MacroHTML tags

Here's a brief description of each of the tags that are parsed by MacroHTML's macro-compiler. They are loosely derived from those used by Wikipedia as these are in common use.

Bold

is denoted by wrapping text in ** chars. Eg. **Bold** gives Bold

Italic

is denoted by wrapping text in // chars. Eg. //Italic// gives Italic

Underline

is denoted by wrapping text in __ chars. Eg. __Underline__ gives Underline

Monospace / quoted text

is denoted by wrapping it in '' chars.

Paragraphs

These are denoted by using 2 or more newline characters in succession.

Headline levels

are denoted by wrapping text in 2 or more == chars. Eg. ==headline level 1== gives

Headline Level 1

Links

are defined within square brackets. [[www.cnn.com]] would give www.cnn.com, whereas [[www.cnn.com|CNN News]] would give CNN News

Images

are displayed with the {{ tags.

Left aligned {{images/CGI-guarantee.gif }} (note whitespace to leftof filename)

Right aligned { {images/CGI-guarantee.gif }} (note whitespace to right of filename)

Centre aligned { {images/CGI-guarantee.gif }} (note whitespace either side of filename)

And the images can have alternate text (incase they don't display). Use the format { {images/CGI-guarantee.gif|Alternate text}}

Images as links

Images can be used as links by combining the link and image tag formats like this: [[autoprintpro.html|{{images/autoprint-small.jpg }}]]

Lists

Unordered lists are created as follows:

  • This is item one ( * This is item one)
  • This is item two ( * This is item two)
  • This is item three ( * This is item three)
List items start with two spaces, followed by a *, then a space, then the text followed by a newline. Ordered lists are the same, except that they use the '-' character rather than the '*'. The final list item is denoted by two or more newlines.

List items can also be used in menus, as links. For example:

  • Autoprint is created with: * [[autoprintpro.html|Autoprint]]
  • MacroHTML is created with: * [[macrohtml.html|//MacroHTML//]]
It is worth noting that the html ul, /ul ol and /ol tags are created by MacroHTML if they are not found. If they are there, they remain intact. This is so that styles can be preserved - for example, see the 'Our software' and 'MacroHTML' lists to the left and the 'Home' 'Downloads' 'FAQ' and 'Contact' menu items at the top of the page of our website.