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Hubdub "Text Formatting" Extension

• What is it?

  Hubdub "Text Formatting" is an extension to the Hubdub News Prediction Website.

  Hubdub extensions are realized as a client script designed to run within the Greasemonkey plugin for the Mozilla Firefox browser. They are designed to integrate seamlessly into the Hubdub website, but are not an official part of the website and they are not officially supported by Hubdub. Read more about Hubdub extensions here: About Hubdub Extensions.

• What is it's purpose?

  Hubdub "Text Formatting" helps users to apply formatting to text they post on a Hubdub page.

  This extension is part of the Hubdub Community Pack Extensions.

• Usage

  The textboxes on several Hubdub pages, which are used to enter posts by a user, support some basic html formatting. Obviously, not every user is a web designer and has according knowledge. This extension supports those users by doing the formatting manipulation on the text the user enters.

  When installed, the script adds some buttons to the text box. Each of these buttons will format the selected text in a specific way, when clicked. The buttons will not provide a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) style of support, but will simply add the html markup to the text in the input: Select a part of you text and click one of the format buttons. the script will insert the appropriate tags around the selected part of the text.

  

  These pages have html input fields: User profile page ("shouts"), question details page ("comments"), Forums ("New thread", "new post").

  These formatting options are provided:

  • Bold
  • Italic
  • Underline
  • Stike through

  • Headline

  Please note: The script doesn't provide any further assistance as undo/redo formatting or validation of the structure of the tags.

• What others say

  Other users of the Hubdub "Text Formatting" Extension said:

  • "It is wonderful because now I can easily add emotion into my text messages."
    chatarra

  Read more about what users say about the Hubdub Extensions.

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