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Buffistas Building a Better Board ++

Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.


Frankenbuddha - May 12, 2008 6:29:56 am PDT #2079 of 4673
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

I'm seeing quoted text (not the Joss quotes, but the ones that use the less than sign in quick edit) as really, really tiny (as is the typing I'm doing in the add box). Looking at the style sheet, I can figure some of the things out, but I can't tell which ones these two are.

Also, is there a list of font color options somewhere? I'd like to turn my spoilers red instead of white.

ETA, wait, I think I have the last one.

This is a test

Woohoo! I win.


Jessica - May 12, 2008 6:34:46 am PDT #2080 of 4673
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

Frank, Google image search is your friend.


Frankenbuddha - May 12, 2008 6:38:57 am PDT #2081 of 4673
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

Thanks Jess. I'd managed to figure one red font out using the top-o-the-page quote color, but I found a brighter red with you link so now spoilers flash "DANGER! DANGER!" by their color.


Frankenbuddha - May 12, 2008 7:20:34 am PDT #2082 of 4673
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"

One further question out of curiosity. If someone HTMLs their spoiler instead of quick edits it, it will still be whited out, right? I ask because I was enjoying my new spoiler font in the Doctor Who 4.6 discussion, and then someone's posts were still white-fonted.


tiggy - May 12, 2008 7:23:44 am PDT #2083 of 4673
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore

I'd like to turn my spoilers red instead of white.

this is actually a good idea, Frank. then i could read stuff on the iTouch.

If someone HTMLs their spoiler instead of quick edits it

that was probably me. i don't know why, but i'm always afraid of using the quick edits for stuff like that because i don't want to inadvertently spoil someone by not using it correctly. html i get.


Jessica - May 12, 2008 7:25:21 am PDT #2084 of 4673
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset

If someone HTMLs their spoiler instead of quick edits it, it will still be whited out, right?

Depends - if someone uses t font color="white" to code their spoilers, they'll appear white no matter what your css says.

If they use t span class="spoiler" then they'll look like your css-customized spoilerfont.


Sean K - May 12, 2008 8:03:51 am PDT #2085 of 4673
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty

I love that the board is now CSS. I haven't spent any time restructuring my CSS, as, like Jesse (and others) I like the board just the way it is, Verdana and all.

But I still think it's awesome.

Oh, quick question: When I go to edit my personal CSS, the field is empty. That's fine, right? the only things that should appear in there are changes I make, yes?


Jon B. - May 12, 2008 8:06:18 am PDT #2086 of 4673
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

That is correct, Sean.


Karl - May 12, 2008 8:35:22 am PDT #2087 of 4673
I adore all you motherfuckers so much -- PMM.

I am willing to bet that I am the only Buffista who reads the board in a text-based browser with tables but no CSS capability (in my case, w3m). So I am perfectly willing to bite the bullet for maintainability's sake.

That said, the shift away from semantic tagging and toward [div] and [span] for everything is pernicious, and obscures one of the most useful bits of HTML.

Congratulations to all of you CSS-tweaking fiends; I'm sure the site looks lovely in graphical browsers.


Kevin - May 12, 2008 8:38:50 am PDT #2088 of 4673
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.

It just took me over a minute from hitting "Post message" to seeing the post.

(And again on this post) (Editing taking about 5 seconds)