. Instead of
<h2>title</h2>
you type
==title==
Likewise, you do things like ''italics'', '''bold''', and so on. Nothing earth-shattering, but it's easier to type than all that angle-bracket stuff.
When you say, "the wysiwyg editors", are you talking about wysiwyg editors in general, or are there some which are specifically meant to work with drupal?
On Aug 17, 2007, at 5:09 PM, sander-martijn wrote:
I am not familiar with MediaWiki so can you give an example of what you think would be a more user-friendly markup language than html? I think html is pretty friendly, especially with drupal giving you the ability to limit which html the user can edit. html is also the most widely known and accepted markup and familiarity is the greatest path to usability.
plus there are the wysiwyg editors - at least 5 - maybe one of them supports what you are looking for.
Roy Smith wrote: Is there any way to enter text with markup other than HTML? Most wikis have a much more user-friendly markup language (MediaWiki being one common example). Are there Drupal modules that let you enter text like that?
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there are modules to integrate the following wysiwyg editors into drupal so that users don't need to use html at all:
http://drupal.org/project/widgeditor http://drupal.org/project/fckeditor http://drupal.org/project/htmlarea http://drupal.org/project/tinymce http://drupal.org/project/wymeditor
(and maybe others, but tinymce and fck are the most common ones anyway)
and then the modules greg and neil have pointed you to that do exactly what you were asking for.
Roy Smith wrote:
MediaWiki is the software behind Wikipedia. The markup language it uses is even easier than HTML. Instead of
<h2>title</h2>
you type
==title==
Likewise, you do things like ''italics'', '''bold''', and so on. Nothing earth-shattering, but it's easier to type than all that angle-bracket stuff.
When you say, "the wysiwyg editors", are you talking about wysiwyg editors in general, or are there some which are specifically meant to work with drupal?
On Aug 17, 2007, at 5:09 PM, sander-martijn wrote:
I am not familiar with MediaWiki so can you give an example of what you think would be a more user-friendly markup language than html? I think html is pretty friendly, especially with drupal giving you the ability to limit which html the user can edit. html is also the most widely known and accepted markup and familiarity is the greatest path to usability.
plus there are the wysiwyg editors - at least 5 - maybe one of them supports what you are looking for.
Roy Smith wrote:
Is there any way to enter text with markup other than HTML? Most wikis have a much more user-friendly markup language (MediaWiki being one common example). Are there Drupal modules that let you enter text like that?
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Yes, there are a few modules that accomplish wiki or other friendly markups.
Interwiki, http://drupal.org/project/interwiki
Markdown with SmartyPants, http://drupal.org/project/marksmarty
Pear wiki filter, http://drupal.org/project/pearwiki_filter
Texy http://drupal.org/project/texy
Wiki, http://drupal.org/project/wiki
Greg
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From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Roy Smith Sent: Friday, August 17, 2007 2:04 PM To: support@drupal.org Subject: [support] Non-HTML input formats?
Is there any way to enter text with markup other than HTML? Most wikis have a much more user-friendly markup language (MediaWiki being one common example). Are there Drupal modules that let you enter text like that?
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