Concern while Posting Dynasty Thread.. [Archive]

MylesKnight

01-25-2003, 10:07 AM

Those of you familiar with Dynasty Postings should know what I'm talking about.

Remember this..

"To make columns appear clearly add (pre)(font) face=courier) at the beginning and (/pre)(/font) at the end.

Note: I have used () as well as [] at the new FOFC. Neither has worked..

On the old FOFC Board this would work maginificently with everything lining up neatly and properly.

But... here at New FOFC, I'm having some issues with this. Basically when using this, you get huge amounts of blank space between each individual line.

Scroll down through this thread (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4530) and check out the Team Roster and then the Boxscores from individual games. See how much space it is using in comparison to the rest of the writeup? Strange.. I've tinkered with this quite a bit and can't figure out how to fix this.

Anyone with more knowledge than me regarding this who could figure this issue out, I would appreciate the heck out of you.

Thanks!!

Qwikshot

01-25-2003, 10:14 AM

Yeah, I had the same problem with my dynasty...

MylesKnight

01-25-2003, 10:25 AM

Quikshot, if you want to say for instance allign the League Standings up nice and pretty on your thread, do this..

At the very beginning of the standings add one of these..

(pre)(font face=gothic) Note: You can use any font you wish, I just chose Gothic for mine.

..And following the last of the Standings, add this..

(/pre)(/font)

Note: Replace () Brackets with <> these and it will work.

Simms

01-25-2003, 10:33 AM

If you're copying and pasting from a .txt file, use the {code} and {/code} tags (change {} to [ ])....everything should line up then.

MylesKnight

01-25-2003, 11:21 AM

That was it.. THANKS SIMMS!!!

http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/mac/invision/html/emoticons/cheers.gif http://www.ncaabbs.com/forums/mac/invision/html/emoticons/bow.gif

cthomer5000

01-25-2003, 11:44 AM

Originally posted by Simms
If you're copying and pasting from a .txt file, use the {code} and {/code} tags (change {} to [ ])....everything should line up then.

is it possible you could give us a rundown on the code changes? or is there some sort of brief guide you could post or give us a link to?

MylesKnight

01-25-2003, 11:53 AM

Well, using (code) & (/code) replace ()'s with []'s makes all of the .txt files, etc., line up nice & neat as was the case with the (pre)(/pre) action.. replace ()'s with <>'s.. on the former FOFC Boards..

As for the rest of the vB Codes, here's the link (http://dynamic2.gamespy.com/~fof/forums/misc.php?action=bbcode#buttons) ... It is also available by clicking the HELP button next to vB Code that is listed when you are creating any post.

Qwikshot

01-25-2003, 11:58 AM

Thanks

mrushh

01-27-2003, 11:38 PM

Originally posted by Simms:
If you're copying and pasting from a .txt file, use the {code} and {/code} tags (change {} to [ ])....everything should line up then.

Please reiterate more precisely, someone. I used the "code", "/code" and, yes it lined-up, but it indented like a quote. What did I add or not add that I should have to make it look like it used to w/out the spaces in between.

Thanks

sabotai

01-28-2003, 12:36 AM

mrushh

Instead of code and /code, type this.

<pre>
block of text you want to appear
</pre>

mrushh

01-28-2003, 11:41 AM

sabotai,

That is what I was using, but it kept skipping lines between each entry so as to take up twice as much room as needed.
However, I used "size=2". Could that be the culprit? Thanks for responding.

Roberto

01-28-2003, 05:02 PM

2002 GRADES

<pre>

Team Performance: 10/100
Academic Performance 53/100
Recruiting Performance 12/100
TV Revenue 75/100
Alumni Donations 36/100
Attendance at Stadium 69/100

Overall 39/100

</pre>

This mess was created using the codes:
{pre}{font face="courier" size=2}
and
{/font}{/pre}
except that < and > took the place of { and }.

That would have worked fine on the old board.

Roberto

01-28-2003, 05:12 PM

2002 GRADES

<code>

Team Performance: 10/100
Academic Performance 53/100
Recruiting Performance 12/100
TV Revenue 75/100
Alumni Donations 36/100
Attendance at Stadium 69/100

Overall 39/100

</code>

The above was created using the codes
{code}{font face="courier" size=2}
and
{/font}{/code}
except that < and > replaced { and }

You'll see there are no longer lines between the lines, but the spacing is wrong (though in a different way).

What else do I need to do, chaps?

