How To's/What Is it? The forum info thread! - Page 2

Blackjack_Jeeves · 04-05-2006, 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by AnnMarie

It's automatic, we don't need to flip a switch or anything. Last I knew, it was over 100 posts and over 30 rep points, but perhaps Conrad decided to change that in some way. Hmm.

Well I've managed to change mine with only about 30 points and 70 posts... the point count might be right, but I think the post count is definitely lower.

BeautifulPoeticDisaster · 04-05-2006, 10:12 PM

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Originally Posted by FatAndProud

Argh...I finally got 31 rep points and I still am not able to change the name thing!!

I went to User CP > Edit Profile > Optional Information and there's only Instant Messaging, Home Page URL and Date of Birth.

Does it take time for it to be ok'd by moderators or something? (I just got it about 10 minutes ago.)

I think it took me 40 or 50 rep points before I was able to change my thingy majiggy. But I don't remember.

FatAndProud · 04-06-2006, 08:10 AM

Yay now it worked after AnnMarie gave me more rep points

Thanks!

Timberwolf · 04-24-2006, 05:09 PM

How does this "Report bad post" - Button work?
(This warning sign like button right hand of the rep button)
What is its intention?

AnnMarie · 04-24-2006, 08:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Timberwolf

How does this "Report bad post" - Button work?
(This warning sign like button right hand of the rep button)
What is its intention?

Reporting a post:
That button is used to report posts that are in violation of the rules of the boards, or something that you'd like to bring to the attention of moderators/administrators.

Simply hit the button to the left of the post text that looks like a triangle with a "!" in it, and add a comment if you'd like. The post will be emailed, along with your comment, and action will be taken if necessary.

Hope that helps!

Timberwolf · 04-25-2006, 03:04 PM

Yep! Thanks!

Tina · 05-18-2006, 09:12 PM

To make a signature line at the bottom of your posts:

Go to your User CP -- you'll see it up under the Dimensions logo at the top left or your screen, along the blue bar. click on it. Then on the left, under where it says Control Panel, you'll see a link that says Edit Signature. You click on that and there you are: a box where you can change your sig.

Paul Fannin · 05-19-2006, 02:57 AM

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Originally Posted by saucywench

How do you create a hotlink in here? An example as you have used before is to have the word Here be a link to what you want to point out. That's not an actual hotlink; I just faked it to look like one.

mmmmm Hot links....

Esme · 06-17-2006, 09:20 AM

Wow! Very useful thread.... Many thanks for all the information. It cleared up a few questions I've had. I may be a newbie, but I try not to be obvious about it.

Thank you to all who posted.

If I had rep I'd spread it, but I don't, so warm fuzzies for everyone!

Kimbo · 06-20-2006, 05:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tina

How to post a picture when you don't already have it on the web.

To place a picture in your profile.

Go to User Control Panel> Edit Profile Picture. Under where it says "Custom Profile Picture, use the browse button to browse your hard drive, finding the picture you want and then press "Save Changes."

To put a picture in a post.

Scroll down below the dialogue box you're typing in to make your post. See the bar/button that says "Manage Attachments"? Click it. Now, when the window pops up, you go to the area at the top that says "Upload File from your Computer" and hit the "Browse" button. Then search your compy for the pic you want to post and select it, then hit Upload. When it's done uploading, scroll down in the little window and hit the "Close Window" button. Then finish your post, or whatever and hit "Submit Reply." Voila! you're done.

Hi Tina,

Sorry to be a pain, but I keep trying to add a new piccie for my avatar but it says it can't resize it and that I should do it manually ( which, stupidly, I have no idea how to)........ please help little ol' me :-(
Kim

AnnMarie · 06-20-2006, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kimbo

Hi Tina,

Sorry to be a pain, but I keep trying to add a new piccie for my avatar but it says it can't resize it and that I should do it manually ( which, stupidly, I have no idea how to)........ please help little ol' me :-(
Kim

You need to use a picture editing program like Photoshop, or PhotoSuite, etc... you probably have something that came free on your computer, or you could do a quick search online (google) for a free image editing tool.

Your avatar must be 80x80 pixels or smaller, and under the stated kb size.

AM

Tina · 06-20-2006, 10:41 AM

Kim, how big is the file size of the picture?

Kimbo · 06-21-2006, 01:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tina

Kim, how big is the file size of the picture?

Thanks for the help Anne-Marie and Tina.

I have managed to get the file size within the size......but it's the pixels dimensions I am struggling with, but I WILL get there haha!!

