- Adjust your preferences
The preferences link on the main index page of each board allows you to
change your display options. You can change the age of messages to be
displayed (for example, if you visit the board everyday, then you may
want to display only messages posted within the last day, or even
display only new messages). You can also change the visual format of
the index and messages. The default is the indented/threaded format,
but you can change to a compressed or guestbook layout.
- Posting a picture
You can enter the webaddress of an image via the Image URL field in the
post/response form. You may upload a picture to our server via the link that is just
above the Image URL
field. Uploaded image files may be either .gif or .jpg, and must be
less than 28Kb in size. You may link to a photo on another server
without file size restrictions, but we recommend making them less than
50Kb for the benefit of those with dialup connections. Posts that
contain pictures will be marked with the
 icon.
- NM (no message) posts
NM posts are messages that have a subject but no body text. Such posts are allowed if
the subject contains the whole post. It is no longer necessary to put (nm) at the end of the
subject line since the messageboard software will now automatically identify NM posts and mark them
with a
 icon.
- Email address If
you enter an email address with your post it will not be displayed
anywhere on the site. This helps you avoid spam. We don't use this
source for our own mailing lists either, so you can use it with
confidence.
- Express yourself with smiley face icons
Smiley face mnemonics, like :), will automatically be displayed as graphic icons. This works both in the
message text and the subject line. Here
are the smiley faces that are supported:
| :) |
Smile |
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;) |
Wink |
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;D |
Big grin |
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| :o |
Embarrassed |
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:( |
Frown |
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;{ |
Angry |
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| :{ |
Groan |
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*! |
Idea |
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*yks |
Yikes |
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| *o |
Boggled |
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*butt |
Butthead |
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*box |
Soapbox |
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| *cry |
Crying |
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*666 |
Devil |
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*pop |
Eye-Popping |
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| *grr |
Grumpy |
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*5 |
Highfive |
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*bzz |
Hyper |
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| *sry |
Sorry |
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|
*x |
Taped shut |
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*zzz |
Zzz |
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- Basic formatting without HTML
The messageboard software supports basic formatting to do bold,
italics, big and small text and simple lists without HTML (these codes
work only in the body of the message, not in the subject line). Most of
the codes work with a start code and a stop code. In the following
reference the codes you enter are in maroon.
| [b]bold text[/b] |
[i]italic text[/I] |
| [big]big text[/big] |
[small]small text[/small] |
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[color red]colored text[/color]
Supports standard HTML colors and #xxxx hex rgb values.
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Black Silver Gray White Maroon Purple Fuchsia Red Green Lime Olive Navy Blue Teal Aqua
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| [center]centered text[/center] |
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sample list
[list]
[*]item 1
[*]item 2
[*]item 3
[/list]
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sample list
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NOTES: [*] can be used without [list] to insert a bullet. Automatic hotlinking (see below)
is fully compatible with these formatting codes (unlike raw HTML).
- Inserting HTML into a post
You can insert HTML directly into your posts. This should be done with care. Be sure to
close all of your tags, as open tags could make the rest of the message unreadable.
- Automatic Hotlinks If all you are trying
to do is put in links to other sites or pictures, you do not need to
use HTML for this, as the software will automatically detect and
hotlink URLs and email addresses. If you do use HTML in your
message, the automatic hotlinking of URLs will be disabled in any
paragraphs that contain raw HTML.
- Spellchecking your posts
The messageboard software does not have a built in spellchecker.
However, there are free spell checkers available for both
Internet Explorer (IESpell)
and Firefox (Spellbound).
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