Forums "BB code" Suggestion/Request
By
Aggelakis,
Posted on: 2010-01-30 09:25 in Suggestions and Ideas
I like using tables for improving layouts, and would probably use them for other things than a signature (I disabled signatures).
/signed.
No. Because the forums already use tables as part of the layout.
And, badly used, can completely break the forums. All it takes is one unclosed tag to screw it up.
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
Quote:
I thought there were safeguards against doing these kinds of things.|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
No. Because the forums already use tables as part of the layout.
And, badly used, can completely break the forums. All it takes is one unclosed tag to screw it up. |
Namely, I could [QUOTE]do something like this[/QUTE] and forget a letter and it would ignore it because I didn't close off the tag.
Quote:
Normally there are guards against that, yes.
|
Originally Posted by Tonality
Quote:
Namely, I could [.QUOTE]do something like this[/QUTE] and forget a letter and it would ignore it because I didn't close off the tag. |
Quote:
Normally, yes, but not with tables or divs... Trust me, I have first hand experience with these forums and HTML.
|
Originally Posted by Dolphin
Normally there are guards against that, yes.
|
Triumph: White Succubus: 50 Ill/Emp/PF Snow Globe: 50 Ice/FF/Ice Strobe: 50 PB Shi Otomi: 50 Ninja/Ninjistu/GW Stalker My other characters
Quote:
Next time, just use the [noparse][/noparse] tags instead of adding the dots!
|
Originally Posted by Dolphin
[table][tr][td][LEFT][img]small image[/img][/LEFT][/td]
[td][RIGHT][img]small image[/img][/RIGHT][B][/td][/tr][/table] |
@Roderick
Quote:
With HTML, yes. But if a new BBCode is defined, the same safeguards which prevent [quote] from screwing things up would prevent thet able from doing the same. Trust me, I have experience extending the set of BBCodes available on a forum |
Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Normally, yes, but not with tables or divs... Trust me, I have first hand experience with these forums and HTML.
|
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
Quote:
I could say something... uncharitable... about the people that set up the current system, but I won't.|
Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
With HTML, yes. But if a new BBCode is defined, the same safeguards which prevent from screwing things up would prevent thet able from doing the same. Trust me, I have experience extending the set of BBCodes available on a forum
|
Edit: oh, and quoting your post was an interesting example of what I mean.
How it originally shown:
[QUOTE=Fleeting Whisper;2576255]With HTML, yes. But if a new BBCode is defined, the same safeguards which prevent
Quote:
|
from screwing things up would prevent thet able from doing the same. Trust me, I have experience extending the set of BBCodes available on a forum
|
Triumph: White Succubus: 50 Ill/Emp/PF Snow Globe: 50 Ice/FF/Ice Strobe: 50 PB Shi Otomi: 50 Ninja/Ninjistu/GW Stalker My other characters
Quote:
Didn't break the page though, just the message. Which is what we're talking about... meaning that it doesn't break the page.
|
Originally Posted by Snow Globe
Edit: oh, and quoting your post was an interesting example of what I mean.
|
I support this request.
@macskull, @Not Mac | XBL: macskull | Steam: macskull | Skype: macskull
"One day we all may see each other elsewhere. In Tyria, in Azeroth. We may pass each other and never know it. And that's sad. But if nothing else, we'll still have Rhode Island."
"One day we all may see each other elsewhere. In Tyria, in Azeroth. We may pass each other and never know it. And that's sad. But if nothing else, we'll still have Rhode Island."
[QUOTE=Tonality;2575744]I thought there were safeguards against doing these kinds of things.
Namely, I could
Quote:
For text formatting and inserting images sure.| do something like this[/QUTE] and forget a letter and it would ignore it because I didn't close off the tag. |
For stuff actual page layout elements? Not that I know of.
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
Quote:
It's simply a matter of proper regular expression matching.
|
Originally Posted by Hyperstrike
For text formatting and inserting images sure.
For stuff actual page layout elements? Not that I know of. |
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Fleeting Whisper
It's simply a matter of proper regular expression matching.
|
Yes. "Simply".
Altering Granite is simple!
Clicking on the linked image above will take you off the City of Heroes site. However, the guides will be linked back here.
Oh, come on. Regex isn't that hard!
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/36641/My-Little-Exalt
If it was going to be this big of a deal, I don't think the vBulletin developers would've designed this plug-in four years ago. Yes, things can go wrong with new things. However, that's true for just about everything.
To the CoX Forum Admins and Moderators:
I apologize that this caused a 'to do' with others on the board. I just wanted something nice for everyone. 
Quote:
"To do"? Hon, you ain't seen a "to do" yet!
|
Originally Posted by Dolphin
To the CoX Forum Admins and Moderators:
I apologize that this caused a 'to do' with others on the board. I just wanted something nice for everyone. |
Paragon Wiki: http://www.paragonwiki.com
City Info Terminal: http://cit.cohtitan.com
Mids Hero Designer: http://www.cohplanner.com
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
|
Quote:
You do realize that in apologizing for this Mod8 is probably going to fall out of his chair laughing? |
Originally Posted by Dolphin
To the CoX Forum Admins and Moderators:
I apologize that this caused a 'to do' with others on the board. I just wanted something nice for everyone. |
This is an incredibly civil discussion on a worthy suggestion, and half of what has been said on both sides is already beyond my basic understanding of phpBB.
Wait, who am I kidding. Most of everything said is beyond me.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Aggelakis
"To do"? Hon, you ain't seen a "to do" yet!
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Tonality
You do realize that in apologizing for this Mod8 is probably going to fall out of his chair laughing?
|
It had a dual purpose of being both ironic and a preemptive.
*whistles innocently*
I know that HTML is bad juju for a forum like this.
I've moderated boards in the past enough to know that putting up with the a##hattery of trolls can get more than tiresome.
I was wondering if there could be some custom "BB code" created to facilitate what the HTML code would do in this instance, without the hazards that straight HTML can bring.
Basically, it's TABLES for signatures.
Example:
[table][tr][td][.LEFT][.img]small image[./img][./LEFT][/td]
[td][.RIGHT][.img]small image[./img][./RIGHT][/td][/tr][/table]
OR
[table][tr][td][.LEFT][.img]small image[./img][./LEFT][/td]
[td][.CENTER][.img]small image[./img][./CENTER][/td]
[td][.RIGHT][.img]small image[./img][./RIGHT][/td][/tr][/table]
Translating Table HTML code into BB code shouldn't break anything in a perfect world. While I've been known to be wrong on more than one occasion, I've seen other boards use this in the past to great effect.
If you take a look at my current signature as an example, you can tell that the images are offset on different lines and "thicker" than it could be with this code put into play.
The end result would be shorter height signatures, which in my opinion would be golden for everyone.
Thank you for your time and attention.
--- Dolphin