A Friendly Formatting Reminder

[quote]1. Capitalize the R.

Wrong.

Not to crap on your advice, OP, but it's not necessary to capitalize the "R" as you have noted in Step 1. If a writer uses a lower case "r," DL will change it to upper case provided your other steps are followed.

Again, didn't mean to be a dick, but I've learned this from trial and error.

r1 is correct as is r2...

Give OP a break. An upper case R used to be necessary.

Good idea for a thread, OP. Perhaps we can use it to discuss other formatting issues.

WE MUST HAVE ORDER!

And, yes, I used a lowercase r above.

FOLLIES!

could friendly Oldtimer DLer post a quick lesson on how to quote properly? what typing keys to use, etc.

and you don't need to type the brackets; they will automatically appear when you type an "r" that is immediately followed by the reply numeral

I'd like to know how to embed a link.

R8, use the square brackets like this [, and this ], in between them type the word quote in lowercase, follow it with a space, and then copy and paste whatever paragraph you wish to quote.

No need to close it, the natural end of the paragraph will do it for you. However, for multiple paragraphs you will have to start each one this way.

[quote] could friendly Oldtimer DLer post a quick lesson on how to quote properly? what typing keys to use, etc.

Look at the top of your thread watcher. Right next to the words "Thread Watcher" there is a link to the help section and it will answer all your questions.

r11, thank you so much for the proper use of your commas.

No one authorized you to post this, OP.

[quote]follow it with a space

Actually, no space is necessary.

I'm not sure I'm comfortable with this. Hold, please.

also when posting as Meryl Streep please note it is just M not M.

[quote I'd like to know how to embed a link.]

I would like to know that, too. All I know how to do is type the URL into the box marked for it.

Really R15? That must be new relatively new too. I'll try it...

[quote]Actually, no space is necessary

What else do I have to hold, Cheryl, other than my nose?

I also STILL can't get a prior post to show up inside the grey box like everyone uses. I just tried it with my prior post. I used the brackets. I typed the word "quote" and then I stuck the post inside the brackets. NO GREY BOX. What did I do wrong? I will try to do what r12 suggests but I DID what the site suggests I do!

on another subject, I've never understood how to get real diacritical signs.. . . .

also when posting as Meryl Streep please don't do it because no one finds it funny.

[quote] Look at the top of your thread watcher. Right next to the words "Thread Watcher" there is a link to the help section and it will answer all your questions.

as a slightly retarded whore, i'd like to learn how you make those big letters. tia

R21 type: [ quote ] like this, without the spaces, and then follow it with you pasted paragraph.

r23 the more you discourage us the more we do it!!!! Learn!!!

r2, THANK YOU! I did it and that was my post at r24. It worked! I tell you, I have been on DL for years and have NEVER figured that out!!! I know, I know, what a total 'tard!

R21/24, you're not very bright, are you?

r25, I love you.

As a person who work both in a business technology job and as a website admin , I can assure everyone that "Help" and "FAQ" sections are pointless. No one reads instructions.

wow.

Post Formatting: (Remove the commas and...)

[,quote] a paragraph will be quoted up to carriage return (i.e. a paragraph break)

[,bold]this text will be bold[,/bold]

[,italic]this text will be in italic[,/italic]

But what I want to know is how to break the bolding when someone forgets the tag!

Can't we please add, you know, like little colors and trimmy stuff and lil hearts for our posts, you know, like my scrapbooking does?

r4

I may be wrong, R3; but I think last part of R32's examples are how you close the tag: the bracket, the slash, the word bold or italic and then the bracket again.

[quote]after all these years, this will be my first attempt at a grey box

r1, r2, and r3 are correct as well

****APPLAUSE***** R37

Yay, I did it!

Moving on up...

[quote]use the square brackets like this [, and this ], in between them type the word quote in lowercase, follow it with a space, and then copy and paste whatever paragraph you wish to quote.

So that's how it's done. I was looking all over this site for instructions on how to quote. Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab.

[quote] What else do I have to hold, Cheryl, other than my nose?

Just trying out the quote thing.

[quote] This is an experiment. I've left 10 spaces between my bracketed quote box and each of these two sentences.

And this is after a hard return. It's just to test what it would look like when put in the quotation box.

I left no spaces after my bracketed quote.

[quote]I left no spaces after my bracketed quote

[quote]3. Use the correct number of the post, which you can easily see when you read the post initially. ^ This. I'm perplexed by how many times I see a reference to a post that doesn't exist. For example, when someone types R76 but there's only been, say, 50 replies so far in the thread. How does one make such a mistake? You'd think it would be the exception, but I see it more often than not.

[quote]3. Use the correct number of the post, which you can easily see when you read the post initially.

^ This. I'm perplexed by how many times I see a reference to a post that doesn't exist. For example, when someone types [R76] but there's only been, say, 50 replies so far in the thread. How does one make such a mistake? You'd think it would be the exception, but I see it more often than not.

[Quote]Well what do ya know!?

[Quote that didn't work]

R48, it didn't work 'cause you capitalized the Q in quote.

[quote] Just trying out the quote thing.

Thanks R50 :)

[quote]When responding or commenting to a previous poster in the same thread, there is way to do it so that someone reading your post can scroll over the referred to post and actually read what was written in that post, without having to go back into the thread and [b]found[/b] "reply 34" or whatever.[/quote]

"Find," OP, not "found"

Yay!

[quote]I need a cock!

[bold]Boulder Colorado[/b]

crap

1. Yes, I know I wrote instead of find. Just a typing error.

2. I had NO idea that you could use a lower case r. I have, for years and years, always capitalized the r. Thanks for setting me straight!

3. The only reason I care isn't to be a jerk; it's to help the discussion along. No one wants to go back and find the exact post, especially in long threads, that a poster is referencing. I hope any newbie didn't find this to be a case of pointless bitchery.

