[documentation] [Documentation feature] Warning re Filtered HTML and images: handbook page now drafted

[DocMartin]

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 Project:      Documentation
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 Component:    User Guide
 Category:     feature requests
 Priority:     normal
 Assigned to:  Anonymous
 Reported by:  DocMartin
 Updated by:   DocMartin
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just done handbook page: http://drupal.org/node/122181


may have missed some guff, but hopefully not too confusing, and
helpful.
Tried to enter in main part on creating content - as I think knowing re
img tag is necessary early on; maybe a quick reference to this could be
made even earlier, for those who try jumping in and making page with
image (as I'd done).
Comments to the page useful; I could amend.




DocMartin



Previous comments:
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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 02:56:57 +0000 : DocMartin

I think it's worth adding info to handbook - in place where it will be
read as someone gets started on a site - on the effects of Filtered
HTML, especially stripping out images.
Had me baffled; had to search drupal.org, and others too have been
caught out by this.


Also tell of solutions. Though with Drupal 5, maybe none are ideal: if
to use the Filter, can install Image Assist, enable tags for this to
work in tandem with Filthered HTML.
(not sure why - so far as I can see - can't edit the filtered tags list
in Drupal 5, as is evidently possible in 4.7).




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Sun, 18 Feb 2007 03:20:36 +0000 : sepeck

not sure why you can't edit the filter tags either.  It is certainly
possible out of the box if you have sufficient permissions.  It's the
same name as well.  Look on the /admin page for /input formats/


Certainly a page in the handbook would be great.  I'd like to see this
entire section cover this type of stuff
http://drupal.org/node/363




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Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:12:14 +0000 : DocMartin

Maybe I'm looking in wrong places within input formats, but when I try
ediing Filtered HTML, or creating new filter, I see some check boxes for
filters I can choose, including HTML filter.


At bottom of the list, it says:
Formatting guidelines


These are the guidelines that users will see for posting in this input
format. They are automatically generated from the filter settings.


    * Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links
automatically.
    * Allowed HTML tags:  / *  


* 



    * Lines and paragraphs break automatically.


I'm logging in as same user as set up the site (which seems to be given
full admin status by default; I wasn't certain about this, so also
created user role administrator, and gave this plenty of permissions,
including administer filters)


My impression - party having read another post or two re BBcode - is
that the HTML filtering could obiate need for BBcode - which can help
non-techies, especially, posting to forums etc. Maybe in tandem with
simple editing buttons: I'm trying basic fckeditor in this role.




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Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:35:51 +0000 : DocMartin

but if I set URL so try visiting /admin/settings/filters/1/configure -
as advised in another post - I indeed get to the page where can add
tags.
Must have overlooked the route to it via links.




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Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:50:45 +0000 : DocMartin

Just realised: when see list of filters, there's option to "configure".
Hit this once, and see the filters within a filter, as it were (maybe
Gallery Filter, HTML filter...). Must hit "configure" - at top of page -
a second time to get the tags etc.