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Landing Normandy

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10-09-2007 06:56

I've been having a problem recently where forum tags don't seem to work for me any more. You know, the URL tag etc, I see them all as text. How can I solve this? It just stopped working a while ago and I don't know why

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Raymond Figtree

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10-09-2007 06:59

From: Landing Normandy

I've been having a problem recently where forum tags don't seem to work for me any more. You know, the URL tag etc, I see them all as text. How can I solve this? It just stopped working a while ago and I don't know why

bbcoding has been borked for months. rumor has it that LL does not care about these forums, nor do they wish to maintain them any more. I would say this is one of their "mistakes" that ginsu is talking about on the blog.

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Ricky Yates

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Join date: 28 Jan 2007

Posts: 809

10-09-2007 07:15

If you're using Firefox, look at this thread: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=188445

This sort of brings back bbcodes. A work of genius, IMO.

Trout Recreant

Public Enemy No. 1

Join date: 24 Jul 2007

Posts: 4,873

10-09-2007 08:21

If you want to display a picture or link an URL, you can do both with the IMG tag. Bold, Italics, etc. tags don't work.

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Ordinal Malaprop

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Join date: 9 Sep 2005

Posts: 4,607

10-09-2007 08:35

The Jira bug report on the matter is WEB-156 if you would like to vote for it.

https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-156

Personally I have gotten so sick of it that I started my own scripting forum, specifically so that people could post code there, because it is almost impossible to read unformatted code... http://ordinalmalaprop.com/forum/ if anyone is interested.

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Meade Paravane

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Join date: 21 Nov 2006

Posts: 4,845

10-09-2007 08:41

From: Trout Recreant

If you want to display a picture or link an URL, you can do both with the IMG tag

...but remember that this doesn't work on all browsers. Ones where it doesn't work will show a broken image picture rather than the text.

The seems to still work, too.

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Landing Normandy

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10-09-2007 08:43

That's bizarre! I'm sure it used to work, why does it no longer? I wrote my own forum system a few months back and it simply grabbed the text to display from the database, changed any entries of < or > to < and > and then changed certain bbcode into the associated HTML tags that it's supposed to and it works a treat, all on the server side and therefore independent of browser. I can't see why any fool would make a forum that doesn't work like that. Thanks for the tip, I'd rather just not see the code properly than start installing extensions to make it work how it already should.

Poor form on the part of vBulletin though, poor form indeed!

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Meade Paravane

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10-09-2007 08:48

From: Landing Normandy

why does it no longer?

http://forums.secondlife.com/announcement.php?f=128

One popular theory is that there's a phishing exploit near the url tags and LL smacked a big chunk of forum formatting because of that.

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Landing Normandy

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10-09-2007 08:51

Ah, gotcha. Maybe they should hire me as a coder

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Brenda Connolly

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10-09-2007 08:54

From: Landing Normandy

Ah, gotcha. Maybe they should hire me as a coder

I don't know if I mentioned this before but you have the best SL name I've seen so far.

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Ava Glasgow

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Join date: 27 Jan 2007

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10-09-2007 11:01

From: Trout Recreant

If you want to display a picture or link an URL, you can do both with the IMG tag. Bold, Italics, etc. tags don't work.

From: Meade Paravane

...but remember that this doesn't work on all browsers. Ones where it doesn't work will show a broken image picture rather than the text.

Meade is right. Although the IMG tag is a quick fix for some browsers, it actually completely hides the link in others. And if you go back and edit your post, it will try to URL the link and that messes it up even worse. Best to just do things the normal way, and let viewers choose their preferred way to make links linkable (like Strife's Greasemonkey script).

