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Rhaorth Antonelli

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07-03-2007 17:41

html and vb codes...

seems that the html and vb codes are busted in the forums, everywhere.

anyone hear anything about if they are going to turn it back on anytime soon?\
It is hard to read posts that have formatting via html

can't say if the posts in question are interesting or not, I back out when I have to read through html, bad enough when I used to write it to make webpages LOL (back in the day)

anywho, any word, or announcements I might have missed?
(searching forums is a nightmare)

Qie Niangao

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Join date: 24 May 2006

Posts: 7,138

07-03-2007 17:52

From: Rhaorth Antonelli

anyone hear anything about if they are going to turn it back on anytime soon? It is hard to read posts that have formatting via html

In https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-156 Torley makes no estimate of a fix date. I think there's a greasemonkey script cited in that jira for getting Firefox to fake at least some of the old bbcode functionality. Sometimes it works to press Quote as if to include it in a reply, and read from inside that window.

Rhaorth Antonelli

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07-03-2007 17:56

ty I will check it out

I miss the clickable links
just turn on html formatting, it is not that hard...

I have managed a vBulletin board forums before, and it is just a switch.

unless ... yeah it is prolly broken, someone got bored and pushed buttons they should not have

SuezanneC Baskerville

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07-03-2007 22:41

You suppose there might be some kind of security related reason to turn off links? Maybe something related to phishing? It's out of my field of knowledge to know if that is possible.

I wish they'd just tell us a reason for turning off links, even if they don't tell us what impending change in the web site provides the reason for turning them off.

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Rhaorth Antonelli

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07-04-2007 13:05

I have no knowledge of how a clickable link could be a security issue, all it does is hyperlink to another page or whatnot...

strange

Ravanne Sullivan

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07-04-2007 15:04

This is an other example of why the "Tao of Linden" is a poor business practice. Allowing your employees to decide what they want to work on or not work on will result in projects started but never completed. When something sounds like fun and an interesting project there is much interest and drive to get it started. But as is often the case the later stages of a project become more work and less fun and interest in completing it wanes. LL will soon have to wake up and learn that things like the "Tao of Linden" sounds nice and is a very "San Francisco" way of doing things, however it is a piss poor way to run a business in the real world.

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Dnali Anabuki

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07-04-2007 16:24

THere is a great Add on for FireFox that puts the links back in. You can get in at the Add Ons page for FireFox and it is called Linkification. It works great.

For anyone not running FireFox..why the hell not?

Bubba Daniels

...still waiting

Join date: 30 Dec 2006

Posts: 51

07-04-2007 18:53

You can also use

for http links.

For some reason that still works.

Kornscope Komachi

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07-04-2007 18:58

Works a treat. Thanks Dnali.

From: Dnali Anabuki

THere is a great Add on for FireFox that puts the links back in. You can get in at the Add Ons page for FireFox and it is called Linkification. It works great.

For anyone not running FireFox..why the hell not?

I agree.

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Ava Glasgow

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Join date: 27 Jan 2007

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07-04-2007 19:57

From: Bubba Daniels

You can also use

for http links.

For some reason that still works.

I tried this one a little, but it turns out that it only works sometimes. And for some reason, if you edit your post, it screws it up by adding the URL tag around it again.

I've been using Safari at home because it's always been way faster on the Mac than Firefox for me. (Don't know why, as Firefox on Winshmoes is speedy as can be.) I guess I'll have to switch to Firefox at least for the forums, as it seems they aren't going to fix code anytime soon.

BTW, when I checked earlier, only about 20 people had voted on JIRA to have this fixed. Qie gave the address, but I'll repeat it:

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

Please please please, if you want this fixed, go vote on it!

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Rhaorth Antonelli

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07-04-2007 21:24

ty do not recall seeing the link before, I will vote

yes I run firefox so ty for that link as well, I will look into it

the reason [img]blah blah works is they have VB code on html code off
but VB code is messier than html sometimes

Aleister Montgomery

Minding the gap

Join date: 30 Apr 2006

Posts: 846

07-04-2007 21:27

From: Bubba Daniels

You can also use

for http links.

For some reason that still works.

Thanks for the tip

I saw that some people still manage to post links and wondered how they do it (should have quoted their post to see the tags).

Kenbro Utu

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Join date: 26 Sep 2006

Posts: 483

07-04-2007 23:55

Were not we first told that the feature was turned off because they were going to add to or update the forums? That must have been a month ago at least....

Warda Kawabata

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Join date: 4 Nov 2005

Posts: 1,300

07-05-2007 01:02

This seems related to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_by_stealth, in my opinion. Make the boards increasingly useless, such that people will abandon them, then they can finish closing them because "no one uses them anymore".