Esme · 06-21-2006, 06:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnMarie

Changing Your Custom User Title

You can change your Custom User Title (words under your name, over your avatar) when you reach at least 100 posts (you'll become Senior Member), and get at least 30 rep points. **Conrad, if it's ONLY 30 rep points and post count is not an issue, please let me know or edit this**

When that happens, if you'd like to change your User Title, you do this:

User CP > Edit Profile > Optional Information

You type in your new User Title, then scroll to the bottom and click "Save Changes" - Voila!

Hmmm... I have reached both these milestones and still am unable to change the Custom User Title.

I guess I shall continue to particiapte and check back often.

Unless anyone has a suggestion.

Esme · 06-21-2006, 06:35 PM

It works now...

ala Emily Litella: "Nevermind"

swamptoad · 06-27-2006, 06:25 PM

This is a really broad perspective of How To/What is it? subject matter pertaining to -----> Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon.

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teaching.../Glossary.html

Basically, you can find stuff there that you already know about and more.

out.of.habit · 07-26-2006, 08:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Esme

Hmmm... I have reached both these milestones and still am unable to change the Custom User Title.

I guess I shall continue to particiapte and check back often.

Unless anyone has a suggestion.

I am also having this issue... maybe it knows I'm checking too frequently... lol
(I don't even know what I'd change it to, but I just want to! ha ha)

out.of.habit · 07-26-2006, 09:52 PM

All better!

mossystate · 08-01-2006, 04:08 PM

Ummmm...I have a general 'dumb as rocks when it comes to computers'...question...I want to have my avatar pic be as large as some here...but ..how do you resize a big old file to the point where it fits here..but still keeps some of its youthful looks....every time I attempt to reduce a picture..it gets all blurry......please dont laugh...heh.....

BigBeautifulMe · 10-04-2006, 10:18 PM

Hello.

I tried looking for more information on rep, and was unable to find any. I read this thread all the way through, and looked through the FAQ's, but the link that claims to be more information on rep is a dead link.

Is there somewhere else I should be looking?

I get the basic gist of things, but I still don't see the "green boxes" a previous poster referred to - how do you tell how much rep someone has? Inquiring minds want to know.

And for future newbies looking here for information on resizing photos for your avatar, it is pretty simple to do in MSPaint. All you have to do is open MSPaint, go to file --> open, find your image and open it. Then you just go to Image --> Stretch/Skew and enter a percentage in the "stretch" boxes (nothing in "skew"). Guesstimatation is okay. I usually start out with 50%. Do this until you think the image is approximately the right size. Then you go to Image --> Attributes, and it will tell you how many pixels wide and how many pixels tall your image is. Keep "stretching" it until it fits the pixel requirement.

It sounds more complicated than it is, I promise!

MissToodles · 10-10-2006, 09:38 PM

I notice in some people's profiles that you can't check the time/date they were last on. And these are people who post some what regularly or every day. How do you do this?

JoyJoy · 10-12-2006, 12:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MissToodles

I notice in some people's profiles that you can't check the time/date they were last on. And these are people who post some what regularly or every day. How do you do this?

I believe this happens with members who have set themselves to invisible, so you can't view any information about when they're on or have been on.

The setting for this is in the User Control Panel, first box under *Edit Options*.

AnnMarie · 10-12-2006, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BigBeautifulMe

Hello.

I tried looking for more information on rep, and was unable to find any. I read this thread all the way through, and looked through the FAQ's, but the link that claims to be more information on rep is a dead link.

Is there somewhere else I should be looking?

I get the basic gist of things, but I still don't see the "green boxes" a previous poster referred to - how do you tell how much rep someone has? Inquiring minds want to know.

Conrad changed the color of the rep boxes so they don't show anymore. The rep system is still up and running, you just can't see the boxes anymore.

liz (di-va) · 10-12-2006, 06:15 PM

I can't figure out how to respond to a "rep" comment (say, if it has a question in it)--do you just send them a message?

thanks!

JoyJoy · 10-12-2006, 06:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by liz (di-va)

I can't figure out how to respond to a "rep" comment (say, if it has a question in it)--do you just send them a message?

thanks!

Yes, that's the only way I've found to respond.

04-06-2006, 08:10 AM	#28
FatAndProud It's science! Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic. Posts: 2,466	Yay now it worked after AnnMarie gave me more rep points Thanks! __________________ My Dream Suitor: "Man, in times like these, I wish I was the enzyme DNA Helicase..." Me: "Oh? Why?" My Dream Suitor: "So I could unzip your genes."

