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MINI CHALLENGE!

I'm currently rewriting the FAQ, as the board has moved on a bit since it was last updated.

I need a few pictures to illustrate it - just to give a few laughs amongst all the talk of filesizes and html tags.

Something along the lines of Cthonic's classic:

While you are at it, if anybody has suggestions for what should be included or handy links that will help new b3tans out (free image hosts etc) then please feel free to suggest them here too.

Cheers.

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Mystery_Bob, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:08, archived)

cool

imageshack.us - photobucket.com are two sites you might wanna include

edit - link to the 4rthur dictionary - explain 'glassco.cx' to n00bs and possibly link to gimbo's freeware list :)

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connor, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:09, archived)

agreed

although photobucket appears to be borked at the mo

edit: apparently something to do with a power surge

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kingkong., Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:11, archived)

made you an L plate pic :)

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connor, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:19, archived)

I'd like to see a meme resource.

With an explanation of who they are and their history etc.

(eyebrows, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 9:46, archived)

try this for that and a lot more

www.milkthebridge.co.uk/glasscock/index.asp

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Professor Fnord Regius Professor of B3ta Chronology, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 13:58, archived)

do you REALLY want to encourage unimaginative pics from the new people?

let them decide what to shop i say.

(TheBigOne, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 10:15, archived)

i know you want to add it =P

edit/ and don't forget ukdragon.com/b3ta

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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:11, archived)

haha that's ace! I'd never heard it before

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Or is it?, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:15, archived)

That

is fucking class.

(what ?, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:36, archived)

Fucking WOO!

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Bob Todd whee, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 9:18, archived)

A link to trout's gif optimizer

and perhaps MS GIF Animator for people like me who find the GIMP a bit complicated.

(Gimbo, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:11, archived)

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Lazlo Woodbine Panowie!, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:11, archived)

blimey

that was quick

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kingkong., Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:12, archived)

i think it's a repost

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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:13, archived)

Tis indeed.

Sorry

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Lazlo Woodbine Panowie!, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:33, archived)

hows about

www.whatareweyourredexphotoshoppingsluts.com?

pkkh!

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giant_squid, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:12, archived)

Why on earth

did i click that

(doctorgeorge It's good to be back, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:13, archived)

mwahahaha

hahahahahahahaha

pkkhow!

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giant_squid, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:14, archived)

Please enlighten me

what does that funny little abbreviation mean, my friend?

(doctorgeorge It's good to be back, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:15, archived)

it's something Sid said.

I'd post a picture of the living legend. But photobucket is b0rked.

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giant_squid, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:21, archived)

ah Touché

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Mu Dinofiddler, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:14, archived)

Yes

that is exactly what you are.

Now get to work and stop talking back, bitch.

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Mystery_Bob, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:15, archived)

You forgot

the pimp slap!

(doctorgeorge It's good to be back, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:16, archived)

About time!

Woo!

edit - whatever you do, keep it as short as possible. people tend to just look at either the first few words or the html code.

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Or is it?, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:12, archived)

Perhaps a table of contents

would eliminate the selective reading....
or encourage it...
much like the school nurse handing out condoms...
:S

(ShigTheNewt isn't funny. -_-, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 10:58, archived)

A link to

Artrage in the "easy to use packages" thingy. It's free and fun for all the family. Except Uncle Tony the war veteran. It gives him 'Nam flashbacks.

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The Neville What what what, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:12, archived)

Include

the glasscock website.

In big, bold type.

(MooCow_Byter, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:13, archived)

agreed

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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:14, archived)

And explain more to what its for

I only just found it last week. Oh and a big applause to whoever found the domain, very witty.

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Grundlebiscuit, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:16, archived)

lemony's guide to optimisation is pretty handy...

www.lemony.co.uk/optimisation.htm

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eclectech is older but no wiser, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:15, archived)

I was wondering if that was still around

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Or is it?, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:16, archived)

but he mentions friggin' tiffs, but not pngs

what is he, a pngphobe?

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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:19, archived)

pngs are a bit rubbish in ie though aren't they?

and a lot of packages out there are pretty poor at making them without vastly inflating the size...

that said i don't think tiffs are a viable option either, but the 'how to make animations smaller' bit is invaluable advice when you're moaning at someone about the size of their file :)

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eclectech is older but no wiser, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:23, archived)

true true about the animations

but IE users can get to fuck, i loveth my PNGs so

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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:25, archived)

arf!

much as i understand your sentiments i prefer to make things that as many people as possible can see... unfortunately that still means ie...

