agaricus5
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It's okay now... all sorted, thanks to Schik and Erik.

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What's being tested, anyways?

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Schik wrote:
Please ignore this, I'm going to use this thread for testing some things.

From the very first post in this topic.

Game on,

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But what are "some things"?

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Screeching, flipping, gliding, sliding,
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Since Schik is the person who is mainly responsible for making sure the forum is running smoothly and adding new content, he was using this thread to test some of the changes he made. It would not necessarily be obvious to the rest of us.

Game on,

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I've used this thread to test many things - I can't remember exactly what most of them were. I know I used it a lot when testing attaching files, especially removing attachments, adding them by editing the post, allowing moderators to remove anybody's attachments, etc.

This thread should probably be allowed to fade into obscurity - with the new host and all, I've got a nice test forum that I use to do all of this stuff without interrupting the real forum. It's quite nice, and without it things like the Hold uploading would have been a lot harder to pull off.

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Test.

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Testing

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Sets.

[Edited by eytanz on 03-02-2004 at 08:08 PM GMT: Hmmm - yes, I do seem to be too tired to spell at the moment.]

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testtesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttesttest

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test test tesst test test test

[Edited by Avon on 03-03-2004 at 08:44 AM GMT: spelling error]

[Edited by Avon on 03-03-2004 at 08:45 AM GMT: stet]

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Testing to see if I can break the forums by "forgetting" to close my tags.

The following is what happens when you don't close a secret tag. You can also create a weird discolored sidebar with the "Quote Reply" link in it by leaving an IMG tag open. Other than that, leaving tags open has no adverse consequences aside from changing the entire remainder of the post including your signature text.



[Edited by Sokko on 03-07-2004 at 04:51 PM GMT]

[Edited by Sokko on 03-07-2004 at 04:54 PM GMT]

[Edited by Sokko on 03-07-2004 at 04:55 PM GMT]

[Edited by Schik on 03-07-2004 at 05:38 PM GMT]

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Yes, you can.

(note how it carries over even through my post, which contains no tags)

[Edited by eytanz on 03-07-2004 at 04:54 PM GMT]

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Yes, I had found that out just now. If you use any other tags in a subsequent post, it will "break the magic", so to speak.

So, is this a valid case yet for automatically closing all tags when you hit the "Post Reply" button?

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I think that automatic closing of tags is a good idea. If I were a full-time paid employee here, I'm sure I would have done it by now. Other committments, trying to maintain some sort of non-drod life, blah blah blah. It's on my to-do list.


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Testing...

Done

Edit: Wow, I seriously can't believe someone moderated a post in a thread meant for testing the forum.

[Edited by DiMono on 03-08-2004 at 01:27 PM GMT]

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Hm... first it was the modding down of the accidental double-post, now it's a testing post in a thread meant for forum testing... I suspect, Watson, that these culprits are one and the same. It's elementary!

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You messed with the rest now test with the best but lest you think this post is in jest undertake a quest to be blessed by Celeste



I apologize for this post... as per request


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ok I think it's out of my system nowest

[Edited by Drizzo on 03-09-2004 at 04:07 AM GMT: EST!! ]

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Ah, okay, I know what's going on. I made two posts in rapid succession, but they were in fact different, and then I deleted the second one because it no longer made sense to keep it around. Though this leads to the question, could post content be taken in to account as well when determining a double-post, or would that be far too complicated (as I suspect it is)?

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Testing self modding.

Edit: I get an error. That's good. I thought I was able to do such a thing because I have the necessary buttons over my posts.

[Edited by agaricus5 on 04-01-2004 at 06:29 PM GMT]

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Heh... funny that, I had an urge to test that out last night on the "beta" news thread... I'd like to say I'd sure enjoy it if the site would give you some admonishment for trying to mod your own post... "Silly DRODder! Modding forum posts are for others!" although that may be to Americanized to amuse everyone... I doubt the Trix rabbit is an international symbol... it certainly could berate you for trying to cheat the system.

test

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I was this close to making it automatically mod the post negative if you modded your own post, but I decided not to.

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I actually was trying to mod my own post negative in a state of immense disappointment in my lack of proper cynicism.

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Testing

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Test

Alright, why can I close a secret tag that's not open? It messes up the post.

[Edited by DiMono on 04-03-2004 at 05:56 PM GMT]

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I've noticed that if you preview your message, the Description box shows up, even if it is'nt the first message in the topic.

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Nillo wrote:
I've noticed that if you preview your message, the Description box shows up, even if it is'nt the first message in the topic.

Thanks, I've fixed this.

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DiMono wrote:
Alright, why can I close a secret tag that's not open? It messes up the post.

The same reason you can open one and not close it - the forum doesn't have any idea what those things mean. It just knows that when it finds a certain string, it should replace it with a different string. There's nothing in the code saying "hey, this is a pair of tags, and if you have one you'd better have the other".

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Schik wrote:

DiMono wrote:
Alright, why can I close a secret tag that's not open? It messes up the post.

The same reason you can open one and not close it - the forum doesn't have any idea what those things mean. It just knows that when it finds a certain string, it should replace it with a different string. There's nothing in the code saying "hey, this is a pair of tags, and if you have one you'd better have the other".

Hmm that's interesting... I'm just going to test for fun what happens if you put the secret tags in reverse order.

Edit - The effect is quite interesting as well .

[Edited by agaricus5 on 04-04-2004 at 11:06 PM GMT]

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