Forum Tips

[Eric Patdu]

Since some members are new to forums. I have decided to make this short forum tips (following posts):

Hope this helps. More to come soon!

I would also encourage other members to post their forum tips here.

[Romy Ocon]

Guests can browse, but only logged in, registered members can post.



{Great idea for a thread, Eric. Let's keep it organized a bit so it's easier to search later - Q&A format, the Q is the title, while the answer is in the message. Multiple tips will mean multiple posts. Will try to fix your initial post to suit the format. Romy}

[Romy Ocon]

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- Eric P.

[Romy Ocon]

Adding images:
The simplest way to insert image is to use the [img][/img] pair tags:

Syntax:	[img]your image's URL goes here[/img]
Sample:	[img]farm1.static.flickr.com/129/321899187_85bd0770ab_o.jpg[/img]
Result:

- Eric P.

[Eric Patdu]

Clickable thumbnails:

There are instances when we are tempted to place several images in one post. This makes loading of the web page slower especially for those who are on dial-up or slow internet connections. The solution is to instead place thumbnails and link them to the original photo.

Syntax:	[url=your image's original URL goes here][img]your image's thumbnail URL goes here[/img][/url]
Sample:	[url=farm1.static.flickr.com/129/321899187_85bd0770ab_o.jpg][img]farm1.static.flickr.com/129/321899187_85bd0770ab_t.jpg[/img][/url]
Result:

Of course, the thumbnail I used in the example above is really a thumbnail in its true sense. But you can always use a slightly larger image. ;D

[Eric Patdu]

Clickable links:

There are cases when we would rather indicate in our posts a description of a URL rather than the cryptic URL address. Here is how to do it:

Syntax:	[url=your URL goes here]your description or text goes here[/url]
Sample 1:	[url=http://tariktik.multiply.com/]My personal website[/url]
Result 1:	My personal website
Sample 2:	Please click [url=http://tariktik.multiply.com]here[/url] to view my personal website
Result 2:	Please click here to view my personal website

[Romy Ocon]

Great tips, keep it going, Eric!

BTW, with the new board classifications, I think this thread is more appropriately placed in the front page, under the "About the Forums" classification. There, it's more visible to guests and members alike. {moving it now}

Romy

[Romy Ocon]

Aside from the default smileys above the message board, you can also access free ones from the web. Just google "free smileys" and many free smiley sites pop out.

For convenience, I'm pasting here some smileys, arrange in random order, that I've come across. You may use these to enhance your post by clicking the quote button (as if you'll reply to my post). This will enable you to see the smiley code. Copy the code and paste it on the part of your message where you want it to appear.

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[steve pryor]

It is not advisable to place one's unmodified e-mail addresses in the public threads. This is because of the plethora of web-crawlers and spy-bots constantly monitoring everything so as to gather any and all personal information available. The least that can happen is an increase of undesired Spam to your inbox.

Therefore, if you want to stick in your e-mail - for the threads: moniker(at)whateveritis.com. It is OK to send a non-camouflaged e-mail address by PM as these are not available to web-harvesting devices.

[Eric Patdu]

Very good and important suggestion there Sir Steve. It seems that some members are very much willing to share their email addresses at the forum.

If I may add, another format you may use when placing your email address in public forums is:

moniker AT whateveritis DOT com

This further obfuscates the mail server's name which is what web-crawlers also look at.

[Romy Ocon]

How to embed photos (courtesy of balarila {Ding C.}):

Here's a tip:

Whenever you want to embed a photo click on the Image button that looks like this:


This will result in some "placemarkers" for an image that looks like this:


Now, between those sets of img's (between the adjacent brackets), type or paste your image's link.


Your link would almost always start with the phrase http: and end with the file extension .jpg

For example, the image you were trying to embed earlier should have the embedding script look like this:



Hope this helps!

[Ivan Sarenas]

Hey guys, I am so clueless at this posting thing. I have several brown birds for I.D.ing and cannot seem to get it. From what I gather now, the images have to be hosted first by a website before they can be posted? Can't I just grab images from my desktop?

Thanks

[Romy Ocon]

Jun 28, 2008 2:39:13 GMT Ivan Sarenas said:

Hey guys, I am so clueless at this posting thing. I have several brown birds for I.D.ing and cannot seem to get it. From what I gather now, the images have to be hosted first by a website before they can be posted? Can't I just grab images from my desktop?

Thanks

Yes, Ivan.... you have to upload your photos first to a host gallery before you can embed/post it here.

Here's a free site many of us use:
www.flickr.com/

[Ivan Sarenas]

Thanks Romy!

I shall try that. Can you also post tips on how to watermark photos with your signature. I'm a self-proclaimed dummy when it comes to these web interactives.

[Romy Ocon]

Jun 28, 2008 3:32:23 GMT Ivan Sarenas said:

Thanks Romy!

I shall try that. Can you also post tips on how to watermark photos with your signature. I'm a self-proclaimed dummy when it comes to these web interactives.

For signature/copyright mark, you can use available fonts in PS. Type this on a separate layer and adjust the color of the text and opacity so it will be unobtrusive.

For a custom signature, you can scan or photograph a hard copy (ink on paper), refine it in PS and paste it as a layer over your photo (opacity and color can also be adjusted).

Romy

[Ivan Sarenas]

Hi again masters!

I have several species that need identification and several for inclusion into the online catalog but I can't seem to embed my images from Multiply, which I use (the preview shows that I would only send text even though I followed Balarila's simple approach). I am wary of Flickr because even for the online catalog, there seems to be bugs about unviewable images. If someone could post a multiply embedding process or direct me to another site/process. please post here.

Thanks!

[Romy Ocon]

Jul 30, 2008 15:43:47 GMT Ivan Sarenas said:

Hi again masters!

I have several species that need identification and several for inclusion into the online catalog but I can't seem to embed my images from Multiply, which I use (the preview shows that I would only send text even though I followed Balarila's simple approach). I am wary of Flickr because even for the online catalog, there seems to be bugs about unviewable images. If someone could post a multiply embedding process or direct me to another site/process. please post here.

Thanks!

Hi Ivan,

Can you post a link to any one of your images and I'll play around on how to embed it?

Romy

[Ivan Sarenas]

Master!

You can check them out at ivansarenas.multiply.com/photos. If my count is correct the additions will make us go over the 50% barrier! Then it shall be time to Sparty!!! ;D

Thanks!

Ivan