Discussion:New Forum Features, February 2007
From TaxAlmanac
Discussion Forum Index --> Tax Questions --> New Forum Features, February 2007
| February 16, 2007 | |
| As many of you may have noticed, we made a few enhancements to TaxAlmanac last night. We upgraded the version of MediaWiki that we use to fix the formatting issues that Internet Explorer 7 users had been experiencing. In addition, we added buttons to the discussion forum. These buttons are now displayed on a toolbar at the top of the new forum topic and reply edit boxes. Feel free to use them to make your posts a little more dynamic. Here is a summary of what the buttons do:
[edit] Buttons
[edit] Smileys
Please let me know if you have any comments or feedback. Feel free to use this discussion to test these new features. - Tim Doyle, TaxAlmanac Moderator - Talk to me 10:34, 16 February 2007 (CST) | |
Bold - Press this button to add bold text. If you press it without any characters highlighted, '''Bold Text''' will be inserted, with the text in the middle highlighted. Simply start typing to change the sample text to what you really want bolded. If you select text with your mouse and then press the Bold button, the text that you had highlighted will be set to bold.
Italics - Press this button to add italicized text. If you press it without any characters highlighted, '''Italic Text''' will be inserted, with the text in the middle highlighted. Simply start typing to change the sample text to what you really want italicized. If you select text with your mouse and then press the Italics button, the text that you had highlighted will be set to italics.
Underline - Press this button to add underlined text. If you press it without any characters highlighted, '''Underline Text''' will be inserted, with the text in the middle highlighted. Simply start typing to change the sample text to what you really want underlined. If you select text with your mouse and then press the Underline button, the text that you had highlighted will be set to underlined.
Strikethrough - Press this button to add 
TaxAlmanac (Internal) Link - Press this button to add a 
Web (External) Link - Press this button to add a 
Headline - Press this button to add a Headline. If you press it without any characters highlighted, ==Headline text== will be inserted, with the text in the middle highlighted. Simply start typing to change the name of the headline that you want to add. If you select text with your mouse and then press the Headline button, the text that you had highlighted will be set to a headline. Note that the 2 equal signs on each side means a top-level headline. For smaller headlines, add more equal signs to each side.
Image - Press this button to add an Image. If you press it without any characters highlighted, [[Image:Embedded image]] will be inserted, with the text in the middle highlighted. Simply start typing to change the name of the image that you want to add. If you select text with your mouse and then press the Image button, the text that you had highlighted will be set to the image name. Note that the image must already reside on TaxAlmanac. Please only upload images with no copyright. We're working on obtaining more images, such as smileys and will let you know when they're available.
No Wiki - Press this button if you want to show someone how to do something without the system interpreting your text as the actual command. For example, to tell someone how to add a category, I could type the text here, but the system would think that you wanted to categorize this page. This is how you tell the system to just print it, as is, without interpretation.
Signature - Press this button to add your signature. When you press it, --~~~~ will be inserted. When you save the page, that will be converted to your username, a link to your user page, and the date/time stamp.
Horizontal Line - Press this button to add a horizontal line. When you press it, ---- will be inserted. When you save the page, that will be converted to a horizontal dividing line.
Code Section - Press this button to add a link to an Internal Revenue Code Section. If you press it without any characters highlighted, [[Sec. 123]] will be inserted, with the "123" highlighted. Simply start typing to change the section number that you want to link to. If you select a section number with your mouse and then press the Code Section button, the number that you had highlighted will be used.
Treasury Regulation - Press this button to add a link to a Treasury Regulation Section. If you press it without any characters highlighted, [[Reg. 1.123-1]] will be inserted, with the "1.123-1" highlighted. Simply start typing to change the section number that you want to link to. If you select a regulation number with your mouse and then press the Treasury Regulation button, the number that you had highlighted will be used.
Publication - Press this button to add a link to an IRS Publication. If you press it without any characters highlighted, [[Publication 17]] will be inserted, with the "17" highlighted. Simply start typing to change the publication number that you want to link to. If you select a publication number with your mouse and then press the Publication button, the number that you had highlighted will be used.
Revenue Ruling - Press this button to add a link to a Revenue Ruling. If you press it without any characters highlighted, [[Rev. Rul. YYYY-NN]] will be inserted, with the "YYYY-NN" highlighted. Simply start typing to change the ruling number that you want to link to. If you select a ruling number with your mouse and then press the Revenue Ruling button, the number that you had highlighted will be used. Note that YYYY-NN is the format from the year 2000 onwards, but before that, a two digit year was used.
Death&Taxes (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2007 |
| All I can say is 'WOW' | |
| February 16, 2007 | |
| Blr: Look at the reply edit window at the bottom of this page. See the buttons just above it? Click in the reply edit window and start pressing the buttons. Play with it. Experiment.
- Tim Doyle, TaxAlmanac Moderator - Talk to me 10:53, 16 February 2007 (CST) | |
| February 16, 2007 | |
| I see the edit buttons now. Earlier this morning, I thought something looked different, but with my | |
Rgtaxservice (talk|edits) said: | 16 February 2007 |
| Wow
I like this
I can really have fun with this. Sec. 280A - just a test | |
| 16 February 2007 | |
| Some say "it's beginning to look like tax season." I say, "it's beginning to look like the coolest tax site" Thanks Tim. | |
| February 16, 2007 | |
Take a look above - I've added some basic smileys!  Just don't overuse them or you might get an  Oink!
- 17:11, 16 February 2007 (CST) | |
| February 16, 2007 | |
| Let me know if you think they're too small, too big, not understandable, etc. Also, if you have ideas for more, just let me know - I found a very talented graphic artist within the company and he's offered to make more for us.
- Tim Doyle, TaxAlmanac Moderator - Talk to me 17:32, 16 February 2007 (CST) | |
| February 19, 2007 | |
| Swords and Fireballs? Hmmm... Can you point me to an example?
Spell Check: For now, we're encouraging users to use the spell check features included in new browsers. For more information, see Discussion:Spell Check Feature. - 15:20, 19 February 2007 (CST) | |
| 19 February 2007 | |
| Someone asked for them when the smiley idea came up a couple of months ago, I thought it was funny. Sorry, I don't have an example and it's probably best they aren't included. I would have launched more then a few fireballs when that darn *House Buyout* thread was in vogue.
| |
Inagpurwala (talk|edits) said: | 20 February 2007 |
| Great job - Tim!
Ishaq Inagpurwala 16:54, 20 February 2007 (CST) | |
