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 Feb 1, 2004 - 1:06 AM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Aug 30, '02 From Michigan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%)  |
Coomer is having trouble getting onto the site because of the nameserver not updating yet, this is what he would like to let everyong know about the new updates he has spent months workin on! enjoy!!
Fully Recoded Backend The entire backend, including the database connectivity, login system, forum integration, and more, has been completely recoded from scratch, to alleviate many of the problems with the old backend. More Robust Photo Uploads Photo uploads should now be faster due to using native PHP functions for dealing with most of the photo processing. Also, if a photo is uploaded that is not a valid photo, it will not upset the other photo uploads, and the site will let you know which photos didn't work. Also, resized photos should generally be much better quality than they previously were. Previous and Next Photo Links Now when you view a photo for a how-to article, part, or a member's uploaded photo, you'll be able to easily go to the previous or next photos with one click. Past Featured Rides Page There is now a page which displays all of the past and the current featured ride. This page is linked to on the intro page, and is available here. Optimized Members' Rides Listing The Members' Rides section has been heavily optimized, so that the list of members will now load much quicker than it used to. Average query time has been reduced from around eight seconds to around one-fifth of a second. --------------------  Believer, you'll leave her, in leaving them all No but I don't buy it Like anything you do, as anyone you are Cause I'm... Ten Speed, of God's Blood & Burial |
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Feb 1, 2004 - 3:48 AM
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 Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Now that I can finally access the site again, I'm curious as to whether or not you guys like it more or less, and what can be done to make the site better. Everything should be working correctly now, so if anything isn't, please let me know.
 Thanks, and enjoy! -------------------- New Toyota project coming soon...
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Feb 1, 2004 - 7:36 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jan 3, '03 From DEN HAAG / NETHERLANDS Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
new look is great ...
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Feb 1, 2004 - 11:10 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 5, '03 From South TX. Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I'm happy
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Feb 1, 2004 - 11:16 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 18, '02 From Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Coomer, you're awesome, the site looks incredible now
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Feb 1, 2004 - 11:21 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 10, '03 From Appleton,WI Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
OH DAMN COOMER!...YES YES YES....its alive...its alive...loved the site before...luvin it even more now...luvin the renovation here...OOOOoooooOOooo...the new site looks so good!...thanks man...6gC pride forever...take it easy all...vangSTa_celica
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Feb 1, 2004 - 12:06 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jun 30, '03 From O-town, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Beautiful color scheming. One thing. The 04 area. It's really bland, and a really big open space. But man, this rocks!
-------------------- Sometimes we live to beat the odds.
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Feb 1, 2004 - 12:24 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 5, '03 From Grapevine, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Love it. Who's car is the yellow one? (I'm so jealous.. he's got the supra sideskirts I want
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Feb 1, 2004 - 12:30 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Thanks for the comments guys. You're very right Akimbo, and we planned to get some opinions from you guys on what should go up there. We used to have the main navigation, featured ride, and latest news up there, but decided that it was best to put it down lower with the sidebar and on the main page.Tim came up with an excellent idea to put a list of upcoming events in that top area. The moderators would find threads about meets and things like that, and if all of the information was set in stone, we could post the event, date, and a link to the thread up there, so that it'd get more exposure. Also, we thought about keeping just the featured ride information up there, as for now it's only on the intro page. Other ideas included random photos of members' Celicas or having a poll setup in that space, that would change every two weeks or so. What do you guys think would be best, and why? Also, if you think of anything else that could go up there, we'd love to hear about it.
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Feb 1, 2004 - 1:00 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 13, '03 From Dandridge, Tennessee Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
dude the site is kickin! its soo awesome I had to make up a word to describe it...
" Splendifilicious " Nice job man I love it. -Brandon --------------------  |
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Feb 1, 2004 - 4:30 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 21, '03 From Lynnwood, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The new look is so cool for the site, thx u guys.
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Feb 1, 2004 - 6:37 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 30, '03 From O-town, FL Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Could we see how a "Popular thread" or maybe "Hottest topic" thing would go in that area? Or maybe links to Meets or Group Buy threads? Who knows, just ideas. Edit: The random images, maybe you could put up a bunch of random images of ALL the members? And have each image link to their profile? This idea came to me when I read the thread about the S2000 taillight conversion and who's car it was. This post has been edited by Akimbo: Feb 1, 2004 - 6:40 PM -------------------- Sometimes we live to beat the odds.
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Feb 1, 2004 - 8:23 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Sep 5, '03 From Grapevine, TX Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Can't make it random from all the images.. you'd have to download each selected image.. it'd kill even the fastest connections, not to mention 6gc's bandwidth. Unless, there's some code that I don't know about that allows a random image from a folder to be displayed in the selected area.. that'd be a wicked cool code..
