How to use White Swirl Widgets and Tags, Bump Your Thread

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How to use White Swirl Widgets and Tags, Bump Your Thread

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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.

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[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.

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[img]http://www.whiteswirl.com/forum/styles/prosilver/imageset/whiteswirllogo_11.png[/img]
Image


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.

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[ebay]110738353332[/ebay]
[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.

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[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.

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[spoiler]This is how the spoiler tag works.[/spoiler]
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 -

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http://vimeo.com/7442369

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[vimeo]7442369[/vimeo]



YouTube
Just like Vimeo. The easiest way to get the video ID is to click "share" under the video and use the last set of numbers/letters/symbols after the / just like for Vimeo.
Example URL

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http://youtu.be/sudk3ZdMsVA

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[youtube]sudk3ZdMsVA[/youtube]


BUMP
After a single day you can bump a thread if you started it. Go to the last post of the thread and find the link as seen in the picture below. In doing some research, looks like you can only bump your thread once. After that a new post needs to be made and then you can bump it again 1 day after the last post was made.
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nice work1

and what is youtu.be? I've seen it a few times but not sure what it is..
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higherlimits wrote:nice work1

and what is youtu.be? I've seen it a few times but not sure what it is..

'youtu.be' is just youtube's shortened url...
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VERY helpful. Thanks so much!
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Bump for a reminder on how to use widgets and tags.
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Is there a way to place a photo in a PM if the photo is not hosted on a site, just a file on your PC?
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TwinkleLights wrote:Is there a way to place a photo in a PM if the photo is not hosted on a site, just a file on your PC?
I just checked, doesn't look like that is possible.
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Okay. Thanks! --- For the answer and for the fact that I feel like less of an idiot [that I couldn't figure out how to do it] now 8-)
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How do you add an MP3 to a post?
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It has to be an external link that ends in .mp3, then you add the mp3 code around it just like an externally linked image -


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[mp3]http://thirdmanrecords.com/media/roll_me_up_edit.mp3[/mp3]
Although it doesn't seem to be working at the moment, it should. Adam probably broke the board last night.
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MP3 widget appears to be broken again.
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potentially should work now? my work internet blocks stuff like this so I can't actually confirm if it's working or not.
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higherlimits wrote:potentially should work now? my work internet blocks stuff like this so I can't actually confirm if it's working or not.
Nope. Went from nothing to a white block where the player should be.
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