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[email protected] · January 16, 1999, 11:30 PM

Here's the skinny on UBB and HTML:

UBB code was designed by the author of this software to avoid thread destroying mistakes. When this software first came out, there was a rash of cases where people who knew enough HTML to hurt themselves took down long running threads, repeatedly. The author gave us the option to "turn off HTML" in the forums, and UBB code is intended to give partial HTML abilities, without all the hard code.

UBB code is much more forgiving of HTML, if you screw it up, it won't mess up the rest of the thread, it just won't work at all.

Hope this helps!

Spark

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Kevin Jon Schlossberg
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http://www.bladeforums.com

January 16, 1999, 11:30 PM	#40
[email protected] Wise Guy Join Date: October 10, 1998 Posts: 665	Here's the skinny on UBB and HTML: UBB code was designed by the author of this software to avoid thread destroying mistakes. When this software first came out, there was a rash of cases where people who knew enough HTML to hurt themselves took down long running threads, repeatedly. The author gave us the option to "turn off HTML" in the forums, and UBB code is intended to give partial HTML abilities, without all the hard code. UBB code is much more forgiving of HTML, if you screw it up, it won't mess up the rest of the thread, it just won't work at all. Hope this helps! Spark ------------------ Kevin Jon Schlossberg SysOp and Administrator for BladeForums.com http://www.bladeforums.com