HTML in Notes? (moved from CR forum)

[mortaine]

Is it legitimate to have html bookmark hyperlinks in a note (i.e., not to an outside site, just to an anchor on the same note)?

[rklenseth]

I don't think HTML is allowed in notes anymore....or is that the note's title? I can't remember. I'm sure it is all right as long the programming allows. If it is abused then you certainly will be changed by programming and the player's department will ask you not to do this...

Or you can wait for them to answer you here.

[mortaine]

HTML was removed from new note titles, but not from notes-- I know that already. That's why I'm asking if it's a CR breach.

[formerly known as hf]

I'd be interested in this answer too, hyperlinking to spots in a note would make one of my charries' works a lot more easier to read - could be taken as an 'index' - pages in a book or something?

[Bear]

html is not allowed in the title but in the notes. I'm sure about that, I just can't find Jos' posting about it right now.

[swymir]

The question is should there be hyperlinks allowed.

I don't see why not, so long as it stays in the note and doesn't link to a different note or site or something like that.

[jeslange]

Unless the Programming Department objects, hyperlinking within the same note is fine. I'll e-mail them about it and post the result here.

[wulf]

Links would seem a little odd although, I guess, no stranger than having an endless supply of notes that you can magic out of nowhere and fixate the writing so that no-one can every destroy them...

One of the problems of getting too complex with the HTML is that other Cantrians might be trying to adjust your notes when your character is long gone and not everyone is fluent at hacking HTML (so links would break and you'd end up with half-formed tags visible even when reading them).

I think the ideal solution would be a simplified markup format, as used on this forum or in a wiki, rather than the whole range of possible HTML. Something like FCKEditor could be drafted in - in simple mode, it gives some formatting options and then any attempts to add further HTML could be filtered out.

Wulf

[Sarah]

Links would seem a little odd although, I guess, no stranger than having an endless supply of notes that you can magic out of nowhere and fixate the writing so that no-one can every destroy them...

One of the problems of getting too complex with the HTML is that other Cantrians might be trying to adjust your notes when your character is long gone and not everyone is fluent at hacking HTML (so links would break and you'd end up with half-formed tags visible even when reading them).

I think the ideal solution would be a simplified markup format, as used on this forum or in a wiki, rather than the whole range of possible HTML. Something like FCKEditor could be drafted in - in simple mode, it gives some formatting options and then any attempts to add further HTML could be filtered out.

Wulf

Links could be like bookmarks, not magic . . .

And I do not like the idea of limited HTML in notes. Yes, an editor may cover basic things, but would limit your ability to customize. Like you might be able to make a table, but what about changing the border color, or changing the bullet types on your unordered lists, for example? Who wants generic notes?!

And if someone has trouble with HTML, they can ask. Or just learn it . . .

[nitefyre]

So anyone want to give me a brief course how to bookmark another place on the note through a hyperlink?

That would prove extremely useful with the Hobbes Encyclopedia.

[mortaine]

Code: Select all

<a name=linkname>This is the category I'm going to link TO</a>

...

elsewhere in the document:

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<a href=#linkname>This is the link to that category</a>

Looking forward to new, improved Hobbes's!

[Blackdeath]

how do you change the font color for notes?

[Nick]

<font color="red">Text between here goes red</font> and then back to regular font, here.

[nitefyre]

Thanks, Mortaine

I'll bug ya if I can't figure it out, though the instructions seem clear enough.

[jeslange]

So that everyone can offer more html tips, ask Q's, etc., I'll move this to general discussion. A mail to the Prog about the topic has been sent.