I'm having a bit of trouble figuring out some of the controls here. In my last post, I basically quoted myself. I was trying to fix a problem I had with a previous post. I clicked the "reply modify" button.
The Quote and Modify buttons are close in proximity but perform separate functions.
I wanted to make the word FANTASTIC bold and italicized.
That, btw, would look like this-- (ignore the word "code")
[b][i][u]FANTASTIC[/u][/i][/b]
or--
[i][b][u]FANTASTIC[/u][/b][/i]
The text goes inside the opening and closing tags, the tag with the slash always comes at the end (never the beginning), and note that the order of the opening and closing tags is so that they are mirror images of each other.
In the previous post I tried to qote another poster, but did not get the quote box around it.
When you want someone else's quote to appear in your post, the simplest way is to click Quote, remove the parts of the post you are not responding to but leave all the info that appears inside the brackets, then add your response after the last quote tag (in brackets).
On another related topic, I've avoided posting about plot issues because I have not figrued out how to get that spoiler box around plot details. Any help would be appreciated.
Again, ignore "code"--
[spoiler]spoiler-y text goes here[/spoiler]
The only codes I can think of that require any spacing at all are the smiley codes.
I apologize for any annoyance with regard to the duplicate posting.
It's no problem. But no worries if that was a lot of info to throw at you at once! The Help area, accessible via the horizontal menu at the top of all the Forum pages, also has a Posting section with explanations for all the SMF user codes. But to find info on MB's spoiler code, just search the Testing board for "spoiler". (Open the Testing board, then enter your search criteria to search the Testing 1, 2, 3 board. The Search feature is our best kept secret, followed closely behind by the Help section and Testing board.
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