basic info

[Tim-NH]

hi guys for those that don't know i have to live with the shame as having Richard Napier-Hemy as my dad.

OK i thought i would make a little guide so you know how to work this software.....

Dummy's Guide to the Lymm Dads Forum
By Tim

I will write this FAQ section.

1. How do I join?
To join, click register in the top black bar and follow the prompts

2. OK, I've joined. Now I want an avatar (small picture under your name) and signature (text which appears after every post)
(note-I'll cover other ways you can change your profile while I'm here) Log in, and click 'Profile', then 'Modify Profile'.

To change your screen name, go to 'Display Name' and type in a name. You can change this at any time-but if you do, people won't know who you are.

To Change your Avatar head to the 'Avatar' section and EITHER pick an avatar from the drop box OR type in the full URL of a picture.
To get the URL of a picture you have found on the INTERNET, right click it and go 'View Image'. Then copy the URL out of the browser.

To Change your Signature, Scroll down to the 'Signature' Section and in type in whatever you want. you can have images in signatures

3) Do I get anything for posting more often?
Yes, you move up the ranks as shown here.

• Donkey 0-49
  
• Old Man 50-99
  
• Great Asset...NOT 100-249
  
• Your really getting the hand of this 250-499
  
• Veteran 500-999
  
• Antique 1000-2499
  
• ronaldinho...well almost 2500-4999
  
• God...yeah right 5000-9999
  
• The full Gerry Straker- 10000+
  
  Staff Ranks
  
  * Moderator - (Can alter or delete posts in a specific forum)
  
  * Global Moderator - (Can alter or delete posts anywhere on the forum)
  * Administrator - (Same as global moderator, but can also ban members, alter profiles and make changes to the forum itself)
  
  
  4. What are PM's
  Personal Messages. To PM someone, click on their name and then 'Send Personal Message' To access your PM's, click in the top left corner of the forum where it says 'You have x new messages
  
  
  5: Parts of the Forum
  
  Forum: The whole site
  Category: A group of boards, ie The Football category
  Board: A group of threads: ie General Board
  Thread: (also known as a topic) A collection of posts: ie i think that xxx deserved man of the match
  poll: like a thread, but with a poll collection on top ie Who do you think deserved man of the match
  Post: What this is...
  
  FORM^A_TING
  with BB-Codes
  

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  Here are examples with the codes for formating Texts. I wrote it because I know that not everybody is confident with the so called BB-Codes.
  
  
  BOLD
  [b]BOLD[/b]
  
  ITALICIZE
  [i]ITALICIZE[/i]
  
  UNDERLINE
  [u]UNDERLINE[/u]
  
  STRIKETHROUGH
  [s]STRIKETHROUGH[/s]
  
  [glow=red,2,300]GLOW[/glow]
  [glow=red,2,300]GLOW[/glow]
  
  [shadow=red,left,300]SHADOW[/shadow]
  [shadow=red,left,300]SHADOW[/shadow]
  
  MARQUEE
  [move]MARQUEE[/move]
  
  

  PRE FORMATED TEXT

  
  [pre]PRE FORMATED TEXT[/pre]
  
  Alignments:
  
  ALIGN LEFT
  
  
  ALIGN CENTER
  
  
  ALIGN RIGHT
  
  [left]ALIGN LEFT[/left]
[center]ALIGN CENTER[/center]
[right]ALIGN RIGHT[/right]
  
  Horizontal line:

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  [hr]
  
  Font size:
  SMALL (Size=1)
  BIG (Size=10)
  [size=1]SMALL (Size=1)[/size]
[size=10]BIG (Size=10)[/size]
  
  FONT FACES
  [font=Times New Roman]FONT FACES[/font]
  
  Colouring Texts:
  BLACK
  RED
  YELLOW
  PINK
  GREEN
  ORANGE
  PURPLE
  BLUE
  BEIGE
  BROWN
  TEAL
  NAVY
  MAROON
  LIME GREEN
  [color=Black]BLACK[/color]
[color=Red]RED[/color]
[color=Yellow]YELLOW[/color]
[color=Pink]PINK[/color]
[color=Green]GREEN[/color]
[color=Orange]ORANGE[/color]
[color=Purple]PURPLE[/color]
[color=Blue]BLUE[/color]
[color=Beige]BEIGE[/color]
[color=Brown]BROWN[/color]
[color=Teal]TEAL[/color]
[color=Navy]NAVY[/color]
[color=Maroon]MAROON[/color]
[color=LimeGreen]LIME GREEN[/color]

  
  

  BLOCKQUOTE

  
  [blockquote]BLOCKQUOTE[/blockquote]
  
  Links:
  www.lymmdads.org.uk
  Lymm Dads
  [e-mail]
  EXAMPLE
  [url]www.lymmdads.org.uk[/url]
[url=www.lymmdads.org.uk]Lymm Dads[/url]
[email][e-mail][/email]
[email=[e-mail]]EXAMPLE[/email]
  
  Pictures:
  
  [img]http://www.lymmdads.org.uk/assets/img_main/logo0512.gif[/img]

  
  Tables:
  

  TABLE A	TABLE B	TABLE C
  TABLE D	TABLE E	TABLE F

  
  [table][tr][td]TABLE A[/td][td]TABLE B[/td][td]TABLE C[/td][/tr][tr][td]TABLE D[/td][td]TABLE E[/td][td]TABLE F[/td][/tr][/table]
  
  NORMAL TEXT ^SUP _SUB
  NORMAL TEXT [sup]SUP[/sup] [sub]SUB[/sub]
  
  TELETYPE
  [tt]TELETYPE[/tt]
  
  Insert Code:
  [B]HERE BB-CODES ARE NOT SHOWN!!![/B]**
[code][B]HERE BB-CODES ARE NOT SHOWN!!![/B]**

[/code]

Quote:

QUOTE QUOTE QUOTE
AND SO ON...

[quote]QUOTE QUOTE QUOTE
AND SO ON...[/quote]


List

• POINT 1
  
• POINT 2
  
• POINT 3
  

[ul]
[li]POINT 1
[/li][li]POINT 2
[/li][li]POINT 3
[/li][/ul]


Smilies:



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:-*
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There are some things I found out about the Forums and the BB-Codes which can help you with posting replies and threads.

1. You can make smilies glow or have them a shadow:
[glow=green,2,300] [/glow] (glowing)
[shadow=red,left,300] [/shadow] (shadow)
[glow=green,2,300] 8-)[/glow] (glowing)
[shadow=red,left,300] :P[/shadow] (shadow)

2. You can use Wingdings as a font:
A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z
(The whole alphabet with Wingdings, always the capital and the normal letter --> A a B b C c e.t.c.)
[font=Wingdings]A a B b C c D d E e F f G g H h I i J j K k L l M m N n O o P p Q q R r S s T t U u V v W w X x Y y Z z[/font]
(The whole alphabet with Wingdings, always the capital and the normal letter --> A a B b C c e.t.c.)


3. For Wingdings you can use every Formating Option you can use on a normal font. With that you can make cool effects like that one:
[glow=red,2,300]W[/glow]