Meh Style Guide: Learn how to post good
38I wanted to let everyone know exactly what features our forums have in case you're having trouble posting that hilarious cat gif you love
There's a detailed but slightly outdated Changelog over at the Mediocre Forums.
So here's what you can do on the Meh forum, I'll keep this thread updated when new features come along.
Embeds
Image and gif embeds work when you paste in the image url directly, no forum code needed. If it ends in .jpg, .png, .gif, it’ll automatically embed. Unless it's from some weird site, in which case you should just upload it to imgur.
https://i.imgur.com/ bgwwQ1T.gif
That’s the url I pasted in that automagically makes the gif appear. I added a space so you can actually see it.
If you post the gallery link from imgur, it won't convert:
https://imgur.com/bgwwQ1T
notice it doesn't end in .jpg, .png, or .gif.
And if you don’t know how to upload a picture, try this: http://www.wikihow.com/Upload-Images-to-Imgur
You can also directly embed YouTube, Vimeo, and Vine videos the same way by just linking the URL:
( https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=X6tKZ-cg4RI )
( http://vimeo.com/ 91011679 )
( https://vine.co/ v/hWZ9mbJZaKE )
This works for Tweets, SoundCloud, and Kickstarter campaigns too.
( https:// twitter .com/mediocrelabs/status/443120596415569920 )
( https:// soundcloud .com/shawnmichaelmiller/lean-on-me )
( https:// www. kickstarter .com/projects/snapster/the-classic-daily-deal-site )
Lists
Make a bulleted list by using - (with a space before & after) in front of text.
- This is a list
- This is next on that same list
Make a numbered list by using 1.(with a space before & after) in front of text.
- Make post about formatting
- People point out you forgot about lists
- ???
- Profit.
Other Stuff
You can edit your comments, replies, and topic titles for up to 5 minutes after posting by clicking the edit button:
Tag other users by using the @ symbol and if they have the option enabled they’ll get an email, curse you @Ryaniel @marklog!
You can wrap your text with double tilde characters to strikethrough
Make a
Header
by placing a # before text on its own line.
You can do a
Block Quote
by using > (with the space after) on a new line.
If you really feel like getting in deep, we support MOST of the features from this list.
TL;DR: Read it to learn how to post good.
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FYI - To get the image link with the .jpg/.gif/.png etc. at the end - right click on the pic and click "copy image URL."
This doesn't work with all services.
Would it be possible to add in a pause or stop button for animated gifs? They are cool and all but pretty distracting to have it loop infinitely.
Do you use Chrome? https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/paused/lineaegmeiendabencimakjagjojcegk
@dave thank you
I use Chrome and this is so cool. Thanks @dave.
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@jont this is hot:
Yeah all of that was only about kickstarter.
That aside, I find the intelligence behind it cool. 'went on a rank', 'posted a link', 'watched a video', etc
You could add the ability to add tooltips to images. When I posted my loot in the fuku thread, I wasn't sure what adding those would do, so it was a nice surprise the way it turned out.
And a lot of this isn't working on IE11 either. I know that makes developers high-five each other (and that's before the brohugs and chest bumps), but make me independently wealthy (or buy off my employer's IT team) and I'll switch...
what's not working, the spoiler tags, or other things as well?
If the Vine is supposed to autoplay, it isn't, but it displays. The embedded tweet doesn't display, though. ...
If the money cat and the GIF are supposed to be hidden by spoiler tags, that's broken. So I guess more "coupla things" than "a lot."
you might have some embeds blocked at work
@editorkid Both are blurred for me using Chrome and Win7
Also, I found that the Disconnect plugin for Chrome was preventing tweets from showing for me
As far as I know, I'm using an utterly stock IE11. I don't think Microsoft has even discovered plugins yet. Except for Clippy, I mean.
You know what would be super awesome? Pages in the forums. Trying to load 300 posts with all the associated pics and gifs and whatnot takes FOREVER!!! I'm thinking maybe 30-40 posts per page?
