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Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:44 pm
by Mikey42
If you post a message that contains a web address in it that ends in .mp4, .ogg, or .webm, the forum will automatically convert it into a playable video. For example, if I put the address http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4 in this post in plain text, this happens:


If you want to put a link to the file instead, wrap the address in a url tag. This can be done manually or by clicking the link button in the toolbar.
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Example:

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[url]http://commondatastorage.googleapis.com/gtv-videos-bucket/sample/BigBuckBunny.mp4[/url]
If you have a video file that you would like to include in one of your posts but do not have anyplace to host it, I can host it off of the WDF server, just PM me a link to the file to download from a service like Google Drive and I'll send back an address you can include in your post.

Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Thu Sep 21, 2023 7:49 pm
by Mikey42
The forum supports embedding videos and other content from other hosting providers as well. This is the full list of supported sites:
ABC News
Acast
Amazon Product
Anchor
Apple Podcasts
Audioboom
Audiomack
Audius
Bandcamp
BBC News
BitChute
Bleacher Report videos
Brightcove
Castos
CBS News Video
Clyp
CNBC
CNN
CNNMoney
CodePen
Comedy Central
Coub
Dailymotion
Democracy Now!
dumpert
8tracks
ESPN
Facebook
Falstad Circuit Simulator
Flickr
Fox News
Funny or Die
GameClips.io
Gamer DVR
Gamespot
Getty Images
Gfycat
Gifs.com
GIPHY
GitHub
Gist
Global News
GoFundMe
Google Drive
Google+
Google Sheets
Hudl
Hulu
IGN
IMDb trailers
Imgur
Indiegogo
Instagram
Internet Archive
İzlesene
JSFiddle
JW Platform
Kaltura
Kontinental
Hockey League (КХЛ)
Kickstarter
Libsyn
Liveleak
Livestream
Mail.Ru
Medium
Megaphone
Metacafe
Mixcloud
MLB
MRCTV
MSNBC
National Geographic Channel
National Geographic Video
NBC News
NBC Sports
NHL Videos and Highlights
NPR
The New York Times Video
Odysee
Orfium
Pastebin
Pinterest
Podbean
Prezi
Reddit threads and comments
Rumble
Rutube
Scribd
Sendvid
SlideShare
SoundCloud
Sporcle
Sportsnet
Spotify
Spreaker
Steam store
Stitcher
Straw Poll
Streamable
Streamja
Team Coco
TED Talks
Telegram
The Atlantic Video
The Guardian (obsolete)
The Onion
TikTok
TMZ
TradingView
Trailer Addict
MyDailyFreedom
Tumblr
247Sports
Twitch
Twitter
Ustream
VBOX7
Veoh
Vevo
Video Detective
Vimeo
Vine
VK
Vocaroo
Vox
Washington Post Video
Wavekit
Wistia
WorldStarHipHop
The Wall Street Journal Online
Youku
YouMaker
YouTube

To add the content to your post, wrap the web address to the content in a [bbvideo] tag. Example:

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[bbvideo]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Eb629RpnQA[/bbvideo]

You can also click the play icon in the toolbar:
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Here is an embedded Youtube video:

Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Sat Sep 23, 2023 4:57 am
by Mikey42
The default avatar size limits in phpBB were woefully small. They have now been increased to allow avatars up to 1000 x 1000 and up to 500kB in size.

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Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:29 pm
by Squeeze2
Hey! Is there a way to create a poll on here?

Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 1:43 am
by Mikey42
Squeeze2 wrote: Sat Nov 25, 2023 5:29 pm Hey! Is there a way to create a poll on here?
Yup, polls are supported and should be enabled for all users. They need to be created in a new topic.

First, start a new topic:
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Enter the title and text for the first post as usual, maybe describing what you hope to find out from the poll. Then, at the bottom of the new topic page is a tab for "Poll Creation"
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On this tab, you can enter the poll question and what options to list. You also can make it so people can vote for multiple items, limit the length of the poll, and allow changing of votes.
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Once you submit your new topic, the poll will be presented at the top of the topic.
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Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Sun Nov 26, 2023 5:57 am
by Squeeze2
Awesome! That’s super clear ans helpful, Mikey! Thanks

Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 2:57 pm
by Bigfalcon
How do you upload photos from an iPhone or iPad?

Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:05 pm
by scotsguy27
Full Editor & preview,scroll down and click attachment tab, click add files, photo library when the options come up and then should just be hit submit.

Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2023 9:06 am
by Bigfalcon
Thank You

Re: Forum features you might not know about

Posted: Thu Dec 28, 2023 3:09 pm
by ssmain2202
Thanks!