Content Formatting Macros
A set of macros that allow easy formatting of Wiki content.
This plugin includes the following macros:
- lozenge - an attractive, customisable lozenge button
- bgcolor - set content background color
- highlight - highlight background of bits of content
- Symbols - insert a service, trade, or registered trademark.
- center - center content on screen (including tables, etc)
- strike - a graphical strikeout effect
- clickable - hyperlinks all contained content to a page or URL
- roundrect - an attractive customisable round rectangle
- align - allows you to left/right/center and justify-align your content
- iframe - allows you to create iframes
- rollover - allows you to create rollover effects
Sets the background color for a section of content. You can specify a background color using color names or hexadecimal color codes.
The Code :
Color names:
{bgcolor:red}red{bgcolor} {bgcolor:yellow}yellow{bgcolor} {bgcolor:green}green (default){bgcolor} {bgcolor:cyan}cyan{bgcolor} {bgcolor:blue}blue{bgcolor} {bgcolor:purple}purple{bgcolor}
Hexadecimal:
{bgcolor:#E47833}mandarin orange{bgcolor} {bgcolor:#802A2A}brown{bgcolor} {bgcolor:#F08080}light coral{bgcolor} {bgcolor:#800000}maroon{bgcolor} {bgcolor:#D44942}chili{bgcolor} {bgcolor:#CDB7B5}misty rose{bgcolor}
What you will get :
Color names:
red
yellow
green
cyan
blue
purple
Hexadecimal:
mandarin orange
brown
light coral
maroon
chili
misty rose
Parameters
{bgcolor:myColor}your content{bgcolor}
Name |
Required? |
Default |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
default |
green |
The "myColor" default parameter defines the background colour for the content contained within the macro and can be either a common colour name (supported by most browsers) or a hexadecimal colour code (supported by all browsers). |
Allows you to highlight a portion of content. You can specify a color using color names or hexadecimal color codes.
The Code :
{highlight:red}red{highlight} {highlight:yellow}yellow (default){highlight} {highlight:green}green{highlight} {highlight:cyan}cyan{highlight} {highlight:blue}blue{highlight} {highlight:purple}purple{highlight}
What you will get :
red
yellow
green
cyan
blue
purple
Parameters
{bgcolor:myColor}your content{bgcolor}
Name |
Required? |
Default |
Description |
---|---|---|---|
default |
yellow |
The "myColor" default parameter defines the background colour for the content contained within the macro and can be either a common colour name (supported by most browsers) or a hexadecimal colour code (supported by all browsers). |
Add a trademark, a service mark, copyright, or registered trademark
The Code :
Trademark:
{tm}Like a Rock{tm}
Service Mark:
{sm}My Service{sm}
Copyright:
{copyright}2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology{copyright}
Registered Trademark:
{reg-tm}Registered Trademark{reg-tm}
What you will get :
Trademark:
Like a Rock
Service Mark:
My Service
Copyright:
2010 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Registered Trademark:
Registered Trademark
This macro is designed to allow a single page to have custom styles applied to it. The style sheet can optionally be restricted to specific media types and you can optionally import an external style sheet from a URL.
The Code :
This style sheet will make citation text look pretty:
{style} /* citation */ cite:before { content: "\""; } cite:after { content: "\""; } cite, cite:before, cite:after { font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-style: italic; } {style}
This will add this HTML to your page:
{code]
<style type="text/css">
/* citation */
cite:before {
content: "\"";
}
cite:after {
content: "\"";
}
cite, cite:before, cite:after
Now enter some citation text:
??Some citation text??
What you will get :
Some citation text
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