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GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,117 Points:530,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2012 10:21:08 PM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse There should be an FAQ entry for what special characters and HTML or other codes are supported in the forums, hopefully with examples, so we don't have to figure out what works by trial and error. Shortcuts to codes could be on the left side of the post editing screen, like the present INSERT LINK hyperlink. Formatting of some sort should be supported since the site deals with data and that is best presented in rows and columns. [Edited by: GoGoGoodyear at 7/5/2012 10:22:26 PM EST]

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There should be an FAQ entry for what special characters and HTML or other codes are supported in the forums, hopefully with examples, so we don't have to figure out what works by trial and error.

Shortcuts to codes could be on the left side of the post editing screen, like the present INSERT LINK hyperlink.

Formatting of some sort should be supported since the site deals with data and that is best presented in rows and columns.

[Edited by: GoGoGoodyear at 7/5/2012 10:22:26 PM EST]

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plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 12, 2012 2:06:12 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Nice table. Edit: Nice wheelbarrow too.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,685 Points:1,585,240 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 12, 2012 12:53:30 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse It may be possible, especially for a single msg, to override the GB style sheet and specify a mono-spaced font. I haven't studied this enough to know whether or not that is doable. Of course, a [code] tag [/code] would be preferable. Meanwhile you can construct a table elsewhere and link to it. Not as satisfying, I know. [Edited by: CampKohler at 7/12/2012 12:56:25 PM EST]
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,790 Points:3,710,915 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jul 12, 2012 5:48:48 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse The simplest solution to formatting is to provide access to a constant-width font.
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,117 Points:530,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jul 12, 2012 2:45:41 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse "special characters" LOL! While that's great that GB doesn't strip out non-latin characters when inserted as HTML symbols, I was addressing the ability to format a post more than anything, and to be able to do so without resorting to special tricks. I mentioned, as example, that the site deals with the type of data which is best presented in rows/columns. This suggestion was prompted by another nearby thread about white space (linked to below, in this thread.)
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 11, 2012 9:35:41 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Lmao, CK!
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,685 Points:1,585,240 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 11, 2012 7:58:48 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse It looks like this topic is right on track as the last few posts has been about our very own "special characters!" :-) Alan Wood's outstanding Unicode lists allows you to see what your browser can do. I posted some entities with and without ending semicolons and GB faithfully reproduced the codes as entered. Unless there is some reason to believe that GB modifies some entered codes, then it is up to the browser to reproduce them and so there is no need for a GB list.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 11, 2012 6:41:26 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse That happens! Probably my fault! [Edited by: scoutmaster at 7/11/2012 6:41:35 AM EST]
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,117 Points:530,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jul 11, 2012 1:14:26 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse Well, this thread has definitely gone off the tracks....
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2012 8:12:21 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Maybe in your mind, plastic, but that's about it.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2012 8:00:06 AM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Well it's been clearly shown where you were wrong but you can say whatever you want and make up any basis that you want. As long as you feel good about it.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2012 5:13:31 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Based on that response, plastic, I would say my statement that you bumped that topic on purpose is accurate. [Edited by: scoutmaster at 7/10/2012 5:14:00 AM EST]
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 10, 2012 1:18:03 AM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Well it sure wasn't to provide any new information. Lol
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2012 9:56:33 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse If I'm wrong then why did you bump the topic in question with the post you bumped it with, plastic?
