I tried to think of ways to show rolls nicely inline with IC posts, but didn't come up with much.

The only way I can think of, besides an obtrusive block code, is to use the acronym/abbr html tag to display the dice roll on hover. So you could make a custom BBCode that takes the roll ID, displays the roll results in the hover, and then let someone write their action (as a result of the roll) inside the tag. Similar to the implementation of URL=, but hover instead of link.

Well, if you wanted a temporary solution, I'm aware that some websites contain a border on the sides that scrolls down as you scroll down, and that shouldn't be memory intensive, and it would add art. The only reason I say "temporary" is because I think that auto-scrolling borders are a little bit unnerving to the eyes.

I don't like auto-scrolling borders. I like auto-scrolling panes like Facebook's chat or search bar, but I don't like cluttered edges on webpages.

P.S. I personally like the dark-coloured background. Of course, I would agree that some of the bright white parts don't look the best,although it may not help that some of said elements are built in to the browser (eg. the scroll bars which pop up in oversized signatures or in the post editor).

given the right tools, you can change the appearance of scrollbars and such. we're actually annoyed at times at how our own scrollbars are almost impossible to see because there's very little contrast. (its all dark gray). Not sure what (if anything) you need on windows to tweak those colors. On Ubuntu its simply a custom-installed theme.

@Celaira: For security and performance reasons, I'd advise against it...

@Celaira: For security and performance reasons, I'd advise against it...

Could someone break something fundemental with what I was thinking, Shien?

@Celaira: For security and performance reasons, I'd advise against it...

Could someone break something fundemental with what I was thinking, Shien?

Yes. Allowing HTML/CSS also allows for Javascript, Flash and Java to be embedded. These three are common attack vectors for malware/spyware/etc. That's not to say that all Javascript, Flash or Java is evil, but you're basically allowing anyone who can make an account (and if you recall, we got a fair few number of spammers last year on the Guild 2.0, so the machines can easily adapt) to inject these technologies into a post. That's a huge security hole, and as much as I'm sure Mahz would like to trust the Guild not to do that, all it takes is one person doing so intentionally or by accident to do a lot of damage.

Can't allow HTML/CSS without heavy pre-processing to enforce a whitelist of safe usage. Which is exactly what BBCode is.

Can't allow HTML/CSS without heavy pre-processing to enforce a whitelist of safe usage. Which is exactly what BBCode is.

I really would recommend against implementing code for HTML. No matter how many holes you cover up, someone will be able to break it; that system is too vulnerable.

P.P.S. There is no noparse in the BBCode Cheat Sheat (that noparsing the noparse tags claimed there was a misalignment error, btw, although I don't blame it). Neither are there tables. Were there meant to be tabs too?

Hi! Thanks for all the hard work you're putting into bringing this site back to what it was. ^.^ I was wondering if you plan to make it so you can click a PM and go to the last post like it used to be. Haha. It's a bit tiring having to scroll and scroll to get to the last post. Not a huge deal, but I know a few of my friends really liked it that way more. Or maybe it could be changed to show the newest post at the top instead of the bottom when it comes to PMs. Something. <3

Hi! Thanks for all the hard work you're putting into bringing this site back to what it was. ^.^ I was wondering if you plan to make it so you can click a PM and go to the last post like it used to be. Haha. It's a bit tiring having to scroll and scroll to get to the last post. Not a huge deal, but I know a few of my friends really liked it that way more. Or maybe it could be changed to show the newest post at the top instead of the bottom when it comes to PMs. Something. <3

Click the chain-like symbol next to the name of the latest poster in the PM, and it takes you directly to that post.

P.S. I personally like the dark-coloured background. Of course, I would agree that some of the bright white parts don't look the best,although it may not help that some of said elements are built in to the browser (eg. the scroll bars which pop up in oversized signatures or in the post editor).

These parts are NOT "part of the browser" - the browser only falls back to determining the styling of these elements when these are not set by the site (or when the browser has been explicitly told to override the styling). A few lines in the CSS file (or whatever is used for styling the site) could easily fix these sidebars for you.