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When you put the number 8 in brackets in the main or tournament forums - (8 , but not in here (8)?

stockwellpete wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:15 am When you put the number 8 in brackets in the main or tournament forums - (8 , but not in here (8)?

8 ) (without the space) is code for the smiley.

Presumably someone has programmed it not to use the smiley if it is bracketed on both sides.

Can this cleverness be extended to the rest of the forum, or are we stuck with it?

stockwellpete wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:24 am Can this cleverness be extended to the rest of the forum, or are we stuck with it?

Where on the forum does it not behave like this?

(I have tried it on Main and Tournament fora, and it works the same there.)

rbodleyscott wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:31 am

stockwellpete wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:24 am Can this cleverness be extended to the rest of the forum, or are we stuck with it?

Where on the forum does it not behave like this?

Am I not understanding something? In my tournament forum, if I type (8) I get (8 instead. I suppose I could change everything to square brackets, but that would be a bit of a pain.

stockwellpete wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:34 am Am I not understanding something? In my tournament forum, if I type (8) I get (8 instead. I suppose I could change everything to square brackets, but that would be a bit of a pain.

I just tried it on your forum and it showed (8).

See my post in "Themed Event: winners post your results here..."

rbodleyscott wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:38 am (8)

Test for Pete

OK, Thanks. I see what it is now. If I type (S8) it is fine, but I was previously typing it with a space between the S and the 8 and it does this (S .

stockwellpete wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 10:51 am OK, Thanks. I see what it is now. If I type (S8) it is fine, but I was previously typing it with a space between the S and the 8 and it does this (S .

Aye, that would do it.

Ah, so if type 8 with a single bracket after it when you might making a list of points, it appears as

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

9)

stockwellpete wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 12:10 pm Ah, so if type 8 with a single bracket after it when you might making a list of points, it appears as

1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)

9)

Or in the case of normal use of parentheses, such as: (provinces 3 and or (Sep.

The easiest way to stop the 8 from turning into a smilie, is to check the Disable smilies box at the bottom of the 'POST A REPLY' page:

Paul59 wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:29 pm The easiest way to stop the 8 from turning into a smilie, is to check the Disable smilies box at the bottom of the 'POST A REPLY' page:

Good point! 8) Can smilies be permanently disabled?

Paul59 wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:29 pm The easiest way to stop the 8 from turning into a smilie, is to check the Disable smilies box at the bottom of the 'POST A REPLY' page:

Thanks Paul. If I ever knew that, I had forgotten it.

kronenblatt wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:40 pm

Paul59 wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:29 pm The easiest way to stop the 8 from turning into a smilie, is to check the Disable smilies box at the bottom of the 'POST A REPLY' page:

Good point! Can smilies be permanently disabled?

Not as far as I know. You have to check that box every time you want to avoid them.

kronenblatt wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:40 pm

Paul59 wrote: Thu Aug 19, 2021 1:29 pm The easiest way to stop the 8 from turning into a smilie, is to check the Disable smilies box at the bottom of the 'POST A REPLY' page:

Good point! 8) Can smilies be permanently disabled?

Actually, I think I have just discovered how to turn off smilies permanently in your posts:

Click on the drop down arrow by your username in the top right hand corner of the screen. Select "User Control Panel", and then click on the "Board Preferences tab", then select "Edit posting defaults". You will then see a line that says "Enable smilies by default:", turn it off.

I've not tested it yet, but I reckon that should do the trick.