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Asheera
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posted September 30, 2008 05:03 PM |
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New BB code suggestions
Hello,
I'd like to suggest some new handy BB codes for HC. Note that I have absolutely no idea how they are implemented in php or whatever. It's just that I've seen some of them on other sites and thought that they are "common" and thus easy to implement, but as I said I have NO idea and they could be very hard to implement.
The first one is used to modify the size of the text, something like this:
[size=12]text[/size]
12 would be the normal size we have now.
This would be very useful in cases where you'd like to enlarge the text (for some title or something like that), but also it has another use: to make some "hidden text at first sight" which could be useful. Simply set the size=2 and the text would be too small to be readable, but you can copy-paste it in Notepad if you want to read it. As I said, it's a "hidden text at first sight", useful for texts which you want to show to other members only if they want and not by a "mistake", for example a riddle answer.
(note: this is also available at CH)
The other one is a [code] tag. It would be useful for H5 scripts and the like.
[code]text[/code]
This one should apply a new "box" like Quote where the text will have a fixed-width. You may think: "We have the Courier font now, don't we?"; yes, we have, and so far this [code] tag seems pretty redundant, but it should also have an extra feature: a scroll-bar at the bottom of the "box", so that the text won't wrap. That's because scripts aren't meant to wrap at all, and they would look much better with scrolling.
For example, here is a big script which, although uses the Courier font to make it look nicer and organized (because of fixed width), it's not enough. It doesn't look how it should be because it doesn't have a scroll bar.
And no, with my suggestion it won't "stretch" the entire page, because that [code] and the scroll bar apply only to the code box.
I know that especially the second one is not that useful, mainly because there aren't many scripts on HC, but I had to make the suggestion nonetheless
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broadstrong
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posted September 30, 2008 05:13 PM |
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I would also like to suggest for more colours in BB code, not just red, green and blue, but I am not sure if there exists a colour chart that can allow BB code for all colours and hues, even black, grey and white (invisible print!)
In this sense the posts can be more colourful, helps in readability.
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Guarder
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posted September 30, 2008 05:14 PM |
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Nice ideas Another idea may be more different fonts like this for an example: [papyrus]Papyrus
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Asheera
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posted September 30, 2008 05:16 PM |
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Actually we can have all colors possible if implemented, with a format like: [color=#FF0000] [/color]
(this is pure red)
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TheDeath
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posted September 30, 2008 09:33 PM |
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Oh yeah definitely, I have been looking to change the text size for a long time on HC now
(no, I am not sarcastic, I'm serious)
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Adrius
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posted September 30, 2008 10:34 PM |
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Text resizing? More annoying versatile Spam!! 
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Asheera
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posted September 30, 2008 10:36 PM |
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lol come on, it's not like you can't spam now with excessive use of the quote button
The point is that penalties still exist
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Adrius
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posted September 30, 2008 10:45 PM |
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Heh, yeah but at least it's more versatile spam...
Anyway, nice ideas
Here's one that I've been thinking of...
When spoiling something, you often make a warning, like this:
*****SPOILER*****
How bout this idea: You BBcode a text with the new censor button, after posting, the text will have a censor box on it, to view it, you just highlight it and it turns to normal.
Very simple and might not be very useful, but it's an idea  
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Asheera
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posted September 30, 2008 10:47 PM |
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It's a nice idea, but I haven't seen it in other forums, so it may be pretty hard to implement. Not that I have any knowledge in this area, anyway, so I wouldn't know
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Geny 
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posted September 30, 2008 11:10 PM |
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Edited by Geny at 23:11, 30 Sep 2008.
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Gnoll_mage introduced a hidden text feature once. But it seems that his idea doesn't work anymore (probably something to do with hosting problems).
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lord_crusader
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posted September 30, 2008 11:12 PM |
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what about a youtube one?? to be able to watch the youtube videos right here??
I know maybe you will find this a little caotic...But I have a forum is very usefull
I understand that maybe this one will be a little more heavy than the others ones... so maybe will not fit well on hc... I love the speed of this forum
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Asheera
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posted September 30, 2008 11:15 PM |
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There already is the [swf] one for videos from YouTube
Check out the BB Code Guide if you don't know how to use it.
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lord_crusader
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posted October 01, 2008 02:35 AM |
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ohh sorry about that XD that's very nice thanks never noticed that
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william
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posted October 01, 2008 06:44 AM |
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Edited by william at 06:47, 01 Oct 2008.
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Nice ideas but I wouldn't use them. The BBcode that we have now is sufficient enough and I haven't really seen anybody really complain about it before in the past. Nice ideas but again, they aren't really needed IMO.
And by the way, they wouldn't be that hard to implement. I know for a fact that CH uses the forum software, phpbb whereas HC uses Blazeboard. Both are very similar to one another, since both use very similar codes for things, such as adding URL codes, adding bold to text etc. Notice how CH codes are nearly the same as they are here?
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TitaniumAlloy
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posted October 01, 2008 06:46 AM |
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Guys, go to myspace.com if you want glittery size 24 fonts.
Leave HC as it is thanks
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william
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posted October 01, 2008 06:49 AM |
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Lol TA. The only reason why I think bigger fonts would be good is to make titles for a post. But from what I have seen, titles are already good enough by using the underline and bold codes. HC is good as it is right now.
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alcibiades
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posted October 01, 2008 07:09 AM |
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Personally, I think more versatile editing options would be nice. We can make by with what we have now, but that's not saying it couldn't be better. Some things are easy to abuse by spammers, however.
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Doomforge
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posted October 01, 2008 09:19 AM |
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big fonts are a bad idea.. because what's the use for them.. "shouting" maybe.. who needs people shouting at forums.. ;p Tool for spammers, nothing more..
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doomnezeu
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posted October 01, 2008 10:00 AM |
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It's a nice idea, but I haven't seen it in other forums, so it may be pretty hard to implement. Not that I have any knowledge in this area, anyway, so I wouldn't know
The spoiler thingy exists on many forums. If it is hard to implement, there should be added a white font color, so you can make your spoiler white (unreadable), and all those who want to see it, would have to highlight the said text.
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carcity
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posted October 01, 2008 10:27 AM |
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yes it would only be annoying with some things. Some spammers will only use it to enlarge text ALOT so that they can annoy people more. I wouldn't do so because I care about my redies but anyway. It might get KD back if we do that
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