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eclectech is older but no wiser, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:27, archived)

hmm... i have that problem here

www.beaverroad.org.uk/new/

but it's got alpha transparency, so the edges blend..

guess i could php-scriptify it so that it changes according to the browser...

if i knew php....

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Naive Amoeba Bored Cig, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:30, archived)

pngs are fine in IE. IE users don't see PNG transparency, that's all.

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Mr. Bell Division, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 21:03, archived)

which makes them a bit rubbish in ie...

as that is one of the main reasons people like to use them

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eclectech is older but no wiser, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 21:13, archived)

yes

that would be helpful

(nonsense, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 0:00, archived)

a link to gimbo's freeware list would be good

www.gimber.co.uk/content/freeware/

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MrSanity has maybe kicked the WoW habit forever, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:19, archived)

...

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Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:38, archived)

The magic donkey

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giant_squid, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:39, archived)

"A donkey arrives

precisely when he means to"

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Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:43, archived)

I like the donkey.

(clutch puppy, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 4:42, archived)

or this:

(exabopper - I see what you did there!, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 20:53, archived)

Suggested guidline

(drnuclear, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:42, archived)

I like that!

Simple and effective.

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Rev. A-MOL is lurking around these parts again, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:45, archived)

That's good, that is.

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Bob Todd whee, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 9:28, archived)

I am so sorry

(Fraser -Click for the shrine, and try to beat it!, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:48, archived)

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chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 19:57, archived)

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chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 20:03, archived)

nicely

done

(nonsense, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 23:54, archived)

Maybe a lexicon

of all the longer-lived b3tan slang. Like, what does it mean when people say, "Your post is retarded you retarded tarding tard."??

(ZugZwang refuses to update his profile., Thu 16 Sep 2004, 20:32, archived)

All words used on B3ta

can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary. We eschew slang, colloquialisms, and other forms of jargon which forestall understanding and concise dialogue.

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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sat 18 Sep 2004, 15:46, archived)

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eclectech is older but no wiser, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 20:45, archived)

It would be more effective if it was transparent.

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rabid peanut - s'fucking right, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 20:52, archived)

transparencies make the filesize bigger...

and if they decide to use it in the faq the background is white so it wouldn't really add anything.

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eclectech is older but no wiser, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 21:01, archived)

Someone

had posted a diagram on the board that showed BMP vs. GIF vs. JPG which would be a good addition also.

(drnuclear, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 15:45, archived)

Icons. La la la la.

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rabid peanut - s'fucking right, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 20:50, archived)

like it

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rob, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 23:54, archived)

And while we're on the subject of donations...

Rob, post your IBAN (international bank acc. no.) and BIC (international branch no.) along with your other account details so we expats can donate, too. If you do, it'll cost pennies for me to donate but without, Mr. Banker will take the whole donation.

(nugchuts, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 19:07, archived)

PLUS! may I show to you these wonderful ICONS!?!?!?

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rabid peanut - s'fucking right, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 20:56, archived)

Oooh can I show mine?

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mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:12, archived)

Or this one

while we're at it

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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sat 18 Sep 2004, 15:12, archived)

ahem,

where's the shark and the bridg?

(Rhythm pants, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 17:56, archived)

Here's a couple:

(exabopper - I see what you did there!, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 21:02, archived)

hmmm...

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wingpig wish I'd known about liquify 23 years ago, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 21:24, archived)

sorry again

Edit: "I forgot the upload codes"
Please don't kill me.

(Fraser -Click for the shrine, and try to beat it!, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 21:34, archived)

Remember kids, if you read the FAQ you will be able to post images properly and prevent this from happening all the bloody time

and spam for the kids

(1, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 22:00, archived)

ooooooooh

that's a good site

what?

/runs

(Sweep, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:20, archived)

this might be a bit rude for the fack, but i'm proud of it

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stevierar, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 22:30, archived)

who is it that has that lovely fluffy pic demonstrating a good size for an image?

and a little animal holding a board up that is 280px?

you know the one i mean... cunts.

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Delete Me, Thu 16 Sep 2004, 22:41, archived)

Yes, that was good.

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chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 8:30, archived)

ooh... that's me?

feel free to edit in order to remove the top cat.

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stup0t, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 18:14, archived)

here's a reworking

not sure if it lost a certain something...

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stup0t, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 19:33, archived)

While you are at it

Add Beattie to the image kit!

(Pimms'N'Lemonade thinks you are a twat, prove me wrong., Thu 16 Sep 2004, 23:16, archived)

I dunno who

maintains the b3ta kit these days, but it isn't me.