Roberto

01-28-2003, 05:17 PM

2002 GRADES

<code>

Team Performance: 10/100
Academic Performance 53/100
Recruiting Performance 12/100
TV Revenue 75/100
Alumni Donations 36/100
Attendance at Stadium 69/100

Overall 39/100

</code>

This was created using exactly the same code as the one immediately above, except that 'size=2' was removed from the first code.

You'll see it makes no difference at all (at least, not on my screen).

So that can't be the answer :mad:

Roberto

01-28-2003, 05:19 PM

Sorry - tried something else but it failed again :(

Kodos

01-28-2003, 05:43 PM

Maybe we need the default text option when you are typing up a note to be couriers, because all letters are the same width, which makes lining up tables easier. With other fonts, you end up trying to line things up, only to find out that they don't line up when put in a table.

See how nice this is. That's because the letters are
all the same width, and each letter lines up with the one above it.

This one, on the other hand, does not have all letters the same width,
as you can see by having two lines of text next to eachother.

Roberto

01-29-2003, 05:58 PM

2008 Season Standings, Big Ten



School W L T Pct PF PA W L T Pct PF PA Streak
Michigan 14 1 0 .933 610 221 7 1 0 .875 344 109 Won 5
Wisconsin 12 3 0 .800 417 264 6 2 0 .750 251 164 Lost 1
Penn State 9 4 0 .692 420 208 6 2 0 .750 262 83 Lost 1
Northwestern 8 3 0 .727 281 180 5 3 0 .625 182 146 Lost 1
Ohio State 7 4 0 .636 186 187 5 3 0 .625 152 136 Won 1
Minnesota 6 5 0 .545 247 286 5 3 0 .625 162 188 Lost 1
Illinois 6 5 0 .545 298 208 3 5 0 .375 174 181 Won 1
Michigan State 6 5 0 .545 183 234 3 5 0 .375 110 197 Lost 1
Purdue 3 8 0 .272 180 330 2 6 0 .250 118 237 Won 1
Iowa 2 9 0 .181 234 346 1 7 0 .125 172 268 Lost 4
**Notre Dame 2 9 0 .181 96 365 1 7 0 .125 62 280 Lost 7



Well, that worked in a way but it's disappointing in another.

FIRST it prints much wider than I wanted.
SECOND it's a table that's been printed to file. My failures above were manually created documents.
And THIRD the word "code" appears in a silly place.

So we have a code that sort of works for tables printed to file, but not for manually created tables.

Oh - the code. Right. It's a bit complex to translate.

First line

{code}@font face="courier" size=1%

Last line

{/font}@/code%

Replace { and } with [ and ] and replace @ and % with < and >.

Does anyone have a better way, especially for manually created documents? Please? Pretty please? :confused:

MylesKnight

01-29-2003, 11:08 PM

That's pretty much what I ended up with as well Roberto. It looks like the best we may be able to do with this particular board.

Overall, it's not bad, except for the word "Code" up top..

Roberto

02-01-2003, 04:11 PM

Some experiments. Bear with me.

The College Years
Roster, Scout Overview



Player # Pos Elig Current Estimate Future Estimate
Young, Vernon 9 QB Sr 7 7
Foreman, Cedric 14 QB Sr* 12 28
Buhl, Mario 1 QB So* 12 27
Farmer, Mickey 18 QB Fr 19 32
Armstrong, Ralph 7 QB* Jr* 0 0
Gonzalez, Louie 45 RB Sr 11 11
Snipes, Dana 29 RB Sr 10 11
Paterson, Ian 39 RB Jr 15 15
Peal, Marlon 25 RB Jr 18 18
Woods, Jumbo 28 RB Fr 17 42
Carman, Marty 48 RB* Sr* 6 15



List printed to file, opened in wordpad and saved as word document. Looks fine. This was the code:

First line

{code}@font face="courier" size=1%

Last line

{/font}@/code%

Replace { and } with [ and ] and replace @ and % with < and >.

But it's too darn wide. Try editing the headings (same code)

The College Years
Roster, Scout Overview



Player # Pos Elig Current Future
Young, Vernon 9 QB Sr 7 7
Foreman, Cedric 14 QB Sr* 12 28
Buhl, Mario 1 QB So* 12 27
Farmer, Mickey 18 QB Fr 19 32
Armstrong, Ralph 7 QB* Jr* 0 0
Gonzalez, Louie 45 RB Sr 11 11
Snipes, Dana 29 RB Sr 10 11
Paterson, Ian 39 RB Jr 15 15
Peal, Marlon 25 RB Jr 18 18
Woods, Jumbo 28 RB Fr 17 42
Carman, Marty 48 RB* Sr* 6 15



That looks good - the content is narrower, though the lines top and bottom are still full width.

