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10/25/2009 2:19:36 PM

Chris Tremblay

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 		I have just added the ability to post images in the forum as part of a post. All images must be approved by a moderator before they are visible in the forum.

It is now possible to display a deck listt from our deck database in the forum. See below for the special tags necessary to do this:

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Special Tags
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Note: Replace Curly bracers with regular brackets:

Text Formatting
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Bold Text: {b}Bold Text Goes Here{/b}
Italicized Text: {i}Italicized Text Here{/i}
Underlined Text: {u}Underlined Text{/u}

Other
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Link:
{url:http://www.mtgfanatic.com}Link Text{/link}

Image:
{img:ImageURL}Image Text{/img}

Note: All images must be approved before they will be visible in the forum.

Specialty
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To insert an existing deck list from our deck database:

{mtgdeck}Deck ID{/mtgdeck}

Note: The Deck ID is the Deck Number in our database.

Thanks, Chris Tremblay www.mtgfanatic.com, Inc.

10/25/2009 2:35:00 PM

FiremÆne

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 		Decklists look like this:

Spellbomb Draw
by FiremÆne
Type: Fun
Format:Type 1.5Edit | Buy this Deck

Total Cards: 60Cost: $31.34
Rating: 4.5
Votes: 47



Decklist formatting is a great addition. I'd recommend not having to have images approved, most people will not abuse the feature. If that does occur, then we can put the approval back on. I'd rather treat people as good until they do evil rather than the opposite. MTG Lvl 1 Judge and one of your MTGFanatic Moderators! Birds of Paradise Count: 28

10/25/2009 2:45:00 PM

Chris Tremblay

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 		The approvals are done quick though. I check many times per day. As a business, I'm not sure we can afford to have people post offensive images as it could cost us customers.

How about the format of the deck list. Is that OK to you? Should I change it to make it smaller or anything? Thanks, Chris Tremblay www.mtgfanatic.com, Inc.

10/25/2009 2:46:00 PM

FiremÆne

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 		Okay, I understand about the business aspect. I might allow mods the ability, too, however. If you're ever away we can then always allow pics.

I can't get the picture thing to work, what imaging sites are used for this?

Also, the decklists look great. I don't think that they could be shrunk short of using a different format for showing the decks or widening the forums to get a second column in. MTG Lvl 1 Judge and one of your MTGFanatic Moderators! Birds of Paradise Count: 28

10/25/2009 2:50:00 PM

Chris Tremblay

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 		Any. I think you are copying the wrong link. I went to the site you were using and that is a link to the page that contains the picture, NOT the picture itself. Use the Direct Link. Thanks, Chris Tremblay www.mtgfanatic.com, Inc.

10/25/2009 2:53:00 PM

FiremÆne

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 		Okay, will try again:

This should work MTG Lvl 1 Judge and one of your MTGFanatic Moderators! Birds of Paradise Count: 28

10/25/2009 6:32:00 PM

CW

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 		yay! both look great! Way to go Chris! mtgfanatic is soon to blow past other websites...awesome updates! I'm a single cell on a serpent's tongue.

10/25/2009 7:23:00 PM

Chris Tremblay

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 		Thanks :) I've still got a few more features on their way soon, two of which will likely be a chat room and a PM system. Thanks, Chris Tremblay www.mtgfanatic.com, Inc.

10/25/2009 7:24:00 PM

Chris Tremblay

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 		Oh yeah, and card and link highlighting. Thanks, Chris Tremblay www.mtgfanatic.com, Inc.

10/25/2009 8:43:00 PM

Jason6C

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 		Hmm, in my own thread, the OP gets the picture but my first response, no avatar.

EDIT: Also here, no avatar.

EDIT 2: Just kidding, there it is. The beauty of a living thing is not the atoms that go into it, but the way those atoms are put together. The cosmos is also within us, we're made of star stuff. We are a way for the cosmos to know itself.

10/26/2009 10:54:00 AM

CW

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 		Hey Chris, I know I've said this numerous times before, but what are the chances of getting the forum segregated into topic-specific sub-forums?

There's so much posting going on in the forum right now, that I can't keep track of it all. When people post long-running threads (rules, deck help, create-a-card) that get hits daily, other, shorter-lived posts get buried in a matter of a few hours.

I'm a single cell on a serpent's tongue.

10/26/2009 11:02:00 AM

Chris Tremblay

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 		I think that is one of my next steps actually. I wanted to get a few of the other features added first, but those are done. I think I will be re-doing the entire forum section to re-arrange stuff and just neaten it up a bit :) Thanks, Chris Tremblay www.mtgfanatic.com, Inc.