@DaniRose2143 this and also I feel like my story format wouldn't work in sim blog or anything cause then it'd just feel tad too serious π like I'm not here to write 500 pages book with elaborate plot and world building or make intense movies I'm just here to comment on what is going on in my sims silly life and discuss it with others and hopefully provide some entertainment on side π
also these paragraphs are killing me even in this comment π
I choose to take the optimistic view that this can be salvaged. I know itβs complex and unlikely but maybe if this drastically changes the vibe, maybe EA can find a way to migrate this forum to host who will give us our favorite tools back.
@DaniRose2143 exactly my thought. Hopefully migration wonβt be necessary. Perhaps there are addons available that will give us access to better editing tools, they just need to be enabled by EA . For now all we can do is wait and see what happens next. β³βοΈβ³βοΈ
@Simmingal Iβm sure to whoever made the change at Vanilla it seems so strange the way that weβre reacting but these handful of changes really change the entire feel of this forum. It interrupts what so many members do and share.
I agree, bb come back any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
BB come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you.π
@DaniRose2143 I think most of your readers will follow you if you move offsite. I think people definitely like your stories enough to click the links offsite for you, especially given the circumstances. If you do decide to move (or to just copy your posts offsite, it may help to also add a banner to your signature.
@simgirl1010 - I think I've gotten tweets to work (see above). If that's what you mean. Maybe it will revert π but it looks like it is fine to just post the twitter url in the insert media box. All I did was the copy the following url into the insert media box.
I came here to complain about the changes to the comments box. It's not intuitive, there's no preview button, and no way to add bold and italics highlights to the text.
On the plus side, I like the new preview window for quoted posts and all the many emojis. Too bad we can't post using just emojis. π
@haneul I had to delete several tweets last night because they reverted back to just the text link. I tried another this morning so waiting to see if it'll be okay.
@crocobaura , select your written text and you can add bold and italics , but yes I agree on previewπ
My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
Seems to me there is an opportunity here for EA and Sims Storytelling Community to come together and create something new and wonderful... whether that's a new posting resource or a new style.
@Simmingal Honestly I was considering doing that too and linking my new posts to the edited bb code posts but sadly that means Iβd have to end up deleting content when I run out of old posts to useβ¦
And to think I used to be scared of bb code. Now I dearly wish we could have it back. But mostly...
1) the preview button.
2) the ability to put an image in a spoiler tag (can't update my story without that because too many pics... *insert sad toddler cry*)
3) Not to mention I only see the option to add an image when I'm editing the post, not writing it? What's up with that?
4) May I grumble about how we got zero warning before this chaos hit us? Could the update (if we can even call it that, it feels like a downgrade honestly) not be delayed if something unforseen happened?
5) If this is the update we needed to prevent that issue with saving drafts, I would honestly choose bb code over saving drafts in a heartbeat. π
@DoloresGreyJust out of curiosity, I found I see the button only when editing a post and only if it does not and never did contain a spoiler tag at all. Does that sound like it checks out for you, too?
Body is 4 characters too short. <--- I love even that now!!!!
My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
it is time to go bbcode real hard thank you bbcode our love for coming back to us
we will not underestimate you ever again
we will bbcode with absolute enthusiasm
okay, why I have the rich text comment box again... or am I having a bad dream? π±
ETA: I swear it was there , lol.
My love, my love, my fearless love, I will not say goodbye..
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
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@DaniRose2143 this and also I feel like my story format wouldn't work in sim blog or anything cause then it'd just feel tad too serious π like I'm not here to write 500 pages book with elaborate plot and world building or make intense movies I'm just here to comment on what is going on in my sims silly life and discuss it with others and hopefully provide some entertainment on side π
also these paragraphs are killing me even in this comment π
bbcode my love please come back
Okay, new idea!
can we continue to edit our old comments with bbcode π
I have some reserved comments in my story thread maybe I can use those to continue storying π€£
βοΈ its free real estate βοΈ
or combine the chapters into one post that is still bbcode π€£
(desperate much, is this what they call recycling)
I choose to take the optimistic view that this can be salvaged. I know itβs complex and unlikely but maybe if this drastically changes the vibe, maybe EA can find a way to migrate this forum to host who will give us our favorite tools back.
