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[FAQ] Q: Blog posts/responses markup?

Hey IB,

Is this a plain textbox? Do you have any sort of markup enabled? HTML? BBCode? Textile?

I'm not asking to post massive bold coloured text or anything, just perhaps for links 'n' things, or to insert self-hosted images in our posts?

Thanks very much.

Posted by justG on Mar 10, 2007 in Blab | 3 comments

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watehey on Mar 10, 2007

Yes, that would be nice.

As would the ability to edit our own posts.

I was kinda hoping that the "New IconBuffet" would have used a real message board like IPB, vB, etc. *sigh*

justG on Mar 10, 2007

Yeah, that Vanilla software really isn't mature enough, eh? Even SMF is better. It's lightweight, fast, simple UI, but still pretty robust. I guess IB wanted to roll their own, though, perhaps to better integrate it with the icon distribution/sharing? I mean, I guess, if one day they decide that community participation will count for something, by coding their own solution they've given themselves room for growth that will enable them to work that in somehow. A ready-made solution would've likely had to have been hacked to death to be so well integrated, if it were even possible.

Dunno, just speculating as usual. =)

kari on Mar 10, 2007

I'd guess adding something like textile or markdown woldn't be impossible, as most web app languages have ready libraries for them.