Practice html found on this page, or any other, using an off-site practice board.
However, as SE often adds personalized variables to code,
notably unexpected
<br>s which can break strings, a final check could be
sending yourself a private message by replacing my 27543
account number with your own here.
For further
convenience, paste the following code into your profile, again
replacing my
with your own account number, so you always have a direct link handy:
Send
<a
href="http://sensibleerection.com/messages.php?action=new&receiver_id=
">me</a>
a
private message.
Host your own images instead of hotlinking from someone else's, which steals their bandwidth, and hotlinked images often show up broken on SE for those who have not already seen it from the host's site. For image
hosting, I prefer Photobucket, uploading from saved file or a URL online. Photobucket also allows editing/cropping/resizing of hosted images even after embedding, though appear changed only for new visitors and others (you) once browser cache is cleared, normaly taking a few days. Keep images to a reasonable size as larger files drag and
usually fill the screen. I aim for under 400KB (1MB for animation), or 480h x 680w pixels.
Use JPG, GIF, and PNG files. Gifs are mostly for text and
animation.
~ Always add http:// within
the "quotes" inside the <chevrons>.
~ Whatever
is inside the quotes is where the reader is sent, so be
absolutely sure to close quotes.
~ Everything inside the carrots is hidden from the reader as html code.
~ Nothing outside the carrots affects code, so write whatever you want
there.
I read <a
href="http://onegoodmove.org/1gm/">blogs</a> daily.
I read blogs
daily.
AUDIO
Embedding Embedding audio to SE is
probably best using flash-based MP3 Reader, where one would only need to use this code, replacing XXXXX with the mp3's online URL address:
Another option would be to simple link directly to the file, allowing people to do with it as they wish.
DROP-DOWN Spoiler Menus
When you wish to give the option of viewing your comment, whether it is an extra large image, auto-play media, movie/game spoiler, wall-of-text or whatever, it can be placed in a hidden box with opening button using one of these three adaptable codes, replacing XXXXX with whatever html or text.
When an SE user
forgets to close quotes (the
blinking quotation above, for example) within
a comment, it screws up the entire post. To fix, open your Internet
Explorer browser, login to SE, and find the comment with the broken
link. Save the broken reply page as 'html only' to your
desktop. Open that saved file in wordpad or notepad or
similar
editor, then find the missing code and finally add it within the
editor. Next, directly after the <head> tag at
the top, add:
...but
replacing this http:// address with that of the broken
comment.
Save the fixed file.
Open this fixed file on your desktop within your standard
browser. In the
now usable comment box, add
">">">">">"> and
then whatever witty banter. Submit. This should fix
open
tags/quotes for most browsers.
Thanks
to eIfish
for this tip.
MODDING
Alternatives For adding the
full
range of mods available for SE comments, those normally kept solely for
posts, first install Greasemonkey
for Firefox.
Then install secommentmodder.user.js
and enjoy.
THEMES to Bulk Tweak SE's Layout, Add Features SE_Butler is Naruki's "multipurpose script intended for Opera browsers (but also works with Firefox+GM). It works on SE post pages, making mod/reply stuff a lot easier, and allowing you to focus on new comments if you like."
Sensiblefacial from Rojo^ is a Firefox alternative which also adds features such as nesting comment trees, adding color, and mod flexibility.
FILTER
Member Comments To filter out
select SE
members who rather subtract from your SE experience, first install Greasemonkey
for Firefox.
Then install secommentfilter.user.js
and edit the default examples list.
EXTENDED
embeds and hotlinks Adding html to the
extended of posts can be tricky, as urls are automatically made links
by SE specifically to aid in massive porn dumps. To trick for embedding
images and videos in the post extended, use normal html such as
described elsewhere on this page (or provided by the host: youtube,
photobucket, dailymotion, etc) and remove all
's
from each address.
