8BML (8-bit Markup Language) v1
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Updated: 2017-08-15

In the public domain. A markup language suitable for slow memory constrained 8-bit computers with PHP tools to aid in the creation of websites that can render both standard HTML and 8BML.

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Notes:
- 8BML commands have comma separated parameters. The commands themselves are separated by a colon.
- A page should be a continuous stream of characters with no unnecessary whitespace or carriage returns.
- Double Quotes contained within a value should be preceeded with a \.
- If you use the PHP utils available within this site to generate pages that are both HTML/8BML compatible it will handle the escaping transparently.
- To fetch an 8BML-enabled page in 8BML, the URL should be provided with the '8bml' URL parameter, e.g. 8bml.php?8bml=
- To check the resulting size of an 8BML-enabled page, the URL should be provided with the 'rendersize' URL parameter, e.g. 8bml.php?8bml=&rendersize=
- Valid Image Format IDs: 1=jpg, 2=png, 3=gif, 4=Amstrad CPC.
- Valid Music Format IDs: 1=Amstrad CPC.

Below is a reference to the 8BML commands.

Command Summary: -.<>bdhilmnpstvwxyz

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-"<markup version>","<page title>"

Start of Page

<markup version> = the version of the markup, will only change if future version become non-backward compatible. 8BML browsers should be hardcoded to support the returned version only.

<page title> = the title of the current page.

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.

End of Page

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<

Go back to previous page.

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>"<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>"

Display a row of up to 10 links toolbar style.

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b"<text>"

Bold Text

<text> = bold text.

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d"<url>","<text>"

Download Link

<url> = a URL to the resource to download.

<text> = a text description of the resource to download.

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h

Horizontal Line

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i"<image format>","<url>","<text>","<width>","<height>"

Image

<image format> = the format id of the image.

<url> = a URL to the image.

<text> = a text description of the image.

<width> = the width of the image.

<height> = the height of the image.

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l"<url>","<text>","<flags>"

Linked Page

<url> = a URL to a page.

<flags> = t to open in a new tab, l to left justify, r to right justify.

<text> = a text description of the linked page.

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m"<music format>","<url>"

Music

<music format> = the format id of the music.

<url> = a url to the music to play.

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n

Newline

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p"<text>"

Page Heading

<text> = a page heading.

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s"<text>"

A Sub Heading

<text> = a sub heading.

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t"<text>"

Page Text

<text> = standard page text.

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v"<columncount>","<text>","","<text>","","<url>","<text>","<url>","<text>"

Display a row of up to 10 columns in a table, the headings have 2 parameter per column, the rows 2 parameters per column. The second column for headings is an optional type value of 'actions'. If the heading is of this type, then multiple actions/URLs can be separated in the row of that column by a pipe '|' character.

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w"<name>","<code>","<text>","<code>","<text>"...

A Form Select Which Field

<name> = the name of the form select field.

<code> = a code that represents an that is submitted with the form.

<text> = the text of an option visible to the user.

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x"<url>","<action>"

Submit a form

<url> = the url where to submit the form to.

<action> = the action to submit.

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y"<name>","<length>","<flags>","<value>"

A Form Text Field

<name> = the name of the form text field.

<length> = the maximum length allowable within the form text field.

<flags> = 'm' for mandatory. 'p' for password.

<value> = a value to populate the form text field with.

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z"<name>","<cols>","<rows>","<flags>","<value>"

A Form Textarea Field

<name> = the name of the form textarea field.

<cols> = the number of columns for the textarea field.

<rows> = the number of rows for the textarea field.

<flags> = 'm' for mandatory.

<value> = a value to populate the form textarea field with.