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Feb 1, 2004 - 9:46 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 30, '02 From Michigan Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
ads coomer?? wow... i think that was the last thing anyone wanted to take up that space
-------------------- Believer, you'll leave her, in leaving them all No but I don't buy it Like anything you do, as anyone you are Cause I'm... Ten Speed, of God's Blood & Burial |
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Feb 2, 2004 - 12:08 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 1, '02 From Minnesota, USA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
What a bunch of crap! This design sucks! I hate it! Did I remind you that I lie a lot?
LOL, awesome job Cooooooomer, keep it up!!! -------------------- 95 Toyota Celica GT
Dead for now --> Soon to have a 3S-GTE 02 WRX --> This is for speed - Borla Exhaust - TurboXS BOV - Custom CAI 02 Civic EX - MB Quart Reference 5.25" Components - Rockford MTX 8" Subs in the doors - Alpine Type S Rear Fills - 2x Alpine SWR-1042D Subs in a custom fiberglass box - Alpine F345 Amp for the front doors - Alpine M605 on each Type R - Phoenix Gold wiring - Alpine CDA-9855 Head Unit - Alpine Amp link - 2x Rockford Fosgate 1 Farad Caps - The best Viper 791 alarm install ever |
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Feb 2, 2004 - 12:10 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 4, '02 From Hecho en la Republica Dominicana/Living in NJ Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Love the home page Coomer nice to see you finaly put it up ..
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Feb 2, 2004 - 12:22 AM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I know, I know...but I figured I might as well try them out again while there was nothing up there, considering I now have a $25 charge to pay for every month.
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Feb 2, 2004 - 1:14 AM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Oh, and about the random images in the title area...that wouldn't work so well, because everyone tends to upload non-Celica photos and things like their signature in their profile. It could be done without loading every single image on the site though Hym3n, because all the random image processing and stuff like that is done server-side, before the html is ever sent to the user's browser.
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Feb 2, 2004 - 2:17 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 28, '02 From Europe, Lithuania Currently Offline Reputation: 8 (100%) |
Nice job Coom, as usual
-------------------- Ex celica owner - just a guy from other side of the pond...
Full custom Projects from restoration to performance builds <<<<<< DCw / JDMart >>>>>>> |
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Feb 2, 2004 - 5:04 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 4, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Yeah It looks quite good coomer. About the big empty space. I like the idea of most "popular" thread, or most recent post, from each of the main forums. After all, 95% of the times you visit the mainpage you head straight to the forums..
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Feb 2, 2004 - 7:24 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 3, '02 From Va Team 6gc Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Looks great man.
--------------------  All I have in this world is my Balls and my Word and I'm not breaking em for no one,- Tony Montana Team 6gc 2005 |
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Feb 2, 2004 - 11:23 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Oct 22, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Much props Coomer.
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Feb 2, 2004 - 12:19 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Apr 10, '03 From South Central Los Angeles Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I LOVE IT.
This post has been edited by sphinx_race911: Feb 2, 2004 - 12:20 PM |
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Feb 2, 2004 - 6:59 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Apr 10, '03 From South Central Los Angeles Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I dont know about everyone else, but I like to use HTML tags. I use them on a daily basis.
Why not enable that here? This post has been edited by sphinx_race911: Feb 2, 2004 - 7:01 PM |
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Feb 2, 2004 - 7:21 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
On the forums? Because a simple </div> tag would cause major troubles, as could <script> tags, and many other tags could cause problems as well.
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Feb 3, 2004 - 12:53 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 16, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Coomer the site looks greatttt , good job thanks!
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Feb 3, 2004 - 1:51 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Jul 25, '03 From Santa Barbara, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I love everything except that the ads and random images are at the top...to me it seems kinda cluttered. Maybe you could put that off to the side?
Other than that everything looks great! |
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Feb 3, 2004 - 4:49 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Sep 6, '03 From Fairbanks AK Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
not to mention wasting my time loging on and off till i could see my celi on the home page!!!!  really though great job it looks fantastic. |
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Feb 5, 2004 - 1:48 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 17, '03 From Adelaide, South Australia Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Far out... I haven't really browsed this site much since christmas (no net access
) and I come back and it's all changed (!)But wow... Amazing guys, excellent job! |
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Feb 7, 2004 - 3:07 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 17, '03 From Ontario, Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Thanks Coomer, keep up the great work.