Updated!
Bullet time (Not so good in gif form compared to the movie)
Updated!
In my ongoing efforts to be That Guy, now when I load up the forums in Android Chrome on my Nexus 5, it displays for a very brief moment and then vanishes. It's a blank page and trying to drag in any direction doesn't even give me the blue margin indicator that I've reached the edge of the page. Have fun with that one, coders!
sorry about that. Bleat.
I keep having trouble with images. Apparently, the absence of the suffix is part of my problem. But both imageshack and flickr, as far as I can see, don't give me urls with a suffix. And here at work--pretty much the time that I am on a PC--I can't go to many of the hosting sites. I get this:
Just the url: https://flic.kr/p/ogEboo
This is using the "link" button.
Help. Please. Sometimes my images have shown up (I think that may be when I'm just posting a link that someone else has posted and that conforms) and I guess I know part of what to look for, but WTF?
Okay, damnit, I found one that I can use.
Meh.
Yeah that's one of the reasons I suggest Imgur. It's free, easy, doesn't watermark, and you get the suffix URLs easily.
imgur is verboten. I don't think I've found one that I can use yet, 'cause it looks like SomeImage only gives me the suffix for a thumbnail.
So I guess this works, but it still looks thumbnailish:
You can also try http://tinypic.com/ or http://postimage.org/
@JonT Alas, both blocked. I think SomeImage is gonna work. I just need to play with it a little more.
can you use a public dropbox link?
Are these hanging up at your job?
Yeah, SomeImage seems to work, and, for the moment, isn't blocked.
Public link from a DropBox is a good idea too. I think I've got my solution for now. Just need to remember.
And, yes, I'm subversively goofing off at work. Not all of us have cool bosses like @snapster.
One thing I've learned working in the public sector: if you're committed, you can always find a way to do what you're not supposed to.
Your tax dollars at work. Gawds, I hate the comment limit.
Sometimes I get an extension on the other services too. I'm not sure I want to know this much about image hosting sites.
Thank God for http://knowyourmeme.com/ . You kids.
Now that I know how to post good, I should post things EVERYWHERE, right?
I like bumping this thread so it will make the forum homepage have the cat gif at the top.
On a serious note, where do we complain that the button that says meh.com/forum (top left) takes you to meh.com? How else can I refresh the forum? Use F5 like some sort of savage?
CURSE YOU @marklog
EDIT: Took me until now to hover over the thing and realize Meh.com links the the homepage and the forum part links to the forum....either way its marklog's fault.
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@JonT Is there a way to see the information that a hover shows on a touch screen?
Good question - maybe! Let me find out tomorrow for you.
Doesn't look like there is :( if you're using chrome you can hold on an image and it'll show you the hover text.
Using an iPad. I need to upgrade my computer to play here. Thanks for checking!
Bumping because I couldn't find it in my hour of need. Time for stickies?
@editorkid I've got this thread pinned as a tab in Firefox for just that reason
@editorkid
Just saw this on LifeHacker: http://lifehacker.com/add-gif-to-the-start-of-youtube-links-to-convert-vide-1623505908
For the folks not willing to read: add gif at the beginning of a youtube video link to get a gif of any youtube video- youtube has a built-in gif maker.
@dashcloud brb makin' gifs
bump
@JonT bump
@JonT
Since it's bumped, I'm testing formating within a reply box. - like a list - listing # or header # headering - maybe
strikethroughBut what about just a / new line1? // new line2? < new line3? << nl4? Wish I could be stupid on a new line within a reply box. Will check that list linked to markdown and keep trying mehybe.@mehjohnson
I hear doing < br > without the spaces gets you a
new line.
@mehjohnson
The reply box formatting is a bit different and doesn't take all of the same markdown code as the regular comment box.
However, you can use some <html> in replies that works.
Line breaks can be <BR> or <P>
@Thumperchick @dashcloud
Awesome!
Thank you both!
My replies will be a little
cleanerbetter-formatted from now on.@Thumperchick Aw man, you should know I don't use that one on purpose.