[/bold] [/bold]

[quote]So that's how it's done. I was looking all over this site for instructions on how to quote. Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab.

Um.. you didn't look very fucking far, now did you? There's this nice fucking HELP link right at the fucking top of every single page, upper right corner. Clear as fucking day. And you apparently have never fucking clicked it in your life. So don't fucking say you "looked all over". You're a fucking blind moron.

Is anybody going to [/bold]

unbold this thread?

[quote]Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab.

In Windows 8 you just click on the Charms Bar.

The Editor has heard about this thread and is NOT happy. I suspect Redtag "special ed student" will be forthcoming to all posters in this thread. Oh, and Happy Thanksgiving.

Can we still do [small] small? [/small]

♥

Apparently not, R63.

[quote]I was looking all over this site for instructions on how to quote. Don't know why they don't include instructions under the Settings tab.

Because an instruction isn't a "setting", R41. That's why there's a "Help" section, to put instructions in.

This thread is useless without glyphs.

Maybe OP should start the thread over. This time it should provide the correct information without needed corrections.

The post not found thingie is for people who post inadvertently on multiple threads. It happens when someone writes a comment on one thread but does not post it, second thoughts, and then posts on another thread and, through the magic of internet programing, the other post shows up.

[quote]Hilartiy ensues!

W&W for r37 whose learning experience provided some (unintended?) delightful double entendre to my morning.

off[/bold]

Really people? Try reading a thread before asking questions.

This thread should have ended at r32.

[quote]I'd like to know how to embed a link.

I don't think there's a way to do that in the current version of DL. (If memory serves, you could do it pre-Ajax.)

Can someone tell me how to scroll down? How do you scroll down???

[quote] Um.. you didn't look very fucking far, now did you? There's this nice fucking HELP link right at the fucking top of every single page, upper right corner. Clear as fucking day. And you apparently have never fucking clicked it in your life. So don't fucking say you "looked all over". You're a fucking blind moron.

I wish you were fucking dead.

[bullshit] This text will be bullshit [/bullshit]

While we're on the topic... you can only post one link in a post... and the full URL has to go in the "URL:" box below the message.

If you put the URL to a page, then the link will take you to that page.

If you put the link to a YouTube Video, then for anyone who has the "Show YouTube Inline" setting checked, they'll see the video and be able to play it without leaving the thread or opening a new browser tab or window.

If you put a DIRECT link to an image, then for anyone who has "Show images inline" setting checked, they'll see the picture right here in the thread without ever having to click the link (unless they want to see the picture bigger, in its original size).

Note that not all pictures will show up inline in the thread... only standard jpg and gif files. Animated GIFs, and PNG format images won't show up... you'll still have to click the link to see them.

If you're not browsing at work, you should click the "Settings" link in the left side-bar towards the top of the page, and check both "Inline" check-boxes. Then close the settings box (there is no "save"... it takes effect immediately). See how you like it.

R77 thankyou

[quote] Just testing the quote box thing - sorry. [/quote]

[/quote] is not needed

The "quote" tag works differently than the "italic" and "bold" tags.

The "quote" tag is used at the start of a paragraph. You "close" it just by pressing enter twice (there needs to be a blank line). It always assumes that the quote is the entire paragraphy. And only one paragraph.

The "italic" and "bold" tags require closing tags to tell them when to stop... "/italic" and "/bold".

Tags are enclosed in square brackets, without the quotes, and with no spaces.

R9

[quote]I also STILL can't get a prior post to show up inside the grey box like everyone uses.

[quote]What else do I have to hold, Cheryl, other than my nose?

I'm thankful for this thread. Perhaps we'll have smoother threads going forward.

[italic]I like to italian italics[/italic]

[quote] yay I did it!

[bold]bold[/bold]

[bold]sassy[/bold]

lol

Diacritical marks and other special characters have to be formatted in HTML, so bookmark this page:

r47 I know that issues - The issue is you. You're just not seeing all replies. You need to reload datalounge, then they usually show up. Used to drive me crazy for a while.

WW for r75 . This will be my formatting for trolling and irony from this point forward.

¢

OMG it WORKED!!

‽

Can it interrobang?

YOWZA!!!

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[quote]Hisssssssssss!

R91 does not understand the issue. When someone references a post that comes after them, the problem is the with the poster not the reader. I am number 100 in this thread. If I reference R189 that is MY mistake not the reader who did not reload!

R101, you're R101, not R100.

And sometimes if you haven't refreshed in a while, the numbers will appear "off" to you. You can see a message as R40 and refer to it as such, but it might really be R60... which you'd see if you refreshed.

Sometimes the numbering issue becomes enough of a problem that refreshing doesn't help. When that happens you have to get out of DL and then reload. It's the only way to make the numbering work.

When you do that, you lose your scrolled threads if you haven't starred them.

I am sorry that I did not forsee that another person would be posting as I was writing.

I think DL refreshes when you click on a thread, does it not? So when I click on a thread and find a post refer to another post that does not exist yet, (or did not exist when they wrote their post), how would refreshing again help.

What you are saying is that I when I click on a thread and find the latest post refers to not yet extant post, I need to leave the new post that I just called up and go back to the threadlist to refresh and then return?

I usually only visit DL for about 2 minutes at a time. To have to refresh multiple times in that short visit seems like a quirk of the web circa 1997.

[quote]I think DL refreshes when you click on a thread, does it not?

That's not what we're talking about.

What we're talking about is the fact that the auto-refreshing sometimes goes awry, and the longer you say on the page, the more likely it is to stutter or stop or miss messages.

We're talking about hitting the refresh button on the browser (or closing the window entirely and coming back in). Yes, you lose your progress in the thread watcher... but that's the price you pay.

As an example, I left the browser open all day. When I came back to it, it said there were 15 replies in a thread. So I replied. But nothing updated at all, it was like the place was dead. When I refreshed the page, that thread actually had 60 replies in it, and the auto-updating resumed.