You are a true entrepreneur, I hope you cash in in your tallent some day. |
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Feb 7, 2004 - 3:38 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 24, '03 From Milton, Delaware Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Nice and sleek Coom, looks awesome. I was freaking out the other nite when it wouldnt load, so then i waited till morning and i had a wondrous surprize... WOOT
-Ryan -------------------- AIM : FAQdaWorld
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Feb 10, 2004 - 12:14 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Mar 21, '03 From San Jose, CA Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
Looks good to me Coomer. Nice job.
Q. Would it be possible to put some navigation buttons at the bottom of the page? So far to get out of a thread I'll use the back button or scroll to the top of the page. --------------------  a.k.a. Lolo (Norcalcelicas.org/Newcelica.org) |
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Feb 10, 2004 - 4:40 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 28, '02 From B.C. Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
The site looks great! Thanx for all the hard work Coomer
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Feb 17, 2004 - 6:51 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Nov 18, '02 From Texas Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I thought of one thing that would be nice to have again. It was also nice to see if there were any new parts or how-to's added on the front page. It just made it easy to see if there was anything new.
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Feb 17, 2004 - 8:59 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
I am not a fan of how things look now. When I got on a few minutes ago I noticed everything was gray, where it was once blue. Maybe it's my computer though...
I liked the blue..... like at the top where it says 6GCELICAS, 6G is now gray where it was blue... |
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Feb 17, 2004 - 9:04 PM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
I'm in the process of allowing all of you to choose between this forum theme or the old one. I re-skinned the forums so that they'd match the rest of the site better. Oh, and also, 6G up at the top has always been gray.
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Feb 17, 2004 - 11:36 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
lol, I guess I was trying to find a good way of pointing it out...
Anyway,I've always been a fan of blue
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Feb 18, 2004 - 2:54 AM
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Administrator Joined Aug 23, '02 From Seattle, WA Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
Well, now you can still enjoy the blue. In your control panel, you may now click the "Skin Settings" link to change your skin to one of the choices.
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Feb 19, 2004 - 1:31 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
yea, I guess your still the man
and now... we be blue again |
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Feb 19, 2004 - 11:44 AM
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 Enthusiast Joined Aug 29, '02 From ny to philly Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I like the grey/silver, it matches my browser 
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Feb 21, 2004 - 1:09 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Dec 26, '02 From Alabama Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
ha, maybe that's what it is,,, mine is blue, lol.
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Feb 29, 2004 - 2:43 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Jun 19, '03 From arlington tx Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Hey Coomer I dig the new site. I will b*tch and moan when something does not work. I like the gradients displayed throughout the site. The Airal/bold font has that nice trendy web/Microsoft look going for it. Keep up the good work.
-capin_crunch ps html formatting in threads would be really nice, but I guess its time to learn some UBB. |
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Mar 1, 2004 - 11:19 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 27, '03 Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Just wondering... what is the date set for? Is it for a certain timezone or is it set for the servers date and time? And just to let you know the site absolutely rocks! Its all I look at while I'm at work... dont tell anybody... shhhhhh
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Apr 9, 2004 - 5:21 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 12, '03 From California Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
I'm not totally sure about PHP since I'm just starting to work with it intensively, but I know in ASP that you can use the replace() feature, so that when someone posts something, before it goes into the database, it will replace the current word, or letters to blank. Below is what the code would look like if it was in asp, I'll try to code it in php for you so you could use it. lets first say that I was to type into one of these post: <div>blah blah</div> or <script> document.write 'hello'; </script> then I would tell the script when it processes whats in the text box, to do this replace(request("message"), "<div>", "") replace(request("message"), "</div>", "") or replace(request("message"), "<script>", "") replace(request("message"), "</script>", "") and that would keep it from allowing what you put into the message. Hopefully this helps, and I can get you the code in PHP. Hey Coomer, if you need to switch ever to another server, I'm running a server with PHP. Let me know what you need to keep the website up and going and I could quote you a price, and I would be less than $25 a month. |
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Apr 9, 2004 - 5:40 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Heh </div> and </script> dont work in Invision , phpBB, vBulletin, there is a html tag control within the forum code which only allows certain tags like bold, italic, horiziontal rule, links... <html>, <head>, <script>, <div>, <table> etc are not allowed. |
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Apr 10, 2004 - 1:49 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Aug 12, '03 From California Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
yes, that is true DmVinny, but on website I've created, I have enabled HTML code into messages, but I had to add those lines into it to allow my users to be able to post, but not screw up my site.
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Apr 10, 2004 - 7:32 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Feb 23, '03 From Florida Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
what forum program are you using? I use phpBB and I didnt have too add it. |
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