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Dave
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 Posted: Wednesday 18th October 2006, 10:23am Post subject: Forum Frequently Asked Questions
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This announcement answers some of the more common technical questions on using this board. More information can be read at this forum's FAQ.
 's are used to denote things of importance and  's to represent answers or methods to solve common problems.
For starters I'll introduce you to the people running this show the Admin Team they are made up of the Crew Leader, Vice Chair, Crew Secretary and Crew Treasurer (who is also currently forum admin).
The Admin Team are all forum Moderators whose job is to keep order within the forum, to remove malicious content, to move threads to their correct category and to split threads that have wandered a little too far off topic. It is expected that they will do this only where required and only where needed. It can expected that if a post belonging to another person is edited in some way that the Mod performing the edit will leave a small note at the bottom of the post detailing who performed the edit and when.
If you feel that a Mod may have abused any of their powers please feel free to contact me (as forum admin) regarding the abuse, either via Private Message or email me.
If it is a problem with another Crew Member or other Rover rather than a question directly about this forum, it is highly suggested that you speak with Squiz who as Crew Advisor of MFRC will be better suited to dealing with any concerns you may have.
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Dave
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| Posted: Tuesday 9th January 2007, 12:57am Post subject: CalendAr
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Q: How can I put a picture (avatar) under my username?
A: This board supports avatars but requires them to be no larger than 100x100 pixels and 6KB. If you have an image you wish to use for an avatar, you must first reduce it to the required pixel dimensions and compress it to be no larger than the maximum permitted file size.
Many free image resizing tools are available for most platforms. For Windows, Irfanview is a good choice. The Gimp is available for Linux. For instructions on using these programs, please see their respective documentation/help files.
Avatar images should be saved in JPEG (jpg), PNG or GIF formats. Poorly-standardized and/or uncompressed formats such as BMP and TIFF may not work.
Once you have reduced your avatar image to the required size you can upload it to the board using the avatar control panel in your user profile.
Alternatively you may choose an avatar from the avatar galleries (accessable from the avatar control panel in your user profile), this gallery may or may not have images that interest you, if you're unsure of how to upload an image contact a forum administrator who can add your image to a gallery for you.
Q: What's "dressing a link"? How do I dress a link?
A: Dressing a link is essentially replaceing the full address with a short peice of text in your post while retaining the link. This prevents force formatting and long pain in the ass links.
It's done like this:
| Code: | | [url=http://subdomain.randomwebpage.com/somethingorother/]Random Webpage[/url] |
The "Random Webpage" would show up rather than the full web address.
Q: How do I undress a link?
That's sick.
Q: How can I include pictures in my posts?
A: This board allows users to include inline links to images that are on the web. It is not possible to attach or post an image directly from your hard drive. To put an image in a post, upload the image to a web server or our gallery and include the address to the image inside a BBCode img tag. For example:
| Code: | | [img]http://www.yourserver.org/yourdirectory/yourimage.jpg[/img] |
Please be considerate to other users and do not inline link to excessively large images, not everyone has adsl.
Q: How can I put pictures, quotes, or other text below my posts?
A: This feature is called a signature or 'sig' and is accessed through your user profile. Images may be linked using the procedure outlined above for including images in ordinary posts.
While putting your sig together please remember that, while we have no hard and fast rules for how large your total sig size can be, if the size of your sig takes up half the screen then it's probably too damn big and you need to cut something out of it.
Q: How can I use different text sizes or text colors in my posts?
A: If you're not using the quick reply window, directly above the text entry box are some buttons and drop down boxes that will help you spice up your post. Alternatively you can directly type BBCode or some limited HTML code. BBCode FAQ
Q: How can I use different text sizes or text colors in my signature?
A: Use the same method as you would use to use different text sizes or colors in normal posts. See the question above.
!!!Q: Why didn't the last option to my poll show up?
A: You probably hit the 'Submit' button after typing the last option. You have to hit the 'Add option' button for every option, including the last one. Only then can you submit the poll. (ie there should be an empty poll option line under your last poll option)
Q: What is the maximum number of poll options?
A: The board has had the maximum set at ten poll options.
Q: How can I change the text under my username? and/or Q: How can I get a custom title?
A: Titles are not user-editable on this board. Currently the titles are based upon crew initials or for those who warrant it, "Old Barstard".
Q: Why can't I edit my posts?
A: You can!  Please also use the PREVIEW function. It may, in some cases (at the posters discretion), be advisable to point out within the post that it has been edited.
!!!Q: What are "Usergroups"?
A: On this forum the Usergroups are Crew based, ie a Mount Faulkner Usergroup or a Wellington Usetrgroup. There is also an Old Barstards Usergroup for those who qualify.
If you believe you qualify for a Usergroup and are not yet a member of that group you can apply to join in the Usergroup menu (can be found in the menu group at the top right of the screen).
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Dave
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Joined: 25 September 2006
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Location: In front of a computer
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| Posted: Friday 15th June 2007, 12:59am Post subject: Calendar
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The Calendar.
This Calendar can be accessed via the link ( Calendar) in the links at the top right of the page.
There is also a 5 day menu that can be opened just above the forum catergories via a link that looks like:  Calendar.
Currently the ability to create an event is limited to the Admin Team but this may be opened up to all in the future.
To make a calendar event requires the following steps.
When posting a topic the poster has the option to make that topic an event, the event can have any duration and the event time can be set well in advance (eg a week long event can be set a year in advance). The choices are: an Event time and an Event Duration. The Event time is the beginning of the event, you can choose a day, month, year, hour and second. (If you leave out the time the event will be assumed to run all day. If you leave out a day the event will be assumed to run all month, same for leaving month and all year)
Underneath the Event time choices are the options Today :: 7 Days :: 1 Month these options are a shortcut to automatically set the beginning time to today, one week from today or one month from today.
The Event Duration is the length of time the event will run for (note: if you set an event to start at 10am and run for one day it will run till 10am the following day on the calendar and will appear to be a two day event). |
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