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Offline sundownTopic starter

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Message Posting Help
« on: November 02, 2003, 06:01:21 AM »
Could someone explain what everything does on the "message posting page". How do I use the message icons? What do the buttons do? What are the icons under the message box for? I can't figure out how to quote. The QUOTE button asks what text to quote, but there is nothing to chose from.

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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2003, 12:06:54 AM »
You and me both mate!

And don't expect it to be simple, especially if you run an Amiga. Nothing on Amiga.org is simple for the Amiga!

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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2003, 12:13:53 AM »
Message icons only are shown when in "threaded" view.  They're pretty irrelevant.

How to quote:
 - copy the text you wish to quote
 - hit the quote button
 - paste the text into the box

Another way to quote:
 - In the message text box, type {quote} (but square brackets instead of parentheses.
 - After {quote}, type the text you want to quote.
 - Close the quote with {/quote} (again with square brackets.
 

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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2003, 01:43:07 AM »

Ive been having lots of trouble,
and still I havent figured it out... :(
so
how does one post a message????...

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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #4 on: November 03, 2003, 07:44:22 AM »
OK, copying the text to the clipboard (right-amiga C) & pasting (right-amiga V) works, but the buttons don't do anything. Would also like to know how to post a interactive URL link. This page needs a HELP link.
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before"
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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #5 on: November 03, 2003, 09:25:01 AM »
how does one post a message????...

On the Home page click on the Forum link at the top. Select the forum you wish to post to & then click on the "Post New Thread" link. You already know how to reply to a post. :-) I sure glad I'm not the only one that's having a hard time figureing this out. :-)
 
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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #6 on: November 03, 2003, 10:07:00 AM »
JavaScript support in Amiga browsers is quite retarded.
 

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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #7 on: November 03, 2003, 10:52:04 AM »
For URL's:

{url=http://amiga.org}whatever text here{/url}

For images:

{img}http://www.yadayada.com/blah.jpg{/img}

... again, substitute the { } with [ ]
and the words url and img have to be lower case

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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #8 on: November 03, 2003, 11:09:59 AM »
Oops, didn't notice the URL question :-)
 

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Re: Message Posting Help
« Reply #9 on: November 03, 2003, 01:29:59 PM »
thanks.

testing:

ao


another thing I wonder about
is why my signature never shows. :(
Ive tried to change it,
but still it wont show. :(

im turning on signature
on this post,
so that if someone knows how to fix it
then I will do that,
and afterwards it should show below:

EDIT:
ahh.. I changed my profile to 'always attach signature'

... but I thought that was for defaulting
'attach signature' on post editor to enabled (ticked)

or is it both?
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