Basic usage of Toby House CMS System

When you add content, you probably would want to create a 'blog' entry. A page entry is typically for static content that is fastened into place somewhere.

The following markup tags are permitted...
< a > is for creating a link somewhere. Typical usage would be < a href="some_link_somewhere" > Title for the link < /a >
< em > is for Italics (Emphasis)
< strong > is for Bold
< cite > is for citations (code/numbers)
< ul > is for unordered list. Note that unordered lists must also have < li > list items
< ol > is for ordered list (numbered) Note that ordered lists must also have < li > list items
< dl >

is for definition list

< dd >

definition description which also creates a double indent (left and right)

< dt > is for definition terms
< img > is for embedded images
< hr > is for a horizontal rule (line)
< div > create a division of space, often used for centering stuff as in < div align="center" > Some text < /div >
< table > to create a table of data...note, that this also requires that you use < tr > to create rows and < td > to create table cells.
Thus a table would typically look like this...
< table >
< tr > < td > Some data < /td > < td > Some more data in the next column < /td > < /tr >
< tr > < td > the next row of data < /td > < /tr >
< / table >

All tags must have the closing counter part. For example to bold a section of text, you would set the start tag < strong > and then the words that you want to be bold and then < /strong > the closing tag (same as the tag but preceded by a / Also note that all of the examples show above have a space between the < and the tag but that is so that they aren't subject to interpretation on this page.

Important - Please use 'tags' to identify the material. As we accumulate content over time, these tags will make it easier to find things. Also, please make sure that uploaded images are put into a suitable picture container. If you want your own container, please contact the administrator.

Also - the following 'extra' modules are installed and may be of interest to users...

image - a system to collect, upload, organize, edit images and to use these images on your blog pages. For a full description on how to use this, see http://drupal.org/handbook/modules/image

image_assist - a system to make it easier to use uploaded images and insert them into your page. Not much of a description here, but see http://drupal.org/project/img_assist - The general idea is to click the icon above or below the 'body' section and it will lead you by the hand.

lightbox2 - a system to allow embedded pictures in a 'lightbox' display and can even produce slideshows. For a full description on how to use this, see http://drupal.org/node/144469

video filter - a system to allow embedded video/flash content like YouTube. For a full description on how to use this, see http://drupal.org/project/video_filter

webform - I would suggest that you not use this yet as it is complicated and I installed it to check out the possibility of using it for 'click democracy'

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  • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
  • Allowed HTML tags: <a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <hr> <br> <table> <tr> <td> <tbody> <h1> <h2> <h3> <div> <span>
  • Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
  • Images can be added to this post.
  • Image links with 'rel="lightbox"' in the <a> tag will appear in a Lightbox when clicked on.
  • Image links from G2 are formatted for use with Lightbox2
  • Image links with 'rel="lightshow"' in the <a> tag will appear in a Lightbox slideshow when clicked on.
  • Links to HTML content with 'rel="lightframe"' in the <a> tag will appear in a Lightbox when clicked on.
  • Links to video content with 'rel="lightvideo"' in the <a> tag will appear in a Lightbox when clicked on.

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