What have you learned (regarding the markup) from the past 5 years here ?

That tables sucks for design, because they make the entire page wider if only one node is wide. And that demerphq doesn't like users to use structured HTML with h1 and h2, but wants them to start with h4 instead, because PM itself uses h3 for the title. (I disagree and think PM should be fixed, because that can be done much more easily (with CSS, for example).)

Is the list of approved HTML tags the Monks have a good list ? Are there HTML tags that would make life easier ?

It's good now. Although some complain that images cannot be used, I think this is a good thing. Images are slow and, for Win32 users with MSIE, dangerous :)

How do you like the system of the shortcuts ?

I like it a lot, but I still don't understand why // is needed. [id:422484] instead of [id://422484] would be nice. The double slash has a specific meaning according to RFC 1738, and PM breaks this. // is a promise that //<user>:<password>@<host>:<port>/<url-path> (the common internet scheme syntax) can be used.

Would it make more sense to disallow the submission of bad markup or that of not approved HTML tags ?

Yes and no. I don't think this is a big deal. It would be nice if a simple HTML parser were used to close open tags, or to avoid tags being closed without ever having been opened.

Juerd # { site => 'juerd.nl', plp_site => 'plp.juerd.nl', do_not_use => 'spamtrap' }

In reply to Re: Web forum markup language and the Monastery by Juerd
in thread Web forum markup language and the Monastery by szabgab

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