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1 General·What is the purpose of this FAQ?
·The /dev/null mystery.
·Where is the How-To for message posting?
·What are the posting rules for this forum?
·What languages are supported in syntax blocks
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by graffixx  edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2003-01-08 23:39:12 |
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Written by James Baughn on December 1, 1998:
From the yet-another-convention-filled-with-mad-scientists department
NEW YORK, NY -- What happens when stuff is sent to /dev/null? Common knowledge dictates that it is deleted. However, a group of scientists suggest otherwise. At the Unconventional Scientist '98 Convention held in New York last week, several experts theorized that /dev/null is actually a portal to another dimension or universe. Others claimed that top secret government agencies or large multinational corporations (read: Microsoft) are using it to spy on innocent Unix users.
Bob "Paranoid" Johnson, a consultant for the National Expirer tabloid, said in a panel discussion, "Stuff sent to /dev/null on Unix systems, the Trash Can on Mac systems, and the Recycle Bin on Windows systems, is not really deleted. It is cached in a secret location on the hard drive until such time that the user is connected to the Net. Then it is sent over the Net to a destination me and my research team has been unable to identify. We suspect the 'resurrected' packets are sent to a government agency, perhaps as part of the 'Echelon' system. Or, for all we know, Bill Gates might be the recipient of all these packets, which usually consist of flames, spam, and porn."
When asked for proof of his contention, Johnson stuttered nervously and said, "Well, ah... I've compiled logs of all the, uhhh, packets transferred from my test system to some unknown Net server. These logs show some very, ah... suspicious occurences. But, well [cough]... I, um, accidentally left these logs on my other laptop computer which is still in, ahem, my hotel room. Sorry about that. I'll publish my logs and other findings on my website Real Soon Now."
Several other scientists argued that /dev/null acts like the singularity in a black hole. One said, "The bits sent to /dev/null have to go somewhere, just like the stuff that falls into a black hole. Physicists have speculated that black holes act as a portal or wormhole to other realms. If this is true, then it should be quite clear that /dev/null acts in a similar way. Unsuspecting Unix users could be sending their flames and porno to another realm/dimension/universe/whatever."
One convention attendee added half-jokingly, "Perhaps we're on the receiving end of one of those 'portals'. For all we know, the increased bloat in Microsoft software could be from excess bits funneled through /dev/null (or the equivalent) into our universe from another. Some guy in another realm could be sending his flame email to /dev/null, blissfully unaware that it's being included as part of our universe's Windows 2000!"
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by Zhen-Xjell edited by KeysCapt
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Our forums are both UBB and HTML (limited tag set) friendly! (You may be familiar with UBB codes from other forums). Please take advantage of preview mode before posting, to get the format working the way you want.
Curious to know how to do those smilies, bold, italics, strike in posts? Look at the hints at the right side of your text box when posting a message.
There is more post how-to information in the Site FAQ.
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by Dezbend edited by KeysCapt
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Currently, I don't think there's any posting rules. But it will be helpful if people indicate what they are testing in the "Catchy title" section. This way, others could help them out etc.
Things like Poll test, Sig test, Avatar test, Image test etc.
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The word on the left in the list below, is placed in the opening of a syntax block where xxx is in the example here:
[syntax=xxx]
paste your code here
[/syntax]
Generally, whatever native file extension you are familiar with will work, especially popular ones (.h, .cc, .pl, etc). The list below is the exhaustive list of languages, but each of these languages may recognize one OR MORE extensions without drama. For example, PHP syntax highlighting will pickup on extensions php, php3, php4, and so on.
abaqus:Abaqus finite element input file (www.hks.com)
abc:abc music notation language
abel:ABEL
acedb:AceDB model files
ada:Ada (95)
aflex:AfLex (from Lex syntax file)
ahdl:Altera AHDL
amiga:AmigaDos
aml:AML (ARC/INFO Arc Macro Language)
ampl:ampl (A Mathematical Programming Language)
ant:ANT build file (xml)
antlr:ANTLR, Another Tool For Language Recognition (www.antlr.org)
apache:Apache configuration (httpd.conf, srm.conf, access.conf, .htaccess)
apachestyle:Apache-Style configuration files (proftpd.conf/apache.conf/..)
