# testing **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [March 21, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219 "2003-03-21T21:26:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/1 "2003-03-21T21:26:09Z")
There has to be a “first post” _sometime_, I suppose – so this may as well be it! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [March 21, 2003, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/2 "2003-03-21T21:28:05Z")
Oh, nifty! I looked at the preview on the original post, but the formatted text didn’t show up as actual formatted text – but it did on the post. Happy camper 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/3 "2003-03-22T04:05:31Z")
The italics didn’t show up on preview? That’s odd… They should have. That’s one of the main purposes of preview, to let you see whether you got your coding right. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/4 "2003-03-22T04:25:18Z")
I saw the coding, but no, I didn’t see the italics. _However_, I was using the “new thread” screen, not the “your reply” box. So now I’ll look at “preview” using the reply box and see what it looks like… OH! I ma ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/5 "2003-03-22T04:28:20Z")
\ It’s been a long week… I was about to say that I may have been reading the wrong box in the preview screen. I only just noticed the “post preview” box above the “post reply” box. Well, the FAQ _does_ say that this is the forum for experimenting (and, I presume, making mistakes!) ---
**Author:** ![Shadez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/90ced4/32.png) [@Shadez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadez)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/6 "2003-03-22T07:26:23Z")
Welcome to the board! And yes, this _is_ the forum for experimenting to your hearts content! Oh, and a little trick is if you see a user use formatting that you like a lot (color, font size, etc), hit the quote button on the right side of their post and check out how to do it. 🙂 Have fun! [sup]the only rule is _don’t be a jerk_ ;p[/sup] /Shadez ---
**Author:** ![C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b2d939/32.png) [@C\_K\_Dexter\_Haven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C_K_Dexter_Haven)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/7 "2003-03-22T14:31:03Z")
**quilter** , welcome to the Straight Dope Message Board, glad to have you here. (My wife is also a quilter, but she doesn’t post here, she says one loon in the family is enough.) ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2003, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/8 "2003-03-22T15:14:28Z")
Heh. I’d argue that quilting keeps me sane, considering some of my loony colleagues! Thanks **Chronos** , **Shadez** , and **C K Dexter Haven** for your kind welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/9 "2003-03-24T02:40:07Z")
Dex, just be glad she’s not a weaver, because one loom in the family is definitely enough. But then, I shouldn’t talk. My mom has three. ---
**Author:** ![quilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/839c29/32.png) [@quilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/quilter)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/10 "2003-03-24T12:18:39Z")
Your mother has three weavers in the family, **Chronos**? or three loons? …er, looms? ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2003, 4:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/11 "2003-03-24T16:21:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by quilter \* > \*\*I was about to say that I may have been reading the wrong box in the preview screen. I only just noticed the “post preview” box above the “post reply” box. \*\* Don’t feel bad, it took me about fifty or so posts to notice that the previewed post is actually above what your screen opens up on. I specifically remember staring at the screen and muttering “F\*\*kin’ thing doesn’t work”. And welcome to the board. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [March 25, 2003, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/12 "2003-03-25T18:30:37Z")
Three looms, including one she made herself from an old work table. Although she does have rather a collection of decoys, including a few loons. And I’ve long since lost count of how many cousins I have (at least 50), and most of us are a bit looney as well. ---
**Author:** ![zut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zut/32/2875_2.png) [@zut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zut)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2003, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/13 "2003-03-26T14:17:44Z")
This isn’t really a test, it’s post count padding. But it’s to make a tribute a little more fitting. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/15 "2003-03-27T08:32:56Z")
another test [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.html](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.html) [http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.html](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.html) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/16 "2003-03-27T08:34:22Z")
[anabasis](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.html) ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/17 "2003-03-27T08:36:22Z")
[anabasis](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.html') ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 8:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/18 "2003-03-27T08:37:23Z")
[anabasis](http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/ancient/xenophon-anabasis.html) ---
**Author:** ![Q.E.D](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/51bf81/32.png) [@Q.E.D](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.E.D)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/21 "2003-03-27T15:03:29Z")
Nap-tha. ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/22 "2003-03-27T15:52:12Z")
Welcome to the boards **quilter** and **“no”-brainer**. BTW… I, like **Q.E.D.** pronounce it NAP-tha. How do you pronounce nuclear? (~mischievous grin~) ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219/25 "2003-03-28T14:55:59Z")
Okay, everyone, you may open your test booklets now. 😛 Good lord, **IWRIWRIWRAAIWRAAAYWR** , you’ve got a long name. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/testing/163219.md?page=2)