Post by Tangerine Sherlock on Jan 29, 2013 10:23:23 GMT 1
Well its not been fun but slowly getting things ironed out or in many cases hammered out, Below is a user guide which will hopefully help with some questions and explain some of the new additions to the forum, Will keep adding to the guide as more and more things come on line.
Selecting or changing your avatar or build you own
If you want to choose or change your avatar (the little pic thing under your name) instructions below.
Click in the following order
1. click Profile in top menu bar on the home page
2. click Edit profile on the right hand side of the page that opens
3.In the second box on the page select Use a forum avatar
4. a new box will open showing the available choices just click on the one you would like to use
5. Then click on save avatar choices and its done
You can if you wish use the build your own avatar which allows you to make a cartoon image of yourself
Posting Videos
For those that wish to share videos the forum will automatically embed/code them for you no more need for the use of wrap around tags [] just post the url/link to the video in your post and when you press create thread the video will appear the sites supported at the moment are the following
college humor
daily motion
justin.tv
meta cafe
myspace
ustream
veoh
vimeo
youtube
Posting pictures
Posting pics is slightly different to before, on the reply or quick reply page you will see a row of symbols ending in a smile face you need to click the little pic icon and a new pop up box will open up in that box you paste the link to the picture you would like to display and press insert image button and the image will appear in your post hopefully the little graphic below will help explain it a bit better
Preview of your post
When writing a post everything is written in BBCode if you wish to see how your post will appear just click the Visual tab that is at the bottom of every posting window in the left hand corner and it will show how your post will appear on the forum
Smiley's
To add those delightful smile face icons to your post just press the smile face icon that appears at the top of all post areas and a pop up box will appear with the ones available, click on the one you wish to use and it will appear in you post (I have not added all the smiley icons yet so more will be available shortly)
Shoutbox/Chatroom
On the main page you will see on the left hand side the new shoutbox/chatroom this replaces the old live chat we use to have on the forum it you are signed into the forum you can post and it will automatically place your username next to the post, If your a guest you will have to enter a name before it allows you to post. When you leave the main page you will find the chat room at the bottom of every page with more spacing so the messages are easier to read and you can post from any page and it will show up in every chat box in the forum.
That's all for now will keep adding to the guide as new options become available any questions just leave a message below or in the chat room.
Regards
Tangerine Sherlock AKA David
Selecting or changing your avatar or build you own
If you want to choose or change your avatar (the little pic thing under your name) instructions below.
Click in the following order
1. click Profile in top menu bar on the home page
2. click Edit profile on the right hand side of the page that opens
3.In the second box on the page select Use a forum avatar
4. a new box will open showing the available choices just click on the one you would like to use
5. Then click on save avatar choices and its done
You can if you wish use the build your own avatar which allows you to make a cartoon image of yourself
Posting Videos
For those that wish to share videos the forum will automatically embed/code them for you no more need for the use of wrap around tags [] just post the url/link to the video in your post and when you press create thread the video will appear the sites supported at the moment are the following
college humor
daily motion
justin.tv
meta cafe
myspace
ustream
veoh
vimeo
youtube
Posting pictures
Posting pics is slightly different to before, on the reply or quick reply page you will see a row of symbols ending in a smile face you need to click the little pic icon and a new pop up box will open up in that box you paste the link to the picture you would like to display and press insert image button and the image will appear in your post hopefully the little graphic below will help explain it a bit better
Preview of your post
When writing a post everything is written in BBCode if you wish to see how your post will appear just click the Visual tab that is at the bottom of every posting window in the left hand corner and it will show how your post will appear on the forum
Smiley's
To add those delightful smile face icons to your post just press the smile face icon that appears at the top of all post areas and a pop up box will appear with the ones available, click on the one you wish to use and it will appear in you post (I have not added all the smiley icons yet so more will be available shortly)
Shoutbox/Chatroom
On the main page you will see on the left hand side the new shoutbox/chatroom this replaces the old live chat we use to have on the forum it you are signed into the forum you can post and it will automatically place your username next to the post, If your a guest you will have to enter a name before it allows you to post. When you leave the main page you will find the chat room at the bottom of every page with more spacing so the messages are easier to read and you can post from any page and it will show up in every chat box in the forum.
That's all for now will keep adding to the guide as new options become available any questions just leave a message below or in the chat room.
Regards
Tangerine Sherlock AKA David