You Asked For It: Automatic Post Formatting Buttons and Smilies

[Skinner]

This discussion thread was locked by Skinner (a host of the Announcements group).

We have added post formatting buttons and smilies to the posting form, so you can more easily format your posts. Now, whenever you write a post on DU, you will see this list of buttons just above the area to type your message text.



Clicking each button will automatically write the appropriate code directly into your posting form, at the location of your cursor. For most HTML tags, clicking a particular button once will write the code to open the tag, and clicking a second time will automatically enter the code to close the tag.

You can also use the buttons to automatically write the appropriate codes around a portion of text you have selected. Type in the text you want, select the entire text, and then click the appropriate button to write HTML codes at the beginning and end of the selection.

Clicking the "smilies" button on the far right opens a list of smilies. Click the image you want to automatically enter the code into your message.

[DURHAM D]

1. Thanks Skinner.

This post is buttons and smiles free.

[stlsaxman]

2. veddy nois!

[bluedigger]

3. Really nice!

Thanks, Skinner!

Now, about polling...

[rfranklin]

4. I was wondering where those came from!

Thanks for making things easy!

[JaneQPublic]

5. Damn, you're good! Thanks! (nt)

[Arkansas Granny]

6. DU3 is getting better and better.

Thanks, Skinner!

[CrispyQ]

7. Wonderful!

And if you select the text you want modified, first & then click the button, Viola!

All inserted very nicely into the tags! Nice.

[daleanime]

8. So where's spell check?

I need my security blanket!

[RC]

16. Use FireFox

It has a built in spell check.

[intaglio]

18. Also there's

Opera and Chrome

Firefox fan bois, huh!

[RC]

21. Whatever. As long as it is not IE

I use the web site tools on fireFox.

[irisblue]

9. thanks

i'm enjoying these features skinner

[Froward69]

10. test

[Lochloosa]

11. Just getting better and better

[louis-t]

12. Very nice.

[TexasProgresive]

13. I have to try it, NOW. Thanks,Skinner!

Skinner is the king

[dixiegrrrrl]

14. Tis loverly.

[immoderate]

15. Thanks, Skinner, but you left out...

the facepalm smilie!

This is a good implementation!

--imm

[virgdem]

17. There are two features that are still missing

the bookmarks and being able to print a particular post without printing the entire thread.

[monmouth]

19. I'm testing..

I'm testing here, thanks Skinner.

[cyberpj]

20. Thanks!! They're great! nt

[pacalo]

22. Testing...

I was wondering about the difference between blockquote...

and

...an excerpt.

Cool!

[eppur_se_muova]

23. Thanks, already tried it out in the wee hours this morning.

[mailman82]

24. Now if we could get spell check?

[Tx4obama]

25. Love the new buttons. Is there an official place to ask for new emoticon additions?

Where to ask for the above 'I have a question' emoticon to be added?

[randr]

26. Bravisimo

[Remember Me]

27. Well, all right!

Hearty applause

[BlancheSplanchnik]

28. Love 'em already!

Thanks Admins, you guys rule!

[Lifelong Protester]

29. Thank you!

Missed the smilies!

[PADemD]

30. Yeah smiles

Thanks!

[garybeck]

31. i was one of those who asked. thank you.

[gateley]

32. Thanks you guys!!

[babylonsister]

33. Thanks so much for these improvements!

[tpsbmam]

34. Love 'em! Thanks tons!

[libodem]

35. awesome

Although I was the last to know.

[beac]

36. Hurrah! Now we just need spell check.

(And no one tell me to use Firefox b/c I HATE it. Hate, hate, hate!)



ETA: a smilie, of course.

[Bill USA]

37. very nice!

nice to have excerpt divs back!

[lavenderdiva]

38. I love the new buttons & they certainly make posting easier, BUT

would you please add back in the ability to 'center' a post? Everything gets 'left justified', and I can't make the 'center' HTML code work now. It drives me crazy, and I would be most appreciative if you would bring this function back.

[Make7]

39. I started a thread in H&M that lists more HTML codes that work on DU3.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1240&pid=25018#html_lookup_table

[Skinner]

40. Done!

[center]centered text[/center]

[lavenderdiva]

41. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!

I know it sounds silly, but certain posts of mine, I like to center. This is fantastic- Thank you again!!!

[meti57b]

42. Great ...thx!!

You can also use the buttons

great! thx!

[AsahinaKimi]

43. Yay! \o/ awesome!

Thank you!!

[backscatter712]

44. Excellent! Thank you!!! n/t

[lonestarnot]

45. I wondered what those were for, now I know. Cu!

[Politicub]

46. Awesome! Wanted something like this for ages

I avoiding posting articles since I kept having to look at the instructions.

[juajen]

48. Many thanks. I love smilies!

[OccupyTheIRS]

49. Awesome! N/T

[midnight]

50. Writing codes? I'm impressed. But I can't even post a pic.... I will continue to try though...

[Fortinbras Armstrong]

51. OK, but what if I DON'T want smilies.

How do I turn them off? (In one of my posts, I had a string consisting of a colon and the number "9". I wanted that, not

[matthewdavis9179]

52. very good

very good