@DaniRose2143 exactly my thought. Hopefully migration wonβt be necessary. Perhaps there are addons available that will give us access to better editing tools, they just need to be enabled by EA . For now all we can do is wait and see what happens next. β³βοΈβ³βοΈ
@Simmingal Iβm sure to whoever made the change at Vanilla it seems so strange the way that weβre reacting but these handful of changes really change the entire feel of this forum. It interrupts what so many members do and share.
I agree, bb come back any kind of fool could see
There was something in everything about you
BB come back, you can blame it all on me
I was wrong and I just can't live without you.π
Under The Tartosan Sun
Schemes and Dreams
@DaniRose2143 I think most of your readers will follow you if you move offsite. I think people definitely like your stories enough to click the links offsite for you, especially given the circumstances. If you do decide to move (or to just copy your posts offsite, it may help to also add a banner to your signature.
Testing tweets:
@simgirl1010 - I think I've gotten tweets to work (see above). If that's what you mean. Maybe it will revert π but it looks like it is fine to just post the twitter url in the insert media box. All I did was the copy the following url into the insert media box.
Brb I am going to forage for every empty ghost thread I have left behind and mark them to use for my stories one day since they still have bbcode π€£
I beg mods do not delete my old old empty threads I will repurpose them and recycle I am good citizen of forum land
also these paragraphs are killing me even in this comment
@Simmingal same here. It 100% messes with my head. π It feels as though the paragraphs want to CONTROL us. Reminds me of a certain game.
Bring back the auld BB I shall never be cruel to my sims ever again I promise. π€πΌ
*imagine hilarious gif.*
I came here to complain about the changes to the comments box. It's not intuitive, there's no preview button, and no way to add bold and italics highlights to the text.
On the plus side, I like the new preview window for quoted posts and all the many emojis. Too bad we can't post using just emojis. π
@haneul I had to delete several tweets last night because they reverted back to just the text link. I tried another this morning so waiting to see if it'll be okay.
@crocobaura , select your written text and you can add bold and italics , but yes I agree on previewπ
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
Ohh, so that's how it's done. Thank you! I think we need a manual. π
This is the one time I shall be thankful for being chaotic at posting
I may yet have hope in continuing my stories with these old bbcode threads of mine
just as long as they don't get deleted and I can continue editing existing bbcode comments with bbcode
I might have to rearrange some of the stories so all the chapters are in existing comments also like first comment or so
(means I can edit in more chapters to those comments)
I don't know if thats gonna make it ridiculously slow to load pictures
but thats pretty much the only option at the moment to keep them going as they have until now
Seems to me there is an opportunity here for EA and Sims Storytelling Community to come together and create something new and wonderful... whether that's a new posting resource or a new style.
@Simmingal Honestly I was considering doing that too and linking my new posts to the edited bb code posts but sadly that means Iβd have to end up deleting content when I run out of old posts to useβ¦
And to think I used to be scared of bb code. Now I dearly wish we could have it back. But mostly...
1) the preview button.
2) the ability to put an image in a spoiler tag (can't update my story without that because too many pics... *insert sad toddler cry*)
3) Not to mention I only see the option to add an image when I'm editing the post, not writing it? What's up with that?
4) May I grumble about how we got zero warning before this chaos hit us? Could the update (if we can even call it that, it feels like a downgrade honestly) not be delayed if something unforseen happened?
5) If this is the update we needed to prevent that issue with saving drafts, I would honestly choose bb code over saving drafts in a heartbeat. π
I don't have the option to upload a picture. Sometimes I see the button sometimes I do not. I am not sure if the issue is on my end or not.
@DoloresGrey Just out of curiosity, I found I see the button only when editing a post and only if it does not and never did contain a spoiler tag at all. Does that sound like it checks out for you, too?
Yeah. This ain't it.
I've reverted the changes we made last week.
BBCode is dead, long live BBCode.
You'll still see the Rich Text version when editing posts made with it, but new posts should all be back to the good old days now.
Body is 4 characters too short. <--- I love even that now!!!!
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..
it is time to go bbcode real hard thank you bbcode our love for coming back to us
we will not underestimate you ever again
we will bbcode with absolute enthusiasm
okay, why I have the rich text comment box again... or am I having a bad dream? π±
ETA: I swear it was there , lol.
Sea may rise, sky may fall, My love will never die..
My heart, my heart, My drowning heart, Oh all the tears I've cried
Oh I may weep forevermore, My love will never die..