A sad nooby question...

[Incompl te]

I'm new to the escapist (and forums in general) and just a bit of a newby question. How do you make the spoiler boxes, where when you click on it it comes up with the writing inside. Sorry if this is completely nooby and easy to acomplish but i'm just a bit lost about that.

Thanks for your help

 

[PureChaos]

and how do you do it so that when you put a link to a web page you click on a word (normally 'here', as in 'click here') rather than copy and pasting the web address?

 

[Galletea]

Well the easiest way is to quote a spoiler.

Spoiler

like this one

 

[black lincon]

Spoiler

the stuff you want to put in it[*spoiler]
where the "*" is you put a "/"
look in the forum threads started by mods and people who work for the escapist, they explain a lot of things like this.

 

[InvisibleMilk]

Spoiler

it's simple

 

[chromewarriorXIII]

Use the tags spoiler and /spoiler.

[*spoiler] the /spoiler except with [ and ].

It will look like this:

Spoiler

This is how it should be if you did it right.

 

[GothmogII]

For the url: Type in *your text here* [] The web address or link goes -right- after the = symbol. The your text here spot is where you place the word that is going to be turned into a link.

Example: This is the Escapist [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/]

 

[The Rusk]

Spoiler

I did it!

 

[Jamash]

Just quote a post with those features in it & you see how it's done.

I don't mean to sound facetious, but it'll be far easier for you to quote and see for yourself than have it explained to you.

That's how I learnt how to do it & I don't even know how else I could easily explain it (I'm crap at explaining technical things).

 

[Incompl te]

ok thankyou everyone really helped me out

 

[742]

god dammit i thought it would let me... nevermind, i have double posted, and must now take the only honorable path left open. and you you have ANY idea how expensive katanas are this time of year?

 

[742]

well... you just make absolutely sure you dont overuse spoilers. be responsible, this is a great power you weild.

 

[rossatdi]

I'm new to the escapist (and forums in general) and just a bit of a newby question. How do you make the spoiler boxes, where when you click on it it comes up with the writing inside. Sorry if this is completely nooby and easy to acomplish but i'm just a bit lost about that.

Thanks for your help

If you want to put text in the spoiler headline:

(spoiler="Whatever you want to say.")(spoiler="The next sentence...")And the punchline.(/spoiler)(/spoiler)

Spoiler: Whatever you want to say.

Spoiler: The next sentence...

And the punchline.

 

[Mr Fatherland]

Spoiler

Easy!

 

[PedroSteckecilo]

One should never be afriad to ask the escapist community a legitimate question, we're not the Gamespot forums or 4chan. So basically unless you are...

a) A Jerk
b) With poor spelling

You won't likely be insulted for asking something "noobish".

 

[Baneat]

Really, newbie is a better term for virgin forum users. Better than noob anyway.

 

[FrankDux]

One should never be afriad to ask the escapist community a legitimate question, we're not the Gamespot forums or 4chan. So basically unless you are...

a) A Jerk
b) With poor spelling

You won't likely be insulted for asking something "noobish".

Agreed, people are really laid back and generally pretty damn friendly in just about all circumstances.

 

[hamster mk 4]

I am realy glad this thread was started, I have had the same question but have been afraid to ask.

 

[Ace of Spades]

Spoiler

Oh my god Spoilers!

 

[flare09]

No, no it didn't work.