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Posted on 09/28/2001 3:11:48 AM PDT by John Robinson
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To: John Robinson
would you like me to install this fix for you? I can pretty much reset the forum to the way it was before my changes. Nah, don't sweat it bud. I'm starting to get the hang of the new look. 'preciate the offer tho.
Callahan
To: Siegfried, John Robinson, Mr_Magoo - RE: Un-italicizable threads in Netscape 4.7x
My problems have stemmed from embedded tables. Seems Netscape doesn't quite like embedded tables inside of a blockquote, though for some reason, the
article Siegfried cited formats properly in my slightly-customized Netscape 4.77 (some detail below).
I have come up with a CSS sheet that does eliminate the italics from the blockquotes, and does (with the limitation listed above, and an unresolvable problem with the right margin) restore proper margins to FReeper non-blockquoted and 2 levels of FReeper blockquoted text. It does work in Netscape 4.77, but it does not work in IE 6. It may or may not work in Netscape 6.x (IMHO, that loads too slow to be of use outside of multi-voting online polls). If you're interested in the CSS code; it follows:
steveegg's homemade blockquote "Fix" for Netscape 4.x users (IE users can use this, just use the numbers in parentheses, and I offer no guarantees to Netscape 6.x users)
BLOCKQUOTE
{
margin-left: -40;
}
BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE
{
margin-left: -5;
}
BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE
{
margin-left: 25;
}
To: Cultural Jihad
When you click the "reply" button, that is the URL it normally sends you to. Edit that URL, and hit enter. Then go on posting like you normally would =)
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posted on
09/28/2001 5:30:57 PM PDT
by
xm177e2
To: Incorrigible
Thanks. I'd love to have Web Phone access. Way down the road, though.
To: Mea culpa - IE "quick-fix" for left margins
Seems I hit "Send" before I threw in the IE numbers. Because Netscape 4.x and IE handle margins differently, if those of you with IE tried my Netscape 4.x "quick-fix", you would lose part of every post. Conversely, if those of you with Netscape 4.x try the following, it won't do squat.
BLOCKQUOTE
{
margin-left: 0px;
}
BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE
{
margin-left: 35px;
}
BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE
{
margin-left: 70px;
}
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posted on
09/28/2001 5:37:41 PM PDT
by
steveegg
(Again, no guarantees, though it works in my copy of IE 6)
To: Askel5
Without the blockquotes, somebody could fake a whole thread by cut and pasting the HTML for the To: header and the Posted by, etc. See
dead's example (very very long thread.)
BTW, I nuked the blue line people were getting by default. If you want it back, I can install it for you. (per user customizations really rock.)
My threads are currently showing with an Ivory background, and the blockquotes have black lines above and below the text.
To: super175
Good idea. I think I'll rearrange that posting form and drop a small list of important HTML at the bottom.
To: John Robinson
Great work, Mr. Robinson! Thanks for all your hard work and dedication! I love it!
Whatever happened to that nice blue line that you put on all blockquotes, though? I really liked it, and was looking forward to using it. Is there a way to put it back?
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posted on
09/28/2001 5:44:18 PM PDT
by
clikker
To: John Robinson
I need to go back to school...
To: John Robinson
(per user customizations really rock.) YOU really rock, sir.
If it's something you have to do ... forget it. If not, I'll figure it out (once I've finished catching up on this thread).
Thanks again, John. You're the best.
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posted on
09/28/2001 5:46:02 PM PDT
by
Askel5
To: Star Traveler
Got it. I meant to fix this earlier.
BASE HREF is now filtered. However, if you fill in the source url of the article, the posting program will insert that as a BASE HREF before the article text.
To: WileyCoyote22
Garbled, in what way?
The indents are here to stay. They actually look a lot better in the new forum -- hopefully that will be coming next month sometime.
To: StoneColdGOP
This is a prerequisite of the new forum software. I want to use style sheets to cut down the Kb size of the thread. The goal of the next generation of forum is to be more bandwidth friendly.
To: John Robinson
No wonder the marquee didn't work....I have no problem with the set up John....You did a great job! Eventually, will we be HTML free and be able to simply copy and paste?
Patriotic FreeGuards From The NYC Suburbs,
Karen (KLT)
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posted on
09/28/2001 6:00:12 PM PDT
by
KLT
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To: Askel5
It's really no problem at all. I gave it all back to you.
Here's what I stored in your style sheet, feel free to customize it.
EM
{
background-color: #FFFF00;
font-style: normal
}
BLOCKQUOTE BLOCKQUOTE
{
font-style: italic;
border-left: thin solid blue;
padding-left: 1%
}
To: KLT
Eventually you will have the ability to post without needing to know HTML. (HTML will still be available to those wanting to use it.)
To: John Robinson
Odd, what character are you using to cause ? instead of < and >? Odd, what character are you using to cause ? instead of < and >? I used the " < " and " > " symbols, like always, in Netscape.
I used to see these occasionally; with the new changes they are everywhere...(!)
--Boris
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posted on
09/28/2001 6:04:51 PM PDT
by
boris
To: boris
What version of Netscape? For which OS? What (human) language?
It seems to be working for you now?
When I ran Netscape (English version) under Linux, I would see ? instead of curly quotes. I figured the Unix versions of Netscape didn't have a character for the curly quote, so replaced it with a ?.
I wonder if your problem is somehow related.
To: John Robinson
Ah.
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