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You all probably know about the consecutive post merger already, which combines consecutive posts in a thread if they come from the same member. Sometimes knowing where one post ends and another begins would be helpful. So is this better? Wait for it... Merged post follows: Consecutive posts mergedHere's my second post in this thread Previously, there was no indication in the merged post as to where the original post ended and the subsequent post began.
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FDUkd5os4xk Merged post follows: Consecutive posts merged To use the youtube tags: youtubeVideoID You need the YouTube video ID from either the URL of the video, or the EMBED code that YouTube generates for it.
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When posting a link to a thread in another thread on the site, do not paste the URL. Instead, use the xxxx[/i]] tag. For example, to link to this thread you would do this: A link to this thread Resulting in: A link to this thread Alternatively, if you want the link text to be the same as the thread URL, simply do this: [thread]37063 Resulting in: [thread]37063[/thread] The reason for this is that when the site is reorganised or moved, any small change to the directory structure can break absolute URLs. This has happened a few times in SFN's history and as a result the site is littered with broken links to our own content! If you want to link to a …
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