Forum Tags Don't Work
Landing Normandy Proposing 4968 Join date: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 240	10-09-2007 06:56 I've been having a problem recently where forum tags don't seem to work for me any more. You know, the URL tag etc, I see them all as text. How can I solve this? It just stopped working a while ago and I don't know why _____________________ <VOTE PROPOSITION 4968/> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-4968 For SecondLife Builders who need better mapping for better building
Raymond Figtree Gone, avi, gone Join date: 17 May 2006 Posts: 6,256	10-09-2007 06:59 From: Landing Normandy I've been having a problem recently where forum tags don't seem to work for me any more. You know, the URL tag etc, I see them all as text. How can I solve this? It just stopped working a while ago and I don't know why bbcoding has been borked for months. rumor has it that LL does not care about these forums, nor do they wish to maintain them any more. I would say this is one of their "mistakes" that ginsu is talking about on the blog. _____________________ Read or listen to some Eckhart Tolle. You won't regret it.
Ricky Yates (searching...) Join date: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 809	10-09-2007 07:15 If you're using Firefox, look at this thread: http://forums.secondlife.com/showthread.php?t=188445 This sort of brings back bbcodes. A work of genius, IMO.
Trout Recreant Public Enemy No. 1 Join date: 24 Jul 2007 Posts: 4,873	10-09-2007 08:21 If you want to display a picture or link an URL, you can do both with the IMG tag. Bold, Italics, etc. tags don't work. _____________________ From: Jerboa Haystack A Trout Rating (tm) is something to cherish. To flaunt and be proud of. It is something all women should aspire to obtain!
Ordinal Malaprop really very ordinary Join date: 9 Sep 2005 Posts: 4,607	10-09-2007 08:35 The Jira bug report on the matter is WEB-156 if you would like to vote for it. https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-156 Personally I have gotten so sick of it that I started my own scripting forum, specifically so that people could post code there, because it is almost impossible to read unformatted code... http://ordinalmalaprop.com/forum/ if anyone is interested. _____________________ http://ordinalmalaprop.com/forum/ - visit Ordinal's Scripting Colloquium for scripting discussion with actual working BBCode! http://ordinalmalaprop.com/engine/ - An Engine Fit For My Proceeding, my Aethernet Journal http://www.flickr.com/groups/slgriefbuild/ - Second Life Griefbuild Digest, pictures of horrible ad griefing and land spam, and the naming of names
Meade Paravane Hedgehog Join date: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 4,845	10-09-2007 08:41 From: Trout Recreant If you want to display a picture or link an URL, you can do both with the IMG tag ...but remember that this doesn't work on all browsers. Ones where it doesn't work will show a broken image picture rather than the text. The seems to still work, too. _____________________ Tired of shouting clubs and lucky chairs? Vote for llParcelSay!!! - Go here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-1224 - If you see "if you were logged in.." on the left, click it and log in - Click the "Vote for it" link on the left
Landing Normandy Proposing 4968 Join date: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 240	10-09-2007 08:43 That's bizarre! I'm sure it used to work, why does it no longer? I wrote my own forum system a few months back and it simply grabbed the text to display from the database, changed any entries of < or > to < and > and then changed certain bbcode into the associated HTML tags that it's supposed to and it works a treat, all on the server side and therefore independent of browser. I can't see why any fool would make a forum that doesn't work like that. Thanks for the tip, I'd rather just not see the code properly than start installing extensions to make it work how it already should. Poor form on the part of vBulletin though, poor form indeed! _____________________ <VOTE PROPOSITION 4968/> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-4968 For SecondLife Builders who need better mapping for better building
Meade Paravane Hedgehog Join date: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 4,845	10-09-2007 08:48 From: Landing Normandy why does it no longer? http://forums.secondlife.com/announcement.php?f=128 One popular theory is that there's a phishing exploit near the url tags and LL smacked a big chunk of forum formatting because of that. _____________________ Tired of shouting clubs and lucky chairs? Vote for llParcelSay!!! - Go here: http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/SVC-1224 - If you see "if you were logged in.." on the left, click it and log in - Click the "Vote for it" link on the left
Landing Normandy Proposing 4968 Join date: 28 Nov 2005 Posts: 240	10-09-2007 08:51 Ah, gotcha. Maybe they should hire me as a coder _____________________ <VOTE PROPOSITION 4968/> http://jira.secondlife.com/browse/VWR-4968 For SecondLife Builders who need better mapping for better building
Brenda Connolly Un United Avatar Join date: 10 Jan 2007 Posts: 25,000	10-09-2007 08:54 From: Landing Normandy Ah, gotcha. Maybe they should hire me as a coder I don't know if I mentioned this before but you have the best SL name I've seen so far. _____________________ Don't you ever try to look behind my eyes. You don't want to know what they have seen. http://brenda-connolly.blogspot.com
Ava Glasgow Hippie surfer chick Join date: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 2,172	10-09-2007 11:01 From: Trout Recreant If you want to display a picture or link an URL, you can do both with the IMG tag. Bold, Italics, etc. tags don't work. From: Meade Paravane ...but remember that this doesn't work on all browsers. Ones where it doesn't work will show a broken image picture rather than the text. Meade is right. Although the IMG tag is a quick fix for some browsers, it actually completely hides the link in others. And if you go back and edit your post, it will try to URL the link and that messes it up even worse. Best to just do things the normal way, and let viewers choose their preferred way to make links linkable (like Strife's Greasemonkey script).

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