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The Flat Earth Society => Suggestions & Concerns => Topic started by: Dr David Thork on September 06, 2020, 09:34:19 AM

Title: Responsive posts
Post by: Dr David Thork on September 06, 2020, 09:34:19 AM
exhibit A
https://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=16898.msg219831#msg219831

exhibit B
https://forum.tfes.org/index.php?topic=16898.msg219937#msg219937

Neither of us really has any control over where the page breaks. It would be cool if we had a button that would do this [col=12][/col]

And we could change the text as so ...

[col=6][/col][col=6][/col]
[col=4][/col][col=4][/col][col=4][/col]
[col=3][/col][col=3][/col][col=3][/col][col=3][/col]

And we could just change the numbers as we like so I could do something like

[col=9]*Insert a nice image[/col][col=3]*Stick some relevant text next to it.[/col]

It would also be very nice for making OPs and we'd be more or less free of the table monstrosity that is
Code: [Select]
[table]
[tr]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[/table]


Now I don't think this is as hard as it first seems. It is mostly an exercise in creating a few classes and adding in the css

Code: [Select]
@media (min-width: 768px) {
    .col-6 {
        width: 100%;
        float: left;
    }
}

@media (min-width: 992px) {
    .col-6 {
        width: 50%;
        float: left;
    }
}

@media (min-width: 1200px) {
    .col-6 {
        width: 50%;
        float: left;
    }
}

That kind of thing. Maybe row is important. [row][col=6][/col][col=6][/col][/row] something like that. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Title: Re: Responsive posts
Post by: Pete Svarrior on September 06, 2020, 10:50:48 AM
Aside from the fact that implementing this in a way that would actually work would be quite hard, I don't think we really want to encourage more rabinoz-style posts. Forum posts are supposed to be read from the top to bottom, and adding more complexity would just be asking for trouble.
Title: Re: Responsive posts
Post by: Dr David Thork on September 06, 2020, 11:23:57 AM
I just want a little more say in my post layout. 😭
Title: Re: Responsive posts
Post by: Dr David Thork on September 06, 2020, 03:08:37 PM
What if we could just have containers and define width by percentage?

[cont width=50%]*Interesting picture[/cont][cont width=50%]*Amazing Thorky anedote[/cont]
It says cont ... cont!
Title: Re: Responsive posts
Post by: Pete Svarrior on September 06, 2020, 03:33:28 PM
That's the same suggestion, just phrased differently.
Title: Re: Responsive posts
Post by: Dr David Thork on September 06, 2020, 03:35:07 PM
It seems I'm going to have to try harder if I want to outwit you. 😠
Title: Re: Responsive posts
Post by: juner on September 06, 2020, 07:26:54 PM
Aside from the fact that implementing this in a way that would actually work would be quite hard, I don't think we really want to encourage more rabinoz-style posts. Forum posts are supposed to be read from the top to bottom, and adding more complexity would just be asking for trouble.

Agree with Pete that this isn't a necessity.

Also RIP Rabinoz.