Forum Code - (How to link back to something).

[ardneh]

I've taken this Named Link code directly
from https://www.bbcode.org/

 

[url=https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/15386-metallize%E3%80%80ver-11-update-08062009/]Metallize[/url]

 

It doesn't work.

 

Where can I find code that works with this forum?
 

[Pixey]

We can no longer use url code to post images on this forum.

 

1.  If you save your image to postimages.org then you can use the Direct Link.  But make sure your image is not bigger than 600 x  800.

 

2. If you want to post a clickable thumb, save your image on Imgur, copy the last 7 digits of the code, go to the black square with the green dot, in the tool bar of

     this editor, and add the code to the box which opens up.

[ardneh]

Pixey, thank you for your response.
I am glad to have that info.

 

However, I'd like to know how to make Named Links
like the two in this post:
https://forums.getpaint.net/topic/117519-defining-a-number-of-colors-in-a-bmp-file/?do=findComment&comment=578705

 

 

Also, how are these generated?
 

[lynxster4]

Hi @ardneh  I assume you are referring to say, Gradient Mapping link.  Go to the Gradient Mapping page and copy the URL. Whatever thread you are posting to, type Gradient Mapping, highlight it with mouse cursor and select the 'Link' button (looks like a chain link), paste the URL in the space provided and click okay. That makes Gradient Mapping 'clickable' and will take the user to that page.

 

For the user names, type the '@' symbol and a drop-down menu will appear. Choose the name from the list.

[ardneh]

@lynxster4

 

Thanks again.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited January 5, 2022 by ardneh

[ardneh]

Okay, clickable thumb works, but doesn't work in preview.

Also, no option to add clickable thumb in an edit.

 

So, how to edit in these as is done in the Pictorium?

 

Also, clickable thumbs using postimage or imgbox, etc?

 

Edited May 10, 2021 by ardneh

[Ego Eram Reputo]

2 hours ago, ardneh said:

Also, clickable thumbs using postimage or imgbox, etc?

 

Automatic thumbnails? Not postimage - their URL structure requires two pieces of information.

 

Imgbox might be possible. They appear to use an eight-character code....Uh, nope. Sorry. They use a changing folder structure in the URL

 

		<a href="/BKvaF07L"><img alt="Bkvaf07l b" src="https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/b6/d3/BKvaF07L_b.png" /></a>
		<a href="/Ec7HX8q5"><img alt="Ec7hx8q5 b" src="https://thumbs2.imgbox.com/dc/fe/Ec7HX8q5_b.png" /></a>

 

The workround is to find the thumbnail & paste it's url into the forum post (right click image > view image info). Add a link to the image using the full image URL.

[Ego Eram Reputo]

^^ like this.

[ardneh]

Thank you for that.

As with many things in life, it's really simple once you know how to do it.

 

 

Edited August 31, 2021 by ardneh

[RasterizedMuffins]

I know this is an old thread, but am I understanding correctly believing that there is no markup method to make a text string also a link? For example, how in BBCode it would be [URL=example.com]some words[/URL] or in Markdown it would be [some words](example.com) or hell just with good old HTML it would be <a href="example.com">some words</a>.

 

Is clicking the GUI's link option in the toolbar the only way to do this?

 

Sorry, I know; I feel silly asking this. I would just be really shocked if any forum—old or new—doesn't support some form of markup language. So I figure I'm probably just misunderstanding something.

 

Cheers, by the way. First comment!

Edited August 31 by RasterizedMuffins
Fixing typo

[toe_head2001]

11 minutes ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

Is clicking the GUI's link option in the toolbar the only way to do this?

 

Yes. This forum software (Invision) only supports a WYSIWYG editor. No code editor.

[RasterizedMuffins]

That is.............extraordinarily surprising. ಠ_ಠ

 

Was that just because this was the software that was chosen and it had that limitation, or was that limitation actually a sought-after criterion for you all...?

Edited August 31 by RasterizedMuffins
Typo + slight re-wording

[Ego Eram Reputo]

3 hours ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

Is clicking the GUI's link option in the toolbar the only way to do this?

I'm not sure why this doesn't work for you? Select the text and hit the link icon. Paste in the URL and you're done.

[Tactilis]

13 hours ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

I know this is an old thread

 

Yes, it's 3 years since the post prior to yours. Please don't revive old threads. Read the Forum Rules.

 

 

13 hours ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

Is clicking the GUI's link option in the toolbar the only way to do this?