It's not in the official guidelines, but if you're the first to respond to a thread, format accordingly:

[cunt]place remark here[/cunt]

The post numbering problem seems to be more of an issue in fast-moving threads. At least, that's been my experience.

I think it's funny when someone puts at, say, response r108 a comment that r109 is an idiot so that when r109 is reached, no matter who is r109 will be referenced.

Hilarity ensues!

r108, you are an ass.

I usually do not stay on thread pages more than a minute or two and still frequently encounter the wrong page ref phenomena.

R105 seems to think that the issue is about the number of replies listed.

Looking back as some examples I remembered the refs were still wrong--even refreshed. So I still think this is entry error.

Oh, some of it is human error.

But the technical glitches in numbering are not about staying on "thread pages", but about staying on the site in the same window/tab for a long time.

[quote Hilarity ensues!]

[quote] Hilarity ensues!

[quote][quote]Hilarity ensues!

bump for a better DL

[italic] I hate when people forget to use the close brackets

Seriously

link?

[quote UN55EH6000FXZA]

test

[quote, UN55EH6000FXZA

test

[quote]bump for a better DL

[quote]But the technical glitches in numbering are not about staying on "thread pages", but about staying on the site in the same window/tab

[/italic]

You're welcome

[all posts by tedious troll removed.]

[all posts by tedious troll removed.]

R123 Test.

R122

Testing

[quote]You're welcome.

Not too sure abt this...

[quote Not too sure abt this]

[bold bold testing /bold]

[Testing]

[quote]Look at the top of your thread watcher. Right next to the words "Thread Watcher" there is a link to the help section and it will answer all your questions

What does 'bump' mean? I'm seriously asking this.

To fuck your buddy

I'm curious about "bump". Also, some poster uses Hisssssssss. What is that supposed to mean.

Bump is merely a way of bringing a thread back to the top of the list, presumably to make it more visible.

That is, you "bump" it up the thread.

So, just by typing 'bump' moves the thread to the top?

R136, are you retarded?

Ignore the child at r137.

You can type anything in the reply box and it will move the thread to the top of page 1. Sometimes you will see gibberish or even just a period punctuation mark that was used to get the thread to the top of page 1.

The hiss thing is from a thread about elder gays who were allegedly hissing at some people in a theater...I think.

[quote] That is, you "bump" it up the thread.

Trying to see if I can quote properly.

Quoting is annoying. I'd rather see a reference to the original post, r139 so I can see the entire thing in context.

[ testes ]

,[t],

Good to know, R140.

r140

I used a lower case "r" and it works fine.

Typical useless post from a useless gay

[bold]

The "R" followed by post number thing really should be on the help page, but it isn't. I hadn't been here in several months and I couldn't remember how to do it and the help page wasn't helpful.

[after all these years, this will be my first attempt at a grey box]

R37, you were brilliant

[,after all these years, this will be my first attempt at a grey box,]

Me, not so much.

well? [bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold]

[quote, after all these years, this will be my first attempt at a grey box,]

Life is about learning (and licking my BFF Gayle's pussy).

use the square brackets like this [, and this ], in between them type the word quote in lowercase, follow it with a space, and then copy and paste whatever paragraph you wish to quote.

[,quote Please don't repeat my statement about my fondness for Gayle King's pussy,]

[quote Hilarity ensues!]

If you are going to bump a zombie thread that has been dead for months or years, pleasse use a zombie bump first.

***.***

If I type an "R", will I be mistaken for a Republican?

[,quote] how ya doing

This thread reads like "Baby's First Steps."

[,quote Please don't repeat my statement about my fondness for Gayle King's pussy],

R157, I think you're supposed to write it like this:

[,quote,]Please don't repeat my statement...

ie. What you want to write in the grey box comes after the word "quote" in square brackets. "quote" has to be all lower case. Leave out the commas around the word "quote"

I definitely didn't type in the word "bold" at all. It's annoying that now all the posts are automatically showing up in bold.

R157 Bless you.

[,quote,]Please don't repeat my statement...

[quote Please don't repeat my statement...]

Actually R160, it should be just the word "quote" with square brackets around it and no commas. I just included the commas because otherwise a grey box would show up and you wouldn't see what I had done.

[quote]This thread reads like "Baby's First Steps."

by: Laughing and Crying as I Type

Glad, I can finally make someone laugh on DL.

[quote]Testing, testing ... 1, 2, 3

Am Buckwheat home? [bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold][bold]

[quote] Actually [R160], it should be just the word "quote" with square brackets around it and no commas. I just included the commas because otherwise a grey box would show up and you wouldn't see what I had done.

R162 I feel I owe you at least a handjob...maybe more.

I will now proceed to quote ad nauseam...

Chlamydiae we can make it together.

[italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic][italic]

You're welcome, R166. R164 is the first time I actually tried it myself.

I noticed this new influx. They seem incapable of capitalizing the start of sentences too. I don't know if it's laziness or if our education system is churning out badly educated grads.

Oh wow, now the posts are showing up automatically in bold and in italics.

[/bold]

[/italic]

[bold]This text will be bold[/bold]

[bold]This text will be bold[/bold] This text will not.

[italic]This text will be italicized.[/italic]

This will not.

How to embed a link:

When you are typing in a reply, look immediately below the reply box in which you are typing. There is a box that reads "URL". Type or paste the link in that box.

[quote]This text will be italicized.

Formatting is H-A-R-D!

[/bold][/italic]

I think I stopped the bold and italics.

[bold][italic]This is bold italics.[/bold][/italic] This should not be.

[/bold][/italic]Let's see.

Dammit. Webmaster, someone broke DL.

[quote did I do it correctly?]

Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?

Second try:

[quote Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?]

R32

Test

[,quote] Hello, this is a quote

Testies

[quote] Hello, this is a quote.

Did I do it this time?

[quote] Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?

[quote ] Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?

[quote Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?

[quote Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?]

