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Before creating or replying on the main Forum

Please take a moment to view the rules:

Currently there are four forums

  1. General discussion
    General and off-topic community chat.
  2. Site Evaluations
    Site owners may post in this forum to have their reputation evaluated by the WOT community
    Ownership must be verified to post in this forum
  3. Reputation Discussions
    For the community to discuss the reputation of domains they don't own.
  4. Technical advice
    Problems with the add-on

Moderation

The WOT forum to have moderators
posted: Fri 13 May 2011 - 10:18:39 AM UTC

see: Forum Moderator

Post / Reply

Older forum posts are presented in the nested post format where replies are placed directly below the post you are replying to.

Newer forum posts, created on or after 26 April 2011, are presented in the flat post format and replies are placed in chronological order, these replies contain the text of the post your are replying to in a <quote> tag

see also: Flat vs. threaded

Post actions

Icon-edit2.gif Edit
You have the ability to edit previous entries you've made on the forum.
As a common courtesy, it is suggested that you place edited content at the bottom of your original comment, for comparison, along with a manually created edit tag such as [edit date edited] as the top line of your changes being made.
Icon-reply.png Reply
Allows you to reply directly to a post. Older, nested-style post replies have no content, newer flat-style post replies contain the post your are replying to in a <quote> tag.
Icon-delete.gif Delete
Allows you to delete your posted replies. You can not delete the first / start post, also known as the Original Post (OP). Only WOT Staff and Forum Moderators may remove entire discussions aka: topics or threads.
Careful, this action can not be undone.
Icon-flag.png Flag
Report spam or other inappropriate content to forum moderators.
There is a text area which allows the reporter to explain why the comment is being flagged.
This is not meant to be used for quarreling, if you disagree with a comment simply post a public reply stating so.
implemented: August, 2011

Allowed HTML

The forum does not incorporate BBcode

Instead you have the ability to use HTML tags as well as customized tags specific for certain usages. Basic HTML is allowed. JavaScript, CSS, and other extended rules are sanitized.

Below the post / reply message box, you will see:

Allowed HTML tags:
<a> <em> <strong> <cite> <code> <ul> <ol> <li> <dl> <dt> <dd> <img> <red> <green> <yellow> <massrate> <quote>

Lines and paragraphs break automatically.

Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.

Also, notice the link to the official posting help: More information about formatting options

Standard HTML tags allowed

<a>

anchor tag

used to make links to other posts or web pages
Attributes allowed:
  • href - Specifies the destination of a link
  • title - Tool tip text displayed with mouse-over
  • target - Specifies where to open the linked document
_blank - opens in new tab or window
Example:
<a href="http://www.mywot.com">WOT (Web of Trust)</a>
Result: WOT (Web of Trust)

<em>

emphasized text

used in lieu of italic tag <i>
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example:
<em>This text is emphasized</em>
Result: This text is emphasized

<strong>

strong text

used in lieu of bold tag <b>
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example:
<strong>This text is strong</strong>
Result: This text is strong

<cite>

cited text

Defines a citation
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example:
<cite>This text is a citation</cite>
Result:

This text is a citation

<code>

code tag

Defines computer source code text
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example:
<code>for (i=0;i<=5;i++)</code>
Result: for (i=0;i<=5;i++)

<ul>

unordered list tag

Defines an unordered (bulleted) list; use the <li> to begin each list item
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example:
<ul><li>first line</li><li>second line</li><li>third line</li></ul>
Result:
  • first line
  • second line
  • third line

<ol>

ordered list tag

Defines an ordered (numbered) list; use the <li> to begin each list item
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example:
<ol><li>first line</li><li>second line</li><li>third line</li></ol>
Result:
  1. first line
  2. second line
  3. third line

<li>

li tag

Defines a list item.
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example: see UL or OL tags (above)

<dl>

definition list tag

Defines a definition list
The <dl> tag is used in conjunction with:
  • <dt> defines the item (term) in the list
  • <dd> describes the item in the list
Attributes allowed:
  • none
Example:
<dl><dt>item 1</dt><dd>item 1 description</dd><dt>item 2</dt><dd>item 2 description</dd></dl>
Result:
item 1
item 1 description
item 2
item 2 description

