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Related: About this forumPost formatting has been restored
This discussion thread was locked by Skinner (a host of the Announcements group).
After DU was vandalized by a hacker, we had to remove post formatting while we rewrote some code to make it more secure. Post formatting has now been restored. The following tags will work:
bold
italic
underline
blockquote
You can use these via square brackets, or the buttons on the post form.
Thanks for your patience while we worked on this.

Kali
(56,126 posts)
rocktivity
(44,901 posts)Kali
(56,126 posts)lapucelle
(19,819 posts)Fla Dem
(26,343 posts)herding cats
(19,659 posts)Thank you for the hard work!!
Brother Buzz
(38,244 posts)I'm special, I guess. Good work guys!
3catwoman3
(26,334 posts)...delighted to have it back!!!!!
Thank you for all your hard work.
no_hypocrisy
(50,591 posts)
jpak
(41,780 posts)
BumRushDaShow
(148,712 posts)I noticed a post yesterday using the excerpt and tried it then and it worked. Also did it today along with the other formatting!
Thanks Elad!
neohippie
(1,204 posts)I was curious as to why it didn't seem to work too.
Hugin
(35,830 posts)
(and thanks to you, you admins for all you do.)

LudwigPastorius
(11,853 posts)Putin's troll army has been working hard lately trying to earn their daily vodka and potato rations.
CousinIT
(11,095 posts)I'd been using it anyway even though it didn't show up, in hopes that it would be restored in the future.
L. Coyote
(51,134 posts)Initech
(104,093 posts)Elad
(11,406 posts)The reason is that it requires user input to be translated into HTML, which is the vector that is insecure.
defacto7
(13,903 posts)
klook
(13,065 posts)I think I can get through the day now.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Glad those features are back, thanks guys!
orangecrush
(23,581 posts)And I still hope someday to see Trump and the hacker (s) brought to justice!
Gothmog
(159,734 posts)calimary
(85,386 posts)Thanks for letting us know.
I've been wondering why those "b" "i" and "u" functions didn't work.
littlemissmartypants
(26,809 posts)Gothmog
(159,734 posts)pscot
(21,044 posts)Thank you, thank you. Thank you verah much.
Sunlei
(22,651 posts)I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day’s
Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light.
I love thee freely, as men strive for right.
I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1806 - 1861
Fresh_Start
(11,353 posts)nt
sheshe2
(90,335 posts)Now that you restored those functions, could you please write some software that will restore Hillary to her rightful place as our Madam President?
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Bernardo de La Paz
(53,073 posts)Thanks for all the hard work you do!
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)Keefer
(713 posts)Discussionist as well?
Keefer
(713 posts)that site seems to be down right now.
"Waiting for discussionist.com..." for the last hour.
Shouldn't we at least be informed of any downtime?
SergeStorms
(19,442 posts)Thank you. You don't get the recognition you deserve.
VOX
(22,976 posts)Thanks, Elad, for all your great efforts.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I was tired of typing (begin quote) and (endquote). Thanks!
Miles Archer
(18,971 posts)Patience is apparently still a virtue.
SoFlaJet
(7,767 posts)motherfuckers
Fluke a Snooker
(404 posts)God damned Trump-Russian hackers all need to burn in hell.
yuiyoshida
(43,359 posts)


alfredo
(60,160 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)lostinhere
(78 posts)Thank you, Thank you
Rhiannon12866
(229,844 posts)For all you do!
Glorfindel
(10,074 posts)Wow! I never did that before. Thanks, Elad!


It will make it SOOO much easier, especially when
Quoting people or articles... hurrah!!!
Behind the Aegis
(55,172 posts)I have noticed the <HR> tag is not working.
[hr] no longer makes a break line.