[quote Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?]

[ quote Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?]

[quote]Where would this site be without DL Quality Control?

[quote] ok im now trying it too, bitches im sure itwont work for me

hmm i wondet

[ quote what the fuck. a spaceafter the quote sign and according to r 188 one before ]

[bold]This is bold.[/bold]. [italic]This is in italics.[/italic]

Did I turn off bold and italics?

Stop showing off r192.

[quote I'd like to know how to embed a link.]

im hoping this be it my. first time inbed

R2 this?

[quote hell, i don't member what. i did each timeto know if i do it right]

bitches.

[ quote ] trying test A

{kIsS mY rUsTy AsS}

[quote]Bitches test b

I'm sure this is obvious to most of you but I wanted to explain it clearly to any newcomers on DL. Posting a reply on DataLounge is not the same as writing an email. You can't mix regular sentences and links to websites together in the message box. You should write your regular comments in the message box. Paste any links into the Url box below the message box. If you include a link in the message box, the post will be rejected as soon as you submit it.

[quote You can't mix regular sentences and links to websites together in the message box.]

[quoteYou can't mix regular sentences and links to websites together in the message box.]

[quote]You can't mix regular sentences and links to websites together in the message box.

Got it! The Help instructions were correct.

[quote] Got it! The Help instructions were correct.

I'm not R205. With the right timing, I should be R206 and I'm practicing the quote exercise.

On the mobile (beta?) site, when you tap to view the R-referenced post, then close the box, the screen jumps back to the top of the thread. Is this a new feature? Am I doing something incorrectly or have a setting afoul?

[Quote]testing

Why doesn't quoting work on my mobile? Anybody knows?

R208, you can't capitalise the letter Q. It has to be quote, not Quote.

You write it like this, R208:

[,quote]testing

Just leave out the comma before the word quote.

[quote]testing

OK it works, thanks!

You're welcome, R208.

[quote] I'm sure this is obvious to most of you....

Ok giving it a go. Never bothered before.

^^^well I did accomplish something today! And I thought this day would be a total bust.

Op was the hall monitor at grammar school.

[quote] Op was the hall monitor at grammar school.

And we love him for it. Thank you OP.

r218 testing

Remember to always vicious face-slap the first person you see after a bout of reading the DL.

[quote] quoting keeps it classy

Quit stinking up the joint.

[quote]Test

When a string of replies are [bold] bold [/bold] or [italics] italics [/italics] because someone forgot to close the formatting command, how can a later poster make it go back to regular type?

[bold]bold[/bold] not bold [bold] bold [/bold] not bold ^testing if a space is required between [] and [/]

[italic] italics [/italic] not italics

[italic]italics[/italic] not italics]

^this is only a test

I wish DL would bring back list formatting. At one time, you could do bullet points by using a [*] code which was handy when wanting to post a list of items. I think there was another code [>] possibly which also helped with lists.

r14 does this work?

For the love of Glob, stop putting titles of movies in ALL CAPS! Use the italics tag or just put them in quotes.

For the love of Glob, don't call it an "italics" tag. That gets people to write "italics" with an "s" and it [italic]doesn't[/italic] work.

[quote]My test!

OP, you sound like a friendly fellow.

[quote] test 123

[quote]test

123

i love my new FONT

[quote]For the love of Glob, stop putting titles of movies in ALL CAPS!

Movie and book titles written out in all capital letters is a correct thing to do. Song titles should in quotation marks. Nothing should be italicized on DL because too many people fuck it up.

I wish I could put numerous links directly into the text instead of putting them into an extra column.

[quote] OMG it WORKED!!

Will this work?

Awesome!! It worked after a year of trying to figure this out!

This thread is fucking funny as fuck.

I love us bitches.

[quote]Did I get it right?

[quote]Did I get it right?

Again with text this time.

[quote]Quoting is too much work

and I don't need an end quote bracket?

What is a #69 error warning mean?

[, and this ],

[quote yaaass]

[quote] does it work?

[quote] yaaaas yaaas it works

[quote] yaaas

omg yaaasss

[bold] thanks

Why not have all these instructions in the guidelines, and easy to find, and one can avoid trial and error?

♥

[ quote My test]

[quote][ quote My test]

Stupid much?

Is it necessary to have a space after the close bracket?

[quote] Test with a space immediately after

[quote]Test without a space following

r134 Why is that when you bump a thread, the worst of the worst come out of the woodwork to post nonsense to the thread. At first I thought I was imagining it, but after the third thread I knew, "Now the nuts take over."

r254, when I inadvertently open a zombie thread, I go back and block it.

Does anyone else remember how responding to previous posts using "r__" originated?

As I recall, it was a DL format change years ago, and the exact date and time of earlier, unnumbered posts had previously been the only way to refer back. We began using the "r12=idiot" shorthand and then in another reboot the site provided the handy link back (with lowercase or cap R )

Someone made the first suggestion to using the r# to respond; the archives might ultimately reveal who that was

On a scale from 1 to 10, I say [italic]Deadpool[/italic] is [bold]sassy![/bold]

OP too invested Get on Etsy or something.

For God's sake, proof read every word you write at least twice or these vicious bitches will crucify you. Sentence structure and content are also scrutinized. I actually turn away from the computer for fifteen seconds or so to get a fresh eye on what I've written before I post. I swear these grammar Nazis masturbate after they cut someone up on DL over this crap.

[quote]For God's sake, [bold]proof read[/bold] every word...

The site needs a preview function.

R1 OK

r260 Now either suck your own dick or stick something up your pussy. See what the poster meant about masturbation?

test

[ more ]

r1 test

r2 test

[r37]

Hello,

Testing this bracket thing.

[, Testing this bracket thing ],

Me too R267

Are you winning? Hint: don't type any brackets.

[, quote ], Testing this bracket thing again

[ quote ] Are you winning?

Not by the looks of things!

[quote] I give up.

Yay, got it finally!

