This is how you can test topics and posts to see if they go bananas when they’re posted on the main site.
In the words of @twbartender, this is a forum, and topic:
that’s solely for the purpose of testing to see if a potential post includes unwanted html, along with checking out avatars, sigs, pictures, and the correct use of BBCodes before attempting to submit the post for real. This way if there are any issue with the post it can be corrected before attempting to submit it for real. IMHO I believe it would save a lot of wasted time and aggravation.
If you aren’t sure about the formatting of what you’re about to post, then post it here and — if it turns out the way you want — copy the entry over to the “live” forums.
Anonymous posts are not suitable for the testing topic, as Anonymous posters cannot modify their own posts. Any anonymous test post is subject to trashing without review. Likewise, new user accounts need their first post to be contributing to the discussion, so they won’t be moderated here either. (This is for security purposes.)
Once you have posted successfully, please trash your test post here.