asm:GNU Assembler
asm68k:Motorola 68000 Assembler
asmh8300:Hitachi H-8300h specific syntax for GNU Assembler
asn:ASN.1
aspperl:Active State's PerlScript (ASP)
aspvbs:Microsoft VBScript Web Content (ASP)
atlas:ATLAS
automake:automake Makefile.am
ave:avenue
awk:awk, nawk, gawk, mawk
ayacc:AYacc
b:B (A Formal Method with refinement and mathematical proof)
baan:Baan
basic:BASIC
bc:bc - An arbitrary precision calculator language
bdf:BDF Font definition
bib:BibTeX (bibliographic database format for (La)TeX)
bindzone:BIND 8.x zone files (RFC1035)
blank:Blank 1.4.1
btm:4Dos batch file
c:C
catalog:sgml catalog file
cf:Cold Fusion
cfg:Good old CFG files
ch:CHILL (CCITT High Level Programming Language)
change:WEB Changes
changelog:generic ChangeLog file
chaskell:Haskell supporting c2hs binding hooks
cl:cl "Clever Language" by Multibase, »www.mbase.com.au)
clean: Clean
clipper:Clipper 5.2 & FlagShip
cobol:COBOL
conf:generic configure file
config: configure.in script: M4 with sh
cpp:C++
crontab:crontab
cs:C#
csc:Essbase script
csh:C-shell (csh)
csp:CSP (Communication Sequential Processes, using FDR input syntax)
css:Cascading Style Sheets
cterm:Century Term Command Script
ctrlh:CTRL-H (e.g., ASCII manpages)
cupl:CUPL
cuplsim:CUPL simulation
cvs:CVS commit file
cweb:CWEB
cynlib:Cynlib(C++)
cynlib Language Information
cynpp:Cyn++
cynpp Language Information
dcl:DCL (Digital Command Language - vms)
debchangelog:Debian changelog files
debcontrol:Debian control files
def:Microsoft Module-Definition (.def) File
diff:Diff (context or unified)
diva: SKILL for Diva
dns:DNS/BIND Zone File
docbk:DocBook
dosbatch:MSDOS batch file (with NT command extensions)
dosini:Configuration File (ini file) for MSDOS/MS Windows
dot:Dot
dracula:Dracula
dsl:DSSSL
dtd:DTD (Document Type Definition for XML)
dtml: Zope's Dynamic Template Markup Language
dylan:Dylan
dylanintr:Dylan
dylanlid:Dylan Library Interface Files
ecd:ecd (Embedix Component Description) files
eiffel:Eiffel
elf Language:ELF
elf ELF:Extensible Language Facility
elmfilt:Elm Filter rules
erlang:erlang (ERicsson LANGuage)
esqlc:ESQL-C
eterm:Eterm configuration file
expect:Expect
exports:exports
fgl:Informix 4GL
focexec:Focus Executable
form:FORM
forth Language:FORTH
fortran:Fortran95 (and Fortran90, Fortran77, F and elf90)
foxpro:FoxPro for DOS v2.x
fvwm:Fvwm{1,2} configuration file
gdb:GDB command files
gdmo:GDMO
gedcom:Gedcom
gnuplot:gnuplot 3.7 pl0
gp:gp (version 2.1)
groff:groff
gsp:GSP - GNU Server Pages (v. 0.86)
gtkrc:Gtk+ theme files `gtkrc'
haskell:Haskell
hb:Hyper Builder
help:Vim help file
hercules:Hercules (Avant! Corporation)
hog:Snort Configuration File (see: »www.snort.org)
html:HTML
htmlm4:HTML and M4
htmlos:HTML/OS by Aestiva
ia64:IA-64 (Itanium) assembly language
icon:Icon
idl:IDL (Interface Description Language)
idlang Interactive Data Language syntax file (IDL, too:-)
inform:Inform
inittab:SysV-compatible init process control file `inittab'
ishd:InstallShield Script
iss:Inno Setup File (iss file) and My InnoSetup extension
ist:Makeindex style file, *.ist
jam:JAM
jargon:Jargon File
java:Java
javacc:JavaCC, a Java Compiler Compiler written by JavaSoft
javascript:JavaScript
jess:Jess
jgraph:jgraph (graph plotting utility)
jproperties:Java Properties resource file (*.properties[_*])
jsp:JSP (Java Server Pages)
kix:KixTart 95, Kix2001 Windows script language »kixtart.org/
kscript:kscript
kwt:kimwitu++
lace: lace
latte:Latte
lex:Lex
lftp Language:lftp Configuration file
lhaskell:Haskell with literate comments
lifelines:Lifelines (v 3.0.7) »lifelines.sourceforge.net
lilo:lilo configuration (lilo.conf)
lisp:Lisp
lite:lite
lotos:LOTOS (Language Of Temporal Ordering Specifications, IS8807)
lout Language:Lout
lprolog:LambdaProlog (Teyjus)
lscript:LotusScript
lss:Lynx 2.7.1 style file
lua:Lua