[test

[test

test

[test]

[,wtf]

[quote] bitch [quote]] bitch

How do you easily call the poster above you a a cunt without having to type cunt.

Why even used that overused DL word? Sounds so uncouth. I love how folks think they sound so hard, when they used that word. When we all know they can't say that in the real world.

Why don't you just keep it real, 278? Get creative. Otherwise, you come across sounding like one poster, which you probably are.

Testing

[Testing]

[quote] testing

[italic] italic[/italic]

test R282

[quote]testing yay

[italic] italic [italic/] and [bold] bold[bold/]

[bold] italic[/bold]

[italic] italic [/italic] and [bold] bold[/bold]

R280 huh?

r214, r220,

[/quote] italic [italic/] and bold[bold/]

[quote]This is a quote[/quote]

[quote]Is this a quote yet?

DL needs a preview/edit button.

Search for the "test" thread, and use it!

[quote] This thread is fucking funny as fuck.

Did this work?

Is this [bold] bold yet?

[quote]Is this bold yet? testing 1 2 3

'[quote] DARK BROWN QUOTE BOX

I will now be the [bold] bold bitch I was born to be!

R293 Let's try

[huh?]

Huh?

[Huh?/]

Bumpity bump bump.

[quote]Bumpity bump bump.

Thanks R302! This thread should be bumped monthly!

[quote] this a test [/quote]

[quote] this a test [/quote]

and only a test. If there were an actual emergency, your shadow would be burned onto the wall.

This thread is a five year fucking train wreck. I kept waiting for it to get better, and it never did.

My crotch smells like vomit.

R293 test test

[,quote],test

[quote] test

[quote] test quote

Not a quote

[b] bold?[/b]

not bold

[bold]bold[bold] not bold

𝗯𝗼𝗹𝗱 n̶o̶t̶ ̶b̶o̶l̶d̶

list a. b. c.

once again list a.

b.

c.

a.

b.

c.

Response number 308's post was disturbing to Mother and I. Mother and me.

R299 thanks

quote test. uh oh. I don't have the square brackets on my Samsung cell. So I can't do a quote.

I've always wanted to see if other HTML codes worked on DL, or just bold and italic (I'm guessing none of the tags I'm trying will work since DL doesn't use standard HTML)

[del] Strikethrough [/del]

[small] small [/small]

[list] Apples

Bananas

Carrots [/list]

[font=Arial] Arial font [/font=Arial]

[big] big ass text [/big]

[b] Bold in standard HTML [/b]

[b] Bold in standard HTML [/b]

[bold] Bold in standard DL-HTML [/bold]

Mincing prisspots, the lot of ya'.

Anyone else missing 'square brackets' on their mobile devices?

Do we know which words are currently banned? I got censored for the first time a couple of weeks ago when I wrote the n*a*m*b*l*a acronym. It just looked like [...] when it came out. Does using one of them put you on the naughty list or something?

Also, I wish we had a preview option for our posts. My entire posts come out in italic every now and then because I forget to close one of the tags or close them incorrectly. It would prevent so many mistakes and would be much easier to implement than an edit function as well. This is available on some Reddit apps and I'm telling you, it makes all the difference.

A few months ago someone linked to a page where you could automatically vary print styles and symbols, then copy to DL. Would someone post that again.

And another vote for preview.

Muriel adores and values your feedback. However, she's taking her summer vacation at an all male resort in Palm Springs. She sends her love.

[quote] Testing.... hoping it's not positive. I'm regretting that Latin rough trade a few months ago.

When one is directly addressed, please place a comma before the proper noun, Op.

[quote] This here

[bold] This here [/bold]

[italic] This here [/italic]

R1 testing

My life has been FULFILLED

This is a test, r332.

Well, you real an use a lower case r!

R334 I heard a while ago that a lower case "r" automatically converts to upper case when you put a number next to it, but I've never tried it.

Until now. Here goes nothing...

r335

Sorcery!

What R23 said.

Obama was president when this thread started.

In light of the new administration the rules are, there are no rules.

There is no such thing as a "friendly 👺 reminder" @ DataLounge.

[bold] BE BOLD AND DARING !

[quote]Post Formatting: (Remove the commas and...) [quote]a paragraph will be quoted up to carriage return (i.e. a paragraph break) [quote][bold]this text will be bold[/bold] [quote][italic]this text will be in italic[/italic]

[quote][list]Post Formatting: (Remove the commas and...)

[,quote] a paragraph will be quoted up to carriage return (i.e. a paragraph break)

[,bold]this text will be bold[,/bold]

[,italic]this text will be in italic[,/italic][/list]

[quote]Post Formatting: (Remove the commas and...)

[quote][bold]this text will be bold[/bold]

[quote][italic]this text will be in italic[/italic]

What are you typing on, R341?

An IBM [italic]Selectric ?

[list]a. b. 3)[/list]

[>]a. [>]b. [>]3)

[quote] I'm great

[list]1)

2)

3)[/list]

Well, fuck.

That's much easier.

Than using coding.

[quote]An IBM Selectric ? (sic)

No, R344, an [bold]IBM[/bold] [italic]Selectric[/italic].

ACK. Not sure how I did that. Apologies for the thread intrusion.

NuRules

i dO wHaT i WaNt

datalounge is MUCH more boring these days, but ten years ago it was much more buggy

[quote]testing

"Go" test.

well that's interesting. Normally I have to hit Post twice on my iPad, once to get rid of the keyboard and once to get comment to post and then there's still a lag as thread refreshes. But if I put a name in the Posted By field, I get a Go button and my comment shows up immediately.

[quote This is a test of Quote.]

[,quote Another quote test ]

Now is the time for all good men...

Put the word quote in brackets next to the first word of the quote. No space.

Although there can be a space. Just no "enter".

