User's Guide to Posting Commands and how to do fancy code stuff
Probably everything you need to know to have the best posting experience in the Escapist forums.
Basic Text Alterations
Bold [b]Bold[/b]
Italics [i]Italics[/i]
Underlined [u]Underlined[/u]
Strike [s]Strike[/s]
Code [code]Code[/code]
Text Size Alterations
Biggest
[h1]Biggest[/h1]
Bigger
[h2]Bigger[/h2]
Big
[h3]Big[/h3]
Normal Small Normal [small]Small[/small]
Normal sup Normal [sup]sup[/sup]
Normal sub Normal [sub]sub[/sub]
The "sup" and "sub" commands can be stacked and the text will be made even smaller. This is 2 "sup" commandsThis is 3 "sub" commands
Colours!
Leaf [color=green]Leaf[/color]
Fire [color=red]Fire[/color]
etc.
Click here to see the list of most of the colours you can use. Warning: Long list!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
Spoiler: Click to ViewPHA+VXNlIHRoaXMgdG8gc3RvcCBzcG9pbGluZyBwZW9wbGUuPC9wPg==
[spoiler]Use this to stop spoiling people.[/spoiler]
Title here. Also click here.PHA+VXNlIHRoaXMgdG8gc3RvcCBzcG9pbGluZyBwZW9wbGUuPC9wPg==
[spoiler=Title here. Also click here.]Use this to stop spoiling people.[/spoiler]
Image Inserting and Resizing
The original image has the size of 238 x 238. The numbers in the code (amount of pixels) can be changed to anything - making the image as wide, thin, flat or tall as you want
The numbers equal to the seconds which have passed. If you want to only have one custom beginning or ending simply remove the start=# to make the start normal or remove the end=# to make the ending normal.
I'm not sure who's in charge, but we really should have a noparse tag add to these boards. All the unnecessary color tags to break the other tags so they're visible makes me sad.
Click here to see the list of most of the colours you can use. Warning: Long list!PHA+LTxmb250IGNvbG9yPSJBbGljZUJsdWUiPkFsaWNlQmx1ZTwvZm9udD4gJmx0Oy0tPGJyIC8+LTxmb250IGNvbG9yPSJpbmRpZ28iPkluZGlnbzwvZm9udD48YnIgLz4tPGZvbnQgY29sb3I9IlNub3ciPlNub3c8L2ZvbnQ+ICZsdDstLTxiciAvPi08Zm9udCBjb2xvcj0iSXZvcnkiPkl2b3J5PC9mb250PiAmbHQ7LS08L3A+
It might be useful to write their names next to the colors in black, since they're difficult to see against a white(ish) back round.
Good list, the only thing I'd add is the function to autoplay YouTube videos
For example: [youtube=Uy8t4a6EaK8&autoplay=1]
Et voila!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
Nice guide, I have to say this one is more complete and nicer-looking than any of the ones currently linked in the stickied threads, I hope a replacement is in order. Here's a few more obscure pieces of code you might like to add:
For example, how to embed videos from sites other than YouTube:
but with square brackets instead as round ones. Got to make sure you follow the right format or it breaks. It can look pretty nice in combination with other tags, for example:
Hazy992: Good list, the only thing I'd add is the function to autoplay YouTube videos
Actually, I'd rather that not be added, because it's fucking annoying and I'd rather people didn't do it.
(I've been telling the Tech Team for ages to disable that nonsense, but they never have.)
I don't really see what the problem 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
I think it can have its uses. Maybe a good compromise would be that it only works in spoiler boxes or something?
Just quote me to see how it's done, it's a little complicated to explain. Basically, [ td ][ /td ] for each entry, a [ tr ][ /tr ] for whenever you want to start a new row and [ table ][ /table ] to enclose the whole thing. There may be a way to make lines between the entries, I haven't found that yet.
There's also a way to see Magic the Gathering cards if you hover your mouse over the below code, such as follows:
Hazy992: Good list, the only thing I'd add is the function to autoplay YouTube videos
Actually, I'd rather that not be added, because it's fucking annoying and I'd rather people didn't do it.
(I've been telling the Tech Team for ages to disable that nonsense, but they never have.)
I don't really see what the problem 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
I think it can have its uses. Maybe a good compromise would be that it only works in spoiler boxes or something?