@JonT it's my favorite, though.
@mehjohnson Please blame @joelmw for me- someone else brought up the < br > tag, but I don't remember who. I'll blame @joelmw for my not knowing right away who shared that knowledge.
Dammit again @joelmw.
(That was mine.)
Also have to blame you on @dashcloud 's behalf:
Dammit @joelmw!
@joelmw Hope you're not getting too many emails on your (maybe) last goatday...
@mehjohnson @dashcloud Wha-? Huh? Sorry. Phoning it in and asleep on the job at the same time.
@mehjohnson @dashcloud This'll be your new hotline. Soon.
@Thumperchick That has to be one the most disturbing bumps I've seen. Ever. Only g****e could make it worse.
@joelmw We'll cross that bridge when we get to it...
@joelmw
@Thumperchick Cool! Let's test. This sentence has a BR after it.
And this sentence has a P after it.
And this sentence ends this reply.
@Thumperchick I sea what ewe did there.
@mehjohnson At least @Barney won't have a problem with, "What is your favorite color?"
@joelmw Way better bridge.
@joelmw @mehjohnson
I am Purple Barney.
I seek the Purple Goat.
I love purple.
@Barney Well answered. :-) I'm afraid I might have pulled a Sir Robin.
@joelmw No, you are a most excellent goat. Happy purple!
@Barney Just caught this one, great!
@Barney You're already a most excellent goat. :-)
@Thumperchick somewhere there is a thread that gave instructions how to do that and how to put the text in the grey box, That needs moved here so it is all in one place except I can't find it to do so.
@Kidsandliz
If that's what you're talking about, start a new line with > followed with a space and whatever text you want to quote.
@joelmw Nah. (purple blush)
@Kidsandliz You make a good point. It would be great to have a few threads that evolve with information as time goes on.
If you want to put something in a blockquote, in a comment reply, use the tag <blockquote> quoted stuff in between </blockquote> <P> your reply.
@Thumperchick Hmm that didn't work to put it in a gray box like the reply several people above you
@Kidsandliz that is because I was showing you the tag that makes it work...
@Kidsandliz
Or start a new line with ">" no quotes, space, and whatever text you want quoted.
This is what I posted:
> Hmm that didn't work to put it in a gray box like the reply several people above you
@Ignorant They seem to have added that option to replies, pretty recently, if I'm not mistaken.
ddoo tthee fforummss have any kinndd of autocorrecct for thossee o uss typinng wiitth ooour nneew JuuussttinCasee keyboards ?
@andipandi nnnnnnnnoooooooo.
@andipandi I hate that about Bluetooth keyboards.
You guys should really spend some time posting and editing main posts and especially replies on an iPad... Not sure what the deal is but it's hard, and the split keyboard doesn't seem to work well.
@Headly What you said. Worse with Chrome than Safari. My problems may be partly that my iPad is a 3 (v. 5s phone).
@Headly Which is to say, some things (especially Chrome from gmail, which is otherwise advantageous) are way better on my iPhone.
@joelmw I have an iPad Air with iOS 8.latest.
@kidsandliz @thumperchick I think this is the thread you're thinking of: https://meh.com/forum/topics/serious-post--who-handles-the-forum-coding
@dashcloud Yes thank you. That would be it.
@JonT @shawn why don't timestamps on youtube vids work? I want to start the following video at 38 seconds so the code would be
https:/ /www. youtube. com/watch?v = ykDkwvYzyw#t=38s
but regardless of the time stamp, the youtube starts at the beginning...
@unixrab go add support for that to mehdown and i'll merge it: https://github.com/mediocre/mehdown
@shawn ok! how do I do that? Never used mehdown before
@unixrab I've got more respect for you now- that's some good old hacker ethic there.
