DoctorDoom
07-26-2004, 09:50 PM
There are a couple of items worth mentioning to anyone looking to use HTML in posts. (Note: spaces after [ and < allow seeing the codes. Remove them to use them.)
Item #1: posts with HTML cannot be edited without disabling the HTML content. It's evidently a peculiarity with this particular software. The original PERL version of UBB accepted edits without a hitch in the HTML, as does the vBulletin software used by many boards.
As such, if for example you use the < center> < /center> tags and then edit the post, you will find that the edited post shows the codes rather than acting on them. This can have an annoying effect on those nifty, carefully-composed posts. Best bet, if an edit IS needed, is to delete the post and repost it.
Item #2: the UBB [ image] [ /image] tags only work with graphics URLs that have a standard graphics extension, e.g., BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, etcetera. Images that have, for example, numbers at the end of the URL, will NOT display using UBB image codes.
The workaround for that is the HTML image tag: < img src="graphic url">
Unfortunately, this brings up Item #1 if the post needs an edit. Such a business!
Item #1: posts with HTML cannot be edited without disabling the HTML content. It's evidently a peculiarity with this particular software. The original PERL version of UBB accepted edits without a hitch in the HTML, as does the vBulletin software used by many boards.
As such, if for example you use the < center> < /center> tags and then edit the post, you will find that the edited post shows the codes rather than acting on them. This can have an annoying effect on those nifty, carefully-composed posts. Best bet, if an edit IS needed, is to delete the post and repost it.
Item #2: the UBB [ image] [ /image] tags only work with graphics URLs that have a standard graphics extension, e.g., BMP, GIF, JPG, PNG, etcetera. Images that have, for example, numbers at the end of the URL, will NOT display using UBB image codes.
The workaround for that is the HTML image tag: < img src="graphic url">
Unfortunately, this brings up Item #1 if the post needs an edit. Such a business!