Wednesday, 16 May 2012

Embedding Links in Your Forum Post

!nnn  Article Number Link: Adds a link to another message in the forum, where nnn is the article number [Example: !4 links to article 4]
!nnn#rr   Article Reply Link: Adds a link to a specific reply in another article in this forum, where nnn is the article number, and rr is the reply number [Example: !3#1 links to the first reply in article 3]
!link(name=url) External Web Page Link: Adds a named hypertext link to the specified url. This allows you to specify a link to anything on the the internet that can be described by a url, including news, e-mail and ftp links. The name that you enter is what will be shown in your text. The url is the internet target for the named link. Spaces are permitted in the name, but no spaces are permitted after the equal sign. Parentheses are not permitted inside this construct.

Example:
!link(Our Web Site=http://noteworthysoftware.com)

!acronym(name=desc) Acronym Text: Adds a named acronym, and associates the description text with the acronym. The name that you enter is what will be shown in your text. The description is the full text that will be shown if the user hovers the mouse over the acronym text. Parentheses are not permitted inside this construct.

Example:
!acronym(NWC=NoteWorthy Composer)

!usertip(nnn) User Tip Link: Adds a link to a NoteWorthy Composer user tip, where nnn is the tip number [Example: !usertip(4) links to user tip 4]
!faq(nnn) FAQ Link: Adds a link to a NoteWorthy Composer FAQ, where nnn is the faq number [Example: !faq(4) links to faq #4]
!news(nnn) News Headline Link: Adds a link to the news headlines for the site, where nnn is the number of the news headline [Example: !news(2) links to the second news headline]

!nwcforum(nnn)
!nwcforum(nnn#rr)

NWC Forum Message Link: Adds a link to a NoteWorthy Composer forum message thread, where nnn is the thread number, and the option #rr refers to a specific reply in the thread [Example: !nwcforum(4) links to message thread 4 in the forum; !nwcforum(434#5) links to reply 5 of message thread 434 in the forum]

!nwc2forum(nnn)
!nwc2forum(nnn#rr)

NWC2 Forum Message Link: Adds a link to a NoteWorthy Composer 2 forum message thread, where nnn is the thread number, and the option #rr refers to a specific reply in the thread [Example: !nwc2forum(1) links to message thread 1 in the forum; !nwc2forum(1#2) links to reply 2 of message thread 1 in the forum]
!scripto(name=/path) External NWC Sciptorium Page Link: Adds a named hypertext link to the specified path on the NWC Scriptorium. The name that you enter is what will be shown in your text. The path is the target path for the named link on the Scriptorium. Spaces are permitted in the name, but no spaces are permitted after the equal sign. Parentheses are not permitted inside this construct. The path must start with the / character. You can call a script in the scripto's cgi-bin simply by calling into a virtual cgi-bin (one that does not specify the /nwc/ part of the path), as shown in the example.

Examples:
!scripto(See what's new at the Scriptorium=/newstuff.html)
!scripto(A Song About Frogs=/cgi-bin/txt2html.cgi?src=rock/frogsong.txt)

!bold(text phrase)
!b(text phrase)

Text Highlight: Adds highlighted bold text to your text. The text phrase cannot include parentheses or line breaks. You cannot nest !bold statements with other hightlight instructions. Only one can be used at a time.
!italic(text phrase)
!i(text phrase)
Text Highlight: Adds highlighted italic text to your text. The rules are the same as bold text highlights.
!bolditalic(text phrase)
!bi(text phrase)
Text Highlight: Adds highlighted bold italic text to your text. The rules are the same as bold text highlights.
!start(bullets) Bulleted List: Starts a bulleted list. Must be on a line by itself.
!bullet Bulleted List: Starts a new bullet in the current bulleted list. Must be on a line by itself.
!start(list) Numbered List: Starts a numbered list. Must be on a line by itself.
!next Numbered List: Starts a new numbered item in the current numbered list. Must be on a line by itself.
!end End List: This ends the most recently created list. It must be on a line by itself.

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