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Mystery_Bob, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 1:18, archived)

Lazygamer.

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rabid peanut - s'fucking right, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 21:41, archived)

Well...

The Ipod bandwagon may be long long long gone, but I stand by this:

Also www.photobucket.com is handy for image hosting.

(tehendz, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 0:04, archived)

solid advice for b3tans

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mikemystery blames the parents, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:42, archived)

link to the 4rthur dictionary

i know, it's 4rthur. but it's the slang that counts... and god knows i needed to know what the hell "hi cockalorum" meant when i ended my 250 day lurkage.

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AgentMuu hentai coordination, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 0:18, archived)

very true

i was going to suggest this myself, but apparently you beat me to it. you get a gold star.

(nonsense, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 23:59, archived)

Include Macromedia Fireworks

in your list of image manipulating applications.

It's cocking great.

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newg rum n coke, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 0:35, archived)

seconded!

Thank you! Fireworks is the best when it comes to keeping the file size small

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xandmi, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 10:05, archived)

you knows it!

i wouldn't use anything else... it's great for use with flash and dreamweaver too.

i'm such a macromedia geek...

(notjustahatrack peeling a sausage..., Fri 17 Sep 2004, 16:41, archived)

agreed.

fireworks has the best optimisation options i've ever seen.

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newg rum n coke, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 8:06, archived)

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chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 8:48, archived)

Hehehe!

Effective!

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xandmi, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 10:24, archived)

I was going to do something like that,

so I'll do another one to make the point, just in a less funny way, to illustrate the point. If you see what I mean.

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Matazone has new icons, but is keeping this one, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:12, archived)

FAQ

(uttertosser, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 9:51, archived)

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xandmi, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 10:23, archived)

Haha

deliciously subtle.

(tehendz, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:47, archived)

(hope I didn't make any spelling mistakes!)

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Zak McFlimby Twibbling @McFlimby, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 11:52, archived)

ooh

melikes

(brazzin, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 22:46, archived)

I like that very much

how does one follow a face looking like an arse?

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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sat 18 Sep 2004, 15:16, archived)

Threadjack

(Lambkin, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:05, archived)

Ooh! Lovely!

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RedHouse over yonder, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:42, archived)

I made this ages ago

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StickFigureNinja is worried he may be on the list, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:31, archived)

bad PUN's should be punnished

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The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:43, archived)

SFW / NSFW

MOD EDIT: There is not much point haveing illustrations that we have to linkify themselves. Erect penises tend to be NSFW

This should clear it up for good. aargh, is this SFW or NSFW?

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shin0r, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:43, archived)

Oi! Mod!

Don't you mean 'penii'?

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rabid peanut - s'fucking right, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 17:12, archived)

bad puns

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The little pink animal is mostly harmless, except on, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:44, archived)

Repost Whore!!!

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RedHouse over yonder, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:43, archived)

be nice to newbies?

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tweaknik, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:53, archived)

pretty

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rob, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 16:10, archived)

well

it's a feeble rp, but hey...

(haberman is singing in the changes, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 12:54, archived)

Chairman Furtive's little red book

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When the internet was all fields, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 13:56, archived)

i think thats

quite beautiful Aww.

(niceandwarmandhot vive la résistance, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 15:03, archived)

Have a half-arsed redexy painmash, for what it's worth

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Newington, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:00, archived)

Impotent posters

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Jay, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:10, archived)

Here's one

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mikemystery blames the parents, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:38, archived)

And some advice for trolls...

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mikemystery blames the parents, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:48, archived)

and finally

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mikemystery blames the parents, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 14:50, archived)

i love that, i do

it's perfect for the faq

(notjustahatrack peeling a sausage..., Fri 17 Sep 2004, 22:49, archived)

oooh,

I like that one

(norumbegan, Tue 21 Sep 2004, 4:24, archived)

Made this yonks ago

Feel free to make it a litle bit smaller.
Its Guido!

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Blobcat Less Jaffacakes this year, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 16:06, archived)

Nice picture

but why would you put "please read the FAQ" in the FAQ?

(drnuclear, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 16:32, archived)

Maybe include a list...

...of the most boring, least imaginative replies people waste your bandwidth with?

Such as:

'Bigger!'

'I still would.'

and so on. And presumably some sort of threat of horrible punishment for posting them?

