Elad has said that special html tags are unlikely to return (Reply #68)

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Sat Oct 28, 2017, 09:37 PM

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68. Elad has said that special html tags are unlikely to return

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10138634

OP. Post formatting has been restored

21. What about things like font size and backgrounds?

26. That is unlikely to return.
The reason is that it requires user input to be translated into HTML, which is the vector that is insecure.

Thanks to Denzil_DC for the archive.org link to how it used to look, but unfortunately that's ancient history, I'm afraid
http://web.archive.org/web/20120419091647/http://www.democraticunderground.com/124025017

About the May 2017 hack attack that required all formatting to be turned off until July 2017, and is still causing special formatting to remain off, see

Democratic Underground was vandalized by a script attack on Wednesday afternoon 5/17
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10138421

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85 replies	Author	Time	Post
Unofficial DU3 Basic HTML Reference Lookup Table [View all]	Make7	May 2012	OP
I never thought I'd miss the marquee	rocktivity	May 2012	#1
Linking to YouTube or Vimeo without embedding.	Make7	May 2012	#3
How to link to YouTube giving a start time	muriel_volestrangler	May 2012	#4
There doesn't seem to be a way to embed while adding parameters.	Make7	Jun 2012	#6
Did you take a class?	JustanAngel	Sep 2013	#36
welcome & Help	maxcopper	Jun 2013	#31
Wow!	JustanAngel	Sep 2013	#35
about myself	JUSTIN JOSEPH	Sep 2017	#65
Bookmarked. Thank you.	Scuba	May 2012	#2
k&r n/t	RainDog	May 2012	#5
What does K&R mean?	Fortinbras Armstrong	Sep 2013	#33
kick and recommend	RainDog	Sep 2013	#34
Excellent - This should get pinned - nt	Ohio Joe	Jun 2012	#7
Yeah, it should be pinned.	Lugnut	Jun 2012	#8
Was looking for this	Lookz	Jun 2012	#9
Would you expand this to include symbols and similar? n/t	Egalitarian Thug	Dec 2012	#10
I'm not sure precisely what you mean by symbols.	Make7	Dec 2012	#11
Mmmph.. Thanks.(Bookmarked) I lost my old	annabanana	Dec 2012	#12
The Meta version of this thread (which came first) at archive.org:	Make7	Mar 2013	#13
You're our saviour! I thought that had been lost, since you had to be logged in	muriel_volestrangler	Mar 2013	#15
Meta was viewable to the public for about half a year or so.	Make7	Mar 2013	#16
Kicked to the top! Very helpful. n/t	Agschmid	Mar 2013	#14
Problems with links and the [link: \| ] tag? What to do to fix them.	Make7	Mar 2013	#17
Bored with DU's plain gray excerpt boxes?	Make7	Apr 2013	#18
What is "my user style sheet"? n/t	lumberjack_jeff	Apr 2013	#26
A 'user style sheet' allows you to customize the appearance of elements on a website.	Make7	Apr 2013	#28
Cool! I didn't know that you could substitute a style sheet hosted locally for the site's.	lumberjack_jeff	Apr 2013	#29
Wow, fancy stuff	davidpdx	Apr 2014	#47
I'm not sure what you mean by "the color of the box (outside)".	Make7	May 2014	#48
Thanks for this thread, Make7.	Ptah	Apr 2013	#19
embedded links	RainDog	Apr 2013	#20
There are some issues with links and the [link] tag.	Make7	Apr 2013	#21
here's the post	RainDog	Apr 2013	#22
The plus signs in the web address are making it not work right.	Make7	Apr 2013	#23
Excellent thread, thank you! And now a question:	petronius	Apr 2013	#24
I haven't been able to get any type of line break to work within the 'About Me' text.	Make7	Apr 2013	#25
Thanks! Here's the ATA thread I started:	petronius	Apr 2013	#27
Placing code to resize images here to avoid opening more windows.	TexasTowelie	May 2013	#30
html	params193	Aug 2013	#32
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Sep 2013	#37
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Nov 2013	#38
I can't post an image in my sig line	RainDog	Jan 2014	#39
hmmm	RainDog	Jan 2014	#40
What browser are you using?	Make7	Jan 2014	#41
nevermind	RainDog	Jan 2014	#42
The DU software will ignore the [IMG] tags, so it should work without them...	Make7	Jan 2014	#43
embedding video	RainDog	Jan 2014	#44
No, an [iframe] tag won't work here. You can only embed videos from YouTube or Vimeo.	Make7	Jan 2014	#45
This message was self-deleted by its author	Paladin	Mar 2014	#46
Message auto-removed	Name removed	May 2014	#49
"Sorry, tables are not allowed "	tarheelsunc	May 2014	#50
Well, that's kind of a joke.	Make7	May 2014	#51
Great Thread	laserhaas	Dec 2014	#52
Displaying Data As Tables	Make7	Apr 2015	#53
So I want to have whole paragraphs of text with images using the stylized coding. How do I do that?	Initech	Jan 2017	#61
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Oct 2015	#54
With your 11th post you can start a new thread.	ColesCountyDem	Oct 2015	#55
:-)	w0nderer	Oct 2015	#56
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Nov 2015	#57
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Mar 2016	#58
How do you post a photo from an article	blueseas	Jan 2017	#59
Well, it kind of depends on what device, operating system, and browser you are using.	Make7	Jan 2017	#60
Thank you very much for this.	nikibatts	Feb 2017	#62
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Jun 2017	#63
hey Make7, for some reason all the HTML is showing now on your OP, hmm nt	steve2470	Sep 2017	#64
Somebody above linked to an archived version that reads correctly:	Denzil_DC	Oct 2017	#66
thanks! nt	steve2470	Oct 2017	#67
Elad has said that special html tags are unlikely to return	progree	Oct 2017	#68
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Apr 2019	#69
Message auto-removed	Name removed	Apr 2019	#70
Post removed	Post removed	Jun 2019	#71
How do I insert a carriage return into my sig line?	ailsagirl	Oct 2020	#72
Well, if double spacing is okay, you could use an empty [blockquote] element.	Make7	Oct 2020	#73
Thank you!	ailsagirl	Oct 2020	#74
is it possible to resize an image for your sig line?	sarchasm	Jan 3	#75
The DU stylesheet scales images down to a max height of 100 pixels or max width of 400 for sigs.	Make7	Jan 3	#76
Thank you. I'm wanting to reduce the size 50% without resizing if possible.	sarchasm	Jan 3	#77
For accents like É that work in thread and post titles use "É" etc.	muriel_volestrangler	Feb 6	#78
Useful tip. Thanks.	Make7	Feb 6	#79
How to center text?	Lasher	Feb 13	#80
Unfortunately, that is no longer possible.	Make7	Feb 14	#81
That's just what I thought.	Lasher	Feb 14	#82
Can someone remind me how to change font color for text?	hlthe2b	Feb 15	#83
That's been disabled since the 2016 hack — like most other user formatting options.	Make7	Feb 15	#84
Thanks for trying. I'd already attempted what I thought had worked before to no avail...	hlthe2b	Feb 15	#85

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