Mal ,'Ariel'
Do you have problems, concerns, or recommendations about the technical side of the Phoenix? Air them here. Compliments also welcome.
Well, not too long ago there was a different address or something. Something was different. When I used to log in on the previous one, I'd stay logged in.
I'm not even sure what the change was, but you gave a new link or address and this is where I've been ever since. I don't remember what the issue was...new server maybe?
Are you maybe using buffistas.net, quester?
Yes, Dana, that is the address I'm at. Is it the wrong one?
buffistas.net is the test site. Untrustworthy code. Use buffistas.org.
Ah! I bet that would explain it! Glad I asked. Of course, I should have asked awhile ago. D'ho!
Thanks for the help!
Quester, when you say you were using buffistas.net, you don't mean buffistas.net, right? So what URL were you using?
Hmmm, that doesn't look like the one I was on. I was at a place that was identical to buffistas.org, and all of the posts I made while there are visible here. It was some weird doppleganger board.
One thing I've noticed is that some users are using "font color equals white" tags to post in-line spoilers. If people are using the personal css feature like I am with a black background and gray text, then the spoilers show up in blazing white characters instead of being hidden.
Rather than try to change the humans, this regular expression will replace those font tags with the appropriate span tag.
$string = 'the actor on tonights show is <font color="white">sooper seekrit</font> !!';
$pattern = '/<font color=([\\"\\']*?)white([\\"\\']*?)>(.*?)<\\/font>/is';
$replacement = '<span class="spoiler">$3</span>';
preg_replace($pattern, $replacement, $string);
Just a suggestion.
I think some people actually consider the visiblity of spoiler text a feature rather than a bug. But maybe they could just modify the spoiler tag in their style sheet? I am not knowledgeable enough.
And whoa, gray on black? I bet that looks trippy.
Principle-wise I'd rather change humans. I try and point it out whenever I see it, so we all play nice together.
I think some people actually consider the visiblity of spoiler text a feature rather than a bug
But putting in font=white tends to ensure invisibility for the poster, and those people who have made spoilers visible with css can't see them unless they've also changed their background colour.
o, I don't think it's rude to point it out when you see it, if you couch it right.