Compose tips

Allowed HTML tags: <a><table><tr><td> <em> <strong> <u> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <p> <sub> <sup> <strike> <blockquote> <hr /> <hr> <br><p align="justify">

To add a lightbox to your images, add rel="lightbox" attribute to any link tag to activate the lightbox. For example:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox">image #1</a>

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[][my caption]">image #1</a>

To show a caption either use the title attribute or put in the second set of square brackets of the rel attribute.

If you have a set of related images that you would like to group, then you will need to include a group name between square brackets in the rel attribute. For example:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip]">image #1</a>
<a href="image-2.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 2]">image #2</a>
<a href="image-3.jpg" rel="lightbox[roadtrip][caption 3]">image #3</a>


There are no limits to the number of image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each set.

If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the following way:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel='lightbox[][<a href="http://www.yourlink.com">View Image Details</a>]' >image #1</a>

To add a lightbox slideshow to your images, add rel="lightshow[slideshowname][slide caption]" attribute to any link tag to activate the slideshow. For example:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #1</a>
<a href="image-2.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #2</a>
<a href="image-3.jpg" rel="lightshow[show1]">image #3</a>


The title attribute in the link tag is optional. The addition of this attribute enables the display of a caption with the image displayed in the lightbox.

There are no limits to the number of slideshow image sets per page or how many images are allowed in each slideshow.

If you wish to turn the caption into a link, format your caption in the following way:

<a href="image-1.jpg" rel='lightshow[show1][<a href="http://www.yourlink.com">View Image Details</a>]'>image #1</a>

It's possible to show webpage content in the lightbox, using iframes. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to "lightframe". Again it's possible to group the content, (e.g. lightframe[search][caption]) but in addition to that, it's possible to control some of the iframe properties. It's possible to set the "width", "height" and "scrolling" properties of the iframe. The properties are separated from the group name by a |, for example lightframe[search|width:100px;][caption]. If no grouping is being used, then the | is still used and the format would be lightframe[|width:100px;]. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon. If no iframe properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.

Basic example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe">Search google</a>

Grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search][caption]">Search google</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search]">Search yahoo</a>

Controlling iframe property example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;][caption]">Search google</a>

Controlling iframe property when grouped example:
<a href="http://www.google.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px; scrolling: auto;]">Search google</a>
<a href="http://www.yahoo.com" rel="lightframe[search|width:400px; height:300px;]">Search yahoo</a>

It's possible to show video content in the lightbox. In this case the "rel" attribute should be set to lightvideo. It's possible to group videos and to control the size of the lightbox by setting the "width" and "height" properties. The properties can be configured like lightvideo[group|width:300px; height: 200px;][caption]. The properties should all be of the format "property: value;" - note the closing semi-colon. If no properties are set, then the default width and height of 400px will be used. See below for more detailed examples.

Basic example:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765" rel="lightvideo">Google video example - default size</a>

Controlling lightbox size example:
<a href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1811233136844420765" rel="lightvideo[group|width:400px; height:300px;][caption]">Google video example - custom size</a>

Supported video formats include asx, wmv, mov and swf. A number of online video providers are also supported, including YouTube and Google Video. For a full list of the current supported video providers please see the documentation on drupal.org.

SWF Tools Filter

The basic syntax for embedding a flash file (.swf), flash movie (.flv) or audio file (.mp3) is:

[swf file="filename.swf"]

If you would like to override SWF Tools and flash player default settings, you can specify additional parameters. For example:

[swf file="song.mp3" flashvars="backcolor=#AABBCC&&forecolor=#11AA11"]

If you would like to output a list of files then the format is:

[swf files="image1.jpg&&image2.jpg&&..."]

• params : You can specify values for parameters to be passed to Flash to control the appearance of the output. Typical values are bgcolor and wmode. Example: params="wmode=true&&bgcolor="#00FF00" Alternatively you can supply each parameter individually without using params. Example wmode="true" bgcolor="#00FF00"
• flashvars : You can specify values for output as flashvars, which become available to the Flash movie that is playing. This is often done to control a media player. Refer to the documentation of the flash player you are using to know what flashvar options are available. Example: flashvars="autostart=true&&volume=80"
• methods : Optional information about how to display the file. The most common usage is to specify a particular media player and thus override the default specified on the settings page. Example: methods="player=onepixelout_mp3"

WARNING: with params, flashvars and othervars, pass multiple values separated by &&.