Tags for including links and images in this forum?

#1 Hi,

Hmm. The site used to have a link that explained all the usable forum codes. Since the site was reworked, it looks like that function has dissappeared. I didn't notice it until I read your post.

Here are a few tags that I can remeber.

[b]Bolding text[/b]
[i]Italicizing text[/i]
[url]Linking hypertext pages[/url]
[image]Linking images[/image]
[code]Isolating code snippets[/coad]

Note the intentional misspelling of /code. I just realized how hard it is to explain forum tags in a forum without the example tag syntax getting processed.

Aaron E.

#2 Ok,

That didn't quite work out the way I had hoped. Let's try an image of the code . . .


Those tags should accomplish the following stuff.

Bolding text
Italicizing text
www.aaronellis.net

for i = 1 to 100
   next i

There are others that I don't use much. Quote is one of them (used like the code tags, I think). But anyway, these should get you started until the tag help function makes it back to the GG site.

Aaron E.

[edit] It looks like Vernon got there quicker with a better solution. :)

#3 Edited:

Aaron yours looks nice and clean now, so I might just delete mine and add a note about the url tag :)

The url tag can be used different ways (using backslashes to make the tags show).

[url]www.google.com[\url]

[url=www.google.com]Click here to go to google[\url]

When using the second way do not add quote marks around the actual url, and don't put spaces around the = sign. If you need to have a space in the url, use a %20 instead.

Also there is a quote feature, [quote]but don't quote me on that[\quote].

#4 Vernon,

I've never tried the second method for url tags. Very cool stuff. Thanks for showing that one.

It's too bad you deleted your first post, though. I enjoy reading other people's contributions, even when they make mine seem a bit redundant. :) This will make me sound kind of wierd, but I like watching time-shifted forum dialogues unfold -- especially here at GG. The comraderie, the misunderstandings, the concept leap-frogging and the collective eurekas are all part of what makes a great online community.

Ok, now that I've embarrassed myself, I'll stop.

Aaron E.

#5 I almost never delete my posts, I just thought keeping this one as clean as possible at the top, where people would be reading for info might be useful. I do however edit a lot :)

I did delete one yesterday though as well. One guy in the TSE forums is extremely negative and seems to think everyone wants to hear his same opinion over and over again. I thought better of it a few minutes later and deleted my lighthearted, but possibly inflammatory dig at him.

#6 I see what you mean. One of these days I'll get TSE and check out all the discussions I've been missing. :)