Small feature update

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Small feature update

Post by archonix » Fri Apr 27, 2012 3:49 pm

I'm ill so, having had the day off, I decided to write code for a while and came up with a little feature that shows an excerpt of a random piece of fiction from the writing forums. It can only take attached documents (there's too much difficulty working out what should be used from inline posts - that's for another day) and it may have one or two small bugs, but it's there now.

Another thing off the list...
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Re: Small feature update

Post by c_nordlander » Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:00 pm

I personally think this is awesome. All the good art on this forum is already getting showcased, now stories get it as well.

It functions well, though it seems to have trouble with apostrophes and similar symbols. I don't know whether that's just my computer, though.
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Re: Small feature update

Post by missy_misery » Sat Apr 28, 2012 7:45 pm

Truly awesome idea, Graham!
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Re: Small feature update

Post by Meteorite » Tue May 01, 2012 12:07 am

Love it. You should be sick more often!
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