Test

[quote]Test

Test

I've been trying to post a pic in one or two replies but none of the options I've used has worked. I always use tinypic.com. This time none of their options has worked. Any help in that direction would be greatly appreciated. Thx

How does one like a post? Couple of mine have been liked, want to pay it forward of course. (Didn't see the answer in FAQs or Help.)

Not really a formatting question, but I'm a DL 1st-day newb.

[quote Daddy better make me choke]

You better.

R11 You fucking traitor!!

R364 Green icon in the right-hand corner of any post.

[quote] My tunnel loves to

Diptort

R11 I did it!! Sorry, I didnt mean to be mean lol

[quote] Green icon in the right-hand corner of any post.

Just checking if the quote function works

^ it does!

[quote] Lick, Lick, Lick, Lick

I wanna eat yo dick

So if there's a green icon in a response box, someone has liked it? Is like hitting the WW button?

How can you see the number of likes though??

R373 No, you have to click the green icon in the post you want to like and then click the blue WW button. That sends the like and the poster will get a notification within ten seconds or so if he's currently on DL. If not, he'll see them later. However, you only see the likes on desktop browsers, not on mobile phones.

And you need to have notifications enabled in your browser to see the WWs you get.

R374 DL will usually prompt you through your desktop browser to enable the notifications on this site when you get your first like.

R376 Is seeing the likes worth it? Cause I dont really like using DL on desktops

R374 Oh, I see what you mean now. You can't see the number of likes any other poster's post gets, like on Facebook, Twitter, or Reddit. I think that's for the best, though.

R377 Oh, yeah, it's definitely worth it. I feel vindicated for some of my more controversial posts, and happy whenever I see that my jokes landed. And I just feel more included in general.

If [bold] ff [/bold] means Flames&Freaks, what does [bold] ww [/bold] mean?

Wit&Wisdom.

I saw this at R32 [quote]a paragraph will be quoted up to carriage return

And thought of this? Was a carriage return a lever on a typewriter?

Then my hair exploded, and I found myself in 1986 with a deLorean.

Is it possible to unblock someone on here?

R383 Yes, go to your Ignored list and click the little cross in the right-hand corner of the poster you want to unblock.

This is all very triggering.

[quote] To end the quotation formatting, do you need to hit enter once or twice? To test this, I'm hitting enter [bold] once [/bold] after the question mark of the previous sentence.

And I'm hitting enter [bold] twice [/bold] after the period of the previous sentence.

R384 Thanks!

r367, thanks much for the advice. Said green icon does not appear in the posts that I see, can't figure out why. Notifications are enabled and I am notified when one of my posts is liked (if that matters). Any more advice would be appreciated, 'cause I want to like stuff on here, I really do!

How do i start a new paragraph??? My enter key doesn't seem to work on here. Please help

[bold] [italic] If you have a question, call now. Call, silently, to the sky with pleading eyes.

[bold] 😱

[/bold] [italic] 😱

[bold] 😱

😱

[quote]Said green icon does not appear in the posts that I see, can't figure out why.

The green icon only appears if you have your theme set to “dark” under settings. Otherwise you see a row of five widgets.

R394

[quote]testing

[quote] [bold] [italic] No.

What's a redtag?

test test test

test

Jizz. Jizz.

Jizz. R512, I’m coming.

[quote] n̶o̶t̶ ̶b̶o̶l̶d̶

Does anyone know how R314 accomplished the strikethrough?

I've been [italic]dying[/italic] to use that for sardonic commentary for [italic]ages[/italic].

[quote use the square brackets like this [, and this ], in between them type the word quote in lowercase, follow it with a space, and then copy and paste whatever paragraph you wish to quote.]

Dang, it didn't work!

[quote test

[quote test]

r405

[quote] this is for r402

[quote] test

Thanks, R407!

[strikethrough]nope[/strikethrough]

[strike] also no? [/strike]

[quote]D̶o̶e̶s̶ ̶a̶n̶y̶o̶n̶e̶ ̶k̶n̶o̶w̶ ̶h̶o̶w̶ ̶[̶R̶3̶1̶4̶]̶ ̶a̶c̶c̶o̶m̶p̶l̶i̶s̶h̶e̶d̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶s̶t̶r̶i̶k̶e̶t̶h̶r̶o̶u̶g̶h̶?̶

[quote]I̶'̶v̶e̶ ̶b̶e̶e̶n̶ ̶d̶y̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶t̶o̶ ̶u̶s̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶s̶a̶r̶d̶o̶n̶i̶c̶ ̶c̶o̶m̶m̶e̶n̶t̶a̶r̶y̶ ̶f̶o̶r̶ ̶a̶g̶e̶s̶.̶

You have to use an external tool, R401, and then paste that text back here. Although I think it changes the font a bit as well but it's not too drastic.

[quote] strikethrough

Thanks, r412.

[quote] test

test

[quote] wow

[quote] Who lives in a vagina under the sea?

A-R-I-E-L

[hide]test[/hide]

[spoiler]test[/spoiler]

No spoiler/hidden text code?

R23 test

[quote test]

[quote] testing

R11 [quote and then copy and paste whatever paragraph you wish to quote.]

Testing it out.

Didn't work or I did something wrong.^^

[quote] testing

This is what you do:

[kwote] whatever you want quoted [italyx] whatever you want italicized [bowld] whatever you want bold

Missspelled for instructive purposes only 😉

[italics] italicized [quote] quota [bold] to boldly go

[Quote] quota

[quote] quota

[italics] italics

[italic] italics

[italic] italic

[italic]italic[/italic]

[etalic] but with i instead of e [bowled] spelled bold [qwote] spelled quote

becomes:

[italic] tadah! [bold] see! [quote] you can do it!

[quote] Tadah!

[italic] See!

[bold] You can do it!

The italics works on everything after even with double space?

[italic]but do you have to do the [/etalic] thing?

[italic]but do you have to do the [/etalic] thing

or does it end when you return, like the quote thing?

