Posting forum posts

Collapsible text - Spoiler
How to give a link to a specific post on the forum
How to put a link under a certain text?
Attaching files and displaying them

Important note for newbies!
Do not rush to post a message, take a preview to make sure that everything looks the way you want.
To do this, click the "Preview" button at the bottom of the message editing window.
If everything worked out, you can click the "Send" button.

Post has been editedCyberbob - 14.05.14, 09:23

Spoilers

Whatspoilerand how to properly use it in messages?
Often on the forum to reduce the volume of the message used tool for folding text -spoiler. It allows you to hide three-dimensional images and long texts, while anyone who wants to familiarize themselves with the presented material can expand the spoiler by pressing the left mouse button on it, while the entire contents of the spoiler is displayed. Further details are considered 2 types of spoilers used on the forum. You can use any, depending on the situation.

Simple spoiler

Visuallyspoileris an HTML markup element that allows you to collapse text and / or image.
Clicking on this item, you can view its contents.
For example:

or

To hide the text under the spoiler, do the following.
After writing (or in the process of writing) a message, we select that part of it,
which we want to hide underspoilerand press the button "Make text collapsible":

1. Select the text
2. Click the button located in the top panel of the message editor:


As a result, the following structure appears in the message code:


that is, the text you have selected is framed on both sides with tags indicating that after publishing the message in the Internet browser it will be displayed asspoiler:

How to hide the image under the spoiler:
1. Attach the image to the message as described in section.Attaching files and displaying themthis topic.
2. Select the code denoting the attached images (including the starting and ending square brackets).
3. Press the button "Make text collapsible":


The resulting construction looks in the message as follows:


Spoiler with name

Visually, this element looks like this:

That is, to the right of the inscription "Spoiler (+/-) "add text label - spoiler name , in the given example - "Interesting inside the spoiler".
To addtitleto the spoiler, you must:
1. Hide the desired part of the message undernormal spoiler.
2. In the editing window, select the text (attachment), which we want to hide under the spoiler with the title
and press the button "Make the text collapsible and add a title":

3. Next, the message editor will display a window in which you need to write the text, which will be the spoiler title:

Forspoiler header All text formatting functions are applicable, such as:
- font thickness (bold)
- oblique font
- underlined font
- crossed out font
- font size
- font color.
For example:

The above example servessolely to demonstrate the possibilities spoiler design and should not be used as an object of imitation.

Post has been editedNutthell - 13.04.14, 16:11

How to get a link to a specific post in a thread?

Task:
Required in your message to give a link to the message of another user.
For example:

You want to suggest that the desired lokskrinIPhone IOS4 Lockscreen published as user
Aidhz which is in subject Themes for TouchFLO 3D, collection .
Many simply copy the link from the browser’s address bar and paste it into their message,
which is the wrong decision.

A simple solution.
Go to the post, the link to which you want to share with others.
In the upper right corner you will see an inscription of the formPost # 1024:

Move the mouse cursor to the message number, press the right button and select in the context menu
"Copy Link Address"

In the editor of your post, insert a link (Ctrl + V, either -right mouse button - Paste)
In the editor it will look like this:

http: //savagemessiahzine.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=92938&view=findpost&p=5373494

In thisURLFirst partmeans open on the forumsavagemessiahzine.comThe topic with the number "92938" is a unique identifier for the topic, which is assigned to each topic automatically created by the forum engine and does not change even when you move and rename the topic. And the code "& view = findpost & p =" means "and display a message with the number" 5373494. The message number indicated in the URL address is its unique identifier assigned automatically by the forum engine.
When publishing a message, the editor translates this link into a “readable” view and in the finished message.
The link will be displayed as:
Themes for TouchFLO 3D, collection (Post # 5373494)

How to put a link under a certain text?
Task:
Assign a hyperlink to arbitrary text, for example - linkhere
Decision:

- we get the address of the link, as described above (A simple solution )
- select the text to which we want to assign the link,
- press the button "Insert hyperlink"editor panels:

- in the window that appears, enter the link (Ctrl + V, either -right mouse button - Paste)
and agree by clicking OK

In the editor it will look like this:

We assign a hyperlink to arbitrary text, for example, the link [URL = http: //devdb.ru/] here [/ URL]

In the finished message, the link will be displayed as:

We assign a hyperlink to an arbitrary text, for example, a linkhere

Post has been editedSemyon - 22.11.11, 23:00

Attaching files and displaying them.

Task:
attach files to the message and place them in the message.

Decision:

To attach files to the message, click"Reply"

The browser displays the Advanced Message Editor window, in which you can attach files.
To get to the advanced editor window when changing a message after pressing the "CHANGE" button, select the "Full edit" item.

In order to attach files to the message, you must first upload them to the forum.

Uploading files to the forum.
In the right side of the editor there is a group of elements that allows you to work with attached files.

To upload a file to the forum, click the button."Overview" , this will open the standard file selection dialog box.
which are on your computer. After confirming the selectionfile name and full path will appear in the box to the left of the "Browse" button .
Next you need to click"Download" after which the system will upload the selected file to the forum.

All attached files of this message are displayed in the drop-down list.“Manage Current Files” .
The total number of files attached to this message is indicated in brackets ().

Not all file types are available for uploading to the forum. This is partly stated in the forum rules.
What types of files can be accurately downloaded to the forum:

- Images in formats JPG, PNG, GIF.
- Archives in zip and rar formats
- Installation files in the CAB format, exe files.

Each downloaded file has an abbreviated entry,
see which can be in the drop-down list“Manage Current Files” .

Add an attachment to the message.
In the body of the message, place the cursor where you would like your attached file to be located.
Then click on the “Manage current files” list and click on the icon withgreen plus:

As a result, the editor will insert into your message a view construct:

in the editor it will look like this:

After posting a message (or when previewing), the attached file tag is automatically converted by the forum engine either into an image if the attached file has an allowed graphic format, or is displayed in the form of a downloadable file, and its volume and the number of downloads are displayed, as shown inscreen shot:
The name of the displayed file will be exactly the same as the one you downloaded.
Comment. The file name must not contain Cyrillic characters.

Remove attachments in the message.
If for some reason you want to delete the file already uploaded to the forum,
click on the list“Manage Current Files” red cross to the left of the file you do not need:

A window will appear asking you to confirm the deletion:

in which you should click"Yes" if you want to delete the file, either "Not" if you change your mind.
If you inserted the tag of the attached file into the message, then you also need to delete it.

Before sending a message, preview it by clicking the button."Preview" :

And if everything suits you, you can press the button"Send"
Have a nice chat!

Post has been editedromanmaks - 01.10.17, 12:08