How to use White Swirl Widgets and Tags, Bump Your Thread
Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2011 10:53 pm
I had someone ask me how to use the YouTube widget today so I thought it might be useful to have a thread we could point to that explains how the widgets and some of the coding works.
Code
The code tag prevents the board from executing the code you have typed in the post. Meaning that if you want to show someone the code instead of the outcome, you surroud it with the code tag.
Instead of seeing the YouTube video in the post, you see the actual code used to post YouTube videos. If you didn't have the code code, you'd see the video.
Image
Post a picture hosted on another site, has to end in a picture filetype such as .jpg to work. Links that don't end in a picture file type don't generally work.
eBay
This is used to post an eBay auction viewable in a thread. The viewer can see the price, time left on the auction, zoom on the picture of the item, view the seller name, anonymous high bidder, number of bids, etc. without needing to leave White Swirl and go to eBay. Use the ebay tag with the auction number inbetween the tags. The eBay auction number is located on the right side of the auction listing under the sellers name and other information. It is generally a 12 digit number. The widget works with active and completed auctions provided the auction is still available in the eBay database.
[ebay]110738353332[/ebay]
MP3
Share MP3s directly with others using the MP3 widget which will create a player on the site that you can play songs with directly. Instead of opening a desktop player or going to the site, the song plays within the post just as a YouTube video plays when you link to YouTube. The URL must end in .MP3 to work properly.
Spoiler
If used, the text written between the tags will not be shown, instead it will be blacked out. Users will need to highlight the blacked out area to see the text you have written. This tag does not work with images like on other boards, only text.
This is how the spoiler tag works.
Vimeo
Places a small version of the video in the post so that users can watch the video on the site without having to actually go to Vimeo. Use the Vimeo tag with the video number between the tags. The video number is located in the URL after the /.
Example of URL -
Code
The code tag prevents the board from executing the code you have typed in the post. Meaning that if you want to show someone the code instead of the outcome, you surroud it with the code tag.
Instead of seeing the YouTube video in the post, you see the actual code used to post YouTube videos. If you didn't have the code code, you'd see the video.
Code: Select all
[youtube]I2bVZU4E4Jc[/youtube]Image
Post a picture hosted on another site, has to end in a picture filetype such as .jpg to work. Links that don't end in a picture file type don't generally work.
Code: Select all
[img]http://www.whiteswirl.com/forum/styles/prosilver/imageset/whiteswirllogo_11.png[/img]eBay
This is used to post an eBay auction viewable in a thread. The viewer can see the price, time left on the auction, zoom on the picture of the item, view the seller name, anonymous high bidder, number of bids, etc. without needing to leave White Swirl and go to eBay. Use the ebay tag with the auction number inbetween the tags. The eBay auction number is located on the right side of the auction listing under the sellers name and other information. It is generally a 12 digit number. The widget works with active and completed auctions provided the auction is still available in the eBay database.
Code: Select all
[ebay]110738353332[/ebay]MP3
Share MP3s directly with others using the MP3 widget which will create a player on the site that you can play songs with directly. Instead of opening a desktop player or going to the site, the song plays within the post just as a YouTube video plays when you link to YouTube. The URL must end in .MP3 to work properly.
Code: Select all
[mp3]http://www.urpdist.com/active/onesheets/thirdman/tmr109.mp3[/mp3]Spoiler
If used, the text written between the tags will not be shown, instead it will be blacked out. Users will need to highlight the blacked out area to see the text you have written. This tag does not work with images like on other boards, only text.
Code: Select all
[spoiler]This is how the spoiler tag works.[/spoiler]Vimeo
Places a small version of the video in the post so that users can watch the video on the site without having to actually go to Vimeo. Use the Vimeo tag with the video number between the tags. The video number is located in the URL after the /.
Example of URL -
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http://vimeo.com/7442369Code: Select all
[vimeo]7442369[/vimeo]