Q: Could you make the tag look fancier in some way (different fonts, colours, different size fonts, adding text that says “highlight below to read the spoiler”) ?
A: No. There is a limit to the size of a tag that can be created with vBulletin. We would have to do some changes of the server to override that limit, and the SDMB policy is to not change anything that can’t be customized through the software.
But Cecil said we could! In fact, in his most recent column, he said (paraphrased and reading between the lines): “I certainly miss that little scamp, Smashie. I do hope he is added to current board him, as soon as is possible.”
I myself am not a big fan of Smashie, but I certainly would want to do what Cecil says we should do, even if he wasn’t necessarily aware of it at the time.
Then Cecil can find himself another flunky. Another whole set of flunkies, in fact, if I know my fellow mods. And since Cecil’s a technophobe, he’s gonna have to code in Smashie himself.
About Smashie…I don’t have a particlur likeing or disliking for the guy, but would a NON-animated Smashie be possible, so that people stop whining? It’s not the same, but I dont think it would be that big a change to implement…not that I know much about this stuff, though…
He’d be almost as cool as the orthodox Jewish guy, and he’d remind us all of our comraderie in exile on the temp boards during the Great Crash of 2002.