[07-MAR-2016] Current status of BLF upgrade process

BLF Site-related Issues
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Update: 07-MAR-2016

  • Added user account settings for “Use the Advanced Post Editor for new threads” and “Use the Advanced Post Editor in existing threads”. This preference is served by a janky Javascript call, so please let me know if you run into any oddities.

As mentioned previously, I would strongly recommend using the Simple Post Editor for everything except highly complex posts that need a lot of formatting, so this option to use the Advanced Post Editor by default is not recommended.

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WOW SB, Thank you VERY MUCH. GREATLY APPRECIATED. :smiley: :beer:

Btw, I set my preferences to use the Advanced Post Editor, But when I quoted your post my reply switched to the Simple Post Editor. :-((
I suspect that if the quoted post was generated with the Simple Editor, it switches to it, Or?

Best Regards,
George

Edit:
Tested again, & now it uses the Advanced Editor, but the quoted post is mangled. :wink:

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Oops, should be fixed now.

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Tested again, & now it uses the Advanced Editor, but the quoted post is mangled.

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But when I quote a post generated with the Advanced editor it is OK

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Example of quoted post that had been generated with Simple Editor being mangled

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Right, there’s no way to guarantee formatting between posts created in a different editor, which is why all users are strongly encouraged to use the Simple Post Editor by default.

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OK, But your magic has Indeed been proven time & time again to be MOST POWERFUL

Thank you very VERY MUCH,

Best Regards

George

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No problem, my pleasure.

725

THANK YOU for reminding us all of what Hypertext is for!!!

:GRADE:

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Here at BLF we take great pride at leading the vanguard of technological innovations such as HyperText, HyperText Markup Language, and the HyperText Transfer Protocol. :stuck_out_tongue:

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Whatever works. It’s not like we have some World Wide Consortium working to filter the “Bovine Scatology On Rails” out of our browsers


Next thing you know, you’ll be making us use such arcane concepts as “grammar”
 “vocabulary”
 even “spelling” fer gosh shakes!! the nerve of some people!

:slight_smile:
(PS: That was a back-handed “attaboy” in case my vocabulary, grammar and syntax didn’t convey the proper message!)

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:wink:

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Well I see there will be no more argument over whether or not someone edited their posts. I just revisited my post about the Convoy metal switch and noticed that instead of saying “the switch used on” I had typed “the switch sued on”. I hate typos particularly in an OP so I fixed it. Now at the bottom of my OP there is a big finger pointing at me at the bottom of my post
 Not sure how I feel about that.

Edited by: J-Dub74 on 03/09/2016 - 10:28

Now I feel I should go back and add a note about why I edited it. I always do that where the situation merits an explanation but changing “sued” to “used” does not qualify in my book. Just wondering what others think of this. I on a regular basis will edit out typos noticed within minutes of my posts. If it changes the message in any way I add the reason but I liked having that at my discretion. Just my two bits.

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That only shows up for the OP. Normal posts won’t show they have been edited.

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Has anyone else noticed that Bigsmile and LOL now show as the same smiley when tested under preview post

:smiley: :smiley:

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Yep, that's why I never smile the same twice.

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this is two different smiles that ended up the same

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:smiley:

Yep, “bigsmile” doesn’t appear to work, in the simple editor at least.

I’m also hoping my favorite Ghost will make a return some day.
Santa is also MIA. Though I didn’t see that one used as much.
List of our original smileys

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Ok, posting links with strings of capital letters is now fixed. Many thanks to @wight for helping me behind the scenes with this issue!