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pfenney
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Joined: 14 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 23, 2003 15:55    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway). This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway). This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway).

pfenney
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Joined: 14 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 23, 2003 15:55    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
pfenney wrote:
This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway). This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway). This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway).



How does that look?

NathanWilson
Dark Trooper Phase 1

Joined: 22 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 07:38    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Much improved.

pfenney
Site Admin

Joined: 14 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 15:49    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
That's fantastic. No more fights over tangiential discussions. You can split the relevant posts to a separate thread.

What a feature.

Matt H
Dark Trooper Phase 1

Joined: 24 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 16:54    Post subject: Quoting a Quote View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
pfenney wrote:
pfenney wrote:
This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway). This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway). This is a bit of a meatier chunk of text, that ought to demonstrate the quote function a bit better than the nested example above (which would look bad on any board, anyway).



How does that look?



I know some boards allow nestled quoting... I thought I'd give it a try, show how it looks.

Matt H
Dark Trooper Phase 1

Joined: 24 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 16:55    Post subject: Re: Quoting a Quote View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
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Let's hope, however, that people don't go too nuts with this feature.

I also just found out another thread covered this. *sigh* Embarassed Oh well.

I also thought I'd point out that we can now put a subject line in for each post as well.

I'll also point out that when I make updates, no "Updated on xx" message appears." Shocked


I mean I can go up here and change things, and it doesn't say that I changed it.


Last edited by Matt H on Sep 24, 2003 18:43; edited 1 time in total

pfenney
Site Admin

Joined: 14 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 18:10    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
What, you mean when you edit a post?

I'm sure I saw that before.

Oh look, there's one:


Last edited by pfenney on Sep 24, 2003 21:18; edited 1 time in total

Matt H
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Joined: 24 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 18:45    Post subject: Re: Quoting a Quote View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Matt H wrote:

I mean I can go up here and change things, and it doesn't say that I changed it.



Oh sure... NOW it shows it. But I think that's only because I editied it after you posted. But I edited that post two times.

Like this paragraph here is and edit... but does it say that I edited it?

Nope, it doesn't. So it only marks when you edit things if you edit a post after someone posts after you (unless maybe it's after you log out and back in again instead - no that's not it.)

Darn it, no HTML, so my <strike> command didn't work. Oh well.

By the way, I've edited this post about 5 times now.

pfenney
Site Admin

Joined: 14 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 21:18    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
That's slightly annoying... but I suppose it means that you can correct tpyos without getting too embarrassed about them.

The main point of showing that a post was edited was for the purpose of following a discussion anyway, so it's not too bad.

I wonder whether it shows up straight away if a moderator edits the last post on a thread. Of course I'll have to just slip into something more comfortable to test that.

Fenwar
Admiral Ackbar
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Joined: 15 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 21:22    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
and here I am, saying s*******g r****y c***********l in order to upset people.

pfenney
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Joined: 14 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 21:25    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
Right, that will be something I'll look at changing. The post doesn't show a moderator's edit either.

Matt H
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Joined: 24 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 24, 2003 21:41    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
"something really c***********l"

Hmmm... I'm trying to figure out what c***********l might be.

AlexG
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Joined: 25 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 25, 2003 02:22    Post subject: wait a minute... View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
fenwar...
pfenney...

I know its kind of infringing on folks, but could we make a request that as people register, they keep their name? I mean, fenwar might not be Fenwar. Maybe pfenney is Fenwar, or Fenwar is fenwar, or fenwar is Fenwar, or Fenwar is pfenney, or pfenney is fenwar...

See? Its confusing. So please, can we make that an unwritten policy or something? 4 months from now we could be saying, "You're Mattias Welander? I never knew!"

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Matt H
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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2003 04:48    Post subject: Not necessary View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
If it's an unwritten rule, how do we let people know?

I think most people will stick with their old names. But if they don't, I don't think it's any big deal. People have changed their name before (Casey, Taylor) and it was no biggie. In fact, I think that if people wanted to change their name, now is the perfect time to do so.

On a side note, I also think that if things aren't exactly like how they were that that's okay do. I think Fenwar has done a terrific job setting this up, trying to get it like the old site. But if it's not the same, it doesn't make it bad, just different. (People seem to be resistent to change - whenever the main site got reworked, it bugged some people because it wasn't like how it was.)

Fenwar
Admiral Ackbar
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PostPosted: Sep 25, 2003 06:37    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Reply with quote
AlexG wrote:
Maybe pfenney is Fenwar, or Fenwar is fenwar, or fenwar is Fenwar, or Fenwar is pfenney, or pfenney is fenwar...



You'd know they're all me.

The pfenney is a default name created by the board; I'll probably stick with fenwar once things get going. Perhaps I only did it to avoid taking an early lead in the all-new 24-7 PCLB championship.

At some point I may be able to import the old user accounts (as well as posterity threads like the review forum). One thing I will do my best to stop is anyone using a name on this board that belonged to someone else on the previous one.

For some people a new name and a clean slate might be just what they need. Sure it could be abused, but can't everything these days? Sad

The MAZZTer
Death Star
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Joined: 25 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 25, 2003 18:29    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
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Fun Laughing

[Edit: Woah... COOL! Very Happy]

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AlexG
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Joined: 25 Sep 2003
PostPosted: Sep 26, 2003 02:58    Post subject: View user's profile Send private message Send e-mail Reply with quote
Fenwar wrote:
You'd know they're all me.



Actually, no, I thought one was your brother. See, told ya. Confusion ensues...

:: goes off and is ensued in confusion ::

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