Tips for Using lace

Timestamps

To view the timestamp of a post, hover your mouse over the double colon symbol (::) and browsers that support the title attribute will display the time of the comment and how long ago it was as a 'tooltip.'

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Actions

To perform an action, begin your post with /me or \me followed by a space and your action.

For example, if your name is Biff and you say something like

/me says, "Hello McFly!"

it will appear as

Biff says, "Hello McFly!"

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Using HTML

If your browser has Javascript enabled, you can use the Link, B and I buttons for quick access to links (see EasyLinks below), bold and italics.

If you choose to enter HTML by hand, Lace can fix most mistakes like a missing end tag or mis-matched tags for you.

The full list of allowed HTML is:

  • a
  • b
  • code
  • em
  • i
  • strong

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EasyLinks

If you have Javscript enabled, EasyLinks are the easiest way to create a link.

  1. Click the Link button.
  2. Enter the address and press OK.
  3. Enter some text for the title attribute (or not) and press OK.
  4. Enter the link text and press OK.

Viola! The proper code for the link has been created for you.

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AutoLinks

Use AutoLinks for adding a single, quick link with no non-link text in your message.

For example, entering

http://google.com Google is a great search engine.

will automatically create a link like so:

Google is a great search engine.

The first 'word' (in this case, http://google.com) becomes the link address and all subsequent words (Google is a great search engine.) become the link text.

The domain name (google.com) becomes the title attribute, which appears as a tooltip in most browsers.

Note: AutoLinks must begin with the characters http or www. to work properly.

AutoLinks will not work if http or www. are not the first four characters of your message.

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