Word of the Day, English Word of the Day , Picture of the Day, postponed until codes get fixed

Question

Hola amigos:

Until further notice, our daily threads will have to be postponed as no codes seem to be working.

Let''s ask this guy to help

LoL I'm glad to see someone has retained their sense of humor! - ajaks, Feb 4, 2012

Sigh.....about the codes and the little genie is cool! - bandit51jd, Feb 4, 2012

Thanks Heidita for your great support as usual - 0043ad50, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 1

I personally don't think we need to stop the WOD threads just because they are not pretty anymore. We still have markdown, which is good enough to get the point across.

But of course that is up to the moderators if they choose :-D - Gregory84, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 2

Rather than post the text/coding itself, just post an image of it.

I hope you're kidding.

It turns a 15-second edit into a 10-minute process, for me.

With all due respect, This is just crazy-talk.

I don't think it's productive to make tasks that were otherwise normal, into a massive series of work-arounds. It's not really practical going forward, as new members already have a lot to deal with, and they shouldn't need to be snagged by work-arounds.

Well I think that the need for the rich text in that post is crazy, I'm just trying to provide him with a workaround. You know that I love using XHTML and would love to see it return if you have ever read my posts. - 0074b507, Feb 4, 2012

But I don't want to see the baby thrown out with the bath water. - 0074b507, Feb 4, 2012

Pesta, it just took me a minute to do that one above with a photobucket code - sanlee, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 3

I'm not sure I can take a day without those 2!!!!

Are you talking about palabra too??? Oh, no... I mean 3!!! - katydew, Feb 4, 2012

jeje, don't cry katy, this will be fixed soon - 00494d19, Feb 4, 2012

I understand how you feel Katy I miss those threads immensely they are among my favourites in the whole site! - FELIZ77, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 4

So, I just put that image in my photobucket account. So all you do is just write

Word of the day corrected by drvicente.

Then you put your word and picture example here. This took less than a minute. You can make it fancier if you want.

Just a suggestion.

Great :-D where is the link for this so the mods can use it. - Gregory84, Feb 4, 2012

http://i740.photobucket.com/albums/xx47/sanleeq/part-1.png - sanlee, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 5

Well, It does seem a shame to have to postpone Word and Picture of the Day! Surely there is a simple work around?

Word of the Day: Could we not simply post the words... by that I mean our sentences and have them corrected by the moderator? The pictures are lovely but Word of the Day could certainly function without them on a short term basis!

I admit that Picture of the Day could prove much more tricky

Answer 6

Please look at this new thread,

We are actually working on marshal's thread right now.

besos

Answer 7

Here is the link for that picture on photobucket. link text

Sandy there was no picture my friend, just the instructions/rules telling people how they should post a response! - FELIZ77, Feb 4, 2012

Yes,, Feliz, it is for the people who post it so they can use it to make the thread. - sanlee, Feb 4, 2012

Answer 8

It is a shame but I am sure the good folks behind the scenes are working on it, I shall look at it as an opportunity to actually get on with some of the tasks in my course books

Answer 9

Ohh, ahora puedo descansar un poco, solia prisa - en la manana y noche -
..........por publicar mi respuesta. Espero que es solo un dia.

Answer 10

I don't understand the problem A workaround has already been suggested that will work for these posts. Rather than post the text/coding itself, just post an image of it.

Below is the text/coding from an "old site" thread on the English Word of the day. I cut and pasted it into the text editor on this thread. The Preview Screen of this text still supports XHTML tags (for creating Rich Text) so the "Question" still appears as it would on the old site. Just capture the image of the Preview screen and post that as your question, rather than the coding/text istelf. [which if posted would only allow MarkDown tags rendering it to Plain text.]

So here is an image of what would be your new ""question" if you posted, not the coding, but an image of it.

Oop! I forgot to crop it. And if the image is too small, just divide in into several images, rather than posting just one image capture.

The preview area does not render a correct version of the xhtml. And... the preview area displays with a gray background, which reduces readability for a range of otherwise good color choices. - pesta, Feb 4, 2012

Also, once Chris sees that the xhtml is still allowed in the preview, don't you think that will be removed for consistency? Given the simplicity of the markdown language, they soon may even trash the preview pane altogether. - pesta, Feb 4, 2012

I see no reason for the Rich text in these threads. Let's worry about the language lesson; not the computer enhancement, but it is not my thread, so my opinion means nothing. - 0074b507, Feb 4, 2012

I was just suggesting the Preview screen as an available text editor. There are many free ones online which would show the Rich Text as it was on the old site from which an image could be made. I use PageBreeze myself. - 0074b507, Feb 4, 2012