1) When listing items, using [
*], [o
], or [+
] will create the different bullets without having to go through the whole [
list][li
][/
li][/
list] business
2) The one drawback to #1 is indenting, which can be ordinarily accomplished with embedded lists. The way to fix this is a table. This is a bit hard to explain, so see the example.
3) To embed code in one's post without using the [
code] tags: Place some invisible
closed tags anywhere in the tag you want to embed. ex. [b[i
][/i]]This is how to make bold text![/b] You needn't put one in the [/b], because it only functions if the [b
] tag has opened a bold group. You can place practically any tag pair in. These are recommended: [b
][/b], [i
][/i], [s
][/s]. These not so much: [su
p][/sup], [su
b][/sub], [l
ist][/list]. This technique can also be used on emoticons.
Note when using this on [
spoiler=...], [
quote=...], [
font=...], etc: Be sure to place it
before the =, otherwise it will be read as part of the description.
4) To put spoilers on the same line as the text, use a table! Yay
[
table][
tr][
td]Do you mean the[/td
][
td][
spoiler]room with the blue bird?[/spoiler][/td][/tr][/table]
yields:
5) To do quickquotes: [qu
ote="quoteauthor"]Blah[/quote]
makes:
Blah
6) When your session expires while posting: Admit it. You hate this. It is not so bad, but you must remember to react calmly: Click the back button on your browser; copy the text from your post; (optional) if you are compulsive, paste it into a notepad document as temporary storage; log back in and paste back your post.
7) To resize an image, add a width or height attribute. To do so for an emoticon, right click > copy image location. Do do so for a hidden smiley, type the code, hit preview, copy the image location, and paste it into your post. (see example)
Technique # | Example code | Result |
1 | [*]List [+]Sub list [o]Supersub list
| - List
- Sub list
- Supersub list
|
2 | [table][tr][td] [*]List[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td][cb] [tab]* [/cb][/td][td][+]Sub list[/td][/tr][/table] [table][tr][td] [tab][tab] [/td][td][o]Supersub list[/td][/tr][/table] | |
3 | [spoiler=spoiler[i][/i]description]Spoiler text[/spoiler] [spo[i][/i]iler=spoilerdescription]Spoiler text[/spoiler] C[i][/i]) C)
| [/i]description]Spoiler text [spoiler=spoilerdescription]Spoiler text[/spoiler] C) C)
|
7 | [img width=35]http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/Smileys/Niffpack/mad.gif[/img][img width=13]http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/Smileys/Niffpack/supersmiletq6.gif[/img] | |
*Tab/indent copy-pasted from notepad
I hope you found this long winded post helpful.