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[Howell]

Is there a way to make HTML appear like the PHPBB code tag makes text appear? If you examine my PERL thread; i need to turn my last post into a web page and I know as much about HTML as PERL.

 

[Handruin]

sam is a good guy. I bought a FAQ tool from him and never used it.

http://www.samscripts.com/scripts/bbtags

I tried to implement his class into our news system, but it have quite a negative effect, so I took it out. It's not his code, it's the incompatibility between the two pieces of code.

Let me know if you need some space to run the php.

 

[Handruin]

I know you want to turn the last bit of your perl code into HTML, but I don't understand what it is supposed top print to the screen.

Do you just want the perl code to be displayed, or is there some type of information that will get printed?

 

[blakerwry]

Try something like this:

<body bgcolor="#000044" text="white">
<font face="Arial">

asdfasdf






[b]Code:[/b]



<SPAN style="{position: relative; left: 0.25 in; color: gold; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px; border-color: lightblue; padding: 10 px}"> 


this stuff between SPAN tags should look similar to a phpbb code tag depending on theme... 

Simply modify the colors to your liking


</SPAN>






asfsadfads
</body>

 

[Howell]

I think I may not have been explicit enough.

The best feature of the phpbb code tag is that whatever formatting you type in (spacing included) that's was you get back. I don't care about the coloring.

I haven't tried yours yet blake. I'm still trying to figure out how to use it.

Here's what I'm trying to do. I want to contribute the code I fixed back to other users and people need to be able to read it as code.

 

[Howell]

Maybe this will help
http://www.whstrain.us/smoothwall/dyndns-custom.html
This is what I have to start with. I figure there has to be a better way than putting
tags everywhere. Secondly, I'd like to indent the whole bit of code.

 

[SteveC]

I think what you want is the <pre> tag. Anything withing the <pre> </pre> will be monospaced, and formatted just like it is typed, including white space and line breaks.

 

[Howell]

Thanks Steve. That was exactly it.

 

[Buck]

Howell, just in case you need some information about the <pre> tag.

 

[blakerwry]

doh! i completely missed the point... yes the <pre> tag is exactly what you want.. of course you could throw in my CSS to get the desired cutsie extras :wink:

 

[Howell]

Howell, just in case you need some information about the <pre> tag.

Marvelous find Buck! I'll have to dig in there when I have time.

I finished the page and it you can see it here.

 

[Howell]

BTW, I looked through the old thread Prof.Wizard started and although I installed all/most of the tools meantioned none could beat Arachnophilia. It will not generate a complete page for you but it will get you started.

 

[Handruin]

Yeah, I had completely missed the point too, sorry Howell. I thought you were looking for a way to use the style tags for bolding and italics.

 

[Howell]

:-? I might try to be more clear next time. It's tough to tell people what you mean when you yourself don't know what you are talking about. Gotta learn sometime though, right.

 

[Handruin]

I wasn't implying anything, just that I thought I was helping when in fact I wasn't even close. I've been searching for a script that would color code your perl. I know something like this has to exist, but I can't find it.

This way, the perl code would be colored so that it looks something like this:

http://www.samscripts.com/viewfile.php?fileid=18

I'll ask if you are interested?

 

[Howell]

I'll ask if you are interested?

Thanks but naw.

I don't care about the coloring.