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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
(56,242 posts)
rocktivity
(44,912 posts)Kali
(56,242 posts)lapucelle
(20,243 posts)Fla Dem
(26,748 posts)herding cats
(19,695 posts)Thank you for the hard work!!
Brother Buzz
(38,505 posts)I'm special, I guess. Good work guys!
3catwoman3
(26,767 posts)...delighted to have it back!!!!!
Thank you for all your hard work.
no_hypocrisy
(51,730 posts)
jpak
(41,780 posts)
BumRushDaShow
(153,618 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
(1,227 posts)I was curious as to why it didn't seem to work too.
Hugin
(36,160 posts)
(and thanks to you, you admins for all you do.)

LudwigPastorius
(12,571 posts)Putin's troll army has been working hard lately trying to earn their daily vodka and potato rations.
CousinIT
(11,425 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
(105,048 posts)Elad
(11,407 posts)The reason is that it requires user input to be translated into HTML, which is the vector that is insecure.
defacto7
(14,069 posts)
klook
(13,230 posts)I think I can get through the day now.
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Glad those features are back, thanks guys!
orangecrush
(24,819 posts)And I still hope someday to see Trump and the hacker (s) brought to justice!
Gothmog
(164,076 posts)calimary
(86,506 posts)Thanks for letting us know.
I've been wondering why those "b" "i" and "u" functions didn't work.
littlemissmartypants
(27,831 posts)Gothmog
(164,076 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 days
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 childhoods 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
(92,211 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
(56,147 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
(19,611 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
(19,490 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
(43,787 posts)


alfredo
(60,182 posts)Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)lostinhere
(78 posts)Thank you, Thank you
Rhiannon12866
(235,317 posts)For all you do!
Glorfindel
(10,114 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
(55,409 posts)I have noticed the <HR> tag is not working.
[hr] no longer makes a break line.