h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I have been perusing h2g2 for over a week now and wondered how many different types of documents are there on the site. What I mean is some start with U, A, C, M etc, and some are like 'info' or 'test341324'. Is there a list of document types, like sections in library?

OK, here goes:

A-pages: Are entries, edited or unedited.
U-pages: Are individuals' user spaces. Each U-page also has an A-page 'copy'.
F-pages: Forum threads.
<./>NamedEntries</.> - There are a few of these, including 'info', 'The Post', 'askh2g2', this page and so on.
C-pages: These show the categories and sub-categories that Edited Entries are divided into.
T-pages: A generic name for showing a particular thread (or conversation). I think; don't quote me on this one.
MP-pages (stands for More Postings, I think): Shows conversation history for a particular U number. Jim Lynn gets annoyed if we use this a lot because it gulps up his server's bandwidth.
'test' pages (where 'test' takes the place of 'A' in an A-page): shows the GuideML code for an A-page
'testuserpage' pages (where 'testuserpage' takes the place of 'U' in a U-page): shows the GuideML code for a U-page (useful for finding out how your smart-arse friends have done all those fancy bouncing sheep effects).

Phew! Those are all the ones I know. I'm sure that some cleverdick will come up with a few more, and I bet there's a couple that only the people in charge know about.

By the by, this page should strictly be used for pointing out errors in Edited Entries, but we'll let you off just this once.

B

B numbers- Images on site, commonly known as blobs.

RF numbers - Review forums such as PeerReview and Writing-Workshop

P numbers - A legacy from days of yore (<./>versions-llama</.>, it's actually identical to the A numbers

B numbers- Images on site, commonly known as blobs.

RF numbers - Review forums such as PeerReview and Writing-Workshop

P numbers - A legacy from Days of Yore (sometime around Llama I gather). It's actually identical to the A numbers which is probably why it's no longer used. Still works tho.

Then there's FFM and FFT which are used for fora and threads in Frames view. It just contains the same stuff that is on the F and T number pages



There's probably some I've missed out too, maybe Jim could enlighten us all, maybe along with some tales from Days of Yore

Of course, if you were really a cleverdick, you wouldn't doublepost.

B

Indeed

Then again, accidents do happen

And we can also wait to see how long it takes people to realise that blobs are being phased out...


Tum te tum....

Oh the all singing all dancing replacement that's been on the cards for abolutely ages. I'll await the announcement for that one

Well you won't have very long to wait...

Paully

*Patently waits for the "official announcement", either on site or on the guru's group*

*Gets bored waiting and examines the GuideML from the photo competition winners page*

They are enjoying toying with us.

It is wicked, wicked I say!

**follows Croz**



**pause**

Just so the staff don't have to bother turning stuff into blobs I presume

More tags to memorise! Yay!

Some of the 'veteran' Researchers around these parts still haven't learnt how annoying it is to mention a Hootoo page without presenting everyone else with a link

where are my manners?

A2810125 Hitchhiker's movie competition winners
<./>test2810125</.> for the page source. Pay close attention to the tag as there's a few changes to it.

So, is it simply a change of tag or is there more to it than that?

Not too sure, which is why I'm waiting for an "Official Announcement" so I can enquire further. I'm curious as to how they get round the problem of requiring two copies of the picture (antialiased for light and dark skins) with the named pictures system.

It's frighteningly easy - and all will be revealed with Monday's Front Page.