/ / OK, guess not

[italic]how do you end[/italic] I see that problem a lot

R440 [italic] I'm pregnant.

[/italic] I'm keeping the baby.

[Quote] I'm keeping the baby.

god bless

I shudder to imagine what you cunts will do on DL with your newfound formatting skills.

You are [italics]gorgeous[/italics].

Oops, apparently you're [italic]not[/italic].

[quote] like this, without the spaces, and then follow it with you pasted paragraph.

[quote]like this, without the spaces, and then follow it with you pasted paragraph.

[quote]test

Pardon my French, but the OP is so tight that if you stuck a lump of coal up his ass, in two weeks you'd have a diamond.

One thing I noticed by mistake is if you forget to put [/whatever] at the end of where you started [whatever], the chosen style will carry on all the way to the end of the post.

But this could be a shortcut if you only want your last sentence (or word) in a post to be specially formatted like that. You would just type [whatever] and then walk away....

Like [bold] this.

We don't like things around here, and we like it like that.

See, with proper formatting (and the easy-breezy shortcut I discuss in R450), that could have been:

[quote]We don't like things around here, [italic]and we like it like that.

Well done, r452...!

Aaaaaaaand SCENE!

[quote]test

[quote]test

Testing 1-2-3. Why are you always testing me?

♩ ♪ ♫ ♬ ♭ ♮ ♯

[quote]THE

[quote]quote[/quote]

[italics] italics [/italics]

It is italic, without an s.

[bold] I'M NOT GAY

I'd like a strike-thru option, but am too busy busy BUSY every single [italic]minute[/italic] to research downloading one, learn and practice applicability, etc.

Why can't you bitches give your threads a title that actually includes the SUBJECT of what you're talking about?

I was looking for this story and some asshat gave the thread this dumb title.

r463 Yeah, that's the worst. It might be funny for a split second but is a nightmare when you're searching for duplicates.

[quote]I shudder to imagine what you cunts will do on DL with your newfound formatting skills.

This is a test to see if this works.

Thanks for whoever bumped this thread, as I screwed up the R thingy in a post today.

Was thinking of this thread but couldnt remember any keywords to search for it, mixed with small dollop of laziness

Boy, howdy! It does! Thank you!

R466 Just practising

[test]

[ italic ]test[ /italic ]

[italic]test[/italic]

[ bold ]test[ /bold ]

[bold]test[/bold]

I'm not going to be [italic]ignored,[/italic] Dan.

[ quote ]This is a test

[quote]This is a test

Obviously prompted by the what is a mussy thread. Thanks for bringing newbies up to speed.

And mussy rhymes with tussy not pussy

[quote]testing [bold]testing [italics]testing

no : (

[quote]“-

[quote]“-

[quote]“

[quote]“

[quote]“

[quote]“

[quote]“

[quote]“

[quote]“

[quote]“

r19 like this?

r478test

r478 test

[quote]test

[bold]test[/bold]

[bold]bold

[italic]italic

[bold][italic]bold italic

[italic]Thank [bold]you for creating this [italic][bold]safe [italic][bold]space.

[quote] ever facts. And the day they eventually break u

Sorry if this was already mentioned as I read many, but not all of the posts here. Some of the new people don't realize that the link (R and the post # no spaces) does not appear until AFTER they click "POST."

Another thing that I noticed the new posters here doing is creating conflict which often results in getting blocked by other posters. Disagree yes, attack no. Attacking other posters and telling them what they should think/believe just gets you blocked.

For one example, I read a post on a recent thread that said, "I think Oprah overindulges and has no self-control which is why she has a weight problem" and the reply was "She does not overindulge." Stupid replies get you F&F and/or Blocked. If there's one thing DLers can't stand it's stupid. That poster would have been better off not replying or simply stating "I think her weight problem is because of fill in the blank."

Correcting inaccurate or misleading information and stating facts is fine, telling others they are not entitled to their opinion and how to think and what to believe is not okay. The newbies do this. Stop. You are getting blocked and it's not worth it because you can't change how someone thinks. You can challenge a post and support your viewpoint or provide more accurate information / links, but you can't change their beliefs. And attacking others and getting nasty because only you are entitled to your opinion, but you don't think others are entitled to their opinion, will get you blocked for trolling.

What does the eye above mean? Orange eye, black eye?

Orange means you are watching the thread and it will appear at the top of the list of threads. Black means you are not.

The eye turns orange automatically if you post in the thread. Or you can watch a thread by clicking on it and turning it orange. You can also click on an orange eye to turn it black and remove it from your watched threads.

I think Matt Gtman is [underline]hotter than fuck.[/underline] We'll see if we can underline.

Nope, I guess we can't.

Trying [italics] italics [/italics] and [bold] bold [/bold] and [quote] Am I a quote?

Okay, no s in [italic] italics [/italic]

^^ no spaces after the quote tag either

r488 What has most of your rant got to do with formatting? It's just the way you're used to communicating on DL yourself; others prefer to convey their thoughts differently. I'm sure people will survive if they get blocked by you.

[quote] Am I a quote?

Thank you, R495. Got it.

[quote]Tommi DiDiarrhea has the IQ of a chicken.[quote]

True, that.

[quote]Gio Benitez has huge teeth.[/quote]

This should work better.

[quote]I mean, WTF?

Oh—I think I've got it.

Thanks (R1),,,now can someone explain to me how to put pictures up ?

R501 Testing

[quote][quote]testing[/quote]nesting[/quote]

Testing

Although, most posters are doing this now, there are still some who don't.

HOW TO CUE A YouTube VIDEO.

PAUSE the video where you want it to start playing.

Click on SHARE.

A small window will pop up.

Select START AT.

This creates a new URL with your start time.

Click on COPY.

Paste the new URL (below, where it says Web Site Link:)

[quote]this is hard.[/quote]

[quote]This is hard

Much harder than I thought.

R501 Theres three white boxes that make up a post.

