Mahz

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I just noticed the Notifications button (not sure if it's because I'm typically on my phone or... what) but when I click on it, it brings me to an error page. Can someone explain to me what it is and possibly why it's suddenly an error? Thanks! ~Melly

@SinfulSkills

I disabled that page until I do a database upgrade. It'll be working soon.

Old-Newbie

Good to see you return after all this time. :)

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I'll delete it.

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Latest deploy: - [Feature] You can now edit your own topic titles. Look for the "Edit" button: - [Fix] You can now tag people with underscores and hyphens in their name. Example: @Mr_pink - [Enhancement] I liked @Hank's suggestion to encourage users to fill out their Bio or at least make the option more visible. Also, I wanted to encourage users to read each other's bios. So I added a small icon to the userbit when a user has written anything in theirs: - [Enhancement] Added an auto-updating char counter to all BBCode editors to express char limits. If it's too distracting, I can make it so it only displays after clicking the "Preview" button.

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P.P.S. There is no noparse in the BBCode Cheat Sheat (that noparsing the noparse tags claimed there was a misalignment error, btw, although I don't blame it). Neither are there tables. Were there meant to be tabs too?

@BBeast

Thanks, will add noparse and tables to the cheatsheet. I decided to launch with a little less BBCode than planned. I'll add [tabs] back shortly - there was a minor bug.

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@BBeast, @Captain Jordan: Good idea on [roll]1234[/roll]! Maybe something like: Gooseblight slaughters the goblin [roll]1234[/roll] → Gooseblight slaughters the goblin 1234 Where clicking the die can show the roll details in a simple, dismissible pop-over.

Can't allow HTML/CSS without heavy pre-processing to enforce a whitelist of safe usage. Which is exactly what BBCode is.

@Mahz

I really would recommend against implementing code for HTML. No matter how many holes you cover up, someone will be able to break it; that system is too vulnerable.

@LegendBegins

Yeah, BBCode is still a leaky abstraction. There's always a trade-off between giving users expressive tools and limiting the abuse of bad actors.

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Can't allow HTML/CSS without heavy pre-processing to enforce a whitelist of safe usage. Which is exactly what BBCode is.