Generic bullet points

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On the old board, [li] used to be converted to a plain bullet (inside a [list /list] pair they could be rendered as numbers or letters, but on their own, they used to make a bullet).[/li]
Was this a standard feature or a SDMB-specific modification?

(I know we can still get them like this:
[ul]
[li]firstly[/li][li]and secondly[/li][li]Hi Opal![/li][/ul]
But I thought I’d ask (not that I’m complaining mind).

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I never noticed that. To make sure I understand you correctly, let me rephrase that. Are you asserting that:
In vBulletin 1.x, [li] would convert to a bullet point even if it wasn’t inside the [ul] [/ul] vBcode tags…[/li]In vBulletin 2.x, [li] will convert to a bullet point only if it’s inside the [ul] [/ul] vBcode tags.[/li]
I don’t know about the first part, but I can easily verify the second part (as a matter of fact I just did in this post.)

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[QUOTE]
*Originally posted by Arnold Winkelried *
In vBulletin 1.x, [li] would convert to a bullet point even if it wasn’t inside the [ul] [/ul] vBcode tags…[/li]In vBulletin 2.x, [li] will convert to a bullet point only if it’s inside the [ul] [/ul] vBcode tags.[/li][/QUOTE]

I can confirm that.

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And no, we never created a custom vBcode, specific to the SDMB, to make a a bullet point. You could also make a bullet point by typing in � which would turn into a bullet point: •

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Finally - to see the HTML codes for special characters, you can look here.

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OK then, Mangetout, KneadToKnow - that “feature” has obviously been “corrected” in vBulletin 2.x.

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That works for me.

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If you wanna be really difficult about it, you could use the bullet that’s available in the symbol font, too.
[symbol]·[/symbol]

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I just still write [li]. I used that just the other day actually.[/li]
I guess I’m not good with change.

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[symbol]·[/symbol]
[symbol]·[/symbol]
[symbol]·[/symbol]
[symbol]·[/symbol]

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I see smoke signals … they spell out … F … U …

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Look, you made UncleBeer cry.

[ul][li][/ul][/li]
^ just a test

Esprix

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Yeah, and they also took away the feature where you could use [****/quote] to make a horizontal line, and the feature where you could use [**/b] to change the font to Times! They don’t let us have any fun anymore!

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Get back to your books, Chronos. If you have time for fun, you have time to come back and moderate.