Oh come on! What is the worst that can happen if you let the good natured netizens of the Escapist autoplay youtube videos outside of a spoiler box?PHA+PGRpdiBzdHlsZT0idGV4dC1hbGlnbjogY2VudGVyOyI+PG9iamVjdCB3aWR0aD0iNDMyIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjI2OCI+PHBhcmFtIG5hbWU9Im1vdmllIiB2YWx1ZT0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS92LzNTOHluSURZeUc0JmFtcDthdXRvcGxheT0xJmFtcDtzdGFydD03JmFwPSUyNTI2Zm10JTNEMTgiPjwvcGFyYW0+PHBhcmFtIG5hbWU9Indtb2RlIiB2YWx1ZT0ib3BhcXVlIj48L3BhcmFtPjxlbWJlZCBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly93d3cueW91dHViZS5jb20vdi8zUzh5bklEWXlHNCZhbXA7YXV0b3BsYXk9MSZhbXA7c3RhcnQ9NyZhcD0lMjUyNmZtdCUzRDE4IiB0eXBlPSJhcHBsaWNhdGlvbi94LXNob2Nrd2F2ZS1mbGFzaCIgd21vZGU9Im9wYXF1ZSIgd2lkdGg9IjQzMiIgaGVpZ2h0PSIyNjgiIGFsbG93ZnVsbHNjcmVlbj0idHJ1ZSI+PC9lbWJlZD48L29iamVjdD48L2Rpdj48ZGl2IHN0eWxlPSJ0ZXh0LWFsaWduOiBjZW50ZXI7Ij48b2JqZWN0IHdpZHRoPSI0MzIiIGhlaWdodD0iMjY4Ij48cGFyYW0gbmFtZT0ibW92aWUiIHZhbHVlPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnlvdXR1YmUuY29tL3YvNlA4WGlVMDdqMkEmYW1wO2F1dG9wbGF5PTEmYXA9JTI1MjZmbXQlM0QxOCI+PC9wYXJhbT48cGFyYW0gbmFtZT0id21vZGUiIHZhbHVlPSJvcGFxdWUiPjwvcGFyYW0+PGVtYmVkIHNyYz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbS92LzZQOFhpVTA3ajJBJmFtcDthdXRvcGxheT0xJmFwPSUyNTI2Zm10JTNEMTgiIHR5cGU9ImFwcGxpY2F0aW9uL3gtc2hvY2t3YXZlLWZsYXNoIiB3bW9kZT0ib3BhcXVlIiB3aWR0aD0iNDMyIiBoZWlnaHQ9IjI2OCIgYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuPSJ0cnVlIj48L2VtYmVkPjwvb2JqZWN0PjwvZGl2Pk9oLi4uIEkgZ3Vlc3MgdGhhdC48L3A+
Saulkar: Oh come on! What is the worst that can happen if you let the good natured netizens of the Escapist autoplay youtube videos outside of a spoiler box?
Which is funny because there are autoplay advertising videos on this page right now, and they're not inside spoiler boxes.
SirBryghtside: There's an [li] tag as well which adds bullet points, like this:
Words
More words
Note how you have to add a new tag for every line.
This actually comes from standard HTML, where you can also use the ol and ul tags to specify whether they should be numbered or bullet points.
Here's
an
example.
And
bullet
points
You can even nest lists!
You can also have numbered lists nested in bullet points...
...and vice versa!
Isn't HTML fun?
But that's getting off-topic.
There are a couple of these markup threads about already with some cool tricks. I'll post them here if I manage to dig up any cool ones. In the meantime, here is a complete list of all possible colours. I think most of these work.
I don't really see what the problem 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
I think it can have its uses. Maybe a good compromise would be that it only works in spoiler boxes or something?
It's okay when in spoilers, but while it is recommended to do so not everyone posts videos in spoilers.
Saulkar: Oh come on! What is the worst that can happen if you let the good natured netizens of the Escapist autoplay youtube videos outside of a spoiler box?
Which is funny because there are autoplay advertising videos on this page right now, and they're not inside spoiler boxes.
Those things piss me off so much. I have not had them in a while but somehow they are always louder than anything else, from youtube to VLC.
...And if it's in spoilers, like we get told all embedded videos are supposed to be - in the CoC that people don't seem to read? I use auto-play sometimes because otherwise, you see the title and a freeze-frame from the video, which can spoil a certain part. I don't use it when, to my knowledge, the spoilered video starts off being very loud. This is an example of judicious use:
In the service...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
Do you see, Topaz? Do you see?
DO YOU SEE?PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9nb3JlZ2lybC5maWxlcy53b3JkcHJlc3MuY29tLzIwMTMvMDEvZXZlbnQtaG9yaXpvbjE1LmpwZyIgYWx0PSJpbWFnZSIvPjwvcD4KPHA+PGRpdiBzdHlsZT0ndGV4dC1hbGlnbjogY2VudGVyOyc+PGgyPjxmb250IGNvbG9yPSJjcmltc29uIj5ETyBZT1UgU0VFPzwvZm9udD48L2gyPgo8L2Rpdj4=
...Human judgement must be exercised. By the way, do you want people to flag posts that have lots of large, unspoilered images in them or lots of unspoilered videos in them, or mention them in the Mod team chat?...Because I don't recall anyone mentioning what to do in that situation either and I'd rather ask now to avoid realizing, several months from now, that I've apparently been doing it wrong for several months.
