Custom [BB] code & Emoticons

[Mavric]

55 minutes ago, GSG said:

HMMM.... I'LL KEEP TRYING IT. STILL SEEMS A LITTLE HIT OR MISS.

 

You can post some examples here if you run across them.

[GSG]

https://media.giphy.com/media/V8CrTQZX1GqFa/giphy.gif

 

 

THIS ONE WORKED EARLIER, BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY POST IT. NOW I TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT'S NOT EMBEDDING (AT LEAST THAT I CAN SEE)

Edited December 1, 2017 by GSG

[Mavric]

44 minutes ago, GSG said:

https://media.giphy.com/media/V8CrTQZX1GqFa/giphy.gif

 

THIS ONE WORKED EARLIER, BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY POST IT. NOW I TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT'S NOT EMBEDDING (AT LEAST THAT I CAN SEE)

 

OK.  I've had trouble with stuff from giphy as well.  I didn't think they were ever embedding.  Then I got a couple to work but now they don't seem to work again.  I'm kind of assuming they're blocking something on their side but I'm not sure.

[zoogs]

 

[knapplc]

8 hours ago, GSG said:

https://media.giphy.com/media/V8CrTQZX1GqFa/giphy.gif

 

 

THIS ONE WORKED EARLIER, BUT I DIDN'T ACTUALLY POST IT. NOW I TRIED IT AGAIN AND IT'S NOT EMBEDDING (AT LEAST THAT I CAN SEE)

 

giphy.com embeds their gifs in a shell, so what you're seeing/quoting is actually a movie (typically but not always an MP4 file), not a gif.  The gif itself is hidden in the code of the website. 

 

There are a few different ways you can get the actual gif out of that page, but it depends on the browser you're using.  A google search for your browser should show you how to snag the gif you want.

 

When you get it, I would recommend hosting it on an image hosting site like Imgur so you don't lose it if giphy decides to delete the gif you're using.  That way you always retain a copy of your own.

[zoogs]

I posted the same URL, though. Had to double check. I'm not sure why it didn't just paste the first time. I think it's the rich text editor. Sometimes it's so rich, it thinks it knows it's a URL and pastes the whole A HREF shebang.

 

So selecting the (rich text) URL from the above post and copy/pasting won't work: 

https://media.giphy.com/media/V8CrTQZX1GqFa/giphy.gif

 

But pasting it into a plain text editor, copying that, and pasting it back here does:

knapp's right that if you go to this URL in the browser, you'll be shown a web page with an mp4. 

[knapplc]

When we first upgraded the board software in August there was a toggle to switch between Rich and Plain Text. I would really like to see that come back.