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Author Topic: new forum feature - spoiler tag  (Read 19765 times)

mouser

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new forum feature - spoiler tag
« on: March 14, 2006, 03:03 AM »
you can hide text to display only when reader clicks a button,
just enclose the text between
[spoiler][/spoiler] or [spoiler=title here][/spoiler]

useful when providing hints or answering riddles to avoid people reading the answer by accident.

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« Last Edit: March 14, 2006, 03:23 AM by mouser »

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2006, 03:24 AM »
example:

how many forums does it take to announce a new lightbulb release?

Answer:
Spoiler
not enough.


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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2006, 03:30 AM »
;D Funny idea!!

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #3 on: March 14, 2006, 05:19 AM »
Very usefull, thank you.  :Thmbsup:

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #4 on: March 14, 2006, 05:59 AM »
Spoiler
From now on, I'm going to always post in spoilers.  You guys need the exercise, that extra click will do you good.


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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #5 on: March 14, 2006, 06:18 AM »
What a very cool feature!  Speaking of cool, the program of the moment for me is the neato
Spoiler
PopUp Wisdom!




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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #6 on: March 14, 2006, 08:43 AM »
Guess what ...


I'm not a spoil-sport
I like this


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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #7 on: March 14, 2006, 09:15 AM »
How many clicks does it take to read a post?

The answer lies within
1 one more that it used to  :D

Insert Brilliant Sig line here
« Last Edit: March 14, 2006, 09:17 AM by Rover »

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #8 on: March 14, 2006, 11:10 AM »
hehehe you guys are good :)

by the way if people find more mod ideas here that they think would be good let me know:
http://mods.simplemachines.org/

or if you have other ideas for mods..

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #9 on: March 14, 2006, 11:46 AM »
I like this one!
Now, we see spoiler tags everywhere!

Spoiler
There are so many that I just had to add something too ;)


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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #10 on: March 14, 2006, 12:08 PM »

 Why did the chicken cross the road?

Spoiler
To get to the other side you dumb son of b*tch





I plan on overusing this feature until someone threatens harm on me :D
« Last Edit: March 14, 2006, 12:10 PM by tinyvillager »

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #11 on: March 14, 2006, 07:06 PM »
Guess what?

Click Me!
Obviously you should know this already, but you just clicked on a spoiler tag!  ;D


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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #12 on: March 15, 2006, 04:08 AM »
Any chance of removing the "click to reveal/hide" prompt altogether when a button text is specified ?

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #13 on: March 15, 2006, 04:13 AM »
done.

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #14 on: March 15, 2006, 04:19 AM »
WOW
Now that is what I call prompt!!!


Question?
How does the spoiler tag affect the forum search? I presume it can 'read between the tags' but it isn't going to be so obvious when you scan a thread! How about a profile option to autoexpand spoilers (for those who will hate this) which can also be set and unset from the search box?

« Last Edit: March 15, 2006, 04:21 AM by Carol Haynes »

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #15 on: March 15, 2006, 04:25 AM »
it will search within spoiler tags.

not a bad idea to have an option to auto expan all - i'll look into it.
right now im working on the micro donation thing which is taking some real effort.

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #16 on: March 15, 2006, 04:35 AM »
done.

Hmmm.  Gives the lie to this, then  ;)

How many C programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Spoiler
Only one.  But nobody else can ever change it again afterwards...



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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #17 on: March 15, 2006, 04:49 AM »
LOL - about right with C code ...

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #18 on: March 15, 2006, 05:13 AM »
rofl

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #19 on: March 15, 2006, 05:59 AM »
This feature is awesome! Thanks!

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Re: new forum feature - spoiler tag
« Reply #20 on: March 18, 2006, 04:50 AM »

How many C programmers does it take to change a lightbulb?
Spoiler
Only one.  But nobody else can ever change it again afterwards...


Sorry rjbull, you are really wrong with this.

You need ZERO C-programmers to change a lightbulb.
Why?
It is DEFINITELY a HARDWARE-Problem!


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