The single biggest mistake I make REPEATEDLY in editing Questionmark's templates is: (drumroll)
adding in the # symbol in color specifications.
Questionmark interprets the # symbol as a comment, and omits everything after the # up to the next line break. This can make for some interesting troubleshooting sessions.
The second biggest mistake I ever made was to forget to ensure that my text editor was set to "linebreaks: CR LF (Windows) "
Using Unix type linebreaks will work, but not entirely.
Using Macintosh type linebreaks will cause extreme voodoo.
There are two more mistakes I would like to add:
1. Not putting a space after an equals sign. The text before ends up interpreted as a tag.
window.location="questionmark.com"
window.location= "questionmark.com"
2. You might end up adding another section to the template besides [Document]. There are a number of other sections. If you place a tag in the wrong section, it doesn't work.
For Example:
CORRECT
[Document]
BLACK=##000000
RED=##FF0000
[Answer]
ESSAY=
%START_QUESTION_essay%
%ANSWER.CONTENT%
%END_QUESTION_essay%
%ANSWER.COMMENT%
INCORRECT - BLACK GOES UNDER DOCUMENT
Posted by: Tom Gilkison on October 9, 2007 1:04 PM[Document]
RED=##FF0000
[Answer]
BLACK=##000000
ESSAY=
%START_QUESTION_essay%
%ANSWER.CONTENT%
%END_QUESTION_essay%
%ANSWER.COMMENT%
Hey, thanks, these are excellent additions.
Posted by: Ellen on October 9, 2007 10:05 PM