lynx:Lynx configuration file ( lynx.cfg )
m4: M4
mail:Mail file
make:Makefile
man:Man page
maple:Maple V (based on release 4)
maple Language Support
masm:Microsoft Assembler (80x86)
mason:Mason (Perl embedded in HTML)
master:Focus Master File
matlab:Matlab
mel:MEL (Maya Extension Language)
mf:Metafont
mgp:mgp - MaGic Point
mib:Vim syntax file for SNMPv1 and SNMPv2 MIB and SMI files
mma:Mathematica
model:Model
modsim3:Modsim III, by compuware corporation (www.compuware.com)
modula2:Modula 2
modula3:Modula-3
monk:Monk (See-Beyond Technologies)
moo:MOO
mp:MetaPost
msql:msql
muttrc:Mutt setup files
named:BIND 8.x configuration file
nasm:NASM - The Netwide Assembler (v0.98)
nastran:NASTRAN input/DMAP
natural: NATURAL
ncf:Novell "NCF" Batch File
nqc:NQC - Not Quite C, for LEGO mindstorms
nroff:nroff / groff
nsis:NSIS script, for version of NSIS 1.91 and later
objc:Objective C
ocaml:OCaml
omnimark:Omnimark
openroad: CA-OpenROAD
opl:OPL
opl Open Psion Language... (EPOC16/EPOC32)
ora:Oracle config files (.ora) (Oracle 8i, ver. 8.1.5)
papp:papp
pascal:Pascal
pccts:PCCTS
perl:Perl
pfmain:Postfix main.cf configuration
php:php PHP 3/4
phtml:phtml PHP 2.0
pic:PIC16F84 Assembler (Microchip's microcontroller)
pike:Pike
pilrc:pilrc - a resource compiler for Palm OS development
pine:Pine (email program) run commands
plm:PL/M
plsql:Oracle Procedureal SQL (PL/SQL)
po:po (gettext)
pod:Perl POD format
postscr:PostScript - all Levels, selectable
pov:PoV-Ray(tm) 3.5 Scene Description Language
povini:PoV-Ray(tm) 3.5 configuration/initialization files
ppd:PPD (PostScript printer description) file
ppwiz:PPWizard (preprocessor by Dennis Bareis)
procmail:Procmail definition file
progress: Progress 4GL
prolog:PROLOG
psf:Software Distributor product specification file
ptcap:printcap/termcap database
purifylog:purify log files
python:Python
qf:Quickfix window
r:R (GNU S)
radiance:Radiance Scene Description
ratpoison:Ratpoison configuration/commands file
rc:M$ Resource files (*.rc)
rcslog:RCS log output
rebol:Rebol
registry:Windows Registry export with regedit (*.reg)
remind:Remind
rexx:Rexx
robots:"Robots.txt" files
rpcgen:rpcgen
rpl:RPL/2
rtf:Rich Text Format
ruby:Ruby
samba:samba configuration files (smb.conf)
sas:SAS
sather:Sather/pSather
scheme:Scheme (R5RS)
scilab:Scilab
screen:Screen Virtual Terminal Emulator/Manager Configuration File
sdl:SDL
sed:sed
sendpr:FreeBSD send-pr file
sgml:SGML
sgmldecl:SGML (SGML Declaration =!SGML ...>)
sgmllnx:SGML-linuxdoc (supported by old sgmltools-1.x)
sh: shell (sh) Korn shell (ksh) bash (sh)
sicad:SiCAD (procedure language)
simula:Simula
sinda:sinda85, sinda/fluint input file
sindacmp:sinda85, sinda/fluint compare file
sindaout:sinda85, sinda/fluint output file
skill: SKILL
sl:Renderman shader language
slang:S-Lang
slrnrc:Slrn setup file
slrnsc:Slrn score file
sm:sendmail
smil:SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language)
smith:SMITH
sml:SML
snnsnet:SNNS network file
snnspat:SNNS pattern file
snnsres:SNNS result file
snobol4:SNOBOL4
spec:SPEC: Build/install scripts for Linux RPM packages
specman:SPECMAN E-LANGUAGE
spice:Spice circuit simulator input netlist
splint:splint (C with lclint/splint Annotations)
spup:Speedup, plant simulator from AspenTech
sql:SQL, PL/SQL (Oracle 8i)
sqlforms:SQL*Forms (Oracle 7)
sqlj:sqlj
sqr:Structured Query Report Writer (SQR)
squid:Squid config file
st:Smalltalk
stp:Stored Procedures (STP)
strace:strace output
tads:TADS
tags:tags
tak:TAK2, TAK3, TAK2000 thermal modeling input file
takcmp:TAK2, TAK3, TAK2000 thermal modeling compare file
takout:TAK2, TAK3, TAK2000 thermal modeling output file
tasm:TASM: turbo assembler by Borland
tcl:TCL/TK
terminfo Language:Terminfo definition
tex:TeX
texinfo:Texinfo (macro package for TeX)
texmf:Web2C TeX texmf.cnf configuration file
