Ok i know its like teaching most off you jow to suck eggs, as most know. But ive been meaning to do this thread for a while...its mainly an info thread, and some will do things differently, so if you do please share. Especially info on the forum and phones, i still dont know a lot about posting from a phone..i.e copying url and posting video etc.. Starting a thread......Very easy, on the SAFC homepage there is a large red icon..Post new thread.. Click that, if its an SAFC topic there is no need for the use of any of the drop boxes...Just type in the thread title.Then under that, use the large box to type your thread..(we'll get onto inserting, pics, vids, links later). Once you have finished, either press the red box, create thread, or if you wish, press the preview button, to look at what you have wrote, once happy, press create thread.....Done. your threas is created. Quoting a person or persons......During a thread you may want to reply to a particular post, or posts. Under each post at the bottom right, there is is like and reply button..To reply to a post, click reply, you will see the post...(make sure you click after the quote, then type your reply. To quote several people, just go back and repeat, press reply... All posts to be repiled to/ quoted, will appear. Just click after the word quote, or your reply will be lost within their quote. Once finished, press the reply button...done. Like function.....The most basic, to the bottom right of each post is like or reply, if you cant be arsed to reply, or just like the post, click it once, job done, click twice you will unlike the post.. Inserting a picture.....Here's where people get lost... he chances are its a google image, but applies to most other sites..You have your image, now right click.. Scroll down until 'copy image adress'. click it. Now teturn to your post/thread..At the top is a **** load of icon..For fonts, colurs etc. Your will see a square box, 6 from the right, if you hover above it, it will say ;image', now click it. Alarge box will appear.Image url. click into it. Now right click, scroll down to paste and click..your image url will appear. Now click the red box under it, insert..your image is inserted.. When finished your post..Your image will be there, this is the same for gifs. inserting a video......Easier than a pic.. Probably you tube, but same principles apply for most.At the top of the page is the web url. Click on it once, to highlight it..Then right click...Scroll down to copy. and click.. Return here...Same as pics look at the icons at the top. Next to image is media, Same as pics, is the media box. Click it and then right click..Scroll to paste.. Click...Then go to embed video..click it...Your video is embeded..Press reply to thread.. I'll do more later. PM. Privates messages. Simply click on the person name or avatar of the person you want to contact. Their profile page will appear. Click on Start a conversation. Put your title in, and carry on like a normal post. You can add up to 4 people to join in the private conversation. When you recieve a reply, you will recieve a notification at the top of the page on the small envelope icon. Click on it to open your private message. This function is confidential. Editing. This is a useful one, as many (especially me) make mistakes when posting. Simply to edit your post, click on tools at the bottom of the post. It will reveal edit or report. Click edit and your post is now open again for alterations. once finished click save changes. Job done. The ignore feature. It there is anyones posts you do not wish to see, click on their avatar or name to reveal their profile page. You will see ignore. They are now hidden, you will no longer see their posts. This can be reversed at at time by doing the same and pressing unignore. Avatar..your picture icon. At the top of the page next to the envelope icon will be a red box. Click on that and lists from your profile page will appear. Scroll down to avatar and click. Make sure you now tick the 'use custom avatar box'. There are two ways to attach your pic. Upload from file. Which will upload a picture from your device. Or from a url. Same as pictures. Right click on the pic you want and copy. Now return and right click again and paste into the box. Save avatar. With avatar pic you only have a small amount of pixels allowed. So keep it small or basic. Signature...this isnt used by many now. But if you want you can have your own personal signature under each of your posts. A sentence. A pic. A link. Whatever you want. Same as avatars. Click on your icon at the top and scroll down to signature. Then add, whatever you want. (Hopefully you know how to by now if you've read the post) Swearing. Is allowed but you have a function to switch the swearing off. Again on your profile page icon at the top click and scroll down to preferences. Once on this page you have many pptions (check them out), kerp scrolling down until you come to 'profanities' tick the box tp allow swearing untick to nlock. Done
For inserting a picture... I find the picture I want on the internet, save it to my documents and then just click on 'upload a file' at the bottom of the box where you type your comments. Click on the picture from your saved pictures and there it is...
That helps a lot When I first started I tried everything including cutting photos out of magazines and pasting them on the screen. I could never understand why other people couldn't see them while I could
thats what i do on a phone...a reet ball ache... copy google image, inert...job done. early days i used photobucket etc... no need.
I did the same as smug but after about 4 pictures i couldn't see my screen so now i connect my lap top to my 65in plasma much better.
This thread is open for a bit, while i attempt to add to the op. Any questions, or if anyone can add to it ( especially phone use) please do. If it goes astray, didfles will delete the posts and lock it again. Sorry the op is so long.
On chrome you can simply copy and paste and image. The easiest way to do it on the site. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- please log in to view this image Images are that simple on Chrome.
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When you log on, scroll to the bottom of the page, there's a few options down there, the best one, particularly if you have a Samsung Galaxy, is to gently place your phone into the water in the bottom of the toilet then press the button on top of the cistern.
Thanks Lol - and will make sure strong IP connection ..... - better phone keying skills .... I hope some posters don't accuse me of looking for attention after this