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alwaysonthego_2

Rainey_LB wrote: »

Is there a reason that there is not a Spam button in the Codes thread....if people post chat/nonsense/whatever over there instead of here, if we all clicked would it not then disappear??

It's not spam and you would be breaking the forum's rules if you did that.

Rainey_LB

alwaysonthego wrote: »

It's not spam and you would be breaking the forum's rules if you did that.

Why not have a 'This Is NOT a code' button then?!
:rotfl:

alwaysonthego_2

Rainey_LB wrote: »

Why not have a 'This Is NOT a code' button then?!
:rotfl:

You would best click the abuse button as suggested before

geordie_ben

Rainey_LB wrote: »

Why not have a 'This Is NOT a code' button then?!
:rotfl:

how about a button with the picture of kermit the frog? those with brains will figure out the hidden meaning

quoia

geordie_ben wrote: »

Roll up, Roll up, come one, come all

Welcome to ladies, gentlemen, cats, dogs, those illiterate people in the corner >>>>>>

You have all been invited to geordie_bens Wonder World of Thread Searching

By the end of the short lesson you will all be able to search through a thread

Steps:

1. Get a code - great feeling when you have a code
2. Log onto the Code Only Board - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/606589
3. Scroll to the very top of the page
4. On the GREEN bar above the first post on that page you will see 'Search this thread' - CLICK IT
5. When you click the text a drop down box will appear. Simple enter your code and click GO
6. If any results are found then sorry but you have already been beaten to the post. If not..
7. Go ahead and post your code. Please include the film Title, Time, Code, Website offering the code, Cinemas plus any VITAL info

:j:jCongratulations to everyone that has read this read post. :j:j

You have all taken geordie_bens Wonder World of Thread Searching class

You should all now be able to search threads and this will hopefully prevent any further duplicate posts

If you have any question please feel free to PM me. I'm always happy to help

Thanks for that gb ...

... however for the above to work ....

... you need to know some other things ...

SO

Roll up, Roll up, come one, come all

Welcome to ladies, gentlemen, cats, dogs, those illiterate people in the corner >>>>>>

You have all been invited to quoia's Wonder World of Thread POSTing

By the end of the short lesson you will all be able to POST on a thread CODES or WORDS that a SEARCH WILL ACTUALLY FIND AND NOT MISS

For the point of this exercise the [ and ] SQUARE BRACKETS that allow Bold, Underline, Italics, Size changes, Colour changes etc. etc will be replaced by the < and > LESS THAN and GREATER THAN characters so you can actually see what I mean.

1. IF you want to HIGHLIGHT a CODE or WORD or PORTION OF TEXT then you use the [ and ] (with one of a selection of characters enclosed by them to determine the effect) before and after the section required to TURN ON and then TURN OFF the desired effect.

Remember < = [ and > = ]

eg <b>BOLD</b> or <u>UNDERLINE</u> or <size=4>TEXT NOW SIZE 4</size> or <color=red>TEXT NOW IN RED</color> etc. etc.

These effect codes are automatically included in the general text of any post when using the ADVANCED EDITOR where these options are selected by a mouse point and click method.

2. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THIS !!!

3. THE PROBLEM ??? SEARCHING !!!

4. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE - ENSURE THERE IS A SPACE BEFORE AND AFTER ANY CODE or WORD THAT NEEDS TO BE SEARCHABLE

5. If you want the code 123456789 to be in :

BOLD - it would be encoded as <b>123456789</b>
UNDERLINED - it would be encoded as <U>123456789</U>
A LARGER FONT - it would be encoded as <size=4>123456789</s>
COLOURED RED - it would be encoded as <color=red>123456789</color>

HOWEVER, if someone SEARCHED for 123456789 then IT WOULD NOT BE FOUND !!!

6. REMEMBER TO SPACE IT !!!

7. If you want the code 123456789 to be SEARCHABLE and in :

BOLD - it would NEED TO be encoded as <b> 123456789 </b>
UNDERLINED - it would NEED TO be encoded as <U> 123456789 </U>
A LARGER FONT - it would NEED TO be encoded as <size=4> 123456789 </s>
COLOURED RED - it would NEED TO be encoded as <color=red> 123456789 </color>

8. Another easily demonstrated NEED FOR THIS SPACE is URLs

eg. https://www.google.co.uk

Now in SIZE 4 - WITHOUT A SPACE - so format is <size=4>www.google.co.uk</size>
www.google.co.uk

Now in SIZE 4 - WITH A SPACE - so format is <size=4> https://www.google.co.uk </size>
https://www.google.co.uk


Notice how the WITH SPACE URL is CLICKABLE whereas the 1st one is "JUST TEXT"

SO REMEMBER TO SPACE IT !




:j:jCongratulations to everyone that has read this read post. :j:j

You have all taken quoia's Wonder World of Thread POSTing class

You should all now be able to POST on a thread CODES or WORDS that a SEARCH WILL ACTUALLY FIND AND NOT MISS and this will hopefully prevent any further duplicate posts

If you have any question please feel free to PM me. I'm always happy to help

geordie_ben

quoia wrote: »

Thanks for that gb ...

wow, a lesson in searching and in HMTL in one day....

If anyone is going to bring the teachers and apple then please make my a granny smiths

tho quoia i'm now always going to refer to you as the SPACE cadet

quoia

geordie_ben wrote: »

wow, a lesson in searching and in HMTL in one day....

If anyone is going to bring the teachers and apple then please make my a granny smiths

tho quoia i'm now always going to refer to you as the SPACE cadet

HMTL ?

Horrendous Mistakes Typecast Losers ?

or perhaps that should be

Horendus Missedsteaks Tipecassed Loosers ? :rotfl:

Poochface

Sorry to be dim but shouldn't the sizes be the same? i.e. Now in SIZE 3 . . so format is <size=3> rather than size 4?

quoia wrote: »

8. Another easily demonstrated NEED FOR THIS SPACE is URLs

eg. www.google.co.uk

Now in SIZE 3 - WITHOUT A SPACE - so format is <size=4>www.google.co.uk</size>
www.google.co.uk

Now in SIZE 3 - WITH A SPACE - so format is <size=4> www.google.co.uk </size>
www.google.co.uk


Notice how the WITH SPACE URL is CLICKABLE whereas the 1st one is "JUST TEXT"

quoia

Poochface wrote: »

Sorry to be dim but shouldn't the sizes be the same? i.e. Now in SIZE 3 . . so format is <size=3> rather than size 4?

Yes sorry about that - I was chopping and changing between sizes 3 and 4 because I seemed to get different results on the display of the post depending whether I was browsing with IE9 or Google Chrome and was trying to work out why.

Both now the same

Poochface

quoia wrote: »

Yes sorry about that - I was chopping and changing between sizes 3 and 4 because I seemed to get different results on the display of the post depending whether I was browsing with IE9 or Google Chrome and was trying to work out why.

Both now the same

Thanks. I read it on my phone shortly after you posted it so thought I'd misread but glad to find I'm not as dim as I fisr thought I was