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Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian29 Jul 2011 12:06 p.m. PST

1. You should now be able to insert links-with-text into your forum posts. This follows the standard BBCode syntax (change the round brackets to square brackets, though!):

(url=http://somelink.com)Text here(/url}

Example: Everyone loves The Blue Fez!

2. Similarly, you can now add captions to photos, using this syntax:

(img=http://somephoto.com)Caption here(/img)

Example:

No fighting in the forums!

John the OFM29 Jul 2011 12:14 p.m. PST

I fear change…

religon29 Jul 2011 12:36 p.m. PST

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dragon6 Supporting Member of TMP29 Jul 2011 12:50 p.m. PST

The Editor's example is a bad link.
It leaves off .com from the link

Don Perrin29 Jul 2011 1:08 p.m. PST

Well, it's worth a try!

( img=http://www.oldglory25s.com/images/SUE05.jpg ) True North Miniatures Shameless Plug!( /img )

Did I do something incorrectly?

Don

aecurtis Fezian29 Jul 2011 1:24 p.m. PST

Measure twice, cut once.

Allen

Colin Hagreen29 Jul 2011 1:26 p.m. PST

Square brackets to replace the round ones, Don…

South London Warlords

Yup, that works…

vexillia29 Jul 2011 1:38 p.m. PST

Let's see if they nest too:

vexillia.ltd.uk

‌‌

No they don't because the new code changes the nesting.

:-(

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Vexillia: Wargames Miniatures & Accessories
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RavenscraftCybernetics29 Jul 2011 2:49 p.m. PST

A fool and her parts are soon monied

Jamesonsafari29 Jul 2011 3:24 p.m. PST

Don's post with square brackets:

True North Miniatures Shameless Plug!

Pat Ripley Fezian29 Jul 2011 5:50 p.m. PST

is that something russian?

link

Personal logo Editor in Chief Bill The Editor of TMP Fezian29 Jul 2011 7:29 p.m. PST

Let's see if they nest too

Not supposed to. grin

Don Perrin29 Jul 2011 11:03 p.m. PST

Yes, it's Russian!

 True North Miniatures Shameless Plug! It's a ZIS30 Tank Destroyer.

SUE05

The caption doesn't seem to be coming through. Here's what I put in (with the round brackets below replaced by square brackets).

Yes, it's Russian!

(img=http://www.oldglory25s.com/images/SUE05.jpg) True North Miniatures Shameless Plug! It's a ZIS30 Tank Destroyer. (/img)

(url=http://www.oldglory25s.com/view_product.php?product)SUE05(/url)

Colin Hagreen30 Jul 2011 12:02 a.m. PST

The caption appears when you mouse-over the picture, and I can see it…

Pat Ripley Fezian30 Jul 2011 3:45 a.m. PST

my wife is looking over my shoulder going how did you know that?

Pat Ripley Fezian30 Jul 2011 4:49 a.m. PST

Btw both the captions came through for me.
Cheers
Pat
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Don Perrin31 Jul 2011 2:03 p.m. PST

I guess I didn't know how the captions worked. I see them now, too. Thanks for pointing it out!!

Don

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