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Crazy Little Forum Tricks

Post/Author/DateTime Post
#1
myt3m0w53
Jun 05, 2009 17:28:04 I have seen a lot of people do some cool stuff...

I love the stat blocks... I know how to do those

I can add pictures

I want to know all these Forum Tricks!!!

any one wanna spill their guts??
#2
toastedamphibian
Jun 05, 2009 18:02:32 Whenever you see someone do something you wish you knew how to do, just hit quote. It will show you how they did it.
#3
crofter
Jun 05, 2009 18:04:53 I think EscherEnigma's sig had a link to a list of vB code commands.
#4
dirtyfrank
Jun 05, 2009 18:06:33
#5
crofter
Jun 05, 2009 18:07:22 That's what I meant.
#6
pigknight
Jun 05, 2009 18:16:44 Hey Mytty!
#7
myt3m0w53
Jun 05, 2009 18:23:36 So I see that Huge list...

but the Attachment one... can I attach a file to it?... say my Character Builder .dndcamp

at the very bottom of the screen in the rules box attachments are off... as are HTML...

so no Attachments then
#8
EscherEnigma
Jun 05, 2009 18:35:15 Attachments are disabled for most of the forums. I think the community art forum allows attachments, but I'm not sure.
#9
dirtyfrank
Jun 05, 2009 18:37:23 Why are they disabled?
#10
toastedamphibian
Jun 05, 2009 18:40:15 Ok, think about the edition wars. Think about who posts and the frequency with which they post. If they could upload any files they wanted to your computer, even if thoes files couldn't harm you in any way, would you want to waste that much storage space and bandwidth?
#11
dirtyfrank
Jun 05, 2009 18:45:00 If I understood all the technical stuff then I could answer that, but I don't know how it all works or nothin' so I ain't informed enough about the subject to have a clue about it. or somethin' like that.
#12
toastedamphibian
Jun 05, 2009 18:49:23 Well, suffice it to say they have to pay a small amoutn of money for every peice of data we send back and forth. They also have to pay for the hardware (or rent it) to store all this information we are sending them. Text takes a small amount of space. Attachments tend to be much bigger. (and thus more exspensive)
#13
dirtyfrank
Jun 05, 2009 18:53:34 Makes sense. So it's basically a money issue thing. They don't want people filling every thread up with attachments because the money comes out of their pockets and not the poster's. Makes a lot of sense.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
#1 myt3m0w53 Jun 05, 2009 17:28:04	I have seen a lot of people do some cool stuff... I love the stat blocks... I know how to do those I can add pictures I want to know all these Forum Tricks!!! any one wanna spill their guts??
#2 toastedamphibian Jun 05, 2009 18:02:32	Whenever you see someone do something you wish you knew how to do, just hit quote. It will show you how they did it.
#3 crofter Jun 05, 2009 18:04:53	I think EscherEnigma's sig had a link to a list of vB code commands.
#4 dirtyfrank Jun 05, 2009 18:06:33
#5 crofter Jun 05, 2009 18:07:22	That's what I meant.
#6 pigknight Jun 05, 2009 18:16:44	Hey Mytty!
#7 myt3m0w53 Jun 05, 2009 18:23:36	So I see that Huge list... but the Attachment one... can I attach a file to it?... say my Character Builder .dndcamp at the very bottom of the screen in the rules box attachments are off... as are HTML... so no Attachments then
#8 EscherEnigma Jun 05, 2009 18:35:15	Attachments are disabled for most of the forums. I think the community art forum allows attachments, but I'm not sure.
#9 dirtyfrank Jun 05, 2009 18:37:23	Why are they disabled?
#10 toastedamphibian Jun 05, 2009 18:40:15	Ok, think about the edition wars. Think about who posts and the frequency with which they post. If they could upload any files they wanted to your computer, even if thoes files couldn't harm you in any way, would you want to waste that much storage space and bandwidth?
#11 dirtyfrank Jun 05, 2009 18:45:00	If I understood all the technical stuff then I could answer that, but I don't know how it all works or nothin' so I ain't informed enough about the subject to have a clue about it. or somethin' like that.
#12 toastedamphibian Jun 05, 2009 18:49:23	Well, suffice it to say they have to pay a small amoutn of money for every peice of data we send back and forth. They also have to pay for the hardware (or rent it) to store all this information we are sending them. Text takes a small amount of space. Attachments tend to be much bigger. (and thus more exspensive)
#13 dirtyfrank Jun 05, 2009 18:53:34	Makes sense. So it's basically a money issue thing. They don't want people filling every thread up with attachments because the money comes out of their pockets and not the poster's. Makes a lot of sense.