Concern while Posting Dynasty Thread..

MylesKnight · 01-25-2003, 11:07 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 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, 11:14 AM

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

MylesKnight · 01-25-2003, 11:25 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, 11:33 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, 12:21 PM

That was it.. [color=dark-blue]THANKS SIMMS!!![/color]

cthomer5000 · 01-25-2003, 12:44 PM

Quote:

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, 12:53 PM

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 ... 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, 12:58 PM

Thanks

mrushh · 01-28-2003, 12:38 AM

Quote:

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, 01:36 AM

mrushh

Instead of code and /code, type this.

<pre><font face="courier">
block of text you want to appear
</font></pre>

mrushh · 01-28-2003, 12:41 PM

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, 06:02 PM

2002 GRADES





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

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, 06:12 PM

2002 GRADES





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

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, 06:17 PM

2002 GRADES





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

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

Roberto · 01-28-2003, 06:19 PM

Sorry - tried something else but it failed again

Kodos · 01-28-2003, 06:43 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, 06:58 PM

2008 Season Standings, Big Ten

Code:


   
  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?

MylesKnight · 01-30-2003, 12:08 AM

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, 05:11 PM

Some experiments. Bear with me.

The College Years
Roster, Scout Overview

Code:


   
  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

Code:


   
  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

Code:


   
  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, 05:26 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

Code:


   
  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, 05:15 PM

There may be a further partial solution.

Code:



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)

Code:



.               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

Code:



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

01-25-2003, 11:25 AM	#3
MylesKnight College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida	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. __________________ IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BLACK & GOLD!! Last edited by MylesKnight : 01-25-2003 at 11:26 AM.

01-25-2003, 11:33 AM	#4
Simms FOBL Commish Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Team Radii	If you're copying and pasting from a .txt file, use the {code} and {/code} tags (change {} to [ ])....everything should line up then. __________________ FOBL Commissioner 34 Productions Web Design

01-25-2003, 12:21 PM	#5
MylesKnight College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida	That was it.. [color=dark-blue]THANKS SIMMS!!![/color] __________________ IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BLACK & GOLD!! Last edited by MylesKnight : 01-25-2003 at 12:22 PM.

01-25-2003, 12:53 PM	#7
MylesKnight College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida	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 ... It is also available by clicking the HELP button next to vB Code that is listed when you are creating any post. __________________ IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BLACK & GOLD!! Last edited by MylesKnight : 01-25-2003 at 12:54 PM.

01-28-2003, 12:41 PM	#11
mrushh High School Varsity Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Dallas,Tx	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. __________________ Visit "Cowtown, Arise. A TCU- TCY Dynasty" in the Dynasty section.

01-25-2003, 11:14 AM	#2
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Yeah, I had the same problem with my dynasty...

01-25-2003, 12:58 PM	#8
Qwikshot Pro Starter Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: ...down the gravity well	Thanks

01-28-2003, 01:36 AM	#10
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	mrushh Instead of code and /code, type this. <pre><font face="courier"> block of text you want to appear </font></pre>

01-28-2003, 06:02 PM	#12
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2002 GRADES 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 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 of London Last edited by Roberto : 01-28-2003 at 06:22 PM.

01-28-2003, 06:12 PM	#13
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2002 GRADES `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` 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 of London Last edited by Roberto : 01-28-2003 at 06:21 PM.

01-28-2003, 06:17 PM	#14
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2002 GRADES `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` 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 __________________ Roberto of London Last edited by Roberto : 01-28-2003 at 06:29 PM.

01-28-2003, 06:19 PM	#15
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	Sorry - tried something else but it failed again __________________ Roberto of London Last edited by Roberto : 02-08-2003 at 03:41 AM.

01-28-2003, 06:43 PM	#16
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	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. Last edited by Kodos : 01-28-2003 at 06:49 PM.

01-29-2003, 06:58 PM	#17
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	2008 Season Standings, Big Ten Code: 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? __________________ Roberto of London Last edited by Roberto : 01-29-2003 at 07:04 PM.*

01-30-2003, 12:08 AM	#18
MylesKnight College Benchwarmer Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Neptune Beach, Florida	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.. __________________ IT'S ALL ABOUT THE BLACK & GOLD!!

02-01-2003, 05:26 PM	#20
Roberto H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Feltham, west of London, England	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 Code: 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 of London Last edited by Roberto : 02-01-2003 at 05:28 PM.

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