<img>

image tag

used to embed an image in a post or web page
Attributes allowed:
  • src - Specifies the URL of an image; images must be available online.
  • alt - Specifies an alternate text for an image
  • title - Tool tip text displayed with mouse-over
  • width - Specifies the width of an image; values are expressed in px (pixels) or % (percentage)
  • height - Specifies the height of an image; values are expressed in px (pixels) or % (percentage)
Example:
<img src="http://www.mywot.com/w/wotlogo.png" alt="WOT Logo" title="WOT Logo" />
Result: WOT Logo


Customizd tags

These custom tags are created by WOT Staff and incorporated into forum use; they are not true HTML tags. Some are taken from ideas posted on the forum by members, others are created out of necessity.

<red>

Format text color to red
Example:
The color is <red>RED</red>
Result: The color is RED

<green>

Format text color to green
Example:
The color is <green>GREEN</green>
Result: The color is GREEN

<yellow>

Format text color to yellow
Example:
The color is <yellow>YELLOW</yellow>
Result: The color is YELLOW

<massrate>

Used to contain domain lists consisting of 11 or more domains
Reduces post length and page scrolling by placing the domain list into a scrollable container (box).
Example:
<massrate>
example_01.com
example_02.com
example_03.com
example_04.com
example_05.com
example_06.com
example_07.com
example_08.com
example_09.com
example_10.com
example_11.com
</massrate>
Result
List of domains/hosts:

example_01.com
example_02.com
example_03.com
example_04.com
example_05.com
example_06.com
example_07.com
example_08.com
example_09.com
example_10.com
example_11.com


<quote>

Automatically inserted when replying to a flat-style post - default reply
Can also be used manually as a post / reply tag.
Attributes allowed:
  • user - Specifies the name of the member you are replying to
automatically added during Reply
if optionally used with a manual insertion, the user name must be provided.
NOTE:
This tag is incorporated only in flat thread posts created on or after 26 April 2011
older nested posts will not auto-insert this tag.
Example:

<quote user="Admin">
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam condimentum augue in purus fringilla scelerisque ultricies nisl hendrerit. Morbi tempor faucibus nisl sit amet viverra. Aenean diam lacus; mollis sit amet consequat eget, aliquet eget velit? Pellentesque id bibendum eros. Donec sed leo diam, laoreet venenatis lorem. Nam sed turpis.
</quote>

Result

Img-quote2.gif Originally posted by: Admin
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Etiam condimentum augue in purus fringilla scelerisque ultricies nisl hendrerit. Morbi tempor faucibus nisl sit amet viverra. Aenean diam lacus; mollis sit amet consequat eget, aliquet eget velit? Pellentesque id bibendum eros. Donec sed leo diam, laoreet venenatis lorem. Nam sed turpis.

HTML characters

For a full list of entities see HTML's entities page.

A nice chart is available at: ascii.cl

Some of the available characters include:

Business

HTML character entities
Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name
© Copyright &#169; &copy;
® Registered &#174; &reg;
Trademark &#8482;  

Currency

HTML character entities
Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name
$ US Dollar &#36;  
£ British Pound &#163; &pound;
Euro &#8364; &euro;


Punctuation

HTML character entities
Symbol Description HTML Number HTML Name
& Ampersand &#38; &amp;
@ At symbol &#64;  
: Colon &#58;  
. Period &#46;  
" Quotation mark &#34; &quot;
  Space non-breaking &#160; &nbsp;


Inactive accounts

There are two forms of inactive accounts:

WOT Terminated

  • Banned
    Banned users are accounts terminated by WOT Staff generally for some form of abuse such as spamming. The user name retains a profile link and next to the user name you will see (Banned) All ratings and posts are deleted.
  • Deleted
    When WOT Staff deletes a user's account the user's posts remain and the user name is replaced with Anonymous

User Terminated

  • Delete account
    Users who delete their own account no longer retain a profile link because there is no profile to visit. Their forum posts are retained and next to the user name you will see (not verified)