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How to post spoilers

#1 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:24 pm

Change your font color to white.
Type in your text.
The text will be visible only if someone places their mouse before it, clicks, and drags the mouse.

Like this:
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This should be visible only after mousing over it.
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Re: How to post spoilers

#2 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:29 pm

Bob Juch wrote:Change your font color to white.
Type in your text.
The text will be visible only if someone places their mouse before it, clicks, and drags the mouse.

Like this:
======================================
This should be visible only after mousing over it.
======================================
I could read it if I looked closely
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore

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#3 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:30 pm

Now, the quote box is white, but the background of normal posts isn't quite.
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore

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#4 Post by TheCalvinator24 » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:31 pm

Let's try

this as a test
It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. —Albus Dumbledore

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#5 Post by TheConfessor » Tue Oct 09, 2007 4:46 pm

I think maybe you could quote your own post and then use white text on a white background. Let's see if this works:
Q: How many game show contestants does it take to change a light bulb?
A: Hell if I know. What are the choices? Let's ask the audience.

A) one
B) two
C) three
D) Not as many as it takes to change a message board

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Re: How to post spoilers

#6 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Oct 09, 2007 5:09 pm

TheCalvinator24 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:Change your font color to white.
Type in your text.
The text will be visible only if someone places their mouse before it, clicks, and drags the mouse.

Like this:
======================================
This should be visible only after mousing over it.
======================================
I could read it if I looked closely
True, but the point is to make it non-obvious.

The Bored Admin could make the background of the message window white.

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Re: How to post spoilers

#7 Post by Bob78164 » Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:57 pm

Bob Juch wrote:The Bored Admin could make the background of the message window white.
Sure, if he wants to fry our eyeballs.

Trust me, you really don't want to be looking at a white screen. If you want to be able to post spoilers, just figure out what color the background in use is. I imagine that taking a look at the source code might be of some help. --Bob

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Re: How to post spoilers

#8 Post by Bob Juch » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:29 pm

Bob78164 wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:The Bored Admin could make the background of the message window white.
Sure, if he wants to fry our eyeballs.

Trust me, you really don't want to be looking at a white screen. If you want to be able to post spoilers, just figure out what color the background in use is. I imagine that taking a look at the source code might be of some help. --Bob
The problem is that the posts alternate in background color.

I think white text is good enough.

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#9 Post by TheConfessor » Wed Oct 10, 2007 2:46 am

You can make your own white background. See my post above.

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#10 Post by ladysoleil » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:05 am

I know some phb boards actually have a
Spoiler
tag. Does this one have that functionality buried in there? [/code]

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#11 Post by tubadave » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:08 am

I had been intending to add alternate themes/templates/color schemes to the Bored so people would have different options to choose from. That could complicate efforts at hiding spoiler info, since not everyone would be seeing the Bored in the same colors.

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#12 Post by Jeemie » Wed Oct 10, 2007 9:40 am

tubadave wrote:I had been intending to add alternate themes/templates/color schemes to the Bored so people would have different options to choose from. That could complicate efforts at hiding spoiler info, since not everyone would be seeing the Bored in the same colors.
If everyone uses Ed's quote function method to post spoilers, you can do whatever you want.

So:
SPOILER ALERT! wrote:Why are you reading this? It's a SPOILER!!!!!
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#13 Post by tubadave » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:35 am

Or, you can try the Spoiler tags I've just added to the code:
Spoiler
Spoilers go here!
Clicking the little button next to that text toggles between showing it and hiding it.

NOTE: Make sure Javascript is enabled in your web browser.



Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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#14 Post by ladysoleil » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:54 am

like this?
Spoiler
did it work?

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#15 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Oct 10, 2007 12:00 pm

tubadave wrote:Or, you can try the Spoiler tags I've just added to the code:
Spoiler
Spoilers go here!
Clicking the little button next to that text toggles between showing it and hiding it.

NOTE: Make sure Javascript is enabled in your web browser.



Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Very good!

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#16 Post by eyégor » Wed Oct 10, 2007 1:18 pm

Spoiler
trst -this is a test of the emergency broadcast system. If this was not a test, you would be directed to tune in the dedicated frequency for your area. This is only a test.

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#17 Post by Jeemie » Wed Oct 10, 2007 4:01 pm

Spoiler
Kewl!!!!
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#18 Post by PlacentiaSoccerMom » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:14 pm

Spoiler
Testing
Spoiler
Very Nice!

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#19 Post by TheConfessor » Wed Oct 10, 2007 6:56 pm

Another post, another
Spoiler
test
And another:
Spoiler
PlacentiaSoccerMom wrote:
Spoiler
Testing
Spoiler
Very Nice!

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#20 Post by Bob Juch » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:14 pm

On my version 3 phpBB, the [ spoiler ] tag was already enabled (but not documented). It looks even better in version 3.

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