MEMBERS helping MEMBERS: General Help and Assistance Thread

[GateGipsy]

That's not embarrassing. I forget that not everyone knows everything!

You can do this two ways. One is to use the little hyperlink button in the toobar when you type a message (it's the icon of a globe with a little chain link under it). The other is to use a tag. Enter (without the space after the opening bracket)

[ url]www.typeyoururlhere.com[ /url]

You get the url of the thread by opening the thread then copying the address in the address bar at the top of the browser.

If you want to have a link that doesn't show the url but has text instead then enter (again without the spaces)

[ url=www.typeryoururlhere.com]Click Here[ /url]. When you post, people will just see the Click Here bit (or whatever you type in there) and can click on that to open the link.

However! If it was your Gate Joke's thread then don't worry. I've already fixed the typo.

[Deano]

That's not embarrassing. I forget that not everyone knows everything!

You can do this two ways. One is to use the little hyperlink button in the toobar when you type a message (it's the icon of a globe with a little chain link under it). The other is to use a tag. Enter (without the space after the opening bracket)

[ url]www.typeyoururlhere.com[ /url]

You get the url of the thread by opening the thread then copying the address in the address bar at the top of the browser.

If you want to have a link that doesn't show the url but has text instead then enter (again without the spaces)

[ url=www.typeryoururlhere.com]Click Here[ /url]. When you post, people will just see the Click Here bit (or whatever you type in there) and can click on that to open the link.

However! If it was your Gate Joke's thread then don't worry. I've already fixed the typo.

Thanks for the info and the help

[GateGipsy]

For a longer list of the vB codes CLICK HERE

[Qasim]

For a longer list of the vB codes CLICK HERE

I'd just like to point out that not all of those are actually implemented i.e. [code]test[/code] doesnt work

[GateGipsy]

Well plenty of them do work, and the fun is in trying them out!

[Qasim]

I have done that *nostalgia*

[TechnoWraith]

this is embarassing, i dont know how to do that

It happens to everyone once in awhile. Heaven knows how many times i've asked a mod to change a title because i misspelled or messed up. Just don't ask a mod to change the title every 5 minutes.

[Qasim]

It happens to everyone once in awhile. Heaven knows how many times i've asked a mod to change a title because i misspelled or messed up. Just don't ask a mod to change the title every 5 minutes.

On one forum I go on a mod did that to confuse people - it was hilarious

[TechnoWraith]

On one forum I go on a mod did that to confuse people - it was hilarious

So you're the one who kept doing that? hahaha!

[Qasim]

LOL I was actually talking about another forum and a different person but I just rememberered that I am guilty of it myself

[lou]

Hello clever experienced posters!

I have a qu…

I’ve found answers to most of my qus about reputation. But nowhere mentions the green/grey/red blob on the left side of posts next to your aviator. Mine is now red, and I don’t know why! I have been giving out jello, but how do I know when I have run out? Have I simply given away to much jello that I’ve put myself in the red? Red is a scary colour and I don’t like looking bad, when I’ve done nothing wrong! I don’t think anyone has given me -ve rep, or does it go to a different place than the +ve rep?

I know these are simple, unimportant questions, but I think I’m in the right place to get them answered!

xx

[PG15]

You don't run out of rep. You can keep giving them away.

However, if others red rep you too many times, you'll run out. So try to avoid that.

[jonno]

Hello clever experienced posters!


I’ve found answers to most of my qus about reputation. But nowhere mentions the green/grey/red blob on the left side of posts next to your aviator.

??? Your aviator???

Don't worry, your post has appeared with green rep in the top right, which represents the number of rep points given to you, so for now, you're positive.

If you mean the blobs to the left of the the posts under 'Latest reputation received' in my controls, then that is the rep given by other people to you:

green = +ve
red = -ve (bad)
grey could be either, but the poster is too new for their awards to affect uour rep yet.

Here is an image of my rep:


[EDIT] Argh ... it's smaller than i meant. The top bit shows what comes up when you press 'my controls' at the top of the page. The big elongated oval shows a rep given to me by skydiver.

The bottom bit shows how how the amount of rep you have is shown in the top right of your posts.

Mine is now red, and I don’t know why! I have been giving out jello, but how do I know when I have run out? Have I simply given away to much jello that I’ve put myself in the red? Red is a scary colour and I don’t like looking bad, when I’ve done nothing wrong! I don’t think anyone has given me -ve rep, or does it go to a different place than the +ve rep?

The amount of Rep you give to others does not directly affect your rep (ie if you give out rep, it is not subtracted from your own total).

I think -ve rep goes to the same place as +ve (under my controls), but i have been fortunate never to get a red rep.

MY QUESTION: How could i make the above picture bigger (note, it was edited in microsoft paint)

Apologise this post is a bit clumsy ... it's gone through multiple edits and additions!

[Willow'sCat]

Hello clever experienced posters!

I have a qu…

I’ve found answers to most of my qus about reputation. But nowhere mentions the green/grey/red blob on the left side of posts next to your aviator. Mine is now red, and I don’t know why!

The circle means
Green = You are currently logged on and visible, Red = You may or may not be logged on you are invisible, Grey = You are not logged on.

I am invisible so mine is always red for example.

If you want to change your status from red to green go into the Options page and unclick the invisibility box.

The rep boxes are normal green for the first (I think) 500+ rep points then light green boxes are add for every 200 (again I think) rep points there after, up until 11 blocks are added.

The visible to everyone rep block mean.

Green is visible rep points.
Grey just means the person has turned theirs off (like me).
Red is someone who has received a lot of negative (or red) repping and they no longer have enough green rep points to counter the red ones (rare). May also mean they have been put on suspension (not clear on that though).

And pretty much what Jonno said about the ones that only you can see on your control panel.

[lou]

[QUOTE=jonno]??? Your aviator???[QUOTE]

Do’h - silly me, I obviously meant avatar!!

So my red blob means I’m invisible and has nothing to do bad rep after all!!
And thanks to Jonno for rep 101 with pics!

Hugs to those who helped x