Strange happenings in texts?

Marg

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 19, 2011 06:49PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 102

And I notice the clever use of bold in your post, Lisa.

bold Just trying the underline method with a b in place of u to see if it works. This is certainly an educational forum in more ways than one!

Oh, I see where Erling went through all this up thread, as you said, Lisa.

job

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GeorgeN

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 19, 2011 08:34PM

Just to amplify this from Lisa's post:

"If you want to make a hyper-link enclose it in < > (omitting the spaces)"

Make sure that you include the http:// or it won't work. Also, if the link has a space in it (some do), it won't work. In that case, I use tinyURL to shorten the link and get rid of the space.

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GeorgeN

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 19, 2011 08:37PM

Marg,

Do you "LogIn" when you post? If you do, perhaps the ability to edit posts comes from that feature (which I'm not using & I don't get the "edit" option).

The LogIn option is in this menu near the top of the page:

New Topic | Go to Top | Go to Topic | Search | Log In

George

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Marg

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 20, 2011 05:09AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 102

Hello George,

Yes, I see that is the answer! I just logged out and then my ability to edit disappeared.

Good detective work! (Now I hope the gremlins don't come down on me!)

Marg

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 20, 2011 05:56AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 241

George,

The login feature is exactly the issue. Mystery solved, thanks! However, it seems that I needed to be logged in when I created the original post in order to edit it. Logging in after the fact doesn't give me the option on old posts. I guess I'm logged in from now on :-)

lisa

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Anonymous User

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 20, 2011 11:25AM

George,

Thank you for figuring this out!

Hans

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Marg

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 20, 2011 11:33AM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 102

George,

Now maybe you can figure out the job problem?

Marg

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GeorgeN

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 21, 2011 07:12PM

Marg,

This is one that Hans will have to look into.
From [www.phorum.org]

Choosing: 3.3.3.7. Simple Text Replacement

You get:

3.3.3.7. Simple Text Replacement
3.3.3.7.1. What is Simple Text Replacement?

This module allows admins to define text replacement in messages. So for example, if you set the module to replace the word "foobar" with "cake", if a user submits a post with "foobar" in it, it will be replaced with "cake". It is disabled by default.

3.3.3.7.2. How do I use Simple Text Replacement?

Once you have enabled the module, click on Settings. Here, you can view the list of existing strings, or add your own. Simply enter a string to match, and what to replace it with. You can also use PCRE's (Perl Compatible Regular Expressions).

===================================================
The administrator of the Phorum Software running this board has control here.

George

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 21, 2011 07:42PM

Registered: 12 years ago
Posts: 241

George,

I like how you went to the extreme place with "foobar", but we all know it is spelled "fubar" ;-D Oh, wait! Maybe you meant "foodbar" instead of cake?

But seriously, why is it capricious? Why do some never get to use the word? Why do some get to use it all the time, while others seem to be stuck in the mud of sometimes land?

lisa

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GeorgeN

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 21, 2011 08:26PM

Lisa,

It was a quote from the Phorum Software Administrator's Manual. This is the software that is used to run this message board.

Any attempt at humor was not mine, I fear. I can be sarcastic at times, however this was a straight post.

George

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Marg

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 27, 2011 04:03PM

Well the gremlins have acted. I can no longer edit my posts. Even when I am logged in.

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Hans Larsen

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 27, 2011 04:26PM

George,

Thank you for figuring this out. I'll certainly look into it further. I am not sure though what string to replace. Do I replace **** with j o b s? And then whatabout just j o b?

Hans

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GeorgeN

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 27, 2011 05:10PM

Hans,

You shouldn't have to replace strings. From what I read, it is something in the Phorum setup that is causing this. Who knows how it got there? Since I've never played with it on the admin (your) side, it is hard to give advice. Don't know how much control you have.

George

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 27, 2011 05:16PM

Hans,

Just to muddy the waters further, "job" showed up in the preview, but when I posted, and it became stars, but when I edited my post, "job" stuck.

<[www.afibbers.org];

lisa

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 27, 2011 05:28PM

Marg,

You're right! The log in/log out option is gone. With it is, apparently, the ability/choice to edit one's own posts, as well. :-(

lisa

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Hans Larsen

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 28, 2011 01:17PM

George,
I went to the module and it is empty so it does not look like somebody replaced j o b s with ****. I also checked all other administrator-controlled files and could not find the words j o b or j o b s anywhere. Mystery remains!!

Hans

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Hans Larsen

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 28, 2011 01:22PM

Lisa and Marg,

I had some complaints from posters who did not want to use the log-in function so I reverted the Forum back to what is has been for at least the first nine years of its life - namely unrestricted public access. I need to look into this further to see what can be done to satisfy everyone. In the meantime I suggest you use the "Preview" function to check your postings before you hit the "Post" button.

Hans

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
February 28, 2011 07:03PM

Hans,

I always use the "preview" button (except once, by accident :-).

As for having to log in, I never did that before I brought up the subject of post-editing. I never even saw that it was an option (some visually motivated type I am, despite my dubious artistic claims).

The old saying about how "You can please some of the people..." may or not apply here. It's obviously not necessary, to log in to participate, but those who do, get the ability to control their own posts.

However you decide to handle your forum, I certainly appreciate that you are keeping us in the information loop.

lisa

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
April 16, 2011 04:04PM

Bump!

But only because this has come up a couple times this week, and it is easier to reference this than to explain how to get here (on the second page).
Now on the first page. :-)

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
May 26, 2011 06:19PM

Hans,

Is it possible to reinstate the log-in feature in order to be able to edit our own posts? I think that was the only thing that changed when it went away. It would be greatly appreciated. I'm sorry I ever brought it up. :-(

Thanks,

lisa

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Hans Larsen

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
May 27, 2011 03:25PM

Hello Lisa,

I would prefer not to reinstate the log-in feature since I received quite a bit of negative feedback regarding the sudden need to log-in. I have had no feedback, other than yours, advocating reinstating the log-in, so I will just leave things the way they are. Besides which, I also had some problems myself logging in to moderate the board.

Hans

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
May 28, 2011 05:53AM

Hans,

Well, you can't fault a girl for trying ;-)

lisa

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marg

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
June 19, 2011 06:57AM

Another question about this on the other forum, so I thought I would move it to the top again.

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marg

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
October 09, 2011 07:02AM

renewing

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Howie

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
October 10, 2011 05:40AM

In UNIX there is a **** command and I am thinking maybe this has something to do with the interpreter parsing the line and trying to execute a background process. The interpreter might take out the space between letters like j o b s and certain quote marks in unix may have special meaning like within double quotes allowing the interpreter to substitute variables while not allowing substitution within single quote marks for example.

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Howie

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
October 10, 2011 05:43AM

**** was written as j o b s without the spaces.

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Howie

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
October 10, 2011 05:55AM

[www.webdevelopersnotes.com]

As far as colors, I think people like myself with poor eyesight have problems with these light type colors when what is required is very dark characters on white or very light backgrounds to reallt stand out.

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Howie

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
October 10, 2011 06:04AM

test j o b s **** '****' "****"

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lisa s

Re: Strange happenings in texts?
October 10, 2011 02:49PM

I hate to tell you Howie, but some can, some can't, and some of us sometimes can post the word job.

However, if you can figure it out, many people here will consider you awesome :-)

lisa

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