what html and extra tags can be used?

[szabgab]

Title:
what html and extra tags can be used?

Area:
post editor

Summary:
When writing a new post or editing an older one I could not find an easy (or for that matter any) link to a list of HTML tags I can use (or that are recommended) or the extra tags DW allows and their recommended usage (eg. <cut>...).

Description:
I'd like to have that.

Poll #1152 what html and extra tags can be used?

Open to: Registered Users, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 32

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Should be implemented as-is.
17 (53.1%)

Should be implemented with changes. (please comment)
6 (18.8%)

Shouldn't be implemented.
0 (0.0%)

(I have no opinion)
7 (21.9%)

(Other: please comment)
2 (6.2%)

Comments

[yvi]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=155

Do you mean just a link to that somewhere in the HTML editor?

[cesy]

http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=82 is also relevant for cut and user tags, http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=88 has more detail on cuts, and http://www.dreamwidth.org/support/faqbrowse?faqid=44 has what you can use in comments.

[zvi]

I think it might be more useful to have a list of DW tags and a list of HTML tags that are not allowed. I am 99% sure that the not allowed list is shorter, and if you don't know what an HTML tag is, having it in a list that tells you you may use it isn't that helpful.

[zarhooie]

The FAQ has the markup for this stuff, as mentioned by yvi above. If you are unable to remember the markup, then the RTE might be a good choice for you to use.

[turlough]

I think I would actually like to have both, though if I've got to chose I think I would probably prefer a list of what's not allowed.

[turlough]

Just because someone can't remember every tag that's allowed they shouldn't have to use the RTE, that's just evil.

[zvi]

Except the OP didn't say they couldn't remember HTML, they said they couldn't remember the subset which is allowed on DW, which is a different problem.

[zarhooie]

I totally LOL'd at this.

a link is good

[szabgab]

A link or two would be good. Especially to the special DW tags but to the full list of html tags as well.

[susanreads]

I'd like to see either a list of allowed html, or of not-allowed html (whichever is shorter), and a list of the special DWth tags for e.g. users (is there one for the LJ community icon?) in one place which is easy to find whether posting or commenting. As opposed to searching the FAQs twice.

[msilverstar]

Definitely lots more ways to learn the new dreamwidth clean cut and user tags.

I'm pretty sure that usability tests would say to default to positive allowed tags, as most of us are not HTML experts. I like the idea of showing something like the new tags and the ten most frequently used HTML4 tags and then maybe a couple of javascript expand links for All HTML Allowed and HTML Disallowed Tags.