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Posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:27:25
I've tried searching around the site but can't seem to find anywhere that indicates if it is HTML/mark-up enabled, meaning that a person could do bolding, underlining, italicizing and other things in their posts?
If this site is HTML/markup enabled, could someone please let me know how/where to find what kinds of things (for example bolding) are available on this site and how to do them on here? Thanks!
Posted by Estella on August 24, 2006, at 2:39:29
In reply to Is this whole site HTML/markup enabled? If so, how, posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:27:25
I could be wrong but I think the answer is no it isn't HTML enabled. Something to do with the possibility of malicious code (if I remember rightly 'cause I'm not too sure what that means).
Posted by Estella on August 24, 2006, at 2:41:36
In reply to Is this whole site HTML/markup enabled? If so, how, posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:27:25
Thats why people do *itallics* like that sometimes, and I guess CAPITALS KINDA WORK FOR BOLD THOUGH PEOPLE ARE LIKELY TO FEEL LIKE YOU ARE SHOUTING AT THEM.
:-)
Posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:48:57
In reply to Is this whole site HTML/markup enabled? If so, how, posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:27:25
Please bear with me, I'm re-acquainting myself with these boards (I posted on the Pyschobabble one that I was a regular here a few years ago, then family circumstances took me away for a long time, but now I can be here again sporadically and there have been so MANY wonderful changes and additions here that I need to learn and re-learn the ins and outs of posting!
Anyway, I hope this comes out with one of those >> estella notations because I intend it to be flagged for estella!
I'd like to say to estella, thanks for responding and I think U R right about the whole HTML/mark-up thing. It cannot be done here and I think the reason you mentioned is probably why! I just could not recall one way or another if years ago when I was on these boards regularly whether there was HTML stuff allowed or if there wasn't if from the time I had *left* to now when I'm able to be back, perhaps HTML stuff had been added and I just couldn't find where it was!
Posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:50:43
In reply to Re: Is this whole site HTML/markup enabled? If so,, posted by Estella on August 24, 2006, at 2:41:36
I'm trying to figure out (I used to know how!) how to flag a previous poster. I tried to flag estella, but I wound up flagging myself, lol!
So, I'm trying a different approach and want to see what happens.
Posted by Jost on August 24, 2006, at 12:35:39
In reply to Just testing something; hope it's okay » Estella, posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:50:43
Yeah, you got that (flagging) down.
I'm glad you asked about the HTML-enabled thing-- I've wondered that myself cause I like italics a lot-- but never knew the term.
Wish did have italics. The *xxx* thing doesn't really work well visually.
(Do you watch Big Brother, by the way--?)
Jost
Posted by finelinebob on August 24, 2006, at 22:10:31
In reply to Re: Just testing something; hope it's okay » Janelle, posted by Jost on August 24, 2006, at 12:35:39
It could have to do more with the script that runs this board, if Dr.B is still using a version of the original Perl script BBS that started Babble.
Perl does some nasty things when you try to embedded HTML in it improperly, and from those nasty things I can see how someone could get away with writing "malicious code" that looks simple enough in a textarea box but when Perl'd it gets nasty.
Posted by Janelle on August 25, 2006, at 22:42:28
In reply to Re: Just testing something; hope it's okay » Janelle, posted by Jost on August 24, 2006, at 12:35:39
I don't think this is the right board to post this on, but I'm curious - why did you ask me if I watch "Big Brother"?! This thread may get a re-direct to another board -- if so, I hope there's a link or something to find the board it is sent to!
Posted by Dr. Bob on August 26, 2006, at 8:23:14
In reply to Is this whole site HTML/markup enabled? If so, how, posted by Janelle on August 24, 2006, at 2:27:25
> I've tried searching around the site but can't seem to find anywhere that indicates if it is HTML/mark-up enabled
It's not, see:
http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/faq.html#links
Bob
Posted by Jost on August 26, 2006, at 15:55:58
In reply to Big Brother » Jost, posted by Janelle on August 25, 2006, at 22:42:28
Sorry. Guess you don't. I don't either, really, but one of the more outstanding house-guests this year is named Janelle.
Jost
Posted by Janelle on August 31, 2006, at 18:50:51
In reply to Re: Big Brother » Janelle, posted by Jost on August 26, 2006, at 15:55:58
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