| » Quoted Text |
| some quoted text here |
For the most part, your posts will contain plain text, but on occasions, you may want to emphasise certain words or phrases by making them (for example) bold or italic.
Depending on the rules of the board, you may use HTML code to produce these effects. However, more often than not, the administrator will have disabled HTML code, and opted instead to use blah Code:
BCode (or Blah Code/BC) is a system much like html that lets you do things that HTML Code would do, but they are encased within brackets ([ ]) rather than a less than and greater than signs (< >)
To use BCode, simply press the buttons on top of the Message part of the Posting Screen (For changing text colour, links and such, select the part you want made a link/colour-change). Eventually you will get used it and learn it quickly.
You may also find that the administrator has enabled Smilies, which allow you to use small icons to convey emotion, and the [img] code, which allows you to add pictures to your message.
These controls allow you to quickly and easily enter blahcode into your posts and messages. To use them, simply click the appropriate text formatting buttons or select items from the lists to enter blahcode.
To use the clickable Smilies, simply click the smiley that you want to insert into your message, or click the Add More Smilies link to access the full list of Smilies.
Smilies are small graphical icons which you can insert into your messages to convey an emotion or feeling, such as a joke or embarrassment. For example, if you entered a sarcastic comment, rather than type 'that was a joke', you could simply insert the 'wink' smilie.
If you have used e-mail or internet chat systems, you will probably be familiar with the concept of Smilies already. Certain combinations of text characters are converted into Smilies. For example,:) is converted into a smiling face. To understand smilie codes, tilt your head to the left and look at the text: you will see that :) represents two eyes and a smiling mouth.
On occasions, you may want to prevent the text in your message being converted into Smilies. You will see a checkbox which you can select when you make a new post, which will allow you to 'Disable Smilies'.
| Code to Type | Rendered Code | ||
| [face=Arial]Font Face[/face] | Font Face (Arial) | ||
| [size=2]Font Size[/size] | Font Size (2) | ||
| [b]bold[/b] | Bolded Text | ||
| [i]italics[/i] | italics | ||
| [u]underline[/u] | underline | ||
| [s]strikeout[/s] | |||
| [sub]subscript[/sub] | |||
| [sup]superscript[/sup] | superscript | ||
| [url]http://www.eblah.com[/url] | http://www.eblah.com | ||
| [url=http://www.eblah.com]Visit eblah.com Today![/url] | Visit eblah.com Today! | ||
| [mail]mysite@yourhouse.com[/mail] | mysite@yourhouse.com | ||
| [mail=mysite@yourhouse.com]e-mail me now![/mail] | e-mail me now! | ||
| [img width=50 height=20]http://www.site.com/picture.gif[/img] | |
||
| [img]http://www.site.com/picture.gif[/img] | |
||
| [quote]Quoted Text[/quote] |
|
||
| [hr] | |||
| [flash width=200 height=200 url=http://www.site.com/flash.swf] | Flash Movie |
| Smiley Code | Rendered Smiley |
| :) |  |
| ;) |  |
| :P |  |
| ;D |  |
| :( |  |
| >:( |  |
| :'( |  |
| :X |  |
| :-/ |  |
| :o |  |
| :B |  |
| 8) |  |
| :K) |  |
| :D |  |
| ::) |  |
| ??) |  |
If you post a new thread, or reply to an existing thread, you can choose to be notified by e-mail when someone else replies to that thread. You can also choose to receive e-mail notifications of new posts in a thread without posting in that thread, by clicking the 'Receive updates to this thread' link displayed in the thread page.
If you choose to stop receiving e-mail notifications from a thread, you can turn off the option by either editing your post, or by unsubscribing from the thread here.
Only registered users may receive e-mail notification, and they can set whether they want to receive e-mail notification by default by editing their options.
E-mail notification is also referred to as 'Thread Subscription'.
You may notice that some threads on this board also include a section where you can vote on an issue or question. These threads are called 'polls' and this is how to create them:
Creating a new poll
When you post a new thread, you may have the option to also create a poll.
This function allows you to ask a question and specify a number of possible responses. Other members will then be able to vote for the response they wish, and the results of the voting will be displayed in the thread.
An example poll might be:
What is your favourite colour?
- Red
- Blue
- Yellow
- Green
- Sky-blue pink with yellow spots
To create a poll simply click the 
button,
and specify the question and the list of responses you want to include.
Voting in and viewing a poll
To vote in a poll, simply select which option you want to vote for, and click
the [Vote!] button. You may view the current results for a poll before you
vote by clicking the 'View Results' link. Voting in a poll is entirely optional.
You may vote for any of the available options, or cast no vote at all.
Generally, once you have voted in a poll, you will not be able to change your vote later, so place your vote carefully!
The administrator may have enabled message icons for new threads, posts and private messages. Message icons allow you to specify a small icon to accompany your posting, which is used to convey the emotion or content of a post at a glance. If you do not see a list of message icons when you are composing your message or post, the administrator has disabled the option.
If you have registered, you will be able to edit and delete your posts. Note that the administrator can disable this ability as he desires. Your ability to edit your posts may also be time-limited, depending on how the administrator has set up the board.
To edit or delete your posts, click the 
button
by the post you want to edit. If your post was the first in the thread, then
deleting the post may result in the removal of the entire thread. There is
an Easy edit and Full edit option. The Easy edit allows you to edit in place,
while the Full edit takes you to the post screen with the full formatting options.
After you have made your modifications, a note may appear, which notifies other users that you have edited your post. Administrators and moderators may also edit your messages but this note may not appear when they do so.
Moderators oversee specific forums. They generally have the ability to edit and delete posts, move threads, and perform other manipulations. Becoming a moderator for a specific forum is usually rewarded to users who are particularly helpful and knowledgeable in the subject of the forum they are moderating.
Certain words may have been censored by the administrator. If your posts contain any censored words, they will be blanked-out like this: ****.
The same words are censored for all users, and censoring is done by a computer simply searching and replacing words. It is in no way 'intelligent'.