 

Yes, but it takes just a moment to click the link icon  

And the text string can either be a piece of existing text you typed in your Reply that you have selected or  you can type it in the Link text box.

 

This is quicker and is easier for most people than typing BBCode, Markdown, or HTML. And they can't mess up the syntax.

 

 

13 hours ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

Sorry, I know; I feel silly asking this. I would just be really shocked if any forum—old or new—doesn't support some form of markup language.

 

Why?  Are you planning on making hundreds of posts with links in?  Are you spammer, wanting to automate the creation of posts?

 

 

 

11 hours ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

That is.............extraordinarily surprising. ಠ_ಠ

 

Was that just because this was the software that was chosen and it had that limitation, or was that limitation actually a sought-after criterion for you all...?

 

From this side of the fence, it's not a limitation at all. It reduces the spamming rate a little and is easy for forum members to use.

 

 

 

 

[RasterizedMuffins]

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Yes, it's 3 years since the post prior to yours. Please don't revive old threads. Read the Forum Rules.

 

I'm sorry. I did read the forum rules before posting, but I must have missed that one.

 

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This is quicker and is easier for most people than typing BBCode, Markdown, or HTML. And they can't mess up the syntax.

I guess. I remember using forums back in the day and BBCode was always way easier. Markdown is definitely easier, attested to by all the people on Reddit, Lemmy, etc. But, you know, whatever. It's your guys' site. I was just asking, friend.

 

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Why?  Are you planning on making hundreds of posts with links in?  Are you spammer, wanting to automate the creation of posts?

 

What? No, Jesus, no need to be so accusatory. I was just asking because all the forums I've ever used in my decades of using the Internet have had some form of markup language support, and it greatly surprised me that a forum even existed that didn't. As far as I knew, it was basically a standard for forums to at least have BBCode support.

[Tactilis]

47 minutes ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

all the forums I've ever used in my decades of using the Internet have had some form of markup language support, and it greatly surprised me that a forum even existed that didn't.

 

BBCode (Bulletin Board code) was created in the 1990s, long before any online WYSIWYG editors existed. Since then browsers & the web have evolved and WYSIWYG editors have become ever more capable. Everything BBCode did can be done more straightforwardly and comprehensibly with a good WYSIWYG editor.

 

 

1 hour ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

As far as I knew, it was basically a standard for forums to at least have BBCode support.

 

BBCode is slowly dying. It exists now primarily in platforms based on legacy software.
 

[RasterizedMuffins]

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BBCode (Bulletin Board code) was created in the 1990s, long before any online WYSIWYG editors existed. Since then browsers & the web have evolved and WYSIWYG editors have become ever more capable.

Be that as it may, it's still been a standard with any forum I've ever used back in the day (the "day" being like 2010–2015, not necessarily the 90s). Those had BBCode, HTML support, and a GUI editor. It's wasn't really unusual for forums in my experience to be just the GUI. Maybe it was just the ones I frequented; that is certainly a possibility.

 

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Everything BBCode did can be done more straightforwardly and comprehensibly with a good WYSIWYG editor.

Perhaps, but it's still far faster to use a good markup language, at least if you're using a WYSIWYG editor without a decent range of keyboard shortcuts. (For example, this editor supports ctrl+B/I/U but at far as I can see it doesn't have any keybinds for many of the ancillary functions, such as quotes, hyperlink embedding, and so forth.) I mean that's just statistically clear judging from how often it was used in forums as I said as well as the popularity of Markdown nowadays.

 

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BBCode is slowly dying. It exists now primarily in platforms based on legacy software.

I couldn't agree more. Please don't misunderstand: I'm by no means saying BBCode is the best option. I'm just saying I expected this place, being a forum, to have at a markup language supported. Again, maybe it was the forums I frequented, but I've never seen a forum with just a GUI option, at least in the late 00s / early 10s.

 

Again, if this works fine for you guys, I'm happy for you and I'm not judging you all personally. I was merely expressing my position of shock, judging from my experience. For all I know, dual-WYSIWYG/markup input may have been mainly a product of the late 00s / early 10s.

[RasterizedMuffins]

I never intended to offend anyone, so if I did, I hereby apologize.

[Tactilis]

48 minutes ago, RasterizedMuffins said:

I never intended to offend anyone

 

You didn't offend anyone.


But you did resurrect a thread that was years old and where the OP's question had already been answered.

Please don't do that. Start a new thread if something new needs to be said.