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| October 30, 2005, 19:06 | |
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PEader
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Do you ever think you might have the option of posting HTML alongside or as an alternative to BBCode?
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| October 30, 2005, 19:12 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts 
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Why?
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| October 30, 2005, 20:07 | |
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PEader
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Because BBcode is for noobs.
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| October 30, 2005, 20:15 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts
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You're so damn sexy you 1337 h4x0r you.
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| October 30, 2005, 20:37 | |
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PEader
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Well there is more formatting options with HTML, like tables, whereas with BBcode you need to implement these things yourself. As well as there being people out there who already know HTML and not all these varieties of BBcode.
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| October 31, 2005, 00:35 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts
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I dunno if the benefits outweigh the effort and risk. How many people are going to need to use tables in posts? And what kind of strange fellow knows HTML but isn't familiar with standard BBCode?
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| October 31, 2005, 00:52 | |
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PEader
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Quoting Woody: I dunno if the benefits outweigh the effort and risk. How many people are going to need to use tables in posts? And what kind of strange fellow knows HTML but isn't familiar with standard BBCode? Hmm, a valid point you raise. Tables was just one example, you can do more with HTML to markup comments then you can with BBcode and I prefer using HTML ;-). It is just an idea. I know most places don't have HTML support. As for the effort and risk HTML parsing can be implemented with little or no effort and the risks can be minimised through the use of SafeHTML. This is used in many web sites to ensure the HTML is valid and "secure". It could probabely run along side your current BBcode implementation as an extra security anyway. Ensuring any exploits in the BBcode don't make it through to the forum. On another note what about syntax highlighting in posts on the forum? GeShi makes syntax highlighting a breeze. Be sure to check out the demo. [Edited on October 31, 2005 by PEader] ____________ I see 57,005 people. |
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| October 31, 2005, 01:49 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts 
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That GeSHi is just what we were after! And I see DIV has been added to the language list - although it doesn't seem to highlight all the ENDs properly
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| October 31, 2005, 01:58 | |
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Deadmaster
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I may be a bit of an unexperienced n00b when working with SQL and forums... But how about supporting both BBcode and HTML, and disable all HTML that you think may pose a risk? ____________ My site still needs updating and redesigning. My last.fm page. GO TO TEXTUAL ANARCHY II YOU FISHDOG YOU |
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| October 31, 2005, 02:06 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts
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Quoting Deadmaster: But how about supporting both BBcode and HTML, and disable all HTML that you think may pose a risk? Since SafeHTML could do the work for us, I like this idea. Also: the syntax highlighting idea is outstanding. ____________ boredome is the bitter fruit of too much routine |
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| October 31, 2005, 03:02 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts 
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Syntax highlighting has been on the list for ages, but never actually came up with a decent way of defining now languages easy. I'll check out this Geisehhsehsego. [edit] That is PERFECT. But yes DIV is a bit messed up, did you let them know yet Frim? If not I will. [Edited on October 31, 2005 by Fiona] ____________ laffo |
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| October 31, 2005, 16:33 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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I assumed Petah submitted it
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| November 10, 2005, 04:05 | |
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Frimkron
Frustrated Megalomaniac 703 posts
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Related point: How about we have scrolling code boxes like on the http://www.GameDev.net forums? Or do people think they suck? On the one hand I can see how they'd stop 28 million line newbie code making the thread huge, but those pokey little boxes make it pretty hard to read any code at all... and 28 million lines will always be impossible to read through anyway =/ ____________ |
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| November 10, 2005, 04:30 | |
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Fiona
games are terrible -9616558 posts
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I persanally hate them.
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| November 10, 2005, 05:17 | |
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Woody
HEAD BLACK MAN 722 posts
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As do I.
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