A suggestion about posts

[Zenith]

I've just thought of something...
is it possible to surround the text in the post in a box? (i.e. a border, possibly dotted margins). If so, it may look better if the posts are separated by space (that padding I was talking about), if you see each sub-post surrounded by a dotted border - you see clearly where it begins and where it ends.

[Autumnlicious]

They're called quotes and yes, they nest.

[Zenith]

They're called quotes and yes, they nest.

Perhaps I was too vague... I meant something around the text (outside of it), not in the text (it should not put the text in a smaller box).

[tackattack]

Are you talking about auto nesting without editable tags?

[Zenith]

Are you talking about auto nesting without editable tags?

Too bad I cannot upload a picture. At least as I see.

I meant: to leave the text as it is, unchanged, but to put around it a dotted rectangle.
To understand better: Draw a vertical line from the left edge of the avatar into the post - that would be the left margin (it's on the the post, but outside the text).

[Tiberius]

I think you may need to draw it in an editor and show us what you mean...

[Zenith]

I think you may need to draw it in an editor and show us what you mean...

But how can I upload a picture??
Some time ago I had seen something like "upload" below the box where I was writing the text to be posted, but not anymore.

[reverendjeremiah]

I have noticed that if you give a reply, and then after a few minutes you post again on the same thread, your two replies get united. The problem is that it looks very ugly and hard to read if the posts are big. Many times it is much better if you separate two different topics in two posts (also when you reply to different people) - IF those posts do not get united into a single one. On the other hand, if you only want to append something to your old post, you can simply click "Edit" and edit it.

What do you say about allowing the posts of the same user to be separated, even if he replies after 5 minutes or less?

A small amount of homework on board code (BB) will fix ALL of your problems. Trying to get a forum to tweek 100% exactly how you want it is extremely difficult on the back end.

I suggest you post as much as you want, and if you see them "run on", then go back and edit it to look better like I do.

[twocompulsive]

Just a few observations :
I don' t like the logo. Can it be replaced ?
Can quote boxes be made smaller and neater - like on Rat Skep ?
On Rationalia you cannot post twice in succession. This is automatic. Why not here ?
Excellent employment of avatar box allowing for longer lines of text. Well done whosever idea that was.
Mainly you all seem to be rather serious like Rat Skep and not at all funny like Rationalia. But all good nevertheless.

[Zenith]

A small amount of homework on board code (BB) will fix ALL of your problems. Trying to get a forum to tweek 100% exactly how you want it is extremely difficult on the back end.

I suggest you post as much as you want, and if you see them "run on", then go back and edit it to look better like I do.

I understand what you say rev. But about what you do... it works pretty ok - as long as you don't write too much. But I have some posts that are very large.

In the worst case, I think it would be better - as tackattack suggested on the previous page - replacing:

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with something like this bar:


only that... the bar should be... as long as the normal bar/line [ h r ] is.
the bar above should be better than the normal bar/line because it's more visible - it is impossible not to observe such things in a post.

As about my former suggestion, though I don't know too much about web design, I guess it's... too hard to implement. So what do you say about the bar above?