Some suggestions
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Oh, btw, I would just like to point out something: When you go to make a post (not an express reply), it'll still have you automatically select 3 stars as a default rating, so some threads are still getting rated, possibly without the poster(s) knowing about it.
And, about the time, it does seem fast... my clock is automatically set by a network time server, and GTP is usually around 5 minutes faster.
The time format- I don't care too much... it's a nice idea, but I think only useful in the HMRCWG thread.
And, about the time, it does seem fast... my clock is automatically set by a network time server, and GTP is usually around 5 minutes faster.
The time format- I don't care too much... it's a nice idea, but I think only useful in the HMRCWG thread.
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Boy, everyone sure hates those thread ratings! They're not harming anything, and if someone does want to rate a post, that option is available to them. Besides, there's really nothing else to put in their position, anyway.
Yes, I know, MistaX has already made me aware of that.
I just haven't fixed it yet.I don't really see where the seconds would be important? Could you explain why that is needed?
Are you sure? I have removed that.
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Originally posted by Jordan
Yes, I know, MistaX has already made me aware of that.
Oh yea, that program I mentioned:
http://download.com.com/3000-2350-9498073.html?tag=lst-0-1
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oh, if you don't like that one, there is also this one:
http://download.com.com/3000-2381-1550358.html?tag=lst-0-1
Thats what I use.
http://download.com.com/3000-2381-1550358.html?tag=lst-0-1
Thats what I use.
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But if you're online and not on GTPlanet (so your online status reads "Offline"), it doesn't matter because you are Offline to the GTP community, and you won't be here to respond to messages or PM's. It's not meant to be a literal status for your internet activity, just a way for other users to know whether or not they should expect a response anytime soon.
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Okay.... at the time that I posted that, it still had the 3 star default, but I noticed a couple hours later that it went to the optional rating as default. :thumbsup: Thanx!
BTW, quick question- What do the "Close Current Tag" and "Close All Tags" buttons do? (I tried using them in Enhanced Mode, but I still can't figure out how they work)
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That's a good question I don't think anyone has asked before!
Here's how it works: lets say you're making text bold and you want some of it to be italics. As you type, in Enhanced Mode, you click the "B" bold button, and it inserts opening bold tag, [B] in your message. Now, you're still typing bold text, and you want to make it italic too, so you click on the "I" italics button, and it inserts the opening italics tag, [I]. Now you type a few more lines and you're ready to stop with all this formatting. If you click "Close Current Tag", it will close the last opened tag with it's corresponding closing tag, which in your case would be [/I]. If you click "Close All Tags", it will close all open tags, so in your case it would insert [/I][/B] in your message for you.Does that make sense?
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About the online-offline thing:
I find that I would like to know if they are both off of GTP and off of the net, cause then I would be able to IM them if I know that they are online. Just make it 2 buttons(or whatever you want to call that thingy), top one says either On GTP or Off GTP, and the bottom one says Online or Offline...that would be cool.
umm...that's all for now...
I find that I would like to know if they are both off of GTP and off of the net, cause then I would be able to IM them if I know that they are online. Just make it 2 buttons(or whatever you want to call that thingy), top one says either On GTP or Off GTP, and the bottom one says Online or Offline...that would be cool.
umm...that's all for now...
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Well, I don't know Javascript, so I can't answer you in great detail, but I will do my best. All of those buttons up there are, in a way, like a little program. It knows when you click the "B" or the "I", and it remembers that you have one of those tags open. When you just type it in yourself, it's not smart enough to realize or understand what you just did, so the two "Close..." buttons are rendered useless (unless, of course, you have opened other tags before that one using the buttons).
This is already available with the Yahoo and ICQ icons located in the bottom right-hand corner of posts. This is a service of Yahoo and ICQ that I have no control over, and I couldn't change the image to text or simply change the image even if I wanted to. AOL doesn't offer the ability to see whether or not a user is online, so I can only offer a link that will open AIM so you can contact them.
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Ah, eye cee... I was under the impression that when you click on the "B" or "I", it would just add it in, and not "remember" it... Thanks for clearing that up!
Oh, and, sorry, but I have one more question... :blush:
How come when you quote someone, the bold tags are inserted? Here, I'll do a demonstration... the top quote doesn't have the bold tag, and the bottom one does...
They're exactly the same! ---^
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No need to apologize, I don't mind answering questions!
vB Code (and smilies) are turned into actual formatting when your post text is pulled out of the MySQL database. vBulletin knows all the vB code tags, and it scans your message for any "replacement text" that it should replace with corresponding HTML before it spits it out onto the page. So, for example, every time it finds [b], it will replace it with the bold HTML tag: <b>. It's just the same with all other vB code tags, including the [QUOTE] tag. But, the [QUOTE] tag is replaced with HTML that looks something like this...
Code:
Quote:
<br>
<hr><b>...
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Originally posted by Jordan
No need to apologize, I don't mind answering questions!
vB Code (and smilies) are turned into actual formatting when your post text is pulled out of the MySQL database. vBulletin knows all the vB code tags, and it scans your message for any "replacement text" that it should replace with corresponding HTML before it spits it out onto the page. So, for example, every time it finds [b], it will replace it with the bold HTML tag: <b>. It's just the same with all other vB code tags, including the [QUOTE] tag. But, the [QUOTE] tag is replaced with HTML that looks something like this...
Notice the <b>? I have that inserted there so that everything between the two [QUOTE]'s will be bold, and because you can't have text double-bold, your browser ignores any secondary <b> tags that come before the first one is closed (with </b>).Code:Quote: <br> <hr><b>...
I think he's saying that the
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The point of users inserting bold vB tags, or the bold HTML tags I've inserted in the [QUOTE] tag? There is no point for the users to, and I included them so that all quoted text stands out and looks different. Also, when you click on a Quote button next to a post, vBulletin inserts the bold vB tags around the message, but it doesn't when using the quote tags normally. I wanted all quoted text to look uniform, so I made it all bold.Originally posted by youth_cycler
Okay, I understand, but then what is the point of inserting the bold tags?
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They are needed on a regular vBulletin forum (if you want the quoted text to stick out like that), but most aren't customized like mine. I just never bothered to take out the automatically added bold tags because they don't make any difference.Originally posted by youth_cycler
Erm... let me restate.
When you click on the "Quote" button, why are the bold tags added? [Since they're not needed...]
