Well, Shaun asked me to enable the html code thing so we can post tables. I have done that, but he says the tables still ain't working. I wouldn't know, cos I don't know about all that code malarky, so I just wanna know....


.....can no one get tables? If not, I'll contact my superiors... ;) :)

Let me see...

<table>
<tr>
<th>Header 1</th>
<th>Header 2</th>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>data 11</td>
<td>data 12</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>data 21</td>
<td>data 22</td>
</tr>
</table>

No, it doesn't work.

Okay, that's very odd. I'll get on it. :)

They say put
doHTML (between square brackets [ ])
before the HTML code and
/doHTML (with [ ])
at the end.
But it still don't work ...

see
Ref:
http://support.invisionfree.com/index.php?showtopic=251181

I had a look at the invisionfree website. Nowhere does it say that HTML can be included AND parsed. It is possible to include HTML code for highlighting. I found a number of extra codes that can be used although there are no buttons for them.

I will not post these unless Bryan says it is OK to do so.

You have to hunt around the help section.
That's where I found the doHTML coding.

I dont see why you wouldnt post it. Post away!! :)

Well, the link BB Code Help has been staring me in the face under the smilies. I did a bit of looking around this is what I found:

The InvisionFree website got by deleting the URL of this forum back to .com states:

I don't know whether you have all that software or not.


Now when I realised it was BB code I googled "Hidden BBCodes table" and came up with a page from the skeptics society of all things.
http://www.skepticforum.com/faq.php?mode=bbcode
Nevertheless, this page shows you how to write tables. I tried it and it didn't work. Now there is a section on this page that says:

So I thought, ah "phpBB 2.0". So I looked to see if it says what version the dozenal forum is.

Well, the bottom of each page in the dozenal forum reads:

I don't know if the "v" there stands for version, but if it does, does that mean that we are using version 1.3 instead of 2.0? I suspect not because I think it refers to the version of "powerboard rather than the version of anything else.

Nevertheless, out of date software might that explain why we can't post tables.
The strange thing is that the software requirements are supposedly for PHP 4.3+ so "phpBB 2.0" would appear to be an older verson yet it still apparantly supports tables. Would it be possible to upgrade to 2.0 or 4.3+ if necessary?

This should post a very colourful table using BBCode but it doesn't.

[table][mrow]Main Row Column 1[col]Main Row Column 2[col color=red]Main Row Column 3[col color=#FF0000]Main Row Column 4[row]Regular Row Column 1[col]Regular Row Column 2[col color=red]Regular Row Column 3[col color=#FF0000]Regular Row Column 4[row color=blue]Colored Row 1 Column 1[col]Colored Row 1 Column 2[col color=red]Colored Row 1 Column 3[col color=#FF0000]Colored Row 1 Column 4[row color=#0000FF]Colored Row 2 Column 1[col]Colored Row 2 Column 2[col color=red]Colored Row 2 Column 3[col color=#FF0000]Colored Row 2 Column 4[/table]

According to the invisonfree website help section on "Your Personal Messenger", HTML code can be used in personal messages , but says nothing about in the main forums.

As for the reference provided to the invisionfree website by Shaun, it gives some suggestions but they are just that, suggestiions posted to the website by other invisonfree users. The second posting in that thread does give another hint. It says the administrator should try the following.

This does not say anything about BBcode.

So Bryan, is there such a facility in the Admin CP and if so have you enabled it?

Just in case there is, and you have, I'll try the following test, which if it works fine, if not, over to you Bryan.

[doHTML]
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>Hi Folks</TD><TD>Spaces</TD><TD><Hello World</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Line 2 Col 1</TD><TD></TD><TD>Line 2 Col 3</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
[/doHTML]

Well that didn't work 'cause this is what I typed with the open and close doHTML tags without a space following the opening brace "[".


[ doHTML]
<TABLE>
<TR>
<TD>Hi Folks</TD><TD>Spaces</TD><TD><Hello World</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD>Line 2 Col 1</TD><TD></TD><TD>Line 2 Col 3</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
[ /doHTML]

<_<

Okay guys, I have it enabled now. Sorry for the delay. :)

OK Does this work? Note there is a space after the opening and closing doHTML tags following the opening "[" in the example code below. With these removed the table below is what you get

[ doHTML]
<TABLE BORDER=2 bordercolor="gold">
<TR>
<TR><TD>Line1 Col1</TD><TD>Line1 Col2</TD><TD>Line1 Col3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Line2 Col1</TD><TD>Line2 Col2</TD><TD>Line2 Col3</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
[ /doHTML]

[doHTML]
<TABLE BORDER=2 bordercolor="gold">
<TR>
<TR><TD>Line1 Col1</TD><TD>Line1 Col2</TD><TD>Line1 Col3</TD></TR>
<TR><TD>Line2 Col1</TD><TD>Line2 Col2</TD><TD>Line2 Col3</TD></TR>
</TABLE>
[/doHTML]

YES!!!!!! Go for it!

Do those "doHTML" tags allow to insert whatever HTML code one needs, or is it restricted to table-related code?

BTW, is there a way to enable TeX? This would make posting mathematical expressions so much easier.

[doHTML]It ^looks like _you can use <blink>any</blink> HTML tag, <font style="text-decoration: overline">including</font> <a href=".">tags</a> <strong>already</strong> <em>available</em> <font style="color: maroon">with the [] tags</font>.
<hr>
<marquee>You can make your posts look like ransom notes!</marquee>
Just don't overdo it.
[/doHTML]

By the way, here are the additional BB codes I found on invisionfree's website. I have created two copies of each example, one with an extra space after the opening "[" tag to prevent it from being parsed followed by a valid version to show the effect.

Hidden BBCodes
In addition to the BBCodes such as bold or underline, there are several BBCodes that have no buttons.

[ hr] can be used to make a horizontal line as a divider.

---

[ sup]superscript[/sup] will make superscript text.
^superscript

[ sub]subscript[/sub] will make subscript text.
_subscript

[ html]<a href="www">link</a>[/html] highlights HTML code.

[ sql]SELECT * FROM table;[/sql] highlights SQL queries.

However, now we have the doHTML enabled, these are probably redundant.