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2012 4:58:01 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Nope, straight talk, scout. You want to claim that I intentionally bumped an old topic and lie about my intention. I'm simply showing you where that was not the case. I don't know why you cannot admit when you are wrong; especially when you were speculating on my intentions.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2012 4:20:58 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Huge stretch plastic! Nothing by proxy. Do you even know what proxy means, plastic? Your claim is nothing more than a poor attempt to justify why you violated site guidelines. Nice dance, but I ain't buying it. And I can't locate the topic now but you even agreed bumping old topics should not be allowed. It must be hard to talk out of both sides of you mouth, plastic. [Edited by: scoutmaster at 7/9/2012 4:21:57 PM EST]
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2012 3:29:25 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Well, ya did → Jul 6, 2012 4:40:17 PM, "Done on purpose based on your post in this topic." And that points to my comment, "I'd much rather see an old topic bumped with new info than to see a new topic started." So no stretch; you did it. You're accusing me of bumping a new topic with new info. I bumped an old topic but with no new info. I thought it was a new topic or else I would have had no other reason to read it.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2012 2:35:27 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Nice stretch, plastic, but I never have nor will i ever make a claim by proxy.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2012 11:41:06 AM Ignore plastic Report Abuse No, I don't normally even ever bother to read that far back. I'm thinking that I accidently hit the button for an older page and thought that I was looking at a new topic. Don't flatter yourself; I wasn't looking back in history just to bump old topics directed at you. If I were to do such a thing, I'm sure I could find a topic or two that are a bit more worthy of such an action. And no, you didn't directly claim that I provided new information but you did reference a post that would indicate as much. You therefore made the claim by proxy :p [Edited by: plastic at 7/9/2012 11:42:55 AM EST]
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 9, 2012 5:12:01 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse I never claimed you added new info plastic. You bumped a topic that was inactive for almost nine months and you bumped it with a post directed at me. I still think you bumped it intentionally.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 10:38:59 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse " Yeah but would admit it, plastic? No new info about what?" What do you mean admit it? I came up with the only explanations I could imagine. Why would I try to lie or hide something? What do you mean by questioning new info? I made a post that did not provide any new info. That means your charge, of bumping an old topic to add new information, is unfounded.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,692 Points:2,386,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 8:54:09 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse GGG - You are quite correct. Thank you for the clarification. I was thinking about the thread you linked.
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,117 Points:530,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 8:50:27 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse scrapheap, unless the system had an error when you looked, the date of my OP is correct. I didn't start this topic a year ago, just three days ago. I think some are confusing this thread with Topic: vertical whitespace in forum that plastic referred to here on July 5. That other thread had been started Oct. 9, 2011 and subsequently bumped by him on Jul. 1, 2012. CK, I would hope the Powers That Be would either write the new proposed FAQ or provide the specs to whoever would write it. There are a few markup systems in use besides HTML and I'd rather not guess. [Edited by: GoGoGoodyear at 7/8/2012 8:52:22 AM EST]
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,692 Points:2,386,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 8:23:14 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse My last post should have read Right, so why were people criticizing plastic for bumping a topic that was only a few hours old and why did plastic believe he responded to a topic that was a year old? Stupid 5 minute edit rule.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,692 Points:2,386,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2012 8:04:06 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse CampKohler wrote > Thus the number is exactly as it should be if it was posted on July 5. Right, so why were people criticizing plastic bumping a topic that was only a few hours old and why did plastic believe he responded to a topic that was a year old?
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,685 Points:1,585,240 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 4:48:17 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse GG: How do you propose we come up with a list of entities? Should we go get one of the lists from the many published on the Web, or should we start rippling through the numbers to see what happens? Is there a list set up for pasting into pages for testing purposes? Note: the semicolon at the end of numbered entities is not required at GB, but it is at the end of named entities. This comes in handy when space is limited.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,685 Points:1,585,240 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 4:35:21 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse I think it's you. The topic ID for this topic is 503267, as compared to these topics, all of which have only the OP: 503362 July 6, 2012 482836 Feb 2012 434353 Feb 2011 398026 Feb 2010 Thus the number is exactly as it should be if it was posted on July 5.
