"Not so Obvious" Features in Posting Messages

[RedShift]

When John upgraded the forum software, new features appeared, and at least a couple of features became more obtuse.

1. How to link an Internet Address under Text

This is no longer as obvious as it was.  Selecting the link and clicking the "Insert Hyperlink" button gets you something like

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[url]http://autolumination.com/194.htm[/url]

but looks like http://autolumination.com/194.htm whenb you post.  This isn't as cool as a link that shows as AutoLumination, which you get by changing the URL tag into:

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[url=http://autolumination.com/194.htm]AutoLumination[/url]

2. Posting Lists

There's now an "Insert List" feature, last icon in the second row under the "Change Color" list box.  It does the indent, wrap's around properly and uses cute bullets so:

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[list]
[li]First Element[/li]
[li]Second Element[/li]
[li]Third Element[/li]
[/list]
looks like:

• First Element
• Second Element
• Third Element

But this supports the old style of listing as well, using asterisks to mark the list elements.  The code:

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[list][*]First Element
[*]Second Element
[*]Third Element [/list]

works equally well. 

• First Element
  
• Second Element
  
• Third Element

Your choice.

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There's lots more to learn if you're curious.  I find the features available to the creative poster to be quite fun, and enhances the ability to read posts. 

Anyway, if others have some clues or hints on interesting methods/tips to post messages, please offer.  Maybe this thread will end up in the FAQ or as a sticky. 

PS. Wish there was a Spell Checker as part of this package -- some of you have horrible punctuation and/or spelling that makes for annoying reading.  (just an observation -- no offence intended -- I was always the last kid picked in the spelling bee's.)

[NiceGuysFinishLast]

PS. Wish there was a Spell Checker as part of this package -- some of you have horrible punctuation and/or spelling that makes for annoying reading.  (just an observation -- no offence intended -- I was always the last kid picked in the spelling bee's.)

You're right, a spell check would be useful... No offense intended...
(unless you're British, then it's ok to spell it "offence" Dang brits and their horrible English!  )

Good post though, I forget that not everyone's an HTML geek like me...

[annguyen1981]

I guess this small how-to resulted in my PM to you, huh?  Well, thankz!  Very interesting stuff.  I haven't done HTML in about 8 years, so I remember the basic basics, but nothing big.

[Egaeus]

Ah, so that's how it's done.  Nothing against the authors of SMF, but wouldn't a list of allowed html tags have been easier to implement?