misunderstood hybrid on 10/1/2009 at 22:07
I was originally going to ask about adding the Daemonite fix suggested in this thread:
(
http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=95470)
...to the patch's readme. It couldn't be simpler to fix, but is unnecessarily difficult to find solution for taht problem by searching.
When looking for links to that patch in the forum faq, I see no mention of Orgy's patch/Daemonite/Thief Enhancement (besides mention of another fix).
Is there a good reason for the faq not mentioning the graphics upgrades? I know if I'd just discovered the games I'd like to know about them.
kamyk on 10/1/2009 at 23:08
This kind of question was brought up before in relation to something else a few months ago. The answer is something to the effect of:
The person who posted the faq is no longer a regular member of the community (last post - 28th Oct 2006 07:51, Last Activity: 20th May 2007 07:09). Because of this, either someone needs to contact said person, and ask them to do it, or a mod has to do it.
I am not a mod, so I'm just giving my interpretation of what I've read here, but.. From what I understand, the mods will gladly update the Faqs, or other dead stickys if the person who wants them updated will PM them about it, and preferably include the page code (the html or whatever) for the update so they can just copy and paste it right in.
(My interpretation being based on <a href="http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1774368#post1774368">this post</a> by David).
misunderstood hybrid on 11/1/2009 at 00:29
Quote Posted by kamyk
This kind of question was brought up before in relation to something else a few months ago. The answer is something to the effect of:
The person who posted the faq is no longer a regular member of the community (last post - 28th Oct 2006 07:51, Last Activity: 20th May 2007 07:09). Because of this, either someone needs to contact said person, and ask them to do it, or a mod has to do it.
I am not a mod, so I'm just giving my interpretation of what I've read here, but.. From what I understand, the mods will gladly update the Faqs, or other dead stickys if the person who wants them updated will PM them about it, and preferably include the page code (the html or whatever) for the update so they can just copy and paste it right in.
(My interpretation being based on <a href="http://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1774368#post1774368">this post</a> by David).
Hey thanks for the reply, that explains things a bit.
Maybe I will try to message a mod. Although I've done a bit of html I don't remember even the basics offhand, but maybe I'll send some text and they can hopefully add link tags at least.
For the record, I think it would be nice to resolve the .tga vs. .gif thing re: daemonites patch and post that information too. If the .tga is proven to be worse quality in practice, why even offer it?
kamyk on 11/1/2009 at 02:45
Links tags are ridiculously easy:
HTML:
<a href="link goes here">Text goes here</a>
or
(
link goes here) Text goes here
Hope that helps. Of course, even if you write the code, and PM a mod, it is still at their discretion whether to add the code or not...
Yandros on 11/1/2009 at 03:56
TGAs aren't necessarily worse quality than GIFs, it depends on the way they're used.
Nameless Voice on 14/1/2009 at 04:05
You don't need to use HTML code for the stickies, they're posts just like any other. There are plenty of vBulletin codes for (almost) everything you need.
The only problem that I see is that you can't quote a locked sticky to get the post source for editing, but you might be able to get around that by using the multi-quote feature... no, you can't, because the multiquote button doesn't appear either (even though there's no logical reason for it not to, since you could use it to multiquote between threads).
kamyk on 14/1/2009 at 05:32
@NV
But the faqs and stickys are posts that usually contain formatted hyperlinks with a textual description (hence the need for hyperlink codes). :) Ie. <a href="http://www.ttlg.com">Through the Looking Glass</a> as opposed to (
http://www.ttlg.com) http://www.ttlg.com
Also, for someone who was semi-familiar with all the vbulletin and html codes, etc, they could always view source on the page, if they wanted to update a sticky to that extent. All they would have to do is copy and modify/add to the code and text between
HTML:
<! -- message -->
<div id="post_message_#">
and
</div>
<! -- / message -->
for the first message in the page source.
Yandros on 14/1/2009 at 15:58
Quote Posted by kamyk
@NV
But the faqs and stickys are posts that usually contain formatted hyperlinks with a textual description (hence the need for hyperlink codes).
Uhm.... you can do that with vBulletin's url tags... no need for html. Highlight the text and click the link button, enter the url. Voila!
Biohazard on 14/1/2009 at 17:08
Just send me a PM with what you think would be helpful in the FAQ and I will update it assuming its not breaking any forum rules.