Scrapheap Champion Author Virginia Posts:14,692 Points:2,386,530 Joined:Sep 2006	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 10:47:10 AM Ignore Scrapheap Report Abuse Is it just me? A day or so ago it looked like the OP had a date of a year ago and now it shows a date of 2 days ago.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 7:44:28 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Nope kwzh no deleted messages. "Well if it was intentional then I'm pretty sure I would know that. Plus no new info was provided." Yeah but would admit it, plastic? No new info about what?
kwzh Champion Author San Jose Posts:20,790 Points:3,710,915 Joined:Jul 2001	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2012 1:36:24 AM Ignore kwzh Report Abuse The thread-bumping could have been caused by someone making an inappropriate post to that topic, and then the message deleted by the mods, even if the user didn't get banned. If you care enough (I don't), you could check whether the number of messages matches the count on the category page. Back to the original issue. The forum doesn't support HTML markup, so there's nothing to say about that. It does support HTML entities (such as ¢ = ¢), and we already have FAQ #32 which talks about them -- though it's largely useless because in the process of being copied from the unofficial FAQ list to the official one, the & entities got replaced with literal ampersands! This has been reported before, but I see that it isn't in the current list of requested FAQ updates; I'll add it to that topic, right now.
CampKohler Champion Author Sacramento Posts:9,685 Points:1,585,240 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 8:55:25 PM Ignore CampKohler Report Abuse Well, obviously, having committed such a grievous and unpardonable sin, you are well on your way straight to GasBuddy hell! Remember, the road to hell is paved with unintentioned unintentionables, and SM will be there drumming his fingers, saying, "What took you so long? I've been promoted twice since you bumped that topic." Meanwhile, this suggestion has been added to the Suggestion Tracking List heas a new subject. There has been established a topic here for the purpose of just such site technical discussions. The intent is to distill the wisdom of what is learned there and put it on a wiki page for all to see and laugh at.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 8:01:13 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Well if it was intentional then I'm pretty sure I would know that. Plus no new info was provided.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 4:40:17 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Done on purpose based on your post in this topic.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 3:08:09 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Do tell. This topic was linked by another topic? [Edited by: plastic at 7/6/2012 3:08:59 PM EST]
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 2:50:19 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse There is another option.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 2:38:04 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse I see that but what I can't figure out is how did such an old thread even get on my radar. There are only three explanations that I can imagine: 1) I accidently hit another page from the page selection at the bottom of the Topic page. 2) Someone bumped it and since was banned. 3) There was a glitch.
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 2:31:12 PM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse Nope plastic you bumped it. No one posted to it prior to you since 10/2011.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 2:03:32 PM Ignore plastic Report Abuse I was wondering if it was bumped by some member who had since been banished. At first I thought maybe it was someone that was on my ignore list but then I remembered that scout doesn't have anyone ignored. (I was going to guess lightbulbman2008).
TxJeans Champion Author Tampa Posts:3,768 Points:386,490 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 1:18:06 PM Ignore TxJeans Report Abuse "How did it pop up to where I could see it (since I rarely go more than half way down a page)? " Don't know, but it has happened to me and I was feeling pretty sheepish waiting for one of you guys to lambast me for posting to an old thread.
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 9:53:18 AM Ignore plastic Report Abuse Oh good point. Didn't realize that it was almost a year old! How did it pop up to where I could see it (since I rarely go more than half way down a page)?
scoutmaster Champion Author Pittsburgh Posts:82,174 Points:3,281,170 Joined:Mar 2003	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 5:12:34 AM Ignore scoutmaster Report Abuse I agree with plastic that their shouldn't be an FAQ for this. But the topic plastic is referring to should be closed since it was inactive for almost a year until plastic decided to revive it with a post that didn't belong.
GoGoGoodyear Champion Author Los Angeles Posts:2,117 Points:530,950 Joined:Mar 2010	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 2:27:45 AM Ignore GoGoGoodyear Report Abuse Well, web pages don't use much resources. On the other hand if all HTML is blocked the FAQ will be very short won't it ? And the need to format the text still remains....
plastic Champion Author Virginia Posts:46,989 Points:2,865,450 Joined:May 2004	Message Posted: Jul 6, 2012 1:10:36 AM Ignore plastic Report Abuse No there shouldn't. It would take pages to define what works. It would be easier to just block all html, as they've finally done with user names. Carry this conversation back to the whitespace discussion.