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QB Scott McMullen (official thread)

I agree totally with what you said 3yards regarding Coach taking the time to respond to some of my silly questions. We better take advantage of it though while membership is low. Once this place starts growning we'll need an appointment to talk to him.

:)
 
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Not a problem at all. Coach is just Clarity, and Clarity has plenty of time on his hands and at present, plenty of enthusiasm to make this as "ideal" as it can get.

As far as the HTML, no worries. I found the code in the board I need to edit to allow certain usergroups perma-access to HTML, but it's giving me parsing errors when I try to run things through that. So I'm putting the project on hold until my buddy roy7 is available and can help troubleshoot.

We'll make it happen. In the meantime, brush up on your HTML for tables and such. =)

This is such a small group now, that I have no concerns that someone will abuse the HTML privs, and they'll only be there for the general public for a few more hours anyway.
 
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C-Dog....

what about making another command that uses the < PRE > html tag to allow pre-formatted data? That way, as long as you use a fixed-width font (courier) in the window to enter a post, you can align text with spaces and tabs, and retain the formatting when it's posted?
 
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[PRE]Usage is PRE and /PRE within the brackets.[/PRE]

Huh, why it is so small? Is there a size variable for that? If so, what's the syntax?

I can change usage to {PRE Size=X} if need be where the user can define X.
 
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Aha...

Description The width attribute is used to specify the number of character spaces that will be used to display the enclosed text. Widths of 40, 80, and 132 are suggested for optimum visual appeal.
Code {pre width="120"}YOUR TEXT HERE{/pre}
Appearance YOUR TEXT HERE

Fixing...
 
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From what I remember, anything in the < PRE > < /PRE > is automatically changed to Courier font by the browser.

I guess the easiest fix would be to include a < FONT SIZE=3 > right before the < PRE > when it gets posted into the thread. Right now the font is set at size 2 for everything by default.
 
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Used your fix, the valid (or so I read) width variable inside the HTML tag wasn't working.

[pre]Looks fine to me now.[/pre]
Usage is pre and /pre.

-edit-

I set the system to only record an edit after 5 minutes of the post being initially entered. Sometimes you just want to fix a typo, and there's no need for a record of an edit just for that.

-edit2-

looks like there might be some extra returns in there. Hmm.
 
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The top line looks better now.

Any reason why it's not showing when your post was edited? It wasn't showing when mine were edited either.

edit: good idea, I wasn't aware but definitely like it. looks like you can format with spaces, but not tabs.
[pre]
a b
c d
[/pre]

edit again: hmm, might not work as well as I thought. when it parses the message it still inserts a < BR > after each line in the < PRE > area, basically creating 2 breaks instead of 1 when viewing it.
 
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Yea, I know what to do but not how to do it (that's a big help, huh?). Basically if it detects the [ PRE ], it should stop inserting < br > 's at the end of each line of text, until the [ /PRE ] is detected.

I assume this is written in PHP? I haven't done much in that area.
 
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It's all a moot point now. Thanks to roy7, the hack is in place allowing me to turn off HTML, but allow it for specific user groups.

If anyone feels they could make good use of tables and such for their postings, PM me (at the Coach account) and I'll add people on an individual basis.
 
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Doh, forgot all about the code commands.

Well, we have limited HTML now as well for those who need to get extra fancy.

<center><table width="75%" border=1 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=1><tr><td colspan=4 bgcolor="#5f5f5f"><center><b><font color="#ffffff" size="2">Big Ten Standings</font></b></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#1f1f1f" align="center" valign="middle"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">TEAM</font></td><td bgcolor="#1f1f1f" align="center" valign="middle"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">W</font></td><td bgcolor="#1f1f1f" align="center" valign="middle"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">L</font></td><td bgcolor="#1f1f1f" align="center" valign="middle"><font color="#ffffff" size="1">PCT</font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><b><font size="2">Ohio State</font><b></td><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><b><font size="2">8</font></b></td><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><b><font size="2">0</font></b></td><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><b><font size="2">1.000</font><b></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">Iowa</font></td><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">8</font></td><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">0</font></td><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">1.000</font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">Michigan</font></td><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">6</font></td><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">2</font></td><td bgcolor="#DABABA" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">.750</font></td></tr><tr><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">Penn State</font></td><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">5</font></td><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">3</font></td><td bgcolor="#afafaf" align="center" valign="middle"><font size="2">.625</font></td></tr></table></center>

lol, I like yours better. Mostly because what took you 30 seconds, took me 10 minutes. Bottom line is the functionality is there if we need it.

Mostly I wanted this because it will mean the stats engine can interact directly with the forum. That will be a big deal.
 
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