boojums and advice...
i've already noticed a few changes as a result of the change of fforum fformat, so I reckon it'd be useful if anyone noticing any little quirks or having any tips dropped them in this thread so we can all use them!
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HTML - doesn't work. Not even in old posts that we wrote years ago. Via judicious use of the 'preview' button I've discovered that the various tags used in other boards don't work either, so don't even try. This does raise interesting questions about the point of the 'preview' button - or is there more to come?
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URLs and really long words - be aware that long strings of letters make the box go wider than the browser window - meaning lots of annoying scrolling about. If you write something that has more than abpout 35 consecutive characters then it all goes pear-shaped. It's probably best to bung a space in if it does this, but warn us, please? otherwise chasing URLs will be impossible.
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Profiles
Profiles are a pretty cool addition - for example everyone can now grb contact details for MSN and suchlike. To view anyone's profile, click on their name above a post and it'll give you the details they've made public, and also tell you how many posts they've made - so I can no longer hide my addiction to posting, it seems. You can also choose to have a picture of yourself or anything else off the web (unfortunately you can't upload stuf, so my favourite picture remains unviewable).
How to add a nice picture of yourself or anything else already on the web to your profile -
1: Search the web for a good picture (google images is pretty useful) and copy the url of the picture (hint - it should have a .gif or .jpg extension, normally - you need to get just the picture showing - try right click and select 'view picture'. As an example mine is [
www.jediman.free]- online.co.uk/childrenstv/MrBen.jpg)
2: On the fforum, click on 'My Profile' at the bottom of one of your posts or the bottom of the index page
3: Then click 'Edit Profile'
4: Finally, in the box marked 'Image URL' paste the url of your desired picture.
PSD
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