Wednesday, Jul 8, 2009
For anyone that uses the forums on this site you'll know why this place is called Glitchspot. One of the most horrid and annoying glitches this site has is the HTML error message. So I'm going to give you some tips on how to avoid getting this message.
The first, and most effective, way of avoiding the HTML errors is to turn off the WYSIWYG editor. What the WYSIWYG editor does is add HTML to your posts for formatting. Normally this would be a good thing, since you don't have to add the HTML yourself. But the WYSIWYG editor that GS uses is horrible coded and doesn't work. It produces crap HTML that leads to the HTML errors you get. Turning it off will greatly improve your chances of avoiding HTML errors. You can turn the WYSIWYG editor off by clicking the Options link(top right of page). In the popup window click the forum tab and uncheck the "Use WYSIWYG editor" option, then click Apply Changes.
Now some of you might want to keep using the WYSIWYG editor, there are still some things you can do to avoid the HTML errors. Most of the HTML errors you will get is because you have unclosed tags. Since the introduction of the wide forums, GS has switched to XHTML strict. What this means is that all tags must be closed, or the HTML isn't valid, this includes one sided tags. For the most part, the WYSIWYG editor closes double sided tags just fine, but it doesn't close one sided tags. So what you need to do is close the one sided tags.
Here is what a two sided tag looks like:
As you can see, there is an opening tag and a closing tag. Here is what a one sided tag looks like:
As you can see there is only one tag. In non-strict HTML the code I just showed you would be a okay, but not in XHTML. The problem with the code is that the tag isn't closed. This is how a closed tag would look like:
That one little " / " is the biggest producer of HTML errors you are going to get when using the WYSIWYG editor. So you have to go in and change this manually. To edit this, you need to get access to the HTML of the post. In the WYSIWYG editor click the HTML icon, this will bring up a popup with the HTML of the post. Go through the post and add the necessary closing " / " You should make sure all one sided tags are closed, the most common tags used are:
Hopefully this tips will help you avoid the HTML errors. These are just tips that I've found to work, there is no guaranteed that they will work for you.
The first, and most effective, way of avoiding the HTML errors is to turn off the WYSIWYG editor. What the WYSIWYG editor does is add HTML to your posts for formatting. Normally this would be a good thing, since you don't have to add the HTML yourself. But the WYSIWYG editor that GS uses is horrible coded and doesn't work. It produces crap HTML that leads to the HTML errors you get. Turning it off will greatly improve your chances of avoiding HTML errors. You can turn the WYSIWYG editor off by clicking the Options link(top right of page). In the popup window click the forum tab and uncheck the "Use WYSIWYG editor" option, then click Apply Changes.
Now some of you might want to keep using the WYSIWYG editor, there are still some things you can do to avoid the HTML errors. Most of the HTML errors you will get is because you have unclosed tags. Since the introduction of the wide forums, GS has switched to XHTML strict. What this means is that all tags must be closed, or the HTML isn't valid, this includes one sided tags. For the most part, the WYSIWYG editor closes double sided tags just fine, but it doesn't close one sided tags. So what you need to do is close the one sided tags.
Here is what a two sided tag looks like:
As you can see, there is an opening tag and a closing tag. Here is what a one sided tag looks like:
As you can see there is only one tag. In non-strict HTML the code I just showed you would be a okay, but not in XHTML. The problem with the code is that the tag isn't closed. This is how a closed tag would look like:
That one little " / " is the biggest producer of HTML errors you are going to get when using the WYSIWYG editor. So you have to go in and change this manually. To edit this, you need to get access to the HTML of the post. In the WYSIWYG editor click the HTML icon, this will bring up a popup with the HTML of the post. Go through the post and add the necessary closing " / " You should make sure all one sided tags are closed, the most common tags used are:
Hopefully this tips will help you avoid the HTML errors. These are just tips that I've found to work, there is no guaranteed that they will work for you.
Tuesday, Jun 9, 2009
Instead of bumping the GS theme thread once again I'm just going to do this blog post. =P
I've been working on improving the Opacity theme here and there. One major area I needed to improve was unions. I finally got around to fixing the union pages! =P I've made the union pages the same width as the wide forums. I've also changed the header and footer of union pages to better match the rest of the site. Here is the preview:
***SPOILER***
Here are some other things I changed:
- Quote image(see Soapbox side column)
- More things are rounded
- Page navigation links no longer have border
- Thread list no longer has border
- Other things I'm too lazy to type =P
If you have anything you want changed or improved in the theme feel free to PM me(I can't test everything on the site -.-;
Also, I should update the other themes to match the opacity theme better sometime. I don't use any of the other themes anymore and I haven't bothered to update them for a while. =P
In other news, I like how flexible the Opacity theme is. I've been switching images from time to time, here are couple of my favorite ones:
Mario***SPOILER***
Shiori
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Mio
***SPOILER***
Samus
***SPOILER***
Tuesday, Jun 2, 2009
So what do you think about Nintendo's conference?I think it went okay. Nintendo had some good games to show, although more would have been nice.
New Super Mario Bros Wii
This game has potential but it isn't happening just yet. The demo looked below average. The graphics look like they are taken directly from the DS and the level design wasn't impressive. The idea of having a cop-op Mario game might work, but I'm skeptical about it at this point.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
I'm looking forward to this one. I loved the first game and I'm hoping this one is just as good. But they are going to need to bring in some new elements, the demo looked very similar to the first Galaxy, which isn't bad but we don't want straight up repeats. Although I am loving that Yoshi is back! ^_^
Golden Sun DS
I've never played a Golden Sun game so I can't comment on it much. The trailer got me interested though, I should probably check out the Golden Sun games sometime.
Metroid: The Other M
This one is interesting. I'm excited for this one; it will be fun to see what they come up with. It does seem it's going to be different then past 3d Metroid games, which isn't bad. I was expecting a new Metroid game, especially since Nintendo is making the remake of the first Metroid Prime games. I have high hopes for this game! =3
New Super Mario Bros Wii
This game has potential but it isn't happening just yet. The demo looked below average. The graphics look like they are taken directly from the DS and the level design wasn't impressive. The idea of having a cop-op Mario game might work, but I'm skeptical about it at this point.
Super Mario Galaxy 2
I'm looking forward to this one. I loved the first game and I'm hoping this one is just as good. But they are going to need to bring in some new elements, the demo looked very similar to the first Galaxy, which isn't bad but we don't want straight up repeats. Although I am loving that Yoshi is back! ^_^
Golden Sun DS
I've never played a Golden Sun game so I can't comment on it much. The trailer got me interested though, I should probably check out the Golden Sun games sometime.
Metroid: The Other M
This one is interesting. I'm excited for this one; it will be fun to see what they come up with. It does seem it's going to be different then past 3d Metroid games, which isn't bad. I was expecting a new Metroid game, especially since Nintendo is making the remake of the first Metroid Prime games. I have high hopes for this game! =3
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