It seems that when using the [tag name] tags, they dont cut off. For example, if I use

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openoffice + gimp + sketch ...


can't read the code :?

I can't edit See my bug report in the post above this It is meant to say;

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It seems that when using the [tag name] tags, they dont cut off. For example, if I use [code] and accidently put [code] at the end (note there is no forward slash) it would just make the whole post into code from the first code tag. Am I making myself understood? Ok, see the example below;

There's a hidden feature in there - alter the URL and add the parameter: and you'll be able to see exactly what was posted.

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Where would you expect the [code] to end?

What would you do if someone writes: [code][code]abc[/code][/code].

What you are suggesting, if I understand you correctly, is this:

For tags that have a /tag, only change them if the /tag can be found.

Well, the problem with that is that the markup in Gossamer Forum is totally admin controlled - they could create any tags that look like anything they want, the only condition being that the tag is surrounded by [ ] (Actually, an admin could even go beyond this - notice all markup posts containing Gossamer Threads convert Gossamer Threads into a link).

Now, let's say I'm the admin, and I think the default blue text is a little too light to go on the blue background, and so I want to darken it a bit, perhaps like this blue. So, I go into the admin, and edit the [blue] tag making it instead of If all the posts were stored in their HTML format, this would mean that only new posts are going to show up with blue like this instead of like this.

That's not so great. To get over this, the way the forum was designed is that whatever you enter - be it markup, HTML, or a combination of the two - is stored in the database. This provides the added advantage that the program does not have to guess how to change HTML back into markup - it will always display exactly what was enetered. It also allows for features like the undocumented literal=1 that I mentioned in this thread. If it's Markup (or the combined HTML/Markup style) all markup will be converted every time the page is displayed.

Obviously, this isn't too fast, however our tests show that the actual conversion speed really doesn't slow down the display very much. If we had to go through and find the start and end of each tag, it would definately slow it down. So, the only solution would be to store the posts in HTML format - in which case the admin changes would not be visible.

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

I'd say the easy solution would be to just make sure you close your tags properly!

Ps: Any chance smilie code can be put back to what it was like instead of - I keep forgetting them :)

I notice some are the same like

 
That would be [smile] instead of [:)]

[smile] still works - [:)] is just a new way you can write it.

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Jason Rhinelander
Gossamer Threads
jason@gossamer-threads.com

Ahhhhh cool. Hehe.....can't catch you out :)

Ugh just read the markup page and saw my mistake.

I glanced at the first smilie ([:)]) and didn't look further down to see [smile]

Sorry.