When posting, if you look in the lower left hand corner,
HTML is OFF
BBCode is ON
Smilies are OFF
So, the enhancement is apparently there; all someone in charge has
to do is turn it on. Smilies were turned OFF.
I have been to wikis where you have this option: you can use either
one. So, you don't have to use HTML if you prefer to use BBCode.
Why would I want to do this?
In HTML mode, one can enhance his/her posts. You can incorporate
tables, and/or mathematical symbols, fractions, greek symbols,
superscripts, subscripts, and much, much more.
Most of you who have written your own web pages in the past know
that BBCode is a mere subset of the commands available to you in HTML.
-fde
Turning BBcode OFF and HTML ON in order to enhance posts
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Re: Turning BBcode OFF and HTML ON in order to enhance posts
[quote="WebPilot"]When posting, if you look in the lower left hand corner,
HTML is [u]OFF[/u]
[url=http://www.pulse-jets.com/phpbb2/faq.php?mode=bbcode][u]BBCode[/u][/url] is [u]ON[/u]
Smilies are [u]OFF[/u]
So, the enhancement is apparently there; all someone in charge has
to do is turn it on. Smilies were turned [u]OFF[/u].
I have been to wikis where you have this option: you can use either
one. So, you don't have to use HTML if you prefer to use BBCode.
Why would I want to do this?
In HTML mode, one can enhance his/her posts. You can incorporate
tables, and/or mathematical symbols, fractions, greek symbols,
superscripts, subscripts, and much, much more.
Most of you who have written your own web pages in the past know
that BBCode is a mere subset of the commands available to you in HTML.
-fde[/quote]
Having HTML on is also a way of letting hackers have an easy time!
Viv
HTML is [u]OFF[/u]
[url=http://www.pulse-jets.com/phpbb2/faq.php?mode=bbcode][u]BBCode[/u][/url] is [u]ON[/u]
Smilies are [u]OFF[/u]
So, the enhancement is apparently there; all someone in charge has
to do is turn it on. Smilies were turned [u]OFF[/u].
I have been to wikis where you have this option: you can use either
one. So, you don't have to use HTML if you prefer to use BBCode.
Why would I want to do this?
In HTML mode, one can enhance his/her posts. You can incorporate
tables, and/or mathematical symbols, fractions, greek symbols,
superscripts, subscripts, and much, much more.
Most of you who have written your own web pages in the past know
that BBCode is a mere subset of the commands available to you in HTML.
-fde[/quote]
Having HTML on is also a way of letting hackers have an easy time!
Viv
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Re: Turning BBcode OFF and HTML ON in order to enhance posts
Hi Viv,Viv wrote:
Having HTML on is also a way of letting hackers have an easy time!
Viv
I am sorry to read this, but I am surprised patches for this haven't been written by now and are continually being updated. This isn't the only PHP server in the world.
If the Internet in general feared hackers, I suspect there would not be many servers left on it.
Fight back! Don't cower!
-fde
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Re: Turning BBcode OFF and HTML ON in order to enhance posts
[quote="WebPilot"][quote="Viv"]
Having HTML on is also a way of letting hackers have an easy time!
Viv[/quote]
Hi Viv,
I am sorry to read this, but I am surprised patches for this haven't been written by now and are continually being updated. This isn't the only PHP server in the world.
If the Internet in general feared hackers, I suspect there would not be many servers left on it.
Fight back! Don't cower!
-fde[/quote]
General advice I see from running my own board is to turn HTML off, yes they keep updating with security fixes (one last month) but its genearally after a hole has been found:-)
Also it can be a pain to update a board that is moded, I killed mine badly once with a simple slip up:-) also the PHP mods some times break the version of mod used, this is an even bigger pain, I run two boards one for the public and a second one just for testing stuff before I apply it to the main board.
Its a case of limiting things, if you can and use the Kiss principle were ever you can.
No News on that paper yet by the way, slow! thats librarys for you:-)
Viv
Having HTML on is also a way of letting hackers have an easy time!
Viv[/quote]
Hi Viv,
I am sorry to read this, but I am surprised patches for this haven't been written by now and are continually being updated. This isn't the only PHP server in the world.
If the Internet in general feared hackers, I suspect there would not be many servers left on it.
Fight back! Don't cower!
-fde[/quote]
General advice I see from running my own board is to turn HTML off, yes they keep updating with security fixes (one last month) but its genearally after a hole has been found:-)
Also it can be a pain to update a board that is moded, I killed mine badly once with a simple slip up:-) also the PHP mods some times break the version of mod used, this is an even bigger pain, I run two boards one for the public and a second one just for testing stuff before I apply it to the main board.
Its a case of limiting things, if you can and use the Kiss principle were ever you can.
No News on that paper yet by the way, slow! thats librarys for you:-)
Viv