04-24-2006, 05:09 PM	#29
Timberwolf back. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: At home, finally. Posts: 26,228	How does this "Report bad post" - Button work? (This warning sign like button right hand of the rep button) What is its intention? __________________ Reality... an interesting concept with no successful applications, that should always be accompanied by a "Do not try this at home" warning. -Zandoz- It's the self-acceptance that makes the beauty. -Waxwing- "A woman without a belly is no woman." - arabian proverb - Empty wall?

04-25-2006, 03:04 PM	#31
Timberwolf back. Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: At home, finally. Posts: 26,228	Yep! Thanks! __________________ Reality... an interesting concept with no successful applications, that should always be accompanied by a "Do not try this at home" warning. -Zandoz- It's the self-acceptance that makes the beauty. -Waxwing- "A woman without a belly is no woman." - arabian proverb - Empty wall?

05-18-2006, 09:12 PM	#32
Tina Di's claimed me. :) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: location, location. Posts: 20,592	To make a signature line at the bottom of your posts: Go to your User CP -- you'll see it up under the Dimensions logo at the top left or your screen, along the blue bar. click on it. Then on the left, under where it says Control Panel, you'll see a link that says Edit Signature. You click on that and there you are: a box where you can change your sig. __________________ "It is possible to believe in something and still fail to live up to it." -- Wilson, House M.D. "I'm really tired of a fat woman's sexuality being just another fat joke." -- Felicia/Supero "Sookie! I am so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her unbelievably stupid name! Fuck Sookie!" -- Pam

06-20-2006, 10:41 AM	#37
Tina Di's claimed me. :) Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: location, location. Posts: 20,592	Kim, how big is the file size of the picture? __________________ "It is possible to believe in something and still fail to live up to it." -- Wilson, House M.D. "I'm really tired of a fat woman's sexuality being just another fat joke." -- Felicia/Supero "Sookie! I am so over Sookie and her precious fairy vagina and her unbelievably stupid name! Fuck Sookie!" -- Pam

06-17-2006, 09:20 AM	#34
Esme Master Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,093	Wow! Very useful thread.... Many thanks for all the information. It cleared up a few questions I've had. I may be a newbie, but I try not to be obvious about it. Thank you to all who posted. If I had rep I'd spread it, but I don't, so warm fuzzies for everyone!

06-21-2006, 06:35 PM	#40
Esme Master Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,093	It works now... ala Emily Litella: "Nevermind"

06-27-2006, 06:25 PM	#41
swamptoad Hi! Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: north carolina, usa Posts: 11,355	This is a really broad perspective of How To/What is it? subject matter pertaining to -----> Glossary of Internet & Web Jargon. http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Teaching.../Glossary.html Basically, you can find stuff there that you already know about and more. __________________ ♥♥♥♥♥ love one another ♥♥♥♥♥

07-26-2006, 09:52 PM	#43
out.of.habit Fat Lois Returns Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,094	All better! __________________ It's a really long story.

08-01-2006, 04:08 PM	#44
mossystate flicks a booger on conrad Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 13,127	Ummmm...I have a general 'dumb as rocks when it comes to computers'...question...I want to have my avatar pic be as large as some here...but ..how do you resize a big old file to the point where it fits here..but still keeps some of its youthful looks....every time I attempt to reduce a picture..it gets all blurry......please dont laugh...heh..... Last edited by mossystate : 08-01-2006 at 04:10 PM.

10-04-2006, 10:18 PM	#45
BigBeautifulMe That was a heart. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Virginia Posts: 10,188	Hello. I tried looking for more information on rep, and was unable to find any. I read this thread all the way through, and looked through the FAQ's, but the link that claims to be more information on rep is a dead link. Is there somewhere else I should be looking? I get the basic gist of things, but I still don't see the "green boxes" a previous poster referred to - how do you tell how much rep someone has? Inquiring minds want to know. And for future newbies looking here for information on resizing photos for your avatar, it is pretty simple to do in MSPaint. All you have to do is open MSPaint, go to file --> open, find your image and open it. Then you just go to Image --> Stretch/Skew and enter a percentage in the "stretch" boxes (nothing in "skew"). Guesstimatation is okay. I usually start out with 50%. Do this until you think the image is approximately the right size. Then you go to Image --> Attributes, and it will tell you how many pixels wide and how many pixels tall your image is. Keep "stretching" it until it fits the pixel requirement. It sounds more complicated than it is, I promise!

10-10-2006, 09:38 PM	#46
MissToodles dead peasant Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: nyc Posts: 4,079	question! I notice in some people's profiles that you can't check the time/date they were last on. And these are people who post some what regularly or every day. How do you do this?

10-12-2006, 06:15 PM	#49
liz (di-va) nail-throwin mayhem Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 6,517	clueless I can't figure out how to respond to a "rep" comment (say, if it has a question in it)--do you just send them a message? thanks!

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