tf:tf
tidy:HMTL Tidy configuration file ( /etc/tidyrc ~/.tidyrc )
tli:TealInfo source files (*.tli)
trasys:TRASYS input file
tsalt:Telix (Modem Comm Program) SALT Script
tsscl:TSS (Thermal Synthesizer System) Command Line
tssgm:TSS (Thermal Synthesizer System) Geometry
tssop:TSS (Thermal Synthesizer System) Optics
uc:UnrealScript
uil:Motif UIL (User Interface Language)
vb:Visual Basic
verilog:Verilog
vgrindefs:Vgrindefs
vhdl:VHDL
vhdl VHSIC Hardware Description Language
vim:Vim 6.1 script
viminfo:Vim .viminfo file
virata:Virata Configuration Script
vrml:VRML97
vsejcl:JCL job control language - DOS/VSE
wdiff:wDiff (wordwise diff)
web:WEB
webmacro:WebMacro
wget:Wget configuration file ( /etc/wgetrc ~/.wgetrc )
winbatch:WinBatch/Webbatch (*.wbt, *.web)
wml:WML - Website MetaLanguage
wsh:Windows Scripting Host
wvdial:Configuration file for WvDial
xdefaults:X resources files like ~/.Xdefaults (xrdb)
xf86conf:XF86Config (XFree86 configuration file)
xkb:XKB (X Keyboard Extension) components
xmath:xmath (a simulation tool)
xml:XML
xmodmap:xmodmap definition file
xpm:X Pixmap
xpm2:X Pixmap v2
xs:XS (Perl extension interface language)
xsd:XSD (XML Schema)
xslt:XSLT
xxd: bin using xxd
yacc:Yacc
z8a:Z80 assembler asz80
zsh:Z shell (zsh)
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2 How do I·How do I make a poll?
·How do I use commas in polls?
·How do I post attachments & screen shots?
·How do I post CODE and HTML etc without it being converted?
·How do I insert a 'clickable picture link' into a post?
·How do I make the blue sad faces?
·How do I put extra emoticons in my posts?
·How do I add a link in my signature?
·How do I print just a post, not the entire thread?
·How do I make ISO characters?
·How do I make text appear small?
·How do I center text and pictures in a post?
·Make a small website image appear in a post
·How do I post syntax-colored CODE
·Convert raw HTML to escaped characters?
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To make a Poll:
 The poll must be the first post in a thread.
You can now edit a poll once you submit it.
Use lower case for the poll command. Your poll should look like this:[poll]Ask your question?,Choice 1,Choice 2,Choice3,etc.[/poll]
For example:
[poll]What color is the sky?,red,blue,green,yellow[/poll] If a poll works, during the preview stage it should display:[Your poll will appear here after topic is created] Images may be used for choices: [poll]
Ask your question,  ,  ,  , 
[/poll]
Note: There is a 255 character limit (including html tags) for each choice.
FYI: the poll function works even after the thread is locked. That is, users are still able to vote even when threads are locked.
To create a poll with multiple choices, use the [mpoll] and [/mpoll] tags.
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by graffixx edited by KeysCapt
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To use commas, other than, and in addition to the commas that are required to separate your poll options, you need to replace the commas with , .
Here is an example:
[poll]Do commas in Polls work?,Yes ,, they do, No ,, they don't[/poll]
Here is the end result:
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by howe81
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How do I post a screen shot?
The first thing to do is to re-size the window which you'd like to take the screen shot of to prevent "page stretch".
Then:
Make sure the window you want is the active window. Press ALT + Print Screen SysRq (it will copy to the "clipboard")
Open MS Paint or other graphics program
File -> New
Edit -> Paste
File -> Save as JPEG or GIF
• Attachments
Finally, to post your screen shot, start a post on the site as you normally would, but then click on "Got Attachments?" and attach your file.
