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Asian Tribune is published by World Institute For Asian Studies|Powered by WIAS Vol. 9 No. 330               

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input formats:
  • Filtered HTML:
    • Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
    • You can insert a blockquote directly into texts with; <blockquote>This text becomes a blockquote.</blockquote>.
  • Full HTML:
    • Lines and paragraphs are automatically recognized. The <br /> line break, <p> paragraph and </p> close paragraph tags are inserted automatically. If paragraphs are not recognized simply add a couple blank lines.
    • You can insert a blockquote directly into texts with; <blockquote>This text becomes a blockquote.</blockquote>.
    • Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
    • 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>

    • 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&&..."]
      SWF Tools Filter will accept following:
      • 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 &&.