I think it's worth adding info to handbook - in place where it will be read as someone gets started on a site - on the effects of Filtered HTML, especially stripping out images.
Had me baffled; had to search drupal.org, and others too have been caught out by this.

Also tell of solutions. Though with Drupal 5, maybe none are ideal: if to use the Filter, can install Image Assist, enable tags for this to work in tandem with Filthered HTML.
(not sure why - so far as I can see - can't edit the filtered tags list in Drupal 5, as is evidently possible in 4.7).

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sepeck commented

not sure why you can't edit the filter tags either. It is certainly possible out of the box if you have sufficient permissions. It's the same name as well. Look on the /admin page for input formats

Certainly a page in the handbook would be great. I'd like to see this entire section cover this type of stuff
http://drupal.org/node/363

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DocMartin commented

Maybe I'm looking in wrong places within input formats, but when I try ediing Filtered HTML, or creating new filter, I see some check boxes for filters I can choose, including HTML filter.

At bottom of the list, it says:
Formatting guidelines

These are the guidelines that users will see for posting in this input format. They are automatically generated from the filter settings.

* Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
* Allowed HTML tags:

  1. * Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

I'm logging in as same user as set up the site (which seems to be given full admin status by default; I wasn't certain about this, so also created user role administrator, and gave this plenty of permissions, including administer filters)

My impression - party having read another post or two re BBcode - is that the HTML filtering could obiate need for BBcode - which can help non-techies, especially, posting to forums etc. Maybe in tandem with simple editing buttons: I'm trying basic fckeditor in this role.

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DocMartin commented

but if I set URL so try visiting /admin/settings/filters/1/configure - as advised in another post - I indeed get to the page where can add tags.
Must have overlooked the route to it via links.

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DocMartin commented
Title: Warning useful: Filtered HTML removes images » configure - and configure again

Just realised: when see list of filters, there's option to "configure". Hit this once, and see the filters within a filter, as it were (maybe Gallery Filter, HTML filter...). Must hit "configure" - at top of page - a second time to get the tags etc.

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DocMartin commented
Title: configure - and configure again » Warning re Filtered HTML and images: handbook page now drafted

just done handbook page: http://drupal.org/node/122181

may have missed some guff, but hopefully not too confusing, and helpful.
Tried to enter in main part on creating content - as I think knowing re img tag is necessary early on; maybe a quick reference to this could be made even earlier, for those who try jumping in and making page with image (as I'd done).
Comments to the page useful; I could amend.

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sepeck commented
Status: Active » Fixed


nice work. thanks.

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Status: Fixed » Closed (fixed)