MEMBERS helping MEMBERS: General Help and Assistance Thread

[Pharaoh Atem]

welcome to web standards ...most browsers now have to reach a certain goal to pass tests now and these tests help the browsers display the content from web pages.

i only notice a difference by using windows safari but it makes alot of sites look different.

[diddy47]

hi

could someone list the all the avatar captions

like mature sympiote, gaou'ld underling etc

am new to the systme

[LoneStar1836]

^^ They are right here:

What are the user levels?

0-24: Prim'tah
25-49: Mature Symbiote
50 -99: Jaffa Fodder
100-199: Jaffa Warrior
200-349: Super-soldier
350-499: Death Glider Pilot
500-999 Goa'uld Underling
1000-2499: Royal Guard
2500-4999: First Prime
5000+: Goa'uld Lord


{Check out the X-treme Guide to Gateworld (for newbies) here}:

http://forum.gateworld.net/showthread.php?t=18320

[ShadowMaat]

It's also a good idea to try looking around a bit to see what else is around before you post and as crappy as the search feature tends to be, it DOES help, provided you are versed enough with search engines to know the right key word(s) to use.

[GermanAstra]

Time and again I try the option "Search for all posts by this author". Then I get a lovely list with all entries with this name, and the first lines of the post are shown as well.

If I see something interesting I'd like to read further then I click onto it - and I always come out at the very first page of the thread, rather than the post itself.

What do I do wrong? Where do I have to click to get the wanted post? I don't want to read the whole thread with several hundreds of pages. Or is it just the way it is? Usually by then I remember that it is not possible and don't use it for any length of time - until I forget and the circle starts again, as it just did today.

Does anybody have an idea for this particular thing? I appreciate it very much!

Thank you
Astra

[Naonak]

Time and again I try the option "Search for all posts by this author". Then I get a lovely list with all entries with this name, and the first lines of the post are shown as well.

If I see something interesting I'd like to read further then I click onto it - and I always come out at the very first page of the thread, rather than the post itself.

What do I do wrong? Where do I have to click to get the wanted post? I don't want to read the whole thread with several hundreds of pages. Or is it just the way it is? Usually by then I remember that it is not possible and don't use it for any length of time - until I forget and the circle starts again, as it just did today.

Does anybody have an idea for this particular thing? I appreciate it very much!

Thank you
Astra

Click on the link inside the blue quote box, rather than the one above it. That should do it.

[PG15]

Yes, and graphically...

[GermanAstra]

Aaaaaaah! Thank you thank you thank you both!

I see. So obvious, and yet... Well, that's why I decided to ask an expert!

Thanks again
Astra

[Col. Newman]

A browser's rendering engine is what interprets the HTML (and Javascript, and CSS) and displays it graphically. Most browsers have their own rendering engines. Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari all use their own. Camino, and Konqueror however use Firefox's rendering engine which is called Gecko.

Browsers to stay away from are Internet Explorer and Opera. Microsoft doesn't like to follow standards why IDK maybe they think they are too good for them. I don't know what Opera excuse is but neither follow standards very well.

And no browsers don't have to follow standards it's the developers choice, however it's stupid not to since more you stray from the standards the less code works in your browser.

I recommend Firefox 3, it is in Beta and the moment, as when I write this Beta 5 which is probably the last beta release. FF 3 has been stable enough for everyday use since probably beta 3. not all plugins are supported for it yet but a lot are. Page load times are faster, hundreds of memory leaks have been fixed, memory and CPU use is much more efficient now. I read somewhere that when IE 7 and FF 3 both have 50 tabs open, FF uses half the memory.

Get Firefox 3 here

Integrabyte: I don't see any graphical difference between the way the browsers render the page other than font.

[Pharaoh Atem]

A browser's rendering engine is what interprets the HTML (and Javascript, and CSS) and displays it graphically. Most browsers have their own rendering engines. Firefox, IE, Opera, and Safari all use their own. Camino, and Konqueror however use Firefox's rendering engine which is called Gecko.

Browsers to stay away from are Internet Explorer and Opera. Microsoft doesn't like to follow standards why IDK maybe they think they are too good for them. I don't know what Opera excuse is but neither follow standards very well.

And no browsers don't have to follow standards it's the developers choice, however it's stupid not to since more you stray from the standards the less code works in your browser.

I recommend Firefox 3, it is in Beta and the moment, as when I write this Beta 5 which is probably the last beta release. FF 3 has been stable enough for everyday use since probably beta 3. not all plugins are supported for it yet but a lot are. Page load times are faster, hundreds of memory leaks have been fixed, memory and CPU use is much more efficient now. I read somewhere that when IE 7 and FF 3 both have 50 tabs open, FF uses half the memory.

Get Firefox 3 here

Integrabyte: I don't see any graphical difference between the way the browsers render the page other than font.

opera was the first broswer to pass the acid 3 test .... which no one has yet to do

so opera cares about standards

[BambiScott]

Hi I was wondering on how Gateworld made the Sg1 and SgA icon/smiley characters??? Can someone plz pm me the site that made them or something. I would to make some icons like that

[Pharaoh Atem]

Hi I was wondering on how Gateworld made the Sg1 and SgA icon/smiley characters??? Can someone plz pm me the site that made them or something. I would to make some icons like that

http://www.thescifiworld.net/smilies.htm

the artist name is gilies

he's also responsible for the layout on the main page

[Teslan]

Hi, I've got an idea for a thread. Not sure its a new one, but can't find anything with a similar topic using the search , so am I allowed to just create a new one, or do I have to get the mods' permission? And if it might contain spoilers for all seasons can I still put it in the General Discussion section if I put a disclaimer on it?

[Pharaoh Atem]

Hi, I've got an idea for a thread. Not sure its a new one, but can't find anything with a similar topic using the search , so am I allowed to just create a new one, or do I have to get the mods' permission? And if it might contain spoilers for all seasons can I still put it in the General Discussion section if I put a disclaimer on it?

well first off what is the topic i'm good with search i might be able to help you

[Teslan]

well first off what is the topic i'm good with search i might be able to help you

Thanks for the help. The topic: Pick one episode for each character that best introduces them to a newbie