Why cant we use HTML in postings?

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:18 pm

Is it to prevent crazy colors and huge fonts or?

I think it would be nice to have thumnbnails for an image that when clicked open the full size image.

Check this software out http://photostack.org/about/

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Sun Dec 14, 2003 8:34 pm

bbCode is a way to isolate the board from the potential dangers of HTML. If you could put whatever you wanted in a post it would allow you to -- intentionally or inadvertently -- ruin the formatting of a page. Malicious users could even hijack peoples' accounts and stuff.

If you make a thumbnail you can do what you're describing in bbCode:

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 3:21 am

You forgot to say how!

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 4:22 am

it's pretty easy to figure out... (url=http://linktobigimage)(img)http://linktoTN(/img)(/url)

MK

ciper · Post by **ciper** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:14 am

That is pretty easy. Thanks!

vrg3 · Post by **vrg3** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 5:49 am

Oh yeah...

Well, you could have quoted my post to see the code, but... sorry 'bout that.

mTk · Post by **mTk** » Thu Dec 18, 2003 6:24 am

No prob

I suppose that's true vrg

MK

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Why cant we use HTML in postings?

Why cant we use HTML in postings?

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