Input formats and text filters are one of the scariest parts of Drupal, but also one of the most important. As "guardians at the gate," input formats let users contribute text to a site in a way that can be both easy and safe. This session will focus on what input formats are, how they work, and some of the new, exciting features in Drupal 7 that will make them work even better and enable great new functionality (WYSIWYGs in core, perhaps?).
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