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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.19 In reply to 39066.13 
quote: ComtronBob
Frontpage (in which my posts are composed)

Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
39066.20 In reply to 39066.19 
I would've thought someone with as much tech knowledge would've had a better way of doing things!
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 From:  ComtronBob  
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39066.21 

Let me point out that I frequently post at four other stateside Beehive forums, and no one has ever complained.

 

"but your formatting overrides that!"

 

It shouldn't.  I think that's either a bug, or a setting in Beehive that Matt has applied, forcing that override.  (Maybe something in one of the CSSs is affecting things).

 

Matt, what say you?

 

Because, as best I can tell, it's not working that way at any of the stateside Beehive forums I frequent.

 

I just did a quick sanity check of my posts at some of those stateside forums, and I see only a slight difference in font size with IE, and a slightly exaggerated difference with Opera and Firefox.

 

But here, at Teh forum, there's a slightly greater difference with IE, but a HUGE difference with Firefox!  (Opera was somewhere in the middle).  So something here is screwing with the relative font sizes.

 

In any case, as a test, for this post, I have set the size attribute to "undefined".  Which should let Teh forum's default settings control things.

 

Before I create a separate Frontpage template just for Teh forum, let me hear from several of you, as to what you're seeing.


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.22 In reply to 39066.21 
Normal font sizes now in Chrome on Windows 7.
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 From:  ComtronBob  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
39066.23 In reply to 39066.19 

"Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that".

 

Don't be.  For what I'm doing, 99% of the time, Frontpage works just fine.


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  ANT_THOMAS  
 To:  graphitone     
39066.24 In reply to 39066.12 
Dolphin Browser HD.
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 From:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.25 In reply to 39066.21 
You are a gentleman/lady! Thank you.

(Chromium on Linux here, it's fine now)
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 From:  Radio   
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.26 In reply to 39066.21 

Looks fine on here now you've made that change (IE9).
Out of curiosity, what's wrong with the Message box for composing replies? What do you gain by switching to an entirely different application, writing out your post, copying, switching back again, and pasting?
I could maybe understand if it was for something specialised, but you imply that it's for every post.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.27 In reply to 39066.23 
Oh, don't get me wrong, I have used Frontpage myself. But it was a long time ago. All I remember is the pain. But, then again, I was trying to use it to make websites, not creating a post that can be done easily enough in the message dialogue box.

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 From:  graphitone  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.28 In reply to 39066.21 

Lovely stuff. :)

 

Much more readable, and now I don't need to get my windows* changed.

 

*Yorkshire term fo't specs.

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 From:  ComtronBob  
 To:  Radio      
39066.29 In reply to 39066.26 

"Out of curiosity, what's wrong with the Message box for composing replies?"

I just find the TinyMCE (the "message box" editor) applet clunky and annoying.  In most cases it takes several iterations to get the formatting to look "just right".  For the way I work, Frontpage allows for a faster/smoother workflow.  With FP, I've managed to autopilot much of what I do.

"What do you gain by switching to an entirely different application, writing out your post, copying, switching back again, and pasting?

That's not the way things work here.  I've created several scripts/macros that handle formatting, data import/export, and several other functions.  When I'm done composing a post, I have a "shoot" button that manages all the copy, paste, and related functions.  So there's none of the convoluted machinations that you presume.

I originally started using FP this way when I was responsible for managing several Community Server based forums, which have god awful response times.  Since that time I've found it the quickest/easiest way to deal with most boards/blogs, while maintaining a consistent look.


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  ComtronBob  
 To:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)     
39066.30 In reply to 39066.27 

"But it was a long time ago.  All I remember is the pain.  But, then again, I was trying to use it to make websites, not creating a post that can be done easily enough in the message dialogue box".

 

Recent versions are far less of a pain, and actually do reasonably well for creating W3C compliant XML, HTML/XHTML, and CSS.

 

As to using the "message dialogue box", see my above post.


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.31 In reply to 39066.30 
Given that FP was discontinued in 2006, no version is that recent. But, yes, I seem to recall that I was using one of the earlier ones (given away with NT Server).

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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Drew (X3N0PH0N)     
39066.32 In reply to 39066.25 
Hi Drew
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)     
39066.33 In reply to 39066.32 
It only goes up to seven.
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 From:  ComtronBob  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
39066.34 In reply to 39066.33 

"It only goes up to seven".

 

I thought it went to 11?

 


ComtronBob

"It is not possible to undertake vast projects with half-vast personnel"
    
Red, white, and blue banner seen hanging across aircraft assembly hanger.

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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
39066.35 In reply to 39066.33 
Crap.
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 From:  Ken (SHIELDSIT)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.36 In reply to 39066.34 
Wow, I thought KG showed up for a second!
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 From:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)  
 To:  ComtronBob     
39066.37 In reply to 39066.34 
I expected that to come from Truffy.
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 From:  99% of gargoyles look like (MR_BASTARD)  
 To:  Peter (BOUGHTONP)     
39066.38 In reply to 39066.37 
Matt

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