Editing a Post, pain in the butt

by Godiva983 26/3/2008, 22:32

Hi,
I've been test driving the functions of the free forum, and I've discovered that it's a pain in the butt to edit a post, I get a block of text like the following, no spaces and with that tags or whatever, which makes it pretty hard to go through...

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This one doesn't work like that, though. When I edit a post, I don't lose the spaces and the tags are like this: [i]
How can I fix this? Rolling Eyes

Can I have WYSISYG?

by Luky 27/3/2008, 01:21

You can remove the italic tag([i]) by simply deleting it when you edit a post.
I think you mean WYSIWYG(What You See Is What You Get) no? You can activate that from admin panel=>General=>Configuration=>Configuration and look for this option "Activate the WYSIWYG" and choose Yes.

by Godiva983 27/3/2008, 13:45

Thanks Luky,

Sorry for the confusion. OK. My WYSIWYG option is activated, and when I try to edit a post, that block of text with the is all that appears.

I can't actually see the bold font, as in, I can't see the final result in the text field, like I'd do in, lets say, Word. I just get this mass of text without spaces or anything, which is impossible to edit.

I can only see the final result when I hit preview, when I should be seeing it directly in the text field, no?

So why isn't WYSIWYG working properly? It doesn't work either in the Quick Reply field. What the fuck ?!?

by Godiva983 27/3/2008, 16:17

Right, in short, when I try to edit THIS post

http://theliberboards.heavenforum.org/forums-terms-of-service-and-rules-f3/forums-terms-of-service-and-rules-t1.htm

I get the following (WYSIWYG is activated but I don't see it working):

Editing a Post, pain in the butt 2366694841_fdde805559_o

Editing a Post, pain in the butt 2366694841_fdde805559_o

That can't be right...

by Skittles 27/3/2008, 17:40

Isn't that HTML coding?

Maybe you have html disabled for the posts?

Normally the coding that I am used to shows it in the [ ]'s. Such as this

Code:: [color=blue][b]Test code[/b][/color]

by Uber Lord 27/3/2008, 17:49

I can remake it if needed

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by zakir321 27/3/2008, 18:14

If you are sure that HTML is enabled, try also to click this ( ^A/A ) button, which activates/deactivates the WYSIWYG mode for yourself. Wink

by Godiva983 27/3/2008, 18:57

Hey guys thanks for your replies,

It's still pretty weird though, if I have the following settings:

Activate extended message editor YES
Activate the WYSIWYG mod by default in the posts NO
or
Activate extended message editor YES
Activate the WYSIWYG mod by default in the posts YES

I get this when I edit a post (and I don't see the WYSIWYG button anywhere):

Editing a Post, pain in the butt 2367827952_839f04afa9_o

Editing a Post, pain in the butt 2367827952_839f04afa9_o

With the settings

Activate extended message editor NO
Activate the WYSIWYG mod by default in the posts NO

I get what I was looking for, which is cool, but it doesn't make sense does it?

Editing a Post, pain in the butt 2366994019_c2211eda9b_o

Editing a Post, pain in the butt 2366994019_c2211eda9b_o

I also noted that my changes in the area "Modify your colors, Colors and text size" were reseted to the default just like that... The version I'm using is phpBB3 BTW.

Yikes, I wonder if I'm going nuts here or wat What a Face