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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Liked: 2456 times | ![]() First, I'd like to explain some of the terminology we use in the "forum world":
Here's a quick list of things you should know to get started using this site:
![]() I'd also recommend reading the "sticky" threads at the top of the Serious Business forum. They will probably answer some of the more common questions people have after using the site for little while. Pro tip: This forum is tapatalk enabled for easier access from iPads and smart phones. It should work with:
http://www.tapatalk.com/mobile.php Edit: I highly recomment turning *off* the tapatalk geotapping / geolocation feature unless you just want to broadcast to the world exactly where you are located.
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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Liked: 2456 times | I forgot to mention the forum's subscription system. By default, the forum sets your subscription preference to no email. When you create or reply to a thread, the forum will track your interest in the thread and you can monitor when your subscribed threads have replies easily by checking you control panel (see "User CP" link at the top of the page). You can change your subscription preference from your control panel (see edit options in the left hand menu on the control panel page) to send you email alerts if you like.
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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Liked: 2456 times | This forum has a built in, self contained messaging system (like email). This allows members to communicate privately with one another without revealing their email addresses (preserving a bit of anonymity). To send any pmbug member a private message (PM), you can click on the "Private Messages" link undeneath your own username at the very top of the page on the right hand side or on the "User CP" link in the middle of the menu at the top of the page. From there, click on the "Send New Message" link underneath "Private Messages" in the left hand side menu. Then just fill out the form. The recipients field will try to auto-complete the username for you so you only need to type the first few letters of the person you are trying to reach.
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Yellow Jacket ![]() Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Floyd, Virginia
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Liked: 1233 times | PMBug - since I've forgotten how (again) and heck, I'm a computer guy myself, how about adding how to embed a youtube video here in your notes above? |
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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Liked: 2456 times | Instructions for posting videos were discussed in this thread: http://www.pmbug.com/forum/f11/fyi-re-posting-videos-7/ ![]() Basically, just post the URL for the video without any BB code and the forum should do all the magic. For youtube, the URL should look like: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rvYZRskNV3w or http://youtu.be/rvYZRskNV3w and you will get: I used the [ noparse ] tag to display the URLs above. Just post the URL and the forum will handle the rest.
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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Liked: 2456 times | How to post images (charts, etc.) You have two options for including images with your posts:
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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Golden Cockroach Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: In Scrooge McDuck's vault
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Liked: 2456 times | I was asked via PM what the friends list is all about. I thought I'd share the answer in case anyone else was curious/wondering: The forum/site allows you to restrict who can post "visitor messages" on your profile page (if you have it enabled) and/or send you private messages to just people on your friends/buddy list. IIRC, the site default settings allow all members to do these things, but you can change them from your control panel if you like. Other than that, the friends list means as much or as little as you want it to mean.
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