HTML Tags??????

[IgnoreME]

In another thread I was trying to better organize my thoughts and statistics by creating a simple HTML Table.

Am I misunderstanding the HTML Tags option for messages?

It would be nice to be able to create tables or insert code snippets that actually get interpreted into the Post.

[34inXXIII]

I just tinkered around with it as well to no avail. After reading the FAQ, I'm guessing the feature is disabled, which appears to be a common practice on vBulletin forums.

[Hachi Go]

I just tinkered around with it as well to no avail. After reading the FAQ, I'm guessing the feature is disabled, which appears to be a common practice on vBulletin forums.

For those of you who would like a better understanding of HTML language (and really any programming language) check out this website.

w3schools.com

On that website you will find extremely easy to understand language breakdowns, etc. It even has test pages, where you can enter in test code on the left pane, click test, and your code will diplay on the right pane.

I'm in school for IS and that website helped me a lot early on in my school work.

[Jom112]

34 is right, it's not common to allow straight HTML on MB's because of the security implications of it. Also people could include huge flash images which would slow down the boards considerably. They do however allow "HTML BBCode", which I'm not too familiar with but from what I read it appears to a specially formatted version of HTML.

I know HTML BBCode is enabled for signatures, so I'm assuming it's allowed for the forums as well. If not it probably would be better anyway for you to just put the table in your signature for everyone to see...

[IgnoreME]

34 is right, it's not common to allow straight HTML on MB's because of the security implications of it. Also people could include huge flash images which would slow down the boards considerably. They do however allow "HTML BBCode", which I'm not too familiar with but from what I read it appears to a specially formatted version of HTML.

I know HTML BBCode is enabled for signatures, so I'm assuming it's allowed for the forums as well. If not it probably would be better anyway for you to just put the table in your signature for everyone to see...


Thank you Jom, I will look into BBCode and try it out.

[IgnoreME]

Testing



QBs
NFL Rating
MB.Com Ratin


Ben Rothlisburger
101.9
26.45


Carson Palmer
89.1
27.27

[IgnoreME]

Testing


No avail....

Am I doing something wrong? Or I will assume that its just disabled



QBs
NFL Rating
MB.Com Ratin


Ben Rothlisburger
101.9
26.45


Carson Palmer
89.1
27.27




And correct me if I am wrong, but couldn't you just have a filter on particular tags that you allow through to be interpreted and added to a specific post?

Therefore allowing tables and other pieces of code.

I don't see the big deal in letting HTML. Its just like all other code of conduct policies for the board. You abuse it, you lose it.

[Hachi Go]

34 is right, it's not common to allow straight HTML on MB's because of the security implications of it. Also people could include huge flash images which would slow down the boards considerably. They do however allow "HTML BBCode", which I'm not too familiar with but from what I read it appears to a specially formatted version of HTML.

I know HTML BBCode is enabled for signatures, so I'm assuming it's allowed for the forums as well. If not it probably would be better anyway for you to just put the table in your signature for everyone to see...






This text is wrapped in HTML, the key difference on these boards with HTML is the bracketing.

It's taught that the bracketing is used with <code> </code>.

However on the board here we use [ c o d e] & [/ c o d e]

[Jom112]

Testing


No avail....

Am I doing something wrong? Or I will assume that its just disabled



QBs
NFL Rating
MB.Com Ratin


Ben Rothlisburger
101.9
26.45


Carson Palmer
89.1
27.27




And correct me if I am wrong, but couldn't you just have a filter on particular tags that you allow through to be interpreted and added to a specific post?

Therefore allowing tables and other pieces of code.

I don't see the big deal in letting HTML. Its just like all other code of conduct policies for the board. You abuse it, you lose it.

I don't think the software can specify what exact types of html to enable and what disable down that level of detail (Correct me if I'm wrong Mods). It also appears that you can't even allow just a subset group of users to have access to use HTML (Out of the box at least). It is an all or nothing deal. I could be wrong though.

I'll play around with the HTML BBCode to try and see if I can figure it out, I was having the same problems you were. I tested it in my signature where I know it's enabled and still had an issue. If you go to the Edit Signature page in the User control panel you'll see at the bottom where it states:

"Allow HTML BBCode" Yes

[Hachi Go]

Testing



QBs
NFL Rating
MB.Com Ratin


Ben Rothlisburger
101.9
26.45


Carson Palmer
89.1
27.27



give me a few minutes and i'll take a look

[Hachi Go]

Testing


No avail....

Am I doing something wrong? Or I will assume that its just disabled



QBs
NFL Rating
MB.Com Ratin


Ben Rothlisburger
101.9
26.45


Carson Palmer
89.1
27.27




And correct me if I am wrong, but couldn't you just have a filter on particular tags that you allow through to be interpreted and added to a specific post?

Therefore allowing tables and other pieces of code.

I don't see the big deal in letting HTML. Its just like all other code of conduct policies for the board. You abuse it, you lose it.

in the meantime, read this link

http://w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp

[IgnoreME]

in the meantime, read this link

http://w3schools.com/html/html_tables.asp


Hey bro thanks for helping, but I write software for a living with a degree in computer science. I know HTML very well along with all kinds of other languages.

[Hachi Go]

<html>
<body>
<table border="1">
<tr>
<td>QB</td>
<td>NFL Rating</td>
<td>MB Rating</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Carson Palmer</td>
<td>89.1</td>
<td>22.27</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Ben Rothlisberger</td>
<td>101.9</td>
<td>26.45</td>
</tr>
</table>
</body>
</html>

plug that code in here: http://w3schools.com/html/tryit.asp?filename=tryhtml_tables

its right, let me play with the board settings a minute

[Hachi Go]

Hey bro thanks for helping, but I write software for a living with a degree in computer science. I know HTML very well along with all kinds of other languages.

ok then, my post above was posted before i could read this...... sorry i guess i took it as you were having problems with the code itself.

out of curiosity, where's your degree from and what field did you go into?

I'm in my 4th year at UC right now in IS. good stuff!

[Jom112]

The issue could also be that table's don't work in BBCode.

http://www.seabreezecomputers.com/html2bbcode/

Scroll down a little bit on that link and you'll see a table that shows what the BBCode and vB Code should be for their HTML equivalents. For the <table></table> tags there doesn't appear to be a BBCode equivalent...

[IgnoreME]

ok then, my post above was posted before i could read this...... sorry i guess i took it as you were having problems with the code itself.

out of curiosity, where's your degree from and what field did you go into?

I'm in my 4th year at UC right now in IS. good stuff!

I got my Bach of Science from Mount Saint Joseph last year, Majored in Computer Science and a minor in Mathematics. I am working for Standard Register in Dayton Ohio working on Document Systems and hospital software. A lot of C# and Javascript although I am an expert in Java with a certification, lol. Go figure, I got a job in a field that uses a language that I do not like.

PS. Best tool for you to use to find a job. monster.com. I got a job the week I graduated I had companies calling me left and right. Do yourself a favor if you don't have a resume out there already. Go there and submit one and keep it updated.