• Putting Links or URLs in FAQs
• How can I show HTML raw code?
• Using the CODE tags to show raw HTML
• How many links can I have in an entry?
• Relative Links

FAQ entries have been changed so that the same text processing that occurs in forum posts applies to FAQ editing now. Links will get converted, so there's no need to make them relative because of users from both domains. CODE and SYNTAX blocks will be treated as they are in posts also.

You may still wish to use HTML to display your URLs if, for instance, the title of the thread you're linking to is not descriptive enough. In that case, be sure to remove the domain info from the URL.

Any HTML in the faq QUESTION is now stripped out when saved, however, just as it is for forum topics.

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by KeysCapt
last modified: 2004-02-06 06:07:40

The easiest way to do this is to substitute ASCII code for every beginning bracket, like this:

<TABLE><TR><TD>

You must pay close attention though ... as soon as you preview this, it will be converted to normal HTML; that means when you hit "submit", your ASCII will now be HTML brackets, and the result will be the actual table.

To avoid that you must enter the ASCII, then preview it, and while in preview mode, re-enter the ASCII in the preview window, then submit. It takes practice to get the hang of it, and is work-intensive enough to prevent you from doing it very often.

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Another method, submitted by one of our FAQ owners:

"I use an alternate method for doing what's described in this entry, that some other folks might like. Type a FAQ entry that has raw HTML. Preview, and then if it needs edits, press the browser back button. Repeat this preview/back button process until your entry is complete. After the final preview, press the back button one more time, and then submit."
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Submitted by Sidis

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by KeysCapt
last modified: 2004-02-06 06:09:43

Raw HTML can easily be embedded in your entries by putting it in code blocks.

Code blocks begin with the [code]
tag, and end with a
[/code] tag, which you may be familiar with from posting to the BBR forums. After the system processes the code block, the raw HTML will be in a blue box with a dotted red outline which sets it off from the rest of your text.

It's very important that the tags be on their own lines, with the raw HTML between them. This:

[code]
<TABLE><TR><TD>
[/code]

results in this:


There can be spaces and multiple lines of raw HTML between the code tags.

This:

[code]
<img src="http://www.mypix.com/image.gif">

<a href="http://www.google.com>google"</a>
[/code]

results in this:



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by climbers edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2004-02-06 06:15:49

It depends on how you do them:

If you type in an address, and let the site autoconstruct them for you, like this:
which generates this: http://www.google.com

you can only have 30 per entry.

If you build them yourself, like this:
which generates this: www.google.com

there doesn't seem to be a limit.

You can mix both in an entry, but the limit is still 30 for the autogenerated kind.

And remember that if your HTML links (as in the second example) are links inside DSLR, you must remove the domain name: the »:www.dslreports.com part.

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by climbers edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2004-03-27 18:02:50

When creating internal links for the FAQ (or for other site links), is there a preference for using so called "relative" links, in order to keep the user from being logged out if he/she is logged in under the other domain?

Internal links, such as a link to a forum thread, must have the domain removed IF THEY ARE WRITTEN WITH HTML TAGS. If they are not, any user logged in under the other domain will be logged out upon clicking the link. If the link contains www.broadbandreports.com, a user logged in under dslreports.com will be logged out, and vice versa.

The solution is to write the URL in the same way it would be on an HTML page ... using the full URL, but removing the section.

So becomes and looks like this:

dslr terms of service

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by nozero edited by KeysCapt
last modified: 2004-02-06 06:07:26