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To put a line through a word: [s [/s (with closed brackets, because they won't appear here if I close them as an example), either side of the word to be crossed.bubbalouie wrote:I have 3 questions about posting.
Anyone know how to cross out something on a post?
Also, put the person's name on a quote?
Also, attach wording to a url in a post instead of the url itself.
Thanks.
To Quote someone: Hit 'Quote' on their post and delete the unrequired text.
To attach wording to a url: insert text
Exit, pursued by a bear.
William Shakespeare, Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"
William Shakespeare, Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"
A bit more info:
To cross some words:
[s]this will be crossed out[/s].
To put a person's name on a quote:
[quote="somebody or some paper"]quoted text [/quote]
(this will be shown as "somebody or some paper wrote:")
Finally, if you want to explain somebody else how it's done, you can check the "Disable BBCode in this post" checkbox and the tags will be presented as you've written them.
To cross some words:
[s]this will be crossed out[/s].
To put a person's name on a quote:
[quote="somebody or some paper"]quoted text [/quote]
(this will be shown as "somebody or some paper wrote:")
Finally, if you want to explain somebody else how it's done, you can check the "Disable BBCode in this post" checkbox and the tags will be presented as you've written them.
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Here's a more comprehensive user's guide for phpBB-based forums that I customized for another forum. I also added sections on finding and going directly to new posts as well as other topics that might interest those who want to explore some of the more obscure (but useful!) features of the software.
phpBB Userguide for FWF
phpBB Userguide for FWF
Sedulously eschew obfuscatory hyperverbosity and prolixity.
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Re: posting embedded links
The embedded link format is but fails when the link contains certain characters like ( and ). This can be fixed by substituting the ASCII hexadecimal equivalents from here with the hexadecimal equivalent preceded by %. For example, ( is %28 and ) is %29.
Sowhich doesn't work
Black Monday
becomeswhich does.
Black Monday
The embedded link format is
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[url=www.xyx.xx]title[/url]
So
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)]Black Monday[/url]
Black Monday
becomes
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[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_%281987%29]Black Monday[/url]
Black Monday
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Thanks!
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When editing one's post, how does one get the 'edited and time stamp'
added to the post ?
testing edit at 19:17, ..... I'll test again tomorrow
No need to test tomorrow. BTW, my apologies for not testing in the appropriate thread.
added to the post ?
testing edit at 19:17, ..... I'll test again tomorrow
No need to test tomorrow. BTW, my apologies for not testing in the appropriate thread.
Last edited by eezee on 30 Jan 2008 19:21, edited 2 times in total.
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It's automatic, but I believe there may be a time delay after the initial posting to allow for semi-immediate 'adjustments'.eezee wrote:When editing one's post, how does one get the 'edited and time stamp'
added to the post ?
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William Shakespeare, Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"
William Shakespeare, Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"
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The time stamp appears only after someone adds a post below the one you are changing. Until then you can update as many times as you like and no time stamp will appear.Nemo2 wrote:It's automatic, but I believe there may be a time delay after the initial posting to allow for semi-immediate 'adjustments'.
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I believe there were 2 posts after the one I edited. After editing and 'submitting' the edited post appeared as a 'new' post following the other two.Bylo Selhi wrote:The time stamp appears only after someone adds a post below the one you are changing. Until then you can update as many times as you like and no time stamp will appear.Nemo2 wrote:It's automatic, but I believe there may be a time delay after the initial posting to allow for semi-immediate 'adjustments'.
No big deal, I'll keep an eye out to see what I'm doing wrong.
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Actually, I think it's now 48 hours, thanks (cough, cough) to a certain inane bigmouth with a day job.Shakespeare wrote:I believe editing is closed after a certain delay (24 hours?).Until then you can update as many times as you like and no time stamp will appear.
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finiki, the Canadian financial wiki Your go-to guide for financial basics
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I'm pretty sure I hit the edit button ....Bylo Selhi wrote:When you began to edit the post, did you click on the Edit or Quote button?eezee wrote:After editing and 'submitting' the edited post appeared as a 'new' post following the other two.
but then at my age you never know
Thanks all for your help, see my first post.
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More ASCII code, including the much unloved em-dash.Shakespeare wrote:Re: posting embedded links
The embedded link format isbut fails when the link contains certain characters like ( and ). This can be fixed by substituting the ASCII hexadecimal equivalents from here with the hexadecimal equivalent preceded by %. For example, ( is %28 and ) is %29.Code: Select all
[url=www.xyx.xx]title[/url]
Sowhich doesn't workCode: Select all
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)]Black Monday[/url]
Black Monday
More ASCII code, including the much-neglected em-dash.
becomeswhich does.Code: Select all
[url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_%281987%29]Black Monday[/url]
Black Monday
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Just a beware.
I was going through some older threads recently and saw many Tinypic links that don't work.
This is from their FAQ:
I was going through some older threads recently and saw many Tinypic links that don't work.
This is from their FAQ:
WWHow long are images and videos kept?
Images and videos is in your account will not be removed. Images and videos that are not associated with an account are kept until they have not been viewed for 90 days. After 90 days, they may be removed.
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Have you figured out how to port anonymously posted images into an account that now sports a user name? I asked tinypic, and so far no response. Sigh.
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