Using HTML in forums / profile

[Podie]

Thought I'd try and tidy up the old profile a bit, and make it easier to read, so thought I'd drag out some HTML and slap it in a table. Now the table works well enough... but I get a HUGE gap between this text and the table... am I doing something wrong, or does PH not support it...? Ted..?

<table border="1" width="55%" id="table1">
<tr>
<td width="354">Pie</td>
<td>£56.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="354">Bacon</td>
<td>£25.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="354">More Pie</td>
<td>£16.25</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="354">Beer</td>
<td>£45.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="354">Wine</td>
<td>£65.00</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="354"> </td>
<td> </td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td width="354"><b>Total (inc VAT)</b></td>
<td><b>£207.25</b></td>
</tr>
</table>

[UncleDave]

Edit: Whooopss, looks like the profiles don't support it... Seemed to work for a minute!
Oh well You could use an image..

Steal this if you want it

Dave.



>> Edited by UncleDave on Tuesday 2nd August 10:50

[Podie]

hmm... not ideal, but an image might be the way forward... just so much neater putting costs in a table.

[PetrolTed]

Sorry, don't support HTML any more as some people starting abusing the facility.

[JonRB]

Ted - perhaps you could extend your pseudo-BBCode to include basic formatting, or even better adopt the Wiki formatting codes in addition to the current ones.

The Wiki codes being...

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Horizontal ruler

{{{, }}}
Begin/end code block (equivalent to HTML <PRE>

[text|link]
Create a hyperlink where the link text is different from the actual hyperlink link.

*
Make a bulleted list (must be in first column). Use more (**) for deeper indentations.

#
Make a numbered list (must be in first column). Use more (##, ###) for deeper indentations.

|text|more text|
Makes a table. Double bars for a table heading.

Not an exhaustive list. See here for more info.

(If you don't like {{{ and }}} then [pre] and [/pre] would be equally useful).

>> Edited by JonRB on Tuesday 2nd August 15:07

[PetrolTed]

I was looking at that the other day. Good idea which I'll implement in the next version.

[JonRB]

Actually, talking of formatting codes, it looks like there is a bug in the interpretation of a closing brace causing a winking smiley.
I've already noticed that a quotation mark followed by a closing brace is displayed as a wink, but by the looks of my previous post a closing angle brace followed by a closing brace does the same.

[JonRB]

'Tis the time to be bumping old suggestions. Yarrr.