Some posting tricks I've picked up

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: [sup][/sup], [sub][/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:

Do you mean the

Spoiler: (click to show/hide) room with the blue bird?

5) To do quickquotes: [quote="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)



I hope you found this long winded post helpful.

Interesting, but the bottom example fails.

Nice! I like the indented lists trick and the inline spoiler. Though the latter seems to work only if the spoiler is at the very end of the sentence, or followed by only a short text that doesn't reach the entire width of the post area.

By the way, the smilies can also be disabled by checking the option "Don't use smilies" on the post edit screen. But your trick is handy when one wants to disable only certain smilies, not all of 'em.

Thanks for sharing!

Interesting, but the bottom example fails.

That's the point. It's
[sp[u][/u]oiler=spoilerdescription]Blah[/spoiler]
versus
[spoiler=spoiler[u][/u]description]Blah[/spoiler]
One fails, one doesn't.

Nice! I like the indented lists trick and the inline spoiler. Though the latter seems to work only if the spoiler is at the very end of the sentence, or followed by only a short text that doesn't reach the entire width of the post area.

I also tried putting it in the middle of a sentence once. The sentence read roughly "Did you know the spoiler: (click to show/hide) was actually..." or something like that. Either way, the "click to show/hide" messed it up.

waaaah I posted about the bullets somewhere too!

oh, here.

waaaah I posted about the bullets somewhere too!

oh, here.

And that's where I found out about it.

*bump* added image resize

Cool.  You did well PP. Take this   as a token of my appreciation.