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Post by cleglaw on Aug 10, 2008 11:58:34 GMT
Is there a way to make the font in quotes larger (for us old guys)?
The image or quote, functions--what do you think about having the cursor land in the middle when these codes are selected to make it easier to place the text in the correct position?
Thanks.
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Aug 10, 2008 23:36:41 GMT
Agreed, and I'm not even old.
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Post by Glance A'Lot on Aug 11, 2008 7:46:13 GMT
supported!
In my WoW-board it opens and closes alternately when you tick the button(s) (same for etc. - in some others there's just three spaces in between to facilitate targeting.
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 11, 2008 10:39:16 GMT
If I knew of any way to make the quotes larger, I'd have done it already, I assure you. My own eyes are not so wonderful that it isn't a pest.
Unfortunately...
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Post by The Sonar Chicken on Aug 11, 2008 10:50:38 GMT
Unfortunately, I think... Proboards either doesn't allow you or it's far too complicated to like... jingle around with.
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Aug 11, 2008 23:11:51 GMT
Damn... I suppose the best we can do in the mean time is use [quote][size=2][/size][/quote].
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Post by cleglaw on Aug 12, 2008 2:10:31 GMT
Cleglaw doesn't settle for size=2!
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 12, 2008 2:19:25 GMT
Aha! proof of the existence of bigfoot! ;D
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Post by LaFille on Aug 12, 2008 2:46:56 GMT
I like suggestions; bring them on... Will make a list and try to see what exists out there.
In the mean time, another way you can do for the tags is to paste your link/quote in the post, highlight it and click the button after; it will add the tags around your selection.
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Post by LaFille on Aug 13, 2008 16:28:50 GMT
Ok, I didn't find anything to make the cursor land in the middle of the tags or any way to resize the text in quotes other than manually set a different font size every time yet... But I'll keep searching. About the tags that open and close alternately when you click, as far as I saw a drawback of these is that the tags are automatically added at the very end of the posts; or at least, it's like that on the boards I could see that have this system. I didn't see something like that put in place for Proboards yet either but I'll keep an eye open and if I do see one I'll try it. In the mean time I have updated the image prompt box code and try a different image resizing one that looks better; please let me know if it doesn't work for you... Image example:
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Post by Elliot Kane on Aug 13, 2008 17:25:43 GMT
Nice job, Fille! I'd say that was a definite improvement, yeah
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Post by cleglaw on Aug 13, 2008 18:15:54 GMT
Ok, I didn't find anything to make the cursor land in the middle of the tags or any way to resize the text in quotes other than manually set a different font size every time yet... But I'll keep searching. About the tags that open and close alternately when you click, as far as I saw a drawback of these is that the tags are automatically added at the very end of the posts; or at least, it's like that on the boards I could see that have this system. I didn't see something like that put in place for Proboards yet either but I'll keep an eye open and if I do see one I'll try it. In the mean time I have updated the image prompt box code and try a different image resizing one that looks better; please let me know if it doesn't work for you... Image example: Thank you for your time. The image looks fine.
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Post by Hand-E-Food on Aug 13, 2008 23:26:52 GMT
Looks good to me.
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Post by LaFille on Aug 15, 2008 0:31:49 GMT
My pleasure, and sorry not to be up to come up with better for now. =/ However, in case you didn't know already, there's a magnifying glass function in Windows that you can activate through the ergonomic settings in the control panel... And Firefox 3 haz a built-in zoom function that you can use too.
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Post by cleglaw on Aug 15, 2008 11:47:32 GMT
I used this Firefox addon: BBCode to make the above quote. I created a custom tag for quotes which I can now access with a right click and it automatically inserts anything I have on my clipboard into the quote. This Firefox extension can also be handy for a variety of different forum postings. Here at Chaos, for example, it can be used at the quick reply window at the bottom of threads and still give you easy access to any tags (and smileys) you might like to use.
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Post by LaFille on Aug 17, 2008 4:40:17 GMT
Nice, thanks for that link!
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