If you are using Internet Explorer, you will see the "attachments" button as displayed here:
The button activates the fields to browse and insert your image(s). If you have javascript disabled, the button may not work, so the link below it should be used.
If you've stored the image on your hard drive, then click on "browse" and navigate to the folder on your computer where the graphic is stored. Click on it, and it will be entered in the box to upload.
There is NO preview when uploading a graphic attachment.
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Edit: This procedure has been revised and enhanced to remove the uploading limitation of two items. You can now submit up to sixteen attachments with one post, as illustrated below:
Note: Please heed the warning against attaching .bmp files to your posts.
Another recommended and freeware graphics program that can be used to manipulate your graphics is Irfanview.
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by KeysCapt
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As some of you may have noticed, if you try to post code (HTML, C, or other code), just by pasting it in and hitting PREVIEW, several bad things can happen.
• Your code loses any formatting.
• Your code may vanish completely if it contains angle brackets
• If you spell-check, your code is spell-checked (pointless)
• You get annoyed
The solution is to use [code] blocks.
Stuff within a [code] block is not mucked with, and is printed in a mono-spaced font, with all spaces (formatting) preserved.
To use a code block within a post, just post like so:
[code]
... (your code goes here) ...
[/code]
Note: the [code] and [/code] tags MUST APPEAR TO THE LEFT ON LINES BY THEMSELVES. Using [code]...[/code] inline, will not work.
The contents of the code block will be isolated from the post, shown in a mono-spaced font, and all angle and square brackets appear unmolested. Note, in order to preserve the right margin of the website, any lines longer than 90 characters are split, automatically, with notification at the bottom of the code block that this has happened.
Outside of code blocks, in order to use the characters: > < [ and ] use ASCII-ISO 8859-1 codes. These are codes that are specific to individual HTML characters:
[ = [
] = ]
< = <
> = >
Note: When using ASCII-ISO 8859-1 codes to post with, you can only preview your post once. If you preview twice, the second preview will convert the post. For example:
If you are making a long and detailed post using the ASCII-ISO 8859-1 codes, it is advisable to write it first into notepad and copy and paste it into your post when it is ready. This way you will keep the original coding intact.
Thank you Dooby for this FAQ.
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by graffixx edited by howe81
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This can only be done using a picture and a link that have a web address as shown below.
To insert a 'clickable picture link' into your post, use the following code:<A HREF="http://www.dslreports.com/"><IMG SRC="http://i.dslr.net/go2.gif"></A> The above example is a working link. To see how it works, just copy and paste it into a post.
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by Dooby edited by KeysCapt
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The blue sad faces were newly implemented and can be created using colon (:) and the square left bracket ([).
So to create this ( ) whilst posting, use (:[).
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by howe81
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You can put emoticons like  and  that show up when you create a thread or reply any where in your posts by using the following codes:
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon1.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon2.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon3.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon4.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon5.gif[/img]
= [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon6.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon7.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon8.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon9.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon10.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon11.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon12.gif[/img]
 = [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon13.gif[/img]
= [img]http://i.dslr.net/bb/vbull_coll/icon14.gif[/img]
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by RedXII1234 edited by howe81
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To add links in your signature, use the A HREF tags. So the syntax is:<a href="http://url-here">Name of link</a> An example would be this:<a href="http://www.dslreports.com">DSL Reports</a> would produce this:
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To print just the one post and not the entire thread hover over to here:
.. and you'll see the number for just that post then replace user http://www.dslreports.com/speak/print/default;xxxxxxx with the post number.
An example would be: http://www.dslreports.com/speak/print/default;2092703 which would produce: Click to view.
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When you make characters such as µ (micron) or © (copyright) in the DSLReports forums, they won't be shown unless you use the HTML code equivalent.
A list can be found at:
http://www.activejump.com/n.shtml
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by RedXII1234 edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2003-04-13 11:29:54 |
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This is an ability that is included in the HTML help at the right side of the posting text box. To make text appear small, use the following code:
<small>Your text here</small>
This will appear in your post as:
You could also use <small><tt> to use the Typewriter text style font which appears to be smaller than using <small> on many systems.
