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Topic Started: Apr 12 2010, 06:23 AM (52 Views)
Hashimoto Daichi
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If you happened to use other types of Boards in the past, you'll realize that this Board works in a similar way to PHP coded forums, and that the Post Editor is practically the same. But on this Board, you are encouraged to use codes to format the text you write, especially in roleplay. You can split narration and dialogue by using different colors, bold letters, italics etc. For a full list of available codes you can check the Full BBCode List, which is also located in the Post Editor, no matter where inside the Board you post something (this also includes PMs and Blogs).

Though, I would like to point out some facts that aren't obvious and may be confusing about usage of certain codes. Those are Quotes, HTML, Codes, Lists and Spoilers:
If you happened to use a piece of code to format your text (like a different font style and a smaller size) you should be careful when using the aforementioned codes, because all of them require their own piece of coding; which means that before using any of them, you will need to close all the previous codes you typed in, because some of them will not affect Quotes, Lists etc. Here's a simple example to show you what I mean:

[font=Verdana][size=1][b]The quick brown fox jumps over:[/b]
[list]
[*]the lazy dog
[*]the sleepy cat
[/list]

In this example, I did not close all the codes I used before I made an input of the List code, which is the font style and the font size. Because of that, the actual list looks like this:


The quick brown fox jumps over:

  • the lazy dog
  • the sleepy cat

Do you notice the difference between the font (depending on the Board theme you use) and size of the bold text just above the list which consists of two lines? Because the List code requires its own piece of code, some codes you entered earlier will not work unless you close them before making an input of the list. So after properly closing the codes:

[font=Verdana][size=1][b]The quick brown fox jumps over:[/b][/size][/font]
[list]
[*][font=Verdana][size=1]the lazy dog[/size][/font]
[*][font=Verdana][size=1]the sleepy cat[/size][/font]
[/list]

... the list should look like this:

The quick brown fox jumps over:

  • the lazy dog
  • the sleepy cat

As you can see, I also added formatting to each List entry, and now the result is a List that has consistency with all of the previous formatted text. After I closed the list, I again had to make an input of the [font=Verdana] code in order to format this paragraph. If I had left the codes open and proceeded to write the List code properly, this text would still look different, and making a mistake of closing the code that I used before the List code only at the end of the post would produce an ugly looking bug.

As you are encouraged to use any available codes to format your text, you should be careful which ones you choose and how you use them. You can experiment with the codes in the Post Editor by using the "Preview" function (the button is located right beneath the Post Editor on the left-hand side. Always make sure that you properly inserted any piece of code before posting your text. Most users have no use for codes other than the basic ones, though it is entirely your choice if you want to use them at all. You certainly won't be criticized for improper use (unless explicitly stated otherwise, or the piece of text is very important) though any Administrator, especially the Technical Administrator reserves the right to edit or even delete each and every post which includes improper code usage, especially abuse of HTML code and oversized text. This goes for Signatures as well.

Quotes, Codes and Spoilers work in the same way, while HTML should not contain any formatting at all.

For any questions about the PM System, you can post a Help topic.
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