Bitcointalk BBCode New Feature - The Hobbit Header!

[ndnh]

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that looks nice, with an image like that. how did you find this?
is this official feature or what? does theymos know about this?

edit after seeing my post: oh crap

edit again: problem solved. remove the "/" in [../center..] (without the dots). that probably will mess up the text alignment tho...

actually, do the text alignment still works with this on?

[OmegaStarScream]

damn , It's more like a bug don't think it's supposed to look like that , does it ? Also why it's not working for me it's just splitting the sentences "second part" and "first part or header"  

EDIT : nevermind , It wasen't working on preview but it really works you may wanna post that on New forum so it gets fixed in case they are using the same basic codes of Simple machines

[ndnh]

he he, please do the experiments within this thread. Don't want to mess up others.

It looks fine when previewed but works in PM too.

Edit: There are issues with quoting. I see. Thanks

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whoa. this might be bad.. I mean look at my post above.. it's a mess!!     

[ndnh]

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[altcoinhosting]

I honestly see nothing wrong with the text nor the header... Google chrome on windows 7

[ndnh]

that looks nice, with an image like that. how did you find this?
is this official feature or what? does theymos know about this?

edit after seeing my post: oh crap

LOL

I found it accidentally. I had actually updated the entire OP of signature campaign, but when I posted it, it went a mess.   I reverted it back.
I just removed part by part will I found where it went wrong.

I PM'd theymos and BadBear, you know just in case. But it is not a very relevant issue, assuming we don't mess up the forum with this.
Just an interesting problem with bbcode.

I honestly see nothing wrong with the text nor the header... Google chrome on windows 7

Now, that is weird.. Do you see the bitcoin image above or below? I made the thread neatly so you may not find the difference instantly

This is how I see it:

[GannickusX]

that looks nice, with an image like that. how did you find this?
is this official feature or what? does theymos know about this?

edit after seeing my post: oh crap

LOL

I found it accidentally. I had actually updated the entire OP of signature campaign, but when I posted it, it went a mess.   I reverted it back.
I just removed part by part will I found where it went wrong.

I PM'd theymos and BadBear, you know just in case. But it is not a very relevant issue, assuming we don't mess up the forum with this.
Just an interesting problem with bbcode.

I honestly see nothing wrong with the text nor the header... Google chrome on windows 7

Now, that is weird.. Do you see the bitcoin image above or below? I made the thread neatly so you may not find the difference instantly

This is how I see it:

ye i use google chrome on windows 8 and i see it like in the image, its gotta be a bug. I dont see how anyone could use it for anything good honestly haha.

[altcoinhosting]

I was overlooking the hobbit header... Now you've added some big red text and i saw it right away... 

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ndnhc, I've found the solution to the quote issue. look at my first post on this topic... I'm just not sure if it will work like it is supposed to 

[ndnh]

I was overlooking the hobbit header... Now you've added some big red text and i saw it right away... 

Yeah, he he

ndnhc, I've found the solution to the quote issue. look at my first post on this topic... I'm just not sure if it will work like it is supposed to 

Yep, I noticed. Yes, it will work.
The [/quote tag should be used before, and it will work fine. There are no issues if the quote is under the reply too.

[qwk]

This is a new bbcode feature, that allows you to make upside down posts.

Seems more like a bug or "hack" with the obsolete table layout of smf.
Anyway, I don't think such a "header" is anything but annoying, cluttering screen estate and it might easily break with the transition to the new forum.
Also, it will be quoted, which is obviously not what a "header" should do.

[hilariousandco]

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[qwk]

As expected people are going to troll and create a nuisance with this

Yes. Hotfix needed to prevent this from spreading.

[theymos]

Please don't actually do this. It looks terribly messy and exploits invalid HTML that will vary per browser. We will be deleting posts that do this in other threads and banning anyone who does it persistently.

Fixing it seems difficult. It seems like a bug pretty deep in how the bbcode parser works. If anyone knows how to fix it, let me know.

[Mitchell]

Please don't actually do this. It looks terribly messy and exploits invalid HTML that will vary per browser. We will be deleting posts that do this in other threads and banning anyone who does it persistently.

Fixing it seems difficult. It seems like a bug pretty deep in how the bbcode parser works. If anyone knows how to fix it, let me know.

theymos, I know that the BBCode parser in FluxBB disallows invalid BBCode. Can't you check if there is an option for that in SMF (or if you can make one)? Might be something worth checking out.

[tspacepilot]

Please don't actually do this. It looks terribly messy and exploits invalid HTML that will vary per browser. We will be deleting posts that do this in other threads and banning anyone who does it persistently.

Fixing it seems difficult. It seems like a bug pretty deep in how the bbcode parser works. If anyone knows how to fix it, let me know.

Does this mean it's okay to keep playing around with it in this thread to see the extent of it?

Also, I doubt it's a bug, to parse a tree all you need is a stack.  If the code isn't a tree then behavior should be undefined.  I agree that turning on some sort of validation to prevent bbcode that's not a tree should be the fix.  FWIW, it would also fix the errant [ quote/] kind of typos that often get stuck into posts.

[qwk]

It's already being abused to fake posts by other users:


We need a hotfix.

[theymos]

OK, I "fixed" it. Your post will parse to an error message if your table code is seriously messed up like this. Don't freak out if a long post disappears due to this -- it'll all still be there when you go to edit it.

theymos, I know that the BBCode parser in FluxBB disallows invalid BBCode. Can't you check if there is an option for that in SMF (or if you can make one)? Might be something worth checking out.

That's not supported in SMF because:

Also, I doubt it's a bug, to parse a tree all you need is a stack.

SMF's bbcode parser is ad hoc, not using any standard parsing method. It doesn't create an AST, even conceptually. So it's incapable of properly detecting syntax errors.