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Freelinking
Freelinking helps you easily create HTML links. Links take the form of [[indicator:target|Title]].
Below is a list of available types of freelinks you may use, organized as Plugin Name: [indicator].- Nodetitle [/nt$|nodetitle|title/A] — Click to view a local node.
- Path [/path|alias/i] — Click to view a local node.
- Wikisource [/w(ikisource|s)$/A] — Click to visit a wikisource page.
- User [/(u|user|username|uid|userid)$/A] — Click to view user profile.
- File [/^file$/i] — Click to view a local file.
- Google [/^google$/] — Search google for the specified terms.
- Search [/^search$/] — Search this site for content like “%dest”.
- Wikibooks [/w(ikibooks|b)$/A] — Click to visit a wikibooks page.
- Wikinews [/w(ikinews|n)$/A] — Click to visit a wikinews page.
- External [/^http$|^ext/] — Click to visit an external URL.
- Wiktionary [/w(iktionary|t)$/A] — Click to visit a wiktionary page.
- Wikiquote [/w(ikiquote|q)$/A] — Click to visit a wikiquote page.
- Nid [/(n(id|ode)?)$/A] — Click to view a local node.
- Drupalproject [/^d(rupal)?project/] — Click to view project on Drupal.org.
- Drupalorg [/^d(rupal)?o(rg)?$/] — Click to view node on Drupal.org.
- External_ssl [/^https/] — Click to visit an external secure URL.
- Freelinking_prepopulate [/^create(node)?$/] — Links to a prepopulated node/add form.
- Wikipedia [/w(iki|ikipedia|p)?$/A] — Click to visit a wikipedia page.
- Twitter-style #hashtags are linked to https://twitter.com.
- Twitter-style @usernames are linked to their Twitter account pages.
Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <blockquote> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd>
This site allows HTML content. While learning all of HTML may feel intimidating, learning how to use a very small number of the most basic HTML "tags" is very easy. This table provides examples for each tag that is enabled on this site.
For more information see W3C's HTML Specifications or use your favorite search engine to find other sites that explain HTML.
Tag Description You Type You Get Anchors are used to make links to other pages. <a href="https://outer-core.com">Outer-core</a>
Outer-core Emphasized <em>Emphasized</em>
Emphasized Strong <strong>Strong</strong>
Strong Cited <cite>Cited</cite>
Cited Block quoted <blockquote>Block quoted</blockquote>
Block quoted
Coded text used to show programming source code <code>Coded</code>
Coded
Unordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ul> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ul>
- First item
- Second item
Ordered list - use the <li> to begin each list item <ol> <li>First item</li> <li>Second item</li> </ol>
- First item
- Second item
No help provided for tag li. Definition lists are similar to other HTML lists. <dl> begins the definition list, <dt> begins the definition term and <dd> begins the definition description. <dl> <dt>First term</dt> <dd>First definition</dd> <dt>Second term</dt> <dd>Second definition</dd> </dl>
- First term
- First definition
- Second term
- Second definition
No help provided for tag dt. No help provided for tag dd. Most unusual characters can be directly entered without any problems.
If you do encounter problems, try using HTML character entities. A common example looks like & for an ampersand & character. For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page. Some of the available characters include:
Character Description You Type You Get Ampersand &
& Greater than >
> Less than <
< Quotation mark "
" - Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
Plain text
- No HTML tags allowed.
- Twitter-style #hashtags are linked to https://twitter.com.
- Twitter-style @usernames are linked to their Twitter account pages.
- Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
- Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.