Alpha Demigod Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I was wondering if there was a program like Microsoft Word, a downloadable word-processor that has the features that forum posts have. Spoiler tags, BB code, playing video from directly inside the post, etc. This type of writing, it takes place in HTML5, correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Otter Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 Moved to.... somewhere more appropriate. I think. What's your end goal/deliverable? A web page? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Demigod Posted November 11, 2014 Author Share Posted November 11, 2014 (edited) Nothing major, really. I want an offline way to compose text documents with the same features that the forum posing mechanics offer. I write A LOT of personal essays and studies and it'd be very convenient to have such features. Spoiler tags to keep things neat and organized. A click-to-show function, essentially. To organize long lists and such. And the ability to play videos directly inside the body of text, instead of having to open a web browser. Composing the document would happen offline, but of course to play the video there'd be a connection. Edited November 11, 2014 by Dark Bordeus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trip Posted November 11, 2014 Share Posted November 11, 2014 I've thought about writing one as a fun little project...because it would be kind of convenient. Whiskey 1 My crappy games at MyCrappyGames.com Free copy of Save The Puppies and Kittens Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sentrion Posted November 29, 2014 Share Posted November 29, 2014 You can use WAMP Server to install a forum software or CMS offline withoutinternet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTRiP Posted June 15, 2015 Share Posted June 15, 2015 "iTRiP" Probably every admin and mod of every forum everywhere are using software that does have these functions. No answer to the question of html5, most likely because people that use these don't focus on how it works just what they can do with it. An interesting idea would be to have a list of these softwares and their forum counterparts that utilize them. "iTRiP" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furry_Monkey Posted June 25, 2015 Share Posted June 25, 2015 This is quite old now so maybe not important any more, but in case anyone finds this and wants an answer, the simplest thing would be to use an online bbcode parser, like this... http://patorjk.com/bbcode-previewer/ You just need to copy/paste your document into that page and click a button to see the output. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iTRiP Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Downloadable offline version? There might be something similar available somewhere right, I havn't bother to search for that just yet. "iTRiP" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmachine Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Well, since it's fully client-side, you could literally Ctrl+S the page, store it on your hard drive and use it offline whenever you want. We will be the arms that lift you up We will be the hand that strike you down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost of delete key Posted August 24, 2015 Share Posted August 24, 2015 (edited) You can use WAMP Server to install a forum software or CMS offline without internet.This one has my top vote. The forum software is PHP script on the server. THE simplest way to duplicate a served forum page is to actually serve a forum page! WAMP and XAMPP are full featured Apache web server development platforms, and are fairly easy to install and run. Just get it going and install your favorite forum software. These servers are designed for local testing of web server configs and function so you can polish off a thing before taking it live on a true web-connected server. You then can serve yourself your own forum pages, or any kind of service, really. You can actually use it as a live webserver, but it's not recommended, as all the security features are disabled for you from the start. You have to enable the ones you need yourself. WAMP (WampServer) is great; personally, I use XAMPP (Apache Friends)- compare them to see which is right for you: https://www.google.com/search?q=xampp+vs+wamp I want an offline way to compose text documents with the same features that the forum posing mechanics offer. I write A LOT of personal essays and studies and it'd be very convenient to have such features. Spoiler tags to keep things neat and organized. A click-to-show function, essentially. To organize long lists and such. And the ability to play videos directly inside the body of text, instead of having to open a web browser. Composing the document would happen offline, but of course to play the video there'd be a connection. You could use a free forum, but you might find Wordpress or Drupal very useful, and they're not as fat as your typical forum packages. Also, if you have the video (or any content) locally, bingo. But you'd have to edit the link to it though if you want to take your page live on a externally-hosted server. Edited August 24, 2015 by ghost of delete key "I can just imagine him driving off the edge of a cliff like Thelma & Louise, playing his Q:13 mix at full volume, crying into a bottle." - Craig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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