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Jon B. - Nov 17, 2004 4:49:34 am PST #8840 of 10000

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

I'm glad my example is getting some mileage because the entities were a bitch to type.

I mean no preview or correction page, beyond the edit page that is in use now. The edit box will contain exactly what was typed.

Under this flow, if someone types bad html, would the post immediately get posted and it would be up to the poster to go into the editpost page? Or would it first go to the edit post page before being posted?

Gus - Nov 17, 2004 5:47:10 am PST #8841 of 10000

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

would the post immediately get posted and it would be up to the poster to go into the editpost page?

Yes. Today's flow. No change. In the post-TidyPlus era, there will be very little a person can do to mess up the html. I can't really think of anything, in fact. Building elaborate mechanisms to allow user correction seems unnecessary.

I know this seems a little Polyanna-esque, but there is a lot of diligence in the Tidy code.

Jon B. - Nov 17, 2004 5:48:59 am PST #8842 of 10000

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

Well then we've got the problem of notifying the poster privately that there were errors, but in a way that's obviously private.

Gus - Nov 17, 2004 5:53:25 am PST #8843 of 10000

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

That is done. The error messages only show up for the author of the post, and are prefixed with "Private message:".

The messages will also appear for admins.

Jon B. - Nov 17, 2004 6:02:04 am PST #8844 of 10000

A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

The messages will also appear for admins.

I was going to suggest that. Maybe the message can say

"Private Message to t username : This post was Tidied"

with a link to the FAQ or how-to page explaining what Tidy does and what the poster's options are.

Gus - Nov 17, 2004 6:14:12 am PST #8845 of 10000

Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

Works for me. I am using the edited-by class for the font style. It will only be presented when Tidy finds errors, as opposed to warnings.

For now, I'll use a link to the Faq. We can add a "#Tidy" at some point, I guess.

eta: OK, that is all in. TidyPlus is here [link] . I dares ya to break it.

Ginger - Nov 17, 2004 4:43:27 pm PST #8846 of 10000

"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

Okay, who put up "Riley's Bitches?" Surely that's an oxymoron.

amych - Nov 17, 2004 4:47:39 pm PST #8847 of 10000

Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?

Surely that's an oxymoron.

Apparently not: P.M. Marcontell "Spike's Bitches 20: We'll catch the Natterers yet." Nov 17, 2004 6:44:53 pm PST

etclarify: Plei didn't put the thread up -- it's temporary because DX and I screwed up making a new tech thread -- but the cross-thread x-post makes me giggle.

P.M. Marc - Nov 17, 2004 4:50:38 pm PST #8848 of 10000

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Dude, I was being PRACTICAL.

I am still here laughing my ass off about the thread title. And, natch, the post count.

It was foretold!

Tom Scola - Nov 17, 2004 5:07:27 pm PST #8849 of 10000

Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.

...and it's gone. I'm tempted to go and put it back.

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