alright you crackers listen up. too many people have been loving up at using the forums so im going to cover as much as i can to show how to use this for newcomers. thanks bud!
hopefully this will get stickied
Table of Contents1.
Images2.
Links3.
Formatting Text4.
Quoting5.
Code6.
Captioning7.
Divider Line8.
Anchoring9.
Modifying
ImagesUpload your image to an image hosting website like
imgur,
tinypic,
imageshack,
photobucket, and many more. just google search 'image uploader'
copy/paste the direct link of the photo that will be provided by the website to your message body. highlight the link and click the
button. this should place [ img] [/img] tags surrounding your link. If you hit the preview button below, it should show up in the generated preview as a photo.
It should end up looking something like this:
[img]http://imgur/somephotolinkstuffhere[/img] Re-sizing an imageIf you image appears too large or you want it larger, follow this. if not, skip.
With the [ img] tags around your photo, edit the [ img] to look like [ img width=]. behind the equal sign, put in the desired photo dimensions. the latest forum update made it auto resize to 1000 or something, but if you want it smaller you can do this.
It should look something like this:
[img width=800]http://photo.com/websitelolpwnd[/img]
LinksSimilar to images, you just highlight it and click a button. This time, highlight your copy/pasted url and hit the
button. In some instances, the url will automatically made into a link without this, but i just do this to be sure!
Looks like this:
[url]http://linkherelolcigarette.com[/url]Substituting link with wordsIn the above image tutorial, how I substituted the words imgur, tinypic, imageshack and photobucket with words instead of the ugly long url. To do this is simple
[url=http://linkherelol]INSERT TEXT YOU WANT TO APPEAR HERE[/url]
Formatting TextThis means bolding, italicizing, underlining, and striking-through your text. Also re-sizing text, aligning it and making it a subscript or superscript, and coloring it. This is probably the easiest thing to do.
Changing appearance of textHighlight your text and click one of the following buttons:
- Bolding
- Italicizing
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Underlining
-
StrikethroughRe-SizingTo re-size your text, highlight the desired text and click the
button. It will look like this:
[size=10pt]text here hi.[/size]change the numerical value of 10 to your desired size. make sure to preview your post before you post it so you dont make it too big or too small!
AligningTo align your text, you can click one of the following buttons:
- Left aligned (default)
-
Center aligned
-
right aligned
SubScript and SuperScriptHighlight text and click:
-
super scripting(aligning uptop, for exponents and variables)
-
sub scripting(aligning on bottom, for elements and fractions)ColoringHighlight desired text and click the drop-down menu that says Change Color. Click the desired color.
QuotingWe all love quoting and it is super easy. Whoever's post you want to quote, hit the
button and avoid the text that contains [ quote] and stuff, and enter what you want to say below.
To make a quote not from a user, hit the
button and type what you want to quote inbetween the two
[quote][/quote]
CodeTo use the code function, which lets you type in forum modifications without them showing up, and i've used them a lot so far
comma splice, click the
button and type what you what inside the two tags.
CaptioningThis means that whenever you hover over some text, a small box pops up and shows hidden text. This is good for explaining what an image is. There is no button for this sadly.
To caption just text, type
[abbr=text that shows when you hover over]text that you hover over to see caption[/abbr]To caption images(this may get complicated)
[abbr=text that shows up][img]http://directlinkhere.com[/img][/abbr]
Divider LineI've been using this to divide the sections of this tutorial. it can be very handy!
Click the
button on a single line(put no text on the same line). hr tags should appear. This will create a line when you post, like this:
AnchoringAnchoring is the same thing used for the table of contents on this topic. It is a link that you click that goes to another part of the same post. there is no button for this sadly. To do this is somewhat complex. Type in
[iurl=#topichere]Text that shows what you click[/iurl]Then, to put wherever you want in the topic this button to go, place the following in that location:
[anchor=topichere][/anchor]For example, this very part of the tutorial is like this:
[iurl=anchoring]Anchoring[/iurl]
//go down a lot here to this section...
[anchor=anchoring][/anchor]The name of the anchor location does not have to be the same as the text shown.
Modifying Your PostOn your recently posted post, say you forgot something. To add this in, find the post you just made and click the
button. Edit to your hearts content and hit the submit button to edit it. A small tag will show under your post that says you edited your post.
okay so suggest things for me to add. i will be doing how to edit your profile and such on the reserved post. idk how much more room i have on this post, so anything to do with other stuff will probably go on the next post. thanks, i hope this was helpful!