For example:
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by Dooby edited by howe81
last modified: 2004-01-07 16:59:56 |
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This is an extra ability that is not included in the hints beside the text box when posting. To center text and pictures in a post, use the following code:
<center>Put your text or image tag here</center>
This will cause that section to appear centered in your post like this:
Put your text or image tag here
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by Dooby edited by howe81
last modified: 2004-01-07 17:04:34 |
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Site premium users in the forums can insert an image of any URL into a new post by using the syntax
[siteshot]....[/siteshot]
where .... is a valid URL, including http://
Click the image to go to the website mentioned and pictured. Click 'enlarge' to see the graphical snapshot at the time the post was created.
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last modified: 2004-01-07 17:05:33 |
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Use a syntax block within your post. The format is:
[syntax=xxx]
(paste your code here)
[/syntax]
xxx is the language of your code fragment, as it would typically be represented in a FILE EXTENSION. Some common extensions that will trigger syntax coloring are below. Replacing xxx in the example above with php, for example, will syntax color a php code fragment.
javascript - Javascript
java - Java
perl - perl code
php - php code
h - c header file
registry - Windows registry export fragment
For the full list of supported languages, please see this FAQ entry - What languages are supported in syntax blocks
Note: Syntax blocks can be edited after the post has been made
Note: Syntax blocks will preview correctly. If they do not preview, they will not post correctly either.
Note: Syntax blocks cannot be AUTO-QUOTED, and should not be quoted manually
Note: The begin and end markers around a syntax block must be on their own lines and against the left margin
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last modified: 2005-07-20 19:22:30 |
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Yes. If you need to turn a lot of HTML into escape characters for posting raw, there's a nice utility here:
Quick Escape.
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by climbers edited by RedXII1234
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3 Why·Why doesn't my signature show up?
·Why can't I get an image to show up in my signature!?
·Why is my signature replaced with (sig was too long)?
·Why don't posting tag or signature changes appear right away?
·Why doesn't all my info show up?
·Why do I have to do so much reading?
·Why does my poll show up blank?
·Why did the graphic in my post show up small?
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First, make sure you selected "show signature." Also your post must be longer than your sig. For instance if your sig is "www.dslreports.com" your post would need to be at least 19 characters long.
By Dezbend.
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by graffixx edited by howe81 |
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HTML tags for images are disabled for signatures.
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by wheelert$93 edited by howe81 |
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If your signature is more than 255 characters long, including HTML codes, then your signature will be replaced with (sig was too long).
Just find a post before you changed it and restore it.
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by RedXII1234 edited by howe81
last modified: 2002-03-28 17:47:10 |
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Server caches may cause your changes to be slightly delayed. Wait a few minutes and post another test.
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by MacGyver edited by howe81
last modified: 2002-03-28 17:47:52 |
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If you are using a posting tag, you need a certain amount of characters for the info under your username to show up. Date joined, etc.
All the info will show up with any amount of characters, even one, if you don't use a posting tag.
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by RedXII1234 edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2005-01-23 19:52:18 |
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It is your responsibility to find the answers to your questions. No one can just give them to you because they don't know what needs fixing. When you have searched for the answer you're looking for in the site FAQs and the various forums and still need help then it's time to ask your question.
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by delajolla edited by howe81 |
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One reason that your poll didn't work may be that you did not enter a poll question. Another possibility is that you did not qualify to make a poll.
See FAQ 1140 for more information about this and the correct way to construct a poll.
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by cblnotstable edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2003-02-18 20:02:29 |
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The preferred dimension of an uploaded/linked graphic is 640 pixels or less in width.
Using the Got Attachments Feature
Any graphic wider than 700 pixels uploaded via the "got attachments" feature will be auto-thumbnailed down to 200 pixels. Anything between 1 and 700 pixels wide is shown as is, unless the image file is very big in which case it is thumbnailed, and then is displayed using 1 to 3 column-spanning cells and as many rows as necessary for all attachments.
At this time, all .png graphics uploaded are reduced to 200 pixels.
The image below was uploaded as a 1600 pixel-wide .jpg file. The system auto-thumbnailed it to a smaller image clickable to see the original large version.
Using Image Tags for Linking Off-Site
Any graphic wider than 700 pixels linked off-site using [img] tags will not be resized, and will blow out the right margin of the posting window. The extended margin will affect the entire posting page, and can render the thread difficult for you and others to read. If this occurs, mods will edit the graphic to include a "width" statement, changing the graphic size.
Please be considerate of others when posting images.
If you must use "inline" images from another site, you can also bury width, or width and height attributes in the image html, to stop margin blowout. If you see a wide external image, "hey-mod" it, so a mod can edit in a width attribute.
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