The 1st big square one where you write your main post. Then underneath it theres 2 more , both thin rectangular white boxes

You want the 3rd one, the last, where it says just above it Web Site Link

I think you click on your image and select copy image location and paste it into the last box. Directly over where it says Link - optional (example: http/www.google.com

R40

What R508. Waking me up at this ungodly hour!

R504 I do it a little differently. I pause the youtube video then select

copy video URL at current time. Then paste that into the website link. Does that work too or am have I been screwing it up thinking I've done it right. Will try with something now

Does it start roughly at the "off balance, fell in huckleberry bush" dialogue

Yes, it does. I guess both ways work.

Thanks R504. I Have had previous form for thinking been doing things correctly and then finding out I hadn't

[quote]Gio Benitez has huge teeth.[/quote]

My teeth are fine.

[quote]My teeth are fine.

No, they're not. Get in here.

[,bold]My pussy does not stink. Moderator, please address this.[./bold]

[ bold ]Not only does your pussy stink, but you're stupid too, Cheryl. [ /bold ]

[ bold]Dear Gawd[ /bold ]

testing testing [italics]testing

testing testing [italic]testing

Here's a tip . . .

If you prefer not to include a comment to accompany your borrowed / copied photo, link, etc., merely hit the space bar five times, rather than typing '.....' in your related posts' comments section. The resulting post will be Clean. Very Clean. Try it.

Your question: How/why does this work? Answer: Spaces are 'characters' too, bitches -

Will a hashtag in a DL post include the post in other social media trends?

Please be nice. It's a valid question.

No, R521.

[quote] Did i quote?

lemme se try this

and alink

[quote] Did I quote?

[quote] What about now?

Thanks for the info.

Wow. I started this thread six years ago. It's a bit sad this is my only successful thread after 15 years on the DL! Alas...

R488 blocked

[quote]I'd like a strike-thru option

Or, you just post and then go F&F yourself.

[bold]The Art of the Steal[/bold]

Remember, present the hole properly on sundays and get in for free

[quote] test

Rest

r2 test

[test ]

[test] test

[quote ] test

[quote] test

[quote] test

"A Friendly Formatting Reminder"

Friendly? Yeah, right. Don't be such a passive aggressive bitch, Becca! You're worse than Annabeth!

[Quote] test test

Thank you, OP

I fucked up so many of my posts by not properly closing the tags when I first came here, and now it never happens to me anymore. So embarrassing.

[quote]Simply write a capital r, then the number of the post. It's important to: 1. Capitalize the R.

It's been mentioned before but it's useful for the newbies who won't read the whole thread: there was a change at one point and the small "r" now automatically gets capitalized when you put it next to a number.

Another friendly reminder is that the reply link doesn't get created until AFTER you click "POST".

So, just type R followed by the reply number, no spaces, no brackets. Once you hit "POST" and your comment posts, the system automatically creates the link and the reply link will then appear.

[quote]Once you hit "POST"

NO. You CLICK links/buttons on the screen. You PRESS buttons on the keyboard.

R526 I am relatively new to DL. I have found this thread very informative. It may have taken 15 years to get it up and running, however, its been worth the long wait I’m sure.

[bold] bold [/bold] [italic] italic [/italic] normal font

How ya do dat, R547?

[quote No need to close it, the natural end of the paragraph will do it for you. However, for multiple paragraphs you will have to start each one this way.]

R546 [quote It may have taken 15 years to get it up and running, however, its been worth the long wait I’m sure.]

R11 [] No need to close it, the natural end of the paragraph will do it for you. However, for multiple paragraphs you will have to start each one this way.

[quote This is a test

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their party.

[ quote ]This is a test

XYZ

[quote]This is a test

XYZ

[quote]What is the answer to the Great Mystery?

Many a man has wondered.

R555 was created by:

[quote]What is the answer to the Great Mystery? {hard return} {hard return} Many a man has wondered.

(l) [l] testing

[bold]bold[/bold]

OP eats ass.

[italic]Testing[/italic]

uʍop ǝpısdn ɹoʇıuoɯ ɹnoʎ uɹnʇ oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʇsnɾ noʎ sǝɯıʇǝɯos puɐ

[quote]testing

[bold]testing

[quote][bold] testing

{quote} uʍop ǝpısdn ɹoʇıuoɯ ɹnoʎ uɹnʇ oʇ ǝʌɐɥ ʇsnɾ noʎ sǝɯıʇǝɯos

R561

{quote}OP eats ass.

[quote] OP eats ass.

fuck you nazi

R560

I love a good reminder.

[quote] OP gave me a handy.

[quote]love a good reminder.

Oh yes u may

Thanks OP!

[quote] test

So, the tags in the photo produce this text:

Is it [bold]Mrs. Kavanaugh[/bold] who was seated...

testing [br] testing

[quote] test

[bold] bold

[italics] italics

[italic] italic

[italic] both [bold]

[italic] [bold] both

[quote] a [quote] [quote] [quote] b

[bold][italic] hello] [/bold][/italic]

r0 r1

[bold][italic] 123456[/italic][/bold]

[quote] [italic][bold]fuck[/bold][/italic] [quote] me

[quote] abc

def

R583

*my9inchcock*

*fuck*

[bold]versbottom[/bold]

[bold] let’s be a millennial

[quote] whatever snappy comeback

[quote] whatever snappy comeback

[bold] bold

Bold

Bold

[italic] hausfraus amok

[bold] frumpy fraus

[bold] test.

Test

[bold] testing the title [bold/]

[quote] this is not bold

[bold] whatever [bold]

Whatever

[bold] testing [bold]

Whatever

Paragraphs

[bold]I say paragraphs son.[/bold]

[italic]Boy's got a mouth like a cannon always shooting it off.[/italic]

[bold] whatever. [/bold]

[quote] whatever.

R596

r1 test

[quote test

test.

[quote] yas yas

[quote] yaaas

yasss

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