RatTrap
November 29th, 2001, 19:06
actually.. hehe.. i just now checked the html of the board.. and oh man does it need help.. i bet you could strip like 5k of useless tags.. the board works great.. the html works.. but it could be way better.. anyways.. to fix this lil problem:..
where you have the whole reply plus the signature it right now looks like this..
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="175" valign="top" nowrap>
[* here goes the Avatar plus posts and nick and
all that info.. it takes about 160 pixels in
height.. and yes that is important to know *]
</td>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="100%" valign="top">
[* here goes the actual post.. mostly blablablablabla..
and so on plus a few standard html tags..
then comes the screwy part.. check this out *]
<p><font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2" ><br>
__________________<br>
- RatTrap, unf</font></p>
[* yep.. that is the signature code.. ouch..
and then comes the rant on the poster links *]
<p></p>
<p align="right"><font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="1" ><a href="report.php?s=&postid=360">Report this post to a moderator</a> | IP: <a href="postings.php?s=&action=getip&postid=360">Logged</a></font></p>
[* double ouch.. *]
</td>
</tr>
but.. if this is complicated a lil further.. like so:..
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="175" valign="top" nowrap>
[* avtar stuff in here.. just like b4..
remember about 160 pixels in height *]
</td>
<td bgcolor="#DFDFDF" width="100%" valign="top">
[* instead of putting the post text in here..
oh and check out this next tables height="160" *]
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%" height="160">
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="top" height="100%">
[* we put all the post text in here..
make sure to put the <td >'s height to 100% *]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#aaaaaa">
<img src="nothing.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"><br>
[* this one one is for the line between the post and the
signature.. and don't forget the <br> on the end..*]
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
[* here starts the signature and rant links table *]
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="100%">
<tr>
<td align="left" valign="bottom">
<font face="verdana, arial, helvetica" size="2">
- RatTrap, unf</font>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="bottom">
<font face="verdana,arial,helvetica" size="1" >
<a href="report.php?s=&postid=360">Report this post to a moderator</a> | IP: <a href="postings.php?s=&action=getip&postid=360">Logged</a> </font>
<br>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
[* and end both tables.. *]
</td>
</tr>
well.. it should work on most webbbrowsers.. haven't really tried it out that much.. but it's pretty standard.. i'm almost 99% sure it works on both IE4 and NS4.5 and higher.. and i don't think you need to use divs and stuff like that or use html 4.1 stuff.. coz i mean.. it would require the whole site to be rewritten kind of.. the html works.. it's good.. but it could be improved a whole lot.. be made more efficient and look nicer.. i know my code looks like a whole lot more.. but if you added for example.. good style sheets.. and got rid of all the uneeded extra <p> and <font> tags everywhere.. in the end you would have whole lot less html code to worrie about and a much cleaner looking source.. also.. yes.. you would end up striping like 5k html tags i bet.. depending on the page i guess.. if it has many posts etc..
hope nobody gets mad at me for the bashing or whatever this was.. just trying to help :).. laterz..