How Do I....? A Dummies Guide to the Forum
If you are new to forums this thread will be invaluable:
"How do I...?" A Dummies' Guide to this Forum
It shows you how to:
- Create and Reply to a thread
- Quote and Mutiple Quote from another thread
- Subscribe to a thread
- Search the forums
- Report a post
- User control panel
- Settings & Options
- Finding a post/thread
- Posting links
HOW DO I........?
Internet Forums are not always the easiest thing to navigate, so here is a guide to some of the commands you can use. Some are very basic, some will take a little bit of practice. If you want to practise, don't hesitate to create yourself a thread in the Bear Garden, once confident enough, you can always ask a moderator to delete it for you.
Create a new thread:
Click on ,
this opens a new message box.
Give your thread a name, type your message, click on
.
If you want to double check that your post looks ok (for example, if you are quoting things, or posting a link or an image), you can first click on this
before submitting your new thread.
Reply to thread:
Click on
You can do that to reply to someone else's thread, or to post an update / query on your own thread. Alternatively, you can go to the bottom of the page, where there is a “quick reply” box:
Ok, so this is what you should now be seeing:
Let's go through the less obvious buttons.
This is the Hyperlink button, and allows you to post a link without the long http://consumeractiongroup.... showing. (Note: it works with all http://.... not just the CAG ones!)
Type "This is what I want to say", highlight it, click on
, paste your link in the box, click ok.
"This is what I want to say” should now look like this, and you can of course change colour, font etc, should you wish to do so (to match the rest of a signature, for example).
This does the opposite. You might want to post a quote from another site, but not carry the link. Click on the
, clear the box, click ok. "This is what I want to say”“ will now look like this: "This is what I want to say".
This is the “Insert e-mail link” button. Type the e-mail address in the box, and it will automatically create the link. People will then be able to click on it to start an e-mail message.
This is the “Insert image” button. Click on it to insert a picture hosted elsewhere, like Photobucket.
This is the “Wrap Quote” button. Click on it, and this: will appear in your post, with the cursor between the 2. Just type your message or paste whatever it was you want to quote and it will then show like this:
This is a drop-down menu for the smilies. “Show all Smilies” will open a separate window with all the smilies available on this forum.
