Show HTML and example text for default crossposting footer on setting page

[yvi]

Title:
Show HTML and example text for default crossposting footer on setting page

Area:
Crossposting

Summary:
It would make it much easier to set up a custom crossposting footer if there were an example to work from, and what better example than the default behavior.

Description:
There should be a box with the full code which would be used for a custom footer to create the default footer, clearly marked as such. I believe the code to be:

This entry was originally posted at %%url%%. Please comment there using OpenID.



Ideally, if there's room, it would be nice to also show the footer this creates with an example URL.

Extra points for a "Preview" button which shows your own custom footer rendered with an example URL substituted appropriately, so a user can quickly confirm that they've done it right without creating a post to test it.

If space is an issue, the expository information could be moved to a help page. If doing so, there should be a direct link to that help page provided in the configuration area.

[Suggestion by marcmagus - posted because Free Users currently can't post here]

Poll #723

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 34

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Should be implemented as-is.
31 (91.2%)

Should be implemented with changes.
3 (8.8%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(Other: please comment)
0 (0.0%)

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

I'd like it mentioned that HTMl is allowed as the default example has no HTML code.

[matgb]

Agreed--I guessed that it would be but wasn't sure.

If possible, other codes other than %url% would be good as well, I'd like to properly code my link so that it's [a href="%url%" title="%post title%"] because I'm picky about that.

[marcmagus]

That's my fault. I was trying to post in a hurry before I left for a week's vacation, and wasn't willing to take the time to escape all the HTML in my description of the code for the default...which was promptly stripped when I copied and pasted it all to a comment, IIRC.

I'll post a comment to this poll with what I *think* is the proper HTML in a bit.

[turlough]

A preview button would be fantastic.

[zarhooie]

+1 for the preview button.

[archangelbeth]

YES, PLEASE! I went to look at customizing my crossposted-message, and sort of stared in dismay at the blank line that didn't tell me what codes I might need to use, or anything. So I gave up.

[marcmagus]

yvi, thank you for setting this up for me.

One note, and this is entirely my fault, as I mentioned in another comment. In the description section, the "full code" for the default footer was inaccurately described due to my hurry and laziness and the restriction against HTML in the suggestion generator. The correct text should be:

<span style="font-size: smaller;">This entry was originally posted at <a href="%%url%%">%%url%%</a>. Please comment there using OpenID.</span>

If this can be edited, that would be cool.