Stripper

[Freebird]

Yea...that title got your attention didn't it.

 

I received a private message from a member with a link to a tool called "Stripper". What it does is allows you to paste text in and it strips out the smiley faces and etc. so that you can print it without all that stuff. He wanted to know if something like that is available here.

 

The answer is yes. That is a feature that is built in to the software here. There are two ways that you can do it.

 

If you want to print out a thread but don't want all the smiley faces and etc., then all you have to do is click on the "Thread Tools" link that you can find at the top right of the first post of any thread. There is an option in that drop down menu to "show printable version". If you click on that, it will give you a printable version of that thread without the members weather banners, sig pictures, smiley faces, etc.

 

If you happen to be on a slow dial up connection or just generally do not like the smilies, signatures, etc., you can turn them off all the time. Just click on UserCP in the upper menu bar and then click on "options" in the left menu. Scroll down and you'll see a section for display options. There you can de-select images, avatars, and signature pictures.

 

Now...I just realized that maybe the member was actually talking about a program to strip the brackets and etc. out of email that was forwarded to you. If somebody just forwards an email to you...the quoted text is often preceded by brackets or arrows. If you want to copy and past that text to the forum or send it to somebody else...you have to manually delete all those brackets. Here is a link to a program that you simply copy and paste the text into and it cleans it up for you. There is also a free down loadable version that you can save to your computer and not have to go to a website to use. The link is:

 

http://www.mistered.us/stripper/index.shtml

 

So....you can pretty much have it your way. Hope this is helpful information.

 

Don

[Eck]

Now this is something I can call "ECK's" rated....

[Marcarl]

You mean we don't get to see her? I'm on dial up here, had to wait a looong tiime to download this message.

[dray]

ok I guess but what good are stripers if you cant see them

im not asking for me but others might want to know:smile5: