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8. Oh, for sure. That's what I always do. I was just illustrating in #3 that there is a way to make something

Reply to Wounded Bear (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:06 PM

16 hrs ago

that DU makes invisible or renders into something else like ") into &quot by the [/b] hack. Strictly for expository purposes. I learned that one from DUer Make7.

Very handy for showing the URL for a graphic that DU automatically renders as the graphic.

e.g.
https://i.imgur.com/S314Fmt.png

the above has the [/b] stuck in it, so it displays the URL rather than the graphic.

Without the [/b] thing, DU renders into