MEMBERS helping MEMBERS: General Help and Assistance Thread

[pattirose]

is anyone else getting a bad lag when trying to get into threads tonight ??

Not any more than usual. It always takes awhile for the pages to load for me here. I thought it was just the forum.

[ACharmedAsgard]

Not any more than usual. It always takes awhile for the pages to load for me here. I thought it was just the forum.

It's due to alot of users being on the forum.

[Traveler Enroute1]

Happy Holidays, all.

I can't URL images when I quote. The pictures stay oversized to where I can see the size tags outside of this message box. For now I just cut the picture out when I quote, but it takes away from anyone reading the thread to not have it to refer to.

I was using CompuServe browser, then I switched to IE. The problem remains. Any suggestions?

Just sayin', thanks.

[Myn McGeek, Third Sentinel]

Hey, quick question. How does green vs red rep points work? I mean, let's say you had 500 good points, then someone gave you a bad one. Does the red point take away a green point? If so, how many red points do you need to get before you see a red block above your post?

P.S. Happy New Year!

[smurf]

A red rep point takes away from your rep total, and you need to go into the negative numbers on rep to get the red square in your user area.

And a Happy New Year to You!

[Myn McGeek, Third Sentinel]

OK, thanks!

I bet you can guess why I'm asking.... *sniffle*

[smurf]

Meh, rep points are not as interesting as the poster next to them.

[TechnoWraith]

Happy Holidays, all.

I can't URL images when I quote. The pictures stay oversized to where I can see the size tags outside of this message box. For now I just cut the picture out when I quote, but it takes away from anyone reading the thread to not have it to refer to.

I was using CompuServe browser, then I switched to IE. The problem remains. Any suggestions?

Just sayin', thanks.

There are two ways to get images to display here at the forum:

The first method is using the IMAGE tags. They are [img] [/img]. You insert the BBcode image url inbetween the two tags. This will cause your image to show up directly in your post. Like this: The code used to do this is: [*IMG]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...ith/Wraith.jpg[/*IMG] Remove the two *'s to make the code work, I put those in so i could display the code for you. When you quote an Image tag, it will display the image regardless of how big it is directly in the post message.

The second method to display images is with URL tags. Url tags work in two different ways. One way is to simply display the URL address of the image you're going to display. Like so: http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...ith/Wraith.jpg. The code looks like this: [*URL]http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y29...ith/Wraith.jpg[/*URL] Again, Remove the the *'s to make it work. The other way to display images with the URL tags is to describe the link. It makes your post appear nicer. Here is how this method works: Wraith piccy!. The code looks like this: [*URL=http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y298/TechnoWraith/Wraith.jpg]Wraith piccy![/*URL]. Remove *'s to make it work. The text in between the bold sections is the description of the link.

When quoting, the IMG tags will put the image right in the post. URL tags will display only the URL address or the description of the URL address in the post. An important note: when quoting or inserting an image, be sure that the image isn't so big it stretches the page. You know you're stretching the page when after you post your image, a left/right scroll bar appears at the bottom pf your browser window. Large images should use the URL tags. Doing this is a courtesy to both forum users (keeps the page within the standard margins of the window) and dial-up users (it will take ages for the page to load. remember, not everyone has a broadband connection.)

I believe the forum does not support the HTML image search tags, so even though those tags are available for use, they might not work here. (I might be wrong about that).

[AdrianneP]

OK, thanks!

I bet you can guess why I'm asking.... *sniffle*

You!? Unbelievable, what did you do?!

I originally thought getting a Red only took ONE point away from your overall Rep Points but apparently it does take more than one ... Which I suppose can be seen as a good thing because then you're less likely to reoffend if you're losing more one point ... You know? Or I guess that depends on if you care about the system or not

Adrianne

[CalmStorm]

I originally thought getting a Red only took ONE point away from your overall Rep Points but apparently it does take more than one ... Which I suppose can be seen as a good thing because then you're less likely to reoffend if you're losing more one point ... You know? Or I guess that depends on if you care about the system or not

I think that the points a red can take away are tied to the poster providing the negative rep, just like green points. However, I think that negative rep doesn't take away as much as a positive green gives ...if that makes any sense.

[jesserella]

i have a quick question, i was wondering what the correct spelling for the Genaii is, not sure if this is the right place to ask, thanks anyone who can tell me

[ACharmedAsgard]

I can Help Jess, It Genii

[CalmStorm]

Gateworld's omnipedia list the spelling as Genii

[jesserella]

Thankyou,

[Myn McGeek, Third Sentinel]

You!? Unbelievable, what did you do?!

I originally thought getting a Red only took ONE point away from your overall Rep Points but apparently it does take more than one ... Which I suppose can be seen as a good thing because then you're less likely to reoffend if you're losing more one point ... You know? Or I guess that depends on if you care about the system or not

Adrianne

That's the thing... I have no idea what I did. I tried PMing the person, but they wouldn't respond.... which leads me to another question, is there a way to tell if you've been put on soneone's ignore list?