Now lets edit the information - add some fake improvement date (manually). Again, same code.

The College Years
Roster, Scout Overview



Player # Pos Elig Current Future
Young, Vernon 9 QB Sr 7 +0 7
Foreman, Cedric 14 QB Sr* 12 +0 28
Buhl, Mario 1 QB So* 12 +0 27
Farmer, Mickey 18 QB Fr 19 32
Armstrong, Ralph 7 QB* Jr* 0 0
Gonzalez, Louie 45 RB Sr 11 11
Snipes, Dana 29 RB Sr 10 11
Paterson, Ian 39 RB Jr 15 15
Peal, Marlon 25 RB Jr 18 18
Woods, Jumbo 28 RB Fr 17 42
Carman, Marty 48 RB* Sr* 6 15



That works too.

Now, does anyone know how to remove those soppy lines at top and bottom?

Roberto

02-01-2003, 04:26 PM

Following from the message above - does it make a difference to the width of the top and bottom lines if the message only contains the narrower version of the table?

Codes as before.

The College Years
Roster, Scout Overview



Player # Pos Elig Current Future
Young, Vernon 9 QB Sr 7 +0 7
Foreman, Cedric 14 QB Sr* 12 +0 28
Buhl, Mario 1 QB So* 12 +0 27
Farmer, Mickey 18 QB Fr 19 32
Armstrong, Ralph 7 QB* Jr* 0 0
Gonzalez, Louie 45 RB Sr 11 11
Snipes, Dana 29 RB Sr 10 11
Paterson, Ian 39 RB Jr 15 15
Peal, Marlon 25 RB Jr 18 18
Woods, Jumbo 28 RB Fr 17 42
Carman, Marty 48 RB* Sr* 6 15



Well, up to a point. It's still too wide, but not as wide.

Roberto

02-04-2003, 04:15 PM

There may be a further partial solution.



Roster Strength 2010
Starters Reserves

QB 43 (was 46) 54 (was 51)
RB 54 (was 62) 55 (was 35)
FB 35 (was 40) 36 (was 35)
TE 34 (was 25) 51 (was 61)
WR 9 (was 25) 17 (was 43)
C 46 (was 38) 77 (was 45)
G 20 (was 13) 20 (was 20)
T 37 (was 23) 43 (was 21)
P 53 (was 43) 36 (was 23)
K 46 (was 37) 43 (was 19)
DE 15 (was 24) 28 (was 22)
DT 34 (was 38) 41 (was 41)
ILB 12 (was 11) 27 (was 15)
OLB 10 (was 0) 37 (was 27)
CB 27 (was 20) 23 (was 17)
S 47 (was 47) 62 (was 61)



The above was a manually created document but using tabs, not the space bar EXCEPT for the DT

Code as before

First line

{code}@font face="courier" size=1%

Last line

{/font}@/code%

Replace { and } with [ and ] and replace @ and % with < and >.

Now, try the same code on a similar list which was manually created using the space bar (and lined up, as best I could, in this box)



. Starters Reserves

QB 42 (was 44) 40 (was 51)
RB 43 (was 30) 44 (was 37)
FB 35 (was 27) 38 (was 31)
TE 44 (was 41) 44 (was 67)
WR 59 (was 30) 54 (was 45)
C 32 (was 32) 41 (was 68)
G 18 (was 56) 16 (was 33)
T 43 (was 22) 75 (was 45)
P 43 (was 40) 29 (was 35)
K 41 (was 37) 46 (was 31)
DE 38 (was 34) 45 (was 67)
DT 29 (was 37) 25 (was 34)
ILB 37 (was 29) 21 (was 14)
OLB 40 (was 36) 43 (was 33)
CB 37 (was 32) 33 (was 34)
S 40 (was 31) 30 (was 21)



Oh - I didn't expect that to work, but it did!!!

Let's try it again on another manually created list which was created using the space bar



Team Performance: 3/100
Academic Performance 82/100
Recruiting Performance 100/100
TV Revenue 74/100
Alumni Donations 1/100
Attendance at Stadium 63/100

Overall 42/100



er ... back to the drawing board

:(