am imagining something witty, yet clear, at the bottom of the post, using the edited-by class.
Format change done [link] , allowing for variances in the definition of 'witty'.
Old trusty soda machine. I push you for root beer, you give me Coke.
Willow ,'End of Days'
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Gus - Nov 15, 2004 2:44:13 pm PST #8788 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
§ ita § - Nov 15, 2004 4:37:55 pm PST #8789 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I think that test should be visible only to the poster, though. Otherwise it's kinda embarassing.
Polter-Cow - Nov 15, 2004 6:56:17 pm PST #8790 of 10000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Sometimes the message center URL sticks to the address bar (IE6), and it doesn't change when I click links, almost like I'm stuck in a frame. I can get out of it by forcing the browser Home. I think this happened once in Safari too, though. Maybe.
Jon B. - Nov 15, 2004 8:17:16 pm PST #8791 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
Otherwise it's kinda embarassing.
You really think so?
Besides, unless we figure out a way to make it clear to the poster that only the poster can see the warning message, the poster will think everyone can see it and be just as embarassed as if we made the warning message public to begin with.
Tom Scola - Nov 16, 2004 12:48:06 am PST #8792 of 10000
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
There should be an animated GIF of ita wagging her finger at the poster.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2004 3:55:36 am PST #8793 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
unless we figure out a way to make it clear to the poster that only the poster can see the warning message
Why can't we just tell them?
Honestly, I think it useless information to me that Jon forgot to close his italics tag, but valuable information for Jon.
At best I'm now more aware that Jon can't HTML to save his life, or is having a fat fingered thinko sort of day.
Gus - Nov 16, 2004 5:00:35 am PST #8794 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Something like ...
Private message: You fat-fingered the URL. Put the pipe DOWN.
Okay, maybe a little less blunt.
BTW: The only error that will be reported will be for unbalanced value delimiters that Tidy can't figure out. "Private message: HTML error found. Check your quote marks."
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2004 5:02:35 am PST #8795 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Can't you return a generic error message for anything Tidy needs to fix?
Jessica - Nov 16, 2004 5:04:40 am PST #8796 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Is there any way that the poster could be notified before the post ...posts? Like, if the HTML is too screwy for Tidy, instead of posting, take the poster to the Edit page with a note at the top saying "Your HTML can't be Tidied, you'll have to fix it yourself."
That way, no board-breakage, and no embarrassment.
§ ita § - Nov 16, 2004 5:08:11 am PST #8797 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Gus -- correct me if I'm wrong -- if Tidy can find it, Tidy can fix it. If Tidy can't find it, it's mismatched quotes or mistyped tags. Mismatched quotes we also fix, and mistyped tags will probably be yanked out.
Basically, I think that if we can find it, we can fix it.