Saulkar: Oh come on! What is the worst that can happen if you let the good natured netizens of the Escapist autoplay youtube videos outside of a spoiler box?
Which is funny because there are autoplay advertising videos on this page right now, and they're not inside spoiler boxes.
Those things piss me off so much. I have not had them in a while but somehow they are always louder than anything else, from youtube to VLC.
If they auto-play with sound, screenshot them, report them in the Tech Team chat and they'll try and get the advertising branch to replace them with something less obnoxious. People in the Pub Club and on the staff won't see them unless they log out.
Which is funny because there are autoplay advertising videos on this page right now, and they're not inside spoiler boxes.
Those things piss me off so much. I have not had them in a while but somehow they are always louder than anything else, from youtube to VLC.
If they auto-play with sound, screenshot them, report them in the Tech Team chat and they'll try and get the advertising branch to replace them with something less obnoxious. People in the Pub Club and on the staff won't see them unless they log out.
...That also applies to ads that expand to cover a large part of the screen when you mouse over them.
DOH! One would think I would know that by now, but I do not, but now I do, that should mean something, I guess.
It is only a matter of time before I exercise my right as an Escapist netizen to bring the hammer down on adverts obnoxious website worms. BWAHAHAHAHA!
Barbas: ...And if it's in spoilers, like we get told all embedded videos are supposed to be - in the CoC that people don't seem to read? I use auto-play sometimes because otherwise, you see the title and a freeze-frame from the video, which can spoil a certain part.
If you're that concerned about it, then why not just provide a link to the YouTube video? Not everything requires fancy-pants embeds.
By the way, do you want people to flag posts that have lots of large, unspoilered images in them or lots of unspoilered videos in them, or mention them in the Mod team chat?...Because I don't recall anyone mentioning what to do in that situation either and I'd rather ask now to avoid realizing, several months from now, that I've apparently been doing it wrong for several months.
It's explicitly stated in the CoC and is pretty obvious to see what's wrong in the report queue, so report it.
madwarper: I forgot, there's also the MtG card tag; [mtg_card=Wyluli Wolf] = Wyluli Wolf
Worth noting that this embed - along with some others that I can't remember right now - don't work inside spoilers.
The Red Button also doesn't work inside spoilers.PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9jZG4uZXNjYXBpc3RtYWdhemluZS5jb20vbWVkaWEvZ2xvYmFsL2JhZGdlcy8zMi8zZDcyM2MwOGRhZDE3MTU1YmE2Mjk1MGVkMzFmMmJiOC5wbmciIGFsdD0iaW1hZ2UiLz48L3A+CjxwPkdvIGFoZWFkLiBQdXNoIGl0LiBXaGF0J3MgdGhlIHdvcnN0IHRoYXQgY291bGQgaGFwcGVuPzwvcD4=
I try to use a direct link for convenience's sake, at least in the cases where the point of the video isn't given away in the title. I can see why it would be annoying, especially when it has adverts playing at the beginning; it's actually quite like the difference between an auto-playing advert with sound and a silent one, and a lot of the potential annoyance depends on the video you are embedding, so I try not to go overboard with posting commands like that one.
Aerosteam: because this probably won't get stickied.
Why not?
The way I see it, this thread is a lot more useful than some of the other stickied threads they've got here.
Because it's just very unlikely and all the other posting command guides were never stickied. Probably might want to take it up to the Tech Team (I will later) if you think this thread deserves to get stickied. Action with this sort of stuff doesn't seem to ever be taken unless a good amount of people without the authority tell the people who do.
Yeah. Weird, no? What's even weirder is that strong doesn't seen to be any different from bold. See: Aerosteam is the greatest. Aerosteam is the greatest.
IceForce: So okay, where is the OP? They haven't seemed to have taken any of the suggestions on board, (including a rather glaring spelling error).
Hey, I went to bed right after posting this guide!
Aerosteam: Yeah. Weird, no? What's even weirder is that strong doesn't seen to be any different from bold. See: Aerosteam is the greatest. Aerosteam is the greatest.
So, why include it at all? If you're going to include that, you also have to include all the alternate tags for all the other things too.
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Barbas: If you want to embed YouTube videos without any annotations, add this command to the end of the YouTube code:
&iv_load_policy=3
Not sure why there's a command for that, since you can turn off annotations in the video pretty easily anyway. And most videos posted in these forums (not counting the very common "Post [blank] song" threads) are very short ones like this:
Spoiler: Click to 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
Barbas: If you want to embed YouTube videos without any annotations, add this command to the end of the YouTube code:
&iv_load_policy=3
Not sure why there's a command for that, since you can turn off annotations in the video pretty easily anyway. And most videos posted in these forums (not counting the very common "Post [blank] song" threads) are very short ones like this:
Spoiler: Click to 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
Eh, makes it a little less faffy. Some of those videos do have transparent annotations plastered on the videos, so when people click on them to pause them, they get redirected. Like stealth adverts.
