The Format header influences how the node body content will be interpreted when the site is generated.
The Format header has two valid values:
The default value is html.
When Format is set to html, the node body contents are not modified in any special way.
When Format is set to text, each newline in the node body content is followed by a <br> tag. This can be useful if you want node files to have basic text content, and have each line break represented in the generated HTML.
Whether you choose html or text, substitution parameters are still processed in the same manner.
Here are two example pages highlighting the difference:
This page was generated by Uriel with the following settings:
Page Details
| Resource | Path | Project File |
|---|---|---|
| Node | headers/format/index | nodes/headers/format/index |
| Template | default.html | templates/default.html |
| URL | /headers/format/ | public/headers/format/index.html |
Node Headers
| Header (Lowercase) | Value |
|---|---|
| +-tags | * |
| breadcrumb-separator | » |
| canonical-url | https://documentation.uriel.foo |
| rss-description | Uriel Documentation |
| rss-image-height | 32 |
| rss-image-url | /favicon-32x32.png |
| rss-image-width | 32 |
| rss-max-entries | 50 |
| rss-title | Uriel Documentation |
| rss-url | /rss.xml |
| sitemap-max-entries | 10000 |
| sitemap-url | /sitemap.xml |
| tag-node | tag |
| tags | headers |
| template | default.html |
Node Timestamps
| Type | Value |
|---|---|
| Created | |
| Modified | 2026-06-05T17:43:23-04:00 |
Node Methods
| Method | Value |
|---|---|
| get_parent_node() | headers/index |
| get_path() | headers/format/index |
| get_node_type() | file |
| get_url() | /headers/format/ |
| get_canonical_url() | https://documentation.uriel.foo/headers/format/ |
| get_name() | format |
| get_display_name() | Format |
| get_title() | Format |
| get_escaped_title() | Format |
| get_link() | <a href="/headers/format/">Format</a> |
| get_canonical_link() | <a href="https://documentation.uriel.foo/headers/format/">Format</a> |
| get_link_prefix() | <p> |
| get_link_suffix() | </p> |
| get_tags() | ['headers'] |
| get_dest_dir() | ./public/headers/format |
| get_dest_file() | ./public/headers/format/index.html |
| get_breadcrumb_separator() | » |