[wp-forums] Thread layout borked

[Francisco de Azevedo]

Hi everyone!
I agree with a lot of what has been said, but mainly:
*1.* This is a problem that I think needs fixing;
*2.* People don't read Forum rules and should definitely be encouraged to
do things the right way;
*3.* A dynamic fix seems like the best approach here to avoid increasing
mods' work load.
I have a couple of ideas but they kind of depend on this very simple *
question*:
What are the reasons behind the "no more than 10 lines of code" rule?
*a.* Security (i.e., to discourage code injection tactics, etc.);
*b.* Resource limitations (code takes space and therefore increases thread
size);
*c.* Thread readability;
*d.* None of the above or another reason.

*Potential solutions are:*
*a. *Keep disallowing certain dangerous tags, such as iframe, object, etc.,
combined with @Chip's idea of using this in conjunction with the spam
filter: if a tag is used that is not allowed, the post does not go through.
*b.* As suggested by @Rich, try to use Pastebin's API, and perhaps contact
them to see if that logged in requirement could be lifted for WP.org Forums
in exchange of, I don't know, credit ("Code insertion powered by Pastebin"
or smth?
*c.* Collapsable code divs either on "click" or on "mouseover" events (JS
downgradable to CSS);
*d. *Severe head scratching? :-)

Sorry for the long email!


On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:31 AM, Daniel Fenn <danielx386 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thankyou, also I didn't want to make myself look like a cop or
> anything like that, just something that I think was overlooked, thats
> all :)
>
> Could wordpress host their own pastebin for those who can't use the
> others since it blocked?
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 1:30 AM, esmi at quirm dot net <esmi at quirm.net>
> wrote:
> > on 04/04/2012 16:05 Chip Bennett said the following:
> >
> >> Can the spam filter be used to our advantage here? If the code block
> >> triggers the spam filter, can that trigger happen *before* the post is
> >> published, so that the user can fix it before publishing?
> >
> >
> > There was talk a while ago of perhaps creating a plugin that could stop
> the
> > post being published if the amount of code exceeded x lines. Which would
> be
> > wonderful...
> >
> > But I think the stumbling block (as always) was that the WPORG bbPress is
> > *so* customised that there is only a very small pool of people who have
> the
> > necessary experience & authority to make changes.
> >
> > So we hit a resources bottleneck. :-(
> >
> > Mel
> >
> >
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