@dashcloud I'm tryin hard ;-)
No bullet?
block
Not block
tlideI don't get why my numbers turned into bullets
1. Item 1 on list
1. Another item 1?
1. Item 2?
2. Item 2er?
I give up, phones aren't fast enough for text editing
@mikibell
@mikibell
@Pavlov sorry..I refer to this thread whenever something goes terribly wrong in one of my posts :) (insert quite often!)
@mikibell You could pin this tab as an App Tab- it'll always be available then.
Bump with a question. I have been trying to post a pic from dropbox. The. pic url ends with .jpg?dl=0 and all I get is a small image box. I know I can use image shack or imgur, but I trying to do this from my mobile. Any advice @jont ?
@readnj I'm not a dropbox user, but I think you may be able to replace the "?dl=0" with "?raw=1" and it may work.
@readnj imgur works really well on mobile so I would just suggest uploading there, Dropbox has some weird image link issues because of privacy settings I think.
@ruouttaurmind That worked! Thanks
So, @sohmageek posted this:
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/vermontcountrystore/10308_12?id=cyJrm2&fmt=jpg&fit=constrain,1&wid=200&hei=480
which I can reduce to this:
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/vermontcountrystore/10308_12?id=cyJrm2.jpg
or this:
http://s7d5.scene7.com/is/image/vermontcountrystore/10308_12?cyJrm2.jpg
How come neither of the latter gives us the image?
@joelmw I get an image from all three URLs. But only by clicking the link for each. I don't see the image on this thread for any of the three.
@joelmw mmm. Current Jelly. Better than Old, or out of date jelly. Good man.
or it could just fall under
>Image and gif embeds work when you paste in the image url directly, no forum code needed. If it ends in .jpg, .png, .gif, it’ll automatically embed. Unless it's from some weird site, in which case you should just upload it to imgur.
@cj0e How about Out Of
@cj0e @rockblossom That's my point. The links lead to the image. The two latter urls end in "jpg". I guess they're just "from some weird site," which kinda seems like a copout to me. Imgur is a hassle, because my office network hates it. That's my copout. Which, anyway, having to upload an image to an approved site seems like unnecessary hassle to me anyway.
Not that any of this is uber important. As much as anything, I'm curious about what's wrong with the urls and/or site. @MEHcus, I'll give you another participation ribbon if you can tell me what the fuck's going on here.
@rockblossom How about toe jam? (Note: this is way less gross than some of the other hits.)
@joelmw Oh, I totatlly get you. My office hates flickr, photobucket, and many others. Most images don't load for me. Imgur is currently up - but it's only a matter of time.
also. toe jam. ( ⚆ _ ⚆ ) that's a bloody foot.
Learn how to post well and then you'll fit in.. Learn how to post good and my inner grammar nazi gets upset.
@juststephen i tell you what, imma learn me a book, then I can grammar good just like you can.
Oh, and it'd be cool if links from Yahoo screen et al. embedded nicely.
Bumpity bump bump
this is a test?actually this isalsothis
annnnd bump.
@attyvette
Been seeing some new usernames out there in the wild. Figured it would be time to bump this guy.
@connorbush today is the first time I saw @dickfarts
@Lotsofgoats I remember the first time I saw dick-farts. Beautiful.
@Lotsofgoats yeah i'm pretty sure I signed up when I was drunk.
Bump?
@connorbush
Do you make us upload our pictures elsewhere so you don’t have to host them? Or am I missing the part where I can pick one I just took and post it?
@alphapeaches turn your phone sideways, click reply or comment, click the mountain, and you can click the upload button… depending on the phone, how you access the image…
@mikibell I’d send you a screenshot of the lack of mountain icons, but…
@mikibell I’m on an iPhone, if that helps
@alphapeaches and you are turning your phone sideways and then hitting reply or comment??
it is really a pia…
and leaving it sideways??
@alphapeaches you can also use imgur… and upload there … then get the public link that ends with .jpg or such… and paste it
@mikibell still not seeing it…
@mikibell I give up.
@alphapeaches next to the 101 icon
@RiotDemon there are literally no icons even sideways for me…
@alphapeaches did you turn the phone before clicking on reply?