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This is a testing forum

This forum is meant to test the software[1], the technical feasibility, and, to some extent, interest.

The goal isn't presently replacement of D&D or migration from D&D. Depending on what Opera decides, it may never be. For now, it is at most a safety net.

Please ask here if you have any questions about this forum not pertaining to administrative issues like forum categories, moderation, security questions, etc.

[1] Does it work, do we like it.

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Reply #1
hail Frenzie!!

(my first post here.. is this thing on?)

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Reply #2
Once we work out the kinks (there's always bugs in new systems) this format seems to be workable enough. We could do a lot worse than this for sure.
What would happen if a large asteroid slammed into the Earth?
According to several tests involving a watermelon and a large hammer, it would be really bad!

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Reply #3
Anyone tested the mail/message service?

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Reply #4
I've received two e-mails from the forum sent to me by string as a test, and I've exchanged a couple of PMs with j7n. Right now it sends it on behalf of my Gmail account, but I should probably set it up as something like no-reply@dnd.fransdejonge.com which will ignore whatever spam comes its way.

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Reply #5
Nnnice.

The forum search works. Tho the algorithm isn't great with anything but (an) exact keyword(s)

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Reply #6
Out of curiousity, who is j7n?

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Reply #7
I sent a PM to Frenzie yesterday...
Got it?   
Though the content... It's appeared that a handful of geeks had already been present in here, so...

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Reply #8
Yes, though I don't believe a description needs to be a full grammatical sentence.


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Reply #10
Just testing (learning BB Code)...

This is a (centered) table:
















123
456
789


:) I'm good. :)
A matter of attitude.

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Reply #11
@frenzie - Frans, I reported one of your posts to see if the reporting mechanism worked - did the report get through to you?

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Reply #12
Quote from: Belfrager

Just testing (learning BB Code)...
You'll find the list of BB Codes here.
The WYSIWYG Editor is fairly complete!
(It even includes a pre-formatted text block tool…) How does it handle foreign characters?
And it shows recent posts (in reverse order) correctly, below the edit box! (An old "groan" from MyOpera.)

It seems that the Strike-out button "sticks" — but the Preview button un-sticks it!. Bold, italic and underline toggle correctly…
Well, maybe the problem with Strike-out is me? (Is it supposed to work like a blue pencil? :) )

A nice touch: Quotes of other's posts include the link to the original. (Unless you manually delete them…  ;D )
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Reply #14
How to insert images?
I tried to steal something from MyOpera, but...

Let me try some combinations:
[img=http://static.myopera.com/community/graphics/forum/icon3_new.gif]http://[/img],
[img="http://static.myopera.com/community/graphics/forum/icon3_new.gif"][/img],
[img="http://static.myopera.com/community/graphics/forum/icon3_new.gif"]http://,
and [img=http://static.myopera.com/community/graphics/forum/icon3_new.gif].
Maybe [img=http://static.myopera.com/community/graphics/forum/icon3_new.gif]http://static.myopera.com/community/graphics/forum/icon3_new.gif[/img]?

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Reply #15
Maybe those are unstealable?

Then , [img=http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg]http://[/img], [img=http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg]http://, [img="http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg"], and [img="http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg"][/img]...
Maybe [img=http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg]http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg[/img] or [img="http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg"]http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg[/img]?

O'k, this works:
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[img]http://thumbs.myopera.com/sz/colx/http://files.myopera.com/JoshL/albums/14633262/Photo198_0502.jpg[/img]
.  Are gifs not available to perform here?



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Reply #18
I should hope not. They're gigantic. But you can always link to them.

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Reply #19
@Frenzie

JFYI......BMP files will work.....I just tried a 2+mb  1024x768 file, & on Preview it worked.

I have no doubt that it would have posted if I chose to send it.

You might want to see if you have a way to limit BMPs by size, or if not, totally eliminating the ability to direct post them at all.

This can pose way more bandwidth grief to the Forum than any posted youtube video, whereas the BMP file auto-loads, & the video is just a visual container that loads its payload only upon the request of the viewer.
It has just as much impact of any other mid-sized IMG file.


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Reply #20
I mostly meant that I have no interest in creating a video bbtag myself, while I will personally implement or modify a proper quick quote feature if migration actually becomes necessary.

I took a quick look around and I suppose this premade addon might do:

YouTube bbcode:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIDtwcFXcI[/youtube]

Just a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIDtwcFXcI

Wrapped in url bbcode to prevent embedding:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIDtwcFXcI

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YouTube bbcode:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIDtwcFXcI[/youtube]

Just a link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIDtwcFXcI

Wrapped in url bbcode to prevent embedding:
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4eIDtwcFXcI[/url]


I'm not a big fan of the automatic link functionality though, plus I think a video bbcode with YouTube support would be better (i.e. more universal/extendable). I'll leave this one up for a bit to see how it works out.

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Reply #21
That's odd,,,,,I was testing using the PREVIEW facility, when it posted....without my doing so!!

I saw a Flash code, & not knowing I thought it may readjust the size of the embedded container.....it didn't...Cest la vie

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Reply #22
Odd.

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Reply #23

I'm with Frenzie against video from that particular site. Threads with these embedded flash windows are unbrowsable memory hogs. Even when I'm interested in one post, I am forced to load most of the embedded players.
You should use Opera's plugin on demand functionality. :)

Besides not filling up the forum pages, this little test above taught me some other things: I can c/p regular links (or add an item to my right-click menu or some such) to open them in a proper video player, or to process them with a script. VLC comes with YouTube URL support baked in. Plus if you load it in a text-based browser you only get an iframe. This means a proper video bbcode should stick the URL underneath the video. In summary, it looks like I'd have to write it myself to get it right, but like I said before it's not a problem I'm especially interested in solving.

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Reply #24
You convinced me; I disabled this particular add-on. I would advise people who like embedded videos to utilize a userscript like Videoembed.