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BBCode where are you?

dfoxxdfoxx New
edited June 2010 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8
how is bbcode enabled/disabled? does it even still exist in 2rc2? class.format.php says it does... help me!

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    dfoxxdfoxx New
    does no one know what i'm talking about? buried
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    IrwinIrwin
    edited June 2010
    There are helper functions in Gdn_Format to implement certain types of markup languages but as far as I can tell there are no hooks available to intercept the rendering of comments/conversations/etc. That being said, it looks like we'll have to wait on the Vanilla developers to make time for this extremely essential feature.
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    dfoxxdfoxx New
    there are several bbcodes built in, but i can't tell if it's something to do with the htmlformatter that's messing things up... it worked once for me as i was messing around and i bolded some text, aside from that it hasn't worked.

    $Mixed2 = preg_replace("#\[b\](.*?)\[/b\]#si",'\\1',$Mixed2);
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    IrwinIrwin
    Basically it's a very quick 'n dirty implementation of BBCode using regular expressions. I would highly suggest avoiding its use like the plague given the potential security flaws.

    Just wait for the developers.
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    DykamDykam
    @Irwin, what kind of security flaws? I sucessfully implemented a generic BBCode parser (easy smiley adding included :D) via an addon.
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    IrwinIrwin
    @Dykam, the actual implementation in Gdn_Format is rather "sloppy" & does very little checking creating an attack vector. Also, regular expressions should not be used to parse a ML.
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    DykamDykam
    Yeah, I know about the limits, but currently it is working well enough and I can easily change the implementation. Also I'm not using Gdn_Format in any way.
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    TiGRTiGR ✭
    edited June 2010
    @dfoxx you can enable bbcodes in config.php, just add

    $Configuration['Garden']['InputFormatter'] = 'BBCode';

    However, I personally prefer Markdown.
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    _justin_kelly_justin_kelly
    edited July 2010
    re BBCode in RC3 , have been testing and found that

    [url]http://example.org[/url]

    doesnt work, but

    [url=http://example.com]Example[/url]

    does work

    Anyone know anything about this

    also , is there any documentation about the defaults markup in vanilla ?

    cheers

    justin
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    DykamDykam
    By default it's just html with automated linkifying.
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    dfoxxdfoxx New
    @TiGR thank you!

    it seems like it isn't exactly polished though... very glitchy.

    also just a note, if you enable bbcodes in the config, as mentioned above, it doesn't apply retroactively... so you might have to twiddle with the format value for each post.
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    bobthemanbobtheman ✭
    to each their own, but why anyone would want to use bbcode in comparison to even just the plane html defaulted, or a wysiwyg plugin blows my mind.
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    ToddTodd Chief Product Officer Vanilla Staff
    Our BBCode implementation is pretty simple I know. If anyone knows of an open source BBCode parser out there I'd love to know.
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    fr1dayfr1day New
    Very first hit on google..

    http://nbbc.sourceforge.net/

    BSD Open source licence.
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