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Afinkawan Yes I can hear you Clem Fandango, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 16:15, archived)

I still would but bigger

oops

(kunti lala if we can't be free can we at least be cheap., Fri 17 Sep 2004, 17:17, archived)

One for the whitespace wasters

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jola, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 17:33, archived)

If you like something

let the person know with a

(StinkyCheeseMan, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 18:13, archived)

i agree

have a:

(Mrt1977, Tue 21 Sep 2004, 20:40, archived)

I Humbly Offer

This

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Tepid_Halibut felt like a cold, empty shell of a human...until, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 18:17, archived)

Bindun?

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mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 22:57, archived)

i made this for some particular newby

but it's come in handy many times on the board

(schnurricane, Fri 17 Sep 2004, 23:46, archived)

YAY!

I had suggested that earlier

b3ta.com/board/3726620

but had no clue who to credit. Thank you!

Observation: with all the "read the FAQ" comments on the board I am surprised at the lack of (quality) entries in this mini-challenge.

(drnuclear, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 6:34, archived)

you should put that

animations must be saved as gif files as well

(sponch!, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 8:37, archived)

well what the cunt else are you going to save them as?

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Delete Me, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 16:42, archived)

Too true.

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mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 21:30, archived)

Dull, but useful

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Artamnesia, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 1:38, archived)

Yes, that would be handy

as would
<a href="linky.htm">texty</a>
-or-
<a href="mypic.gif"><img src="thumbnail.gif"></a>

In other words, a basic HTML primer for people to post their pictures, as well as text tags supported by the board (bold, italic, sub, super, etc.).

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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sat 18 Sep 2004, 15:23, archived)

This has come in handy at times

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Artamnesia, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 1:40, archived)

again

woo and a-houpla for fireworks

(notjustahatrack peeling a sausage..., Sat 18 Sep 2004, 8:38, archived)

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Strawberry Dragon, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 6:30, archived)

That

*cleans screen*

That should be the FAQ icon.

(drnuclear, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 6:51, archived)

If B3ta happened to be a democracy,

that would get my vote for new faq main image!!

Yay Jim!

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feaf, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 22:44, archived)

You're back!

Yay!

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rabid peanut - s'fucking right, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 17:14, archived)

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JKF You ain't seen me, roit?, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 13:49, archived)

This has to be on it

Ya.

(Bob McCow, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 19:34, archived)

Obviously MSN groups should be included

as a lot of people happily use it. A reminder to remove the bit from the end of the URL that allows it to be cached will help keep the board snappier for everyone.

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Syncubus Yarr! Ye'll be walking Planck's Constant! [GMT-5], Sat 18 Sep 2004, 15:27, archived)

one i did a while ago

and this:

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spiny - things are looking up, Sat 18 Sep 2004, 20:06, archived)

(m1k3k, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 15:07, archived)

Aaaagh!

THE FE-

(give to ian, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 20:48, archived)

Don't know if this is any use

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Druid, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 0:28, archived)

Okay this is gonna be lame...

Click for biggie kittie

(Acrobad, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 8:45, archived)

bring back the repost police, say I

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munkt0n, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 10:44, archived)

"we've seen it a billion times"

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munkt0n, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 11:20, archived)

Hell

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koit WWW.HIGHASAKOIT.CO.UK, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 13:07, archived)

here's one for b3tatalk

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Sunshine Elephant, Sun 19 Sep 2004, 22:33, archived)

I like this one!

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mike woz ere 7442200 & 7696970 getter, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 21:29, archived)

sweet

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rob, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 23:37, archived)

perhaps

something should be included about not being filthy perverts over any lady on the board over twelve years old? The "I would"s get old and some of the other stuff is very intimidating.

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gracielou, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 2:33, archived)

...

(drnuclear, Tue 21 Sep 2004, 4:24, archived)

i second that...

and whilst we're on the topic how about introducing a lech filter... if the phrase 'i would' is used in isolation it automatically gets changed to "if i learnt how to talk to women, i possibly could" ;)

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eclectech is older but no wiser, Tue 21 Sep 2004, 22:30, archived)

I put this together for my own benefit (and with the intention of sharing).

The basics of HTML for messageboards.
The section on Text Effects does need a little revision (i.e. correct use of &lt and &gt) - I'll update it if anyone wants to use it.
I found it very useful when I was just learning how to post messages with pictures/links in them.

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monster munch person, man, woman... camera... TV?, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 10:06, archived)

for that - I haven't a clue about html - it must go in the FAQ for reference to all

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social hand grenade I was a lurker before you were a lurker, Mon 20 Sep 2004, 19:24, archived)

Nice game, I like it.