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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 3, 2014 19:38:52 GMT -5
I'm not far off finishing but it's probably going to take me days to get it all coded. I can't say I'm looking forward to that part of it. It's been a long time since my last RP yet the bitter taste of proboards formatting still lingers. Find and replace bro. Greatest tool in the history of WFWF. Except Ace Bennett. That guy is a major tool. <3
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Post by Ace Bennett on Apr 3, 2014 21:23:01 GMT -5
Shawn, just wait until Prog interviews me again, then we'll find out what I REALLY think. I personally never found coding to be too horrible on proboards. The changes after the forum switched over were annoying, but not too tough to get used to. Then again, my stuff was never the prettiest format wise anyways.
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 3, 2014 22:59:07 GMT -5
Shawn, just wait until Prog interviews me again, then we'll find out what I REALLY think. I personally never found coding to be too horrible on proboards. The changes after the forum switched over were annoying, but not too tough to get used to. Then again, my stuff was never the prettiest format wise anyways. I just format my RPs the way I was taught to format the shows, using notepad like EBR said.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Apr 4, 2014 5:09:30 GMT -5
Shawn, just wait until Prog interviews me again, then we'll find out what I REALLY think. I personally never found coding to be too horrible on proboards. The changes after the forum switched over were annoying, but not too tough to get used to. Then again, my stuff was never the prettiest format wise anyways. this is the first roleplay I've written since the switch
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Post by bad guy™ on Apr 4, 2014 9:26:39 GMT -5
Shawn, just wait until Prog interviews me again, then we'll find out what I REALLY think. I personally never found coding to be too horrible on proboards. The changes after the forum switched over were annoying, but not too tough to get used to. Then again, my stuff was never the prettiest format wise anyways. this is the first roleplay I've written since the switch The biggest issues I had were font size and color, but for future reference, maybe put brackets around your description, $ signs for any quotes or anything, and then find/replace. Really helps.
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Post by Ace Bennett on Apr 4, 2014 11:02:03 GMT -5
Or if anything, you can just type up your RP, copy/paste it as a reply, then click on preview. Doing that allows you to highlight stuff and then change it without having to do any coding. That was one good part of the update; they made it easier for those who don't know the coding very well. Although the find/replace method is probably easier.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2014 13:58:17 GMT -5
I never understood what you were all on about with find and replace. Anyone want to break it down into idiot terms for me?
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Post by sonstuds on Apr 4, 2014 14:33:30 GMT -5
I never understood what you were all on about with find and replace. Anyone want to break it down into idiot terms for me? Ahaha I typed up an A+ reply but I dunno how to format with the new code and didn't want to do any research past just seeing how the card was formatted so you're on your own on specifics, but basically just use some type of symbol to begin and end description (ala { }) and type the names of any character who speaks with ":" after. So "Drakz:". Use replace to find the symbols and replace them with the code. So "{" becomes [*b][*font] or however it's done, "}" becomes [/*font][/*b]. Names are similar, just with the opening code before the name and the closing code after the :. (Don't include the stars in the coding, that was just so you could see the template.) Of course that was just how I did it. A lot of people last time I was here omitted even identifying the speakers and opted just for various colors for each character. That seems like it would be much more work to format, which I find strange because it doesn't even look nicer IMO so the fact so many people do it that way was always lost on me.
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Post by Kyzer on Apr 4, 2014 15:34:22 GMT -5
Maybe it is because I am stoned but how did it change? I haven't noticed it different than the way it was. Maybe I just never paid attention to begin with.
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 4, 2014 16:24:29 GMT -5
Maybe it is because I am stoned but how did it change? I haven't noticed it different than the way it was. Maybe I just never paid attention to begin with. I feel like my creativity was off the charts when I used to smoke. Haven't smoked in two years, I stopped when I met my wife for my oldest son ( long story there). Take puff puff pass for me Kyzer!
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Post by Revvie® on Apr 4, 2014 18:59:03 GMT -5
Maybe it is because I am stoned but how did it change? I haven't noticed it different than the way it was. Maybe I just never paid attention to begin with. you best be sharing...wait wait...nah I'm loaded up just fine. xD
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2014 19:07:10 GMT -5
Happy day of birth to Joe Bishop.
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Post by Markw on Apr 4, 2014 19:08:27 GMT -5
*EBR
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Post by Dex on Apr 4, 2014 20:14:32 GMT -5
Happy birthday Robert Downey Jr.!
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 5, 2014 14:47:24 GMT -5
I know who I am! I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 16:11:37 GMT -5
So Phillip Schneider killed himself 20 years ago today...........
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 16:28:01 GMT -5
So Phillip Schneider killed himself 20 years ago today........... Damn it! We all know New Kylie killed him to take his spot!
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Post by jdfranchise on Apr 5, 2014 16:28:55 GMT -5
Aww... moment of silence.
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Post by Prophet of Ash on Apr 5, 2014 17:03:56 GMT -5
So Phillip Schneider killed himself 20 years ago today........... Jesus don't want me for a sunbeam
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2014 17:05:54 GMT -5
Out of respect I just finished listening to In Utero on vinyl. Also out of respect I will now work on my RP.
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