questionswhat do you think about the new markdown link…

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by shawnmiller
asked 9 months ago

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Thank you @ShawnMiller @Snapster @Brutherford @JoseFresno @JumboWoot and all the rest, you all work hard for us and I for one appreciate it all.

Awesome, have much anticipated this coming our way some day. You make me happy enough to do my happy dance.

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Thanks to the woot staff. You guys are also righteous dudes and dudette's.

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Sweet!

Any chance we'll be get to do boldface (or some equivalent) so we can emphasize coupon codes and the like?

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@heymo: Yep. We're going to try the links out for a while, but other Markdown features will be coming.

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@pinchecat: It looks like you're missing a closing quote.

Huevos Rancheros

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Now I get it I was rushing and didn't read the instructions

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@electricemu: indeed I was...that's what I was editing to add when it broke. did y'all fix it?

i see someone nuked my bug-fix question so i hope that's the case. :)

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Okay, I'll bite...I understand what is going on, but I also don't. I see that you can click on hyperlinks that look like normal words, but how do you create them? And why? I will add that I have no HTML knowledge except a VERY basic understanding of it.

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@jsimsace: put these things together without a space between the brackets and parentheses...

[Banana Phone] (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5C6X9vOEkU "CELLULAR MODULAR INTERACTIVODULAR")

and get...

Banana Phone

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Huevos Rancheros
The best I've ever had!!

Love it! Thanks everyone! :)

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Want to watch penguins?

This will make it so much easier for me to spam!

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@coolphilip04: what kind of webcam is that? Freakin' penguins don't go to bed at 5 PM PST and otters don't hit the sack at 3:30 PM PST either.

Live from New York, it's...insert day here

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This is cool, and will be useful. I hope it isn't abused.

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Want a wireless 360 controller for $37 from Amazon.com?

Seeing if it still auto-corrects referral links.

edit: It does!

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It's a nice toy, and entertaining, but I'm trying to understand what I'd use it for. Probably if I spend more time posting deals, I'd see instantly why I would want it.

What the heck, though...if @heymo thinks it's cool, that's good enough for me. (no, not sarcasm, just pointing out a benchmark)

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@shrdlu: /me kicks the dirt

Aw, shucks.

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@pinchecat: Thanks for the tutorial. I tried it earlier today, but it linked to an earlier item that I tattled on...with your advice, I'll figure it out. Thanks again!

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@shrdlu: My first thought would be shoving huge URLs (search queries, deals, etc) into a smaller visible package.

Plus, it's just good ol' fashion neato.

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Also, on a related note..

Check out this cool link I found!

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@shawnmiller: I like it. I'm really likin' the stat box too - I've found myself going back to old deals that stuck out for one reason or another and checking stats heh.. provided me with a some entertainment.

This has been a good couple months for dev stuff/features.

(Is Q still in effect/updated? Anybody know?)

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@drchops: Glad you like it. There's some really big stuff coming soon. Can't wait to show it to you guys.

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@shawnmiller: I've used the function a few times now, primarily to alert folks to check out another deal that has been posted for example here-- a single coupon code can be applied to more than one deal. And what I've noticed is that the link color doesn't stand out enough from the regular black text-- especially when the pale yellow mouseover highlighting is in effect.

Maybe I need glasses, maybe I need a nicer monitor. Or maybe you could tweak the color setting in your CSS?

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@shawnmiller:

Hey. Used markdown in a question today to turn a long deals.woot link into something much shorter (the words "previous question"). However, there is no indication that the words "previous question" are a link (unless you hover over them... then they are underlined). (See http://deals.woot.com/questions/details/4e534204-1719-4aab-9bc5-10dc6734f9c1/any-suggestions-for-a-home-blood-pressure-machine-sphygmomanometer#5)

Is there some way to make such links a different color?

Thanks for any assistance.

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@shawnmiller:

Dude! Thanks. At first I thought you just fixed my question, and I came here hoping to see a hint as to how I can change the color or whatnot. But after I saw no reply, I noticed that the links in your question are also in red (or whatever) now, so I'm presuming that you fixed it in all questions.