make list of allowable HTML easier to get to

[thnidu]

Title:
make list of allowable HTML easier to get to

Area:
entries and comments

Summary:
Make it easier for the user to see what HTML tags are OK to use, *while they are writing or editing a post or comment*.

Description:
In order to check "can I use this HTML tag?" or "What's the name of that tag again?", a user who is composing or editing a post can scroll down to the list given below the post... unless it's a DW-specific tag. For that, they have to (as far as I can tell)
1. open up their home page in a new tab
2. click on "Help/FAQ"
3. open one of three different pages listed there (here in the order they appear in):
- a. What Dreamwidth-specific markup/HTML tags can I use? (a short list of those three tags, with links to further information about them such as available attribute)
- b. What HTML tags can I use on Dreamwidth? (a list with detailed examples)
- c. What HTML can I use in my entry? (a simple compact list of the allowed HTML tags, plus a link to page "a" above (Dreamwidth-specific markup/HTML tags)

Two suggestions:
1. After the list of general HTML tags that you have below the composition pane for a *post*, add a list of DW's local HTML tags, with something like "Dreamwidth-specific tags:".
2. Also,
- Make a separate page with those two lists -- not just allowable general HTML and a link the user has to follow to see the DW-specific list. Include
-- the "learn more" links that you already have on "What Dreamwidth-specific markup/HTML tags can I use?",
-- and a link to the detailed list with examples that is "What HTML tags can I use on Dreamwidth?"
- Put a link to that page in the *Reply* area, maybe under the composition pane just to the right of "Check spelling during preview", something like this: [Allowable HTML]. The link should open on a separate page.

I've been hand-coding HTML for decades, but even so I appreciate having a list of the HTML that DW accepts at the bottom of the entry window. And I would appreciate even more having an easily accessible list of your site-specific HTML tags, which I often do not remember; for example, exactly how to add a userhead and link to the name of a user on another site.

Poll #9373 make list of allowable HTML easier to get to

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 68

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Should be implemented as-is.
57 (83.8%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
11 (16.2%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)