wildblue 7 #1 November 20, 2002 Just an idea, don't know how easy/hard it'd be, but is there anyway to check if there's unclosed tags in a post? It's bad enough that there's a ton of people that don't take the 30 seconds to click on "Get Markup Help" and read it (maybe they don't know what "markup" is?) It's almost worse when people leave a 'quote' tag open. Wouldn't even have to close them or anything, just have it say 'you have unclosed markup tags, post anyway?' or something... If it's a pain, don't worry about it, I'll just skim/ignore the confusing-to-read posts like I do now. it's like incest - you're substituting convenience for quality Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ernokaikkonen 0 #2 November 20, 2002 That's a great idea! Those posts bug the hell out of me too. And no, I don't think it would be too difficult to write a bit of code that counts the opening-tags and the closing-tags and compares the amounts... Erno Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #3 November 20, 2002 It's not just the faq's - there's buttons there to do it for you. It would be nice to see this, but again it's time to implement it. ----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
narcimund 0 #4 November 20, 2002 Those buggy markup buttons! First Class Citizen Twice Over Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sonic 0 #5 November 20, 2002 buggy in what way?----------------------------------- It's like something out of that twilighty show about that zone Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hooked 0 #6 November 20, 2002 Maybe, because we don't know what you are talking about?? J -------------------------------------- Sometimes we're just being Humans.....But we're always Human Beings. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
quade 4 #7 November 21, 2002 There's already a pretty damn easy way to check if the tags are right -- it's called the "Preview Post" button. quade - The World's Most Boring Skydiver Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sangiro 26 #8 November 21, 2002 Quoteit's called the "Preview Post" button My thoughts exactly! I'm sure it's annoying to a handful of people when others don't close their tags.I can spend time building a "tag-checker" and people will figure out how to do something else that will annoy someone else. Sit back, relax, help me educate the people who get it wrong and enjoy the features that are there. I would like to spend my time building additional value add features (like the Stolen and Lost Gear database) rather than scratch every itch someone has on this site.Safe swoops Sangiro Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AggieDave 6 #9 November 21, 2002 Quotescratch every itch someone has on this site Please, there's this one, right between my shoulder blades, I can't quite reach it...--"When I die, may I be surrounded by scattered chrome and burning gasoline." Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
