Post by Marianne Marlow on Oct 13, 2011 17:40:28 GMT
Some useful information about this forum
How to Upload your Avatar:
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Finding New Topics
When you log in and want to see new topics that have been replied to, click "New Topics" at the top of the page (next to Home)
Making a new Thread:
Click on the board you are interested in making the thread in. To the right in the blue bar you will see the text "new thread". Click this and you are presented with a screen of boxes and things to fill in.
Enter a subject. A variety of message icons are available in the drop down menu but you can leave this blank.
Type your message in the box. You can preview or spell check before you post if you need to.
When you are happy, click "Post Message".
Replying to a Thread:
You have two options here. Quick Reply (box at the bottom) and Reply At the bottom right of the message that you want to reply. If you quick reply then you will not be notified of any replies after yours. If you use the "Reply" function then you will get notifications emailed to you of any messages posted after yours.
Inserting a Photo into a Post:
You can use the "Choose file" box next to the Attachment in your message to insert a file from your computer. There are also other ways to insert an image.
Create an account at one of the free photograph hosting websites such as www.photobucket.com or just upload one to www.imageshack.us
You'll need the url of the image that you uploaded to be pasted into your message. Then highlight that text you just pasted and click the icon in the "Add Tags" that is the fourth along and looks like a little tiny photo in a frame.
This will wrap some code around your url and make the image visible in your post!
Features I have added
Share This Site Feature:
You can now easily share this site on Facebook, Twitter etc.
If you scroll down to the bottom left of the screen, you'll see the little icons to do so. So share and share alike!
Multiquote:
If you scroll past peoples posts you will see an "add quote" at the bottom of their text. You can click this for all the messages that you want to quote in a thread.
Then scroll to the bottom of the screen and click "View Quotes", you will see all of the quotes you selected. You can either insert these into a message or delete them all.
Bookmarked messages
By default any message that you have replied to (as opposed to quick reply) will be bookmarks and you will get an email notification when it has been replied to after you.
If you want to delete these bookmarks then you can. Go to your profile (just under the banner at the top of the page - second from end) and select Bookmarks.
Select "Manage Bookmarks"
You'll see a list of all the threads you replied to. You can select each individually or the whole lot to change the preferences.
No Notification
Email
Private Message
Or a variation of all three.
You can also delete these bookmarks at any time.
Guests cannot post:
I have had to make the forum so that members have to register to post. This is to stop spam and to protect our members.
How to Upload your Avatar:
Gerwynmr2's Sticky: budgerigarsforum.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=talk&thread=32&post=2662
Finding New Topics
When you log in and want to see new topics that have been replied to, click "New Topics" at the top of the page (next to Home)
Making a new Thread:
Click on the board you are interested in making the thread in. To the right in the blue bar you will see the text "new thread". Click this and you are presented with a screen of boxes and things to fill in.
Enter a subject. A variety of message icons are available in the drop down menu but you can leave this blank.
Type your message in the box. You can preview or spell check before you post if you need to.
When you are happy, click "Post Message".
Replying to a Thread:
You have two options here. Quick Reply (box at the bottom) and Reply At the bottom right of the message that you want to reply. If you quick reply then you will not be notified of any replies after yours. If you use the "Reply" function then you will get notifications emailed to you of any messages posted after yours.
Inserting a Photo into a Post:
You can use the "Choose file" box next to the Attachment in your message to insert a file from your computer. There are also other ways to insert an image.
Create an account at one of the free photograph hosting websites such as www.photobucket.com or just upload one to www.imageshack.us
You'll need the url of the image that you uploaded to be pasted into your message. Then highlight that text you just pasted and click the icon in the "Add Tags" that is the fourth along and looks like a little tiny photo in a frame.
This will wrap some code around your url and make the image visible in your post!
Features I have added
Share This Site Feature:
You can now easily share this site on Facebook, Twitter etc.
If you scroll down to the bottom left of the screen, you'll see the little icons to do so. So share and share alike!
Multiquote:
If you scroll past peoples posts you will see an "add quote" at the bottom of their text. You can click this for all the messages that you want to quote in a thread.
Then scroll to the bottom of the screen and click "View Quotes", you will see all of the quotes you selected. You can either insert these into a message or delete them all.
Bookmarked messages
By default any message that you have replied to (as opposed to quick reply) will be bookmarks and you will get an email notification when it has been replied to after you.
If you want to delete these bookmarks then you can. Go to your profile (just under the banner at the top of the page - second from end) and select Bookmarks.
Select "Manage Bookmarks"
You'll see a list of all the threads you replied to. You can select each individually or the whole lot to change the preferences.
No Notification
Private Message
Or a variation of all three.
You can also delete these bookmarks at any time.
Guests cannot post:
I have had to make the forum so that members have to register to post. This is to stop spam and to protect our members.
. Add a link to your signature for newbies. 