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HTML and VB codes...
Rhaorth Antonelli Registered User Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 7,425	07-03-2007 17:41 html and vb codes... seems that the html and vb codes are busted in the forums, everywhere. anyone hear anything about if they are going to turn it back on anytime soon?\ It is hard to read posts that have formatting via html can't say if the posts in question are interesting or not, I back out when I have to read through html, bad enough when I used to write it to make webpages LOL (back in the day) anywho, any word, or announcements I might have missed? (searching forums is a nightmare)
Qie Niangao Coin-operated Join date: 24 May 2006 Posts: 7,138	07-03-2007 17:52 From: Rhaorth Antonelli anyone hear anything about if they are going to turn it back on anytime soon? It is hard to read posts that have formatting via html In https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-156 Torley makes no estimate of a fix date. I think there's a greasemonkey script cited in that jira for getting Firefox to fake at least some of the old bbcode functionality. Sometimes it works to press Quote as if to include it in a reply, and read from inside that window.
Rhaorth Antonelli Registered User Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 7,425	07-03-2007 17:56 ty I will check it out I miss the clickable links just turn on html formatting, it is not that hard... I have managed a vBulletin board forums before, and it is just a switch. unless ... yeah it is prolly broken, someone got bored and pushed buttons they should not have
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	07-03-2007 22:41 You suppose there might be some kind of security related reason to turn off links? Maybe something related to phishing? It's out of my field of knowledge to know if that is possible. I wish they'd just tell us a reason for turning off links, even if they don't tell us what impending change in the web site provides the reason for turning them off. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Rhaorth Antonelli Registered User Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 7,425	07-04-2007 13:05 I have no knowledge of how a clickable link could be a security issue, all it does is hyperlink to another page or whatnot... strange
Ravanne Sullivan Pole Dancer Extraordinair Join date: 10 Dec 2005 Posts: 674	07-04-2007 15:04 This is an other example of why the "Tao of Linden" is a poor business practice. Allowing your employees to decide what they want to work on or not work on will result in projects started but never completed. When something sounds like fun and an interesting project there is much interest and drive to get it started. But as is often the case the later stages of a project become more work and less fun and interest in completing it wanes. LL will soon have to wake up and learn that things like the "Tao of Linden" sounds nice and is a very "San Francisco" way of doing things, however it is a piss poor way to run a business in the real world. _____________________ Ravanne's Dance Poles and Animations Available at my Superstore and Showroom on Insula de Somni http://slurl.com/secondlife/Insula de Somni/94/194/27/
Dnali Anabuki Still Crazy Join date: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 1,633	07-04-2007 16:24 THere is a great Add on for FireFox that puts the links back in. You can get in at the Add Ons page for FireFox and it is called Linkification. It works great. For anyone not running FireFox..why the hell not?
Bubba Daniels ...still waiting Join date: 30 Dec 2006 Posts: 51	07-04-2007 18:53 You can also use for http links. For some reason that still works.
Kornscope Komachi Transitional human Join date: 30 Aug 2006 Posts: 1,041	Superb 07-04-2007 18:58 Works a treat. Thanks Dnali. From: Dnali Anabuki THere is a great Add on for FireFox that puts the links back in. You can get in at the Add Ons page for FireFox and it is called Linkification. It works great. For anyone not running FireFox..why the hell not? I agree. _____________________ SCOPE Homes, Bangu -----------------------------------------------------------------
Ava Glasgow Hippie surfer chick Join date: 27 Jan 2007 Posts: 2,172	07-04-2007 19:57 From: Bubba Daniels You can also use for http links. For some reason that still works. I tried this one a little, but it turns out that it only works sometimes. And for some reason, if you edit your post, it screws it up by adding the URL tag around it again. I've been using Safari at home because it's always been way faster on the Mac than Firefox for me. (Don't know why, as Firefox on Winshmoes is speedy as can be.) I guess I'll have to switch to Firefox at least for the forums, as it seems they aren't going to fix code anytime soon. BTW, when I checked earlier, only about 20 people had voted on JIRA to have this fixed. Qie gave the address, but I'll repeat it: https://jira.secondlife.com/browse/WEB-156 Please please please, if you want this fixed, go vote on it! _____________________
Rhaorth Antonelli Registered User Join date: 15 Apr 2006 Posts: 7,425	07-04-2007 21:24 ty do not recall seeing the link before, I will vote yes I run firefox so ty for that link as well, I will look into it the reason [img]blah blah works is they have VB code on html code off but VB code is messier than html sometimes
Aleister Montgomery Minding the gap Join date: 30 Apr 2006 Posts: 846	07-04-2007 21:27 From: Bubba Daniels You can also use for http links. For some reason that still works. Thanks for the tip I saw that some people still manage to post links and wondered how they do it (should have quoted their post to see the tags).
Kenbro Utu Registered User Join date: 26 Sep 2006 Posts: 483	07-04-2007 23:55 Were not we first told that the feature was turned off because they were going to add to or update the forums? That must have been a month ago at least....
Warda Kawabata Amityville Horror Join date: 4 Nov 2005 Posts: 1,300	07-05-2007 01:02 This seems related to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_by_stealth, in my opinion. Make the boards increasingly useless, such that people will abandon them, then they can finish closing them because "no one uses them anymore". _____________________ I rent out land on private islands. Message me in-world for details.
Mandy Carbenell Recent Item Join date: 27 Dec 2006 Posts: 847	07-05-2007 01:18 From: Warda Kawabata This seems related to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_by_stealth][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_by_stealth]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closure_by_stealth[/url], in my opinion. Make the boards increasingly useless, such that people will abandon them, then they can finish closing them because "no one uses them anymore". Yup. Looks like that, because indeed it's only a switch...one little button. And even if it were broke, shouldn't someone would've fixed it by now? Mandy C _____________________ Never argue with an idiot, they drag you down to their level.

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