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Today, you may notice some changes to geocache and trackable logs on Geocaching.com. In our continued effort to increase site security and promote cross-platform compatibility, we will be removing support for HTML and UBB code in logs in favor of Markdown. These codes are used to add emphasis to text such as bold or italic type, or to add links to websites. In addition to improving site security, moving to Markdown means that new logs will now consistently look good across all devices.Please note that this change affects fewer than 3.5% of existing logs. To learn more about using Markdown and what this change means for your past logs, visit the Geocaching Help Center.
PlasmaWave, on 03 February 2016 - 07:38 AM, said:On the advice of Groundspeak's own stats website "MyGeocachingProfile" and the major stats site "Project-GC" I chose to mark my first-to-find caches with **FTF**, which now is showing as 'bolded' FTF (i.e. FTF).I will be furious if these two stats sites are no longer able to pick-up my FTFs - I have around 2730 FTFs and FTF hunting forms one of my main pleasures when caching.So, although **FTF** is still showing when you edit logs, it is displayed on geocaching.com cache pages as FTF - is this another case of HQ implementing major changes without seeing through all the consequences for the paying membership!!!I am not amused!!!!
How does it affect "fewer than 3.5% of logs"?
Fur coat and no knickers springs to mind...