More BB Codes

[tgrayson]

It'd be really great if you defined some BB codes for <sup>, <sub>, because that would facilitate discussing important topics. And <table>, <tr> and <td> would be really nice, too.

 

[Minuteman]

Second! It's been deprecated, but maybe, possibly <strike> too.

 

[tgrayson]

maybe, possibly <strike> too.

Heck, how about the "style" attribute? That would meet your need and many others.

 

[Kristie]

have you tried them to make sure they don't yet work as a BB code? BB codes typically have [ ] tags...html uses < >

we can't implement HTML codes and <table> <tr> <th> etc are html

i'd say if you need to create a table, create it on word and upload as a jpg or something

 

[Minuteman]

T[SUB]0[/SUB]

e[SUP]iπ[/SUP]+1

FAAAAAAAAIL!

I don't know nothing about running no forums, but I found a vBulletin "thingy" that supports a [LaTeX] tag.

 

[tgrayson]

have you tried them to make sure they don't yet work as a BB code? BB codes typically have [ ]

Cell 1

Cell 2

Nope!

we can't implement HTML codes and <table> <tr> <th> etc are html

Googling on the subject indicated that the Administrator can create new BB codes. For instance:

http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/mp3car-forum-suggestions-comments/104607-new-bb-code-tables.html

 

[Kristie]

here's a list of what BB codes are currently avail.

I'll check on the others

http://forums.jetcareers.com/misc.php?do=bbcode

 

[aloft]

The problem with enabling tables for users is that it takes only one fubar'd tag to blow up the whole page.

 

[tgrayson]

The problem with enabling tables for users is that it takes only one fubar'd tag to blow up the whole page.

That's why you validate before you render.

 

[Joe Gremlin]

That's why you validate before you render.

And you honestly expect end users who can't be bothered to use grammar or punctuation or spell check to do that?

 

[tgrayson]

And you honestly expect end users who can't be bothered to use grammar or punctuation or spell check to do that?

Heck no, I expect the system to do that. It isn't html until the system converts it.

 

[BobDDuck]

<table><tr><td>CELL 1</td></tr></table>

The HTML tag won't render with the newer version of BB code. The old version it would. Shame.

 

[tgrayson]

<table><tr><td>CELL 1</td></tr></table>

The HTML tag won't render with the newer version of BB code. The old version it would. Shame.

I'm sure the intent of the html tag is for the contents NOT to render.

 

[derg]

I'm in the process of tweaking a new upgrade for the forum so any improvements are on hold until the new software is installed.

 

[BobDDuck]

I'm sure the intent of the html tag is for the contents NOT to render.

Actually, that was the historic use of the tag. The first generation forums, that were more than BBS systems would display all posts as raw text. In order to force stuff like bolding or underlining you'd have to use the HTML tag.

 

[tgrayson]

Actually, that was the historic use of the tag. The first generation forums, that were more than BBS systems would display all posts as raw text. In order to force stuff like bolding or underlining you'd have to use the HTML tag.

Hmmm, I've never seen that usage. In html and other formatting software that I'm familiar with, that sort of tag is used to turn off the formatting algorithms until you turn them on again.

Perhaps I haven't run into it because I skipped the early versions of web forums because they sucked so bad, and mainly dwelt in the newsgroups.

(And web forum software still sucks compared to offline readers. And I didn't have to put up with those blasted animated gifs.)

 

[BobDDuck]

The early version of what is now the

 tag was the [code] tag.... which I think still works in many forum environments.

I think now that HTML is so much more complex (and non standard) it makes sense for it not to render within a post.