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Our Site => Help using this forum => Topic started by: Aussie Mike on January 27, 2012, 05:13:43 am

Title: Using the menu buttons to create a post.
Post by: Aussie Mike on January 27, 2012, 05:13:43 am

A subject must be entered to successfully post the message.
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Use relevant keywords or short sentence to accurately describe the topic.
The resulting address and search results will be based on what you write.
e.g. http://hefeiexpat.com/forum/help-using-this-forum/using-the-menu-buttons-to-create-a-post/ (http://hefeiexpat.com/forum/help-using-this-forum/using-the-menu-buttons-to-create-a-post/)
or http://hefeiexpat.com/forum/feature-articles/try-your-penmanship/ (http://hefeiexpat.com/forum/feature-articles/try-your-penmanship/)
Note- No bbcode can be used in the subject line

You can attract attention to your post by selecting an appropriate message icon
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(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-std.jpg)Standard	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-thup.jpg)Thumbs Up	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-thdn.jpg)Thumbs Down	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-ex.jpg)Exclamination
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-quest.jpg)Question	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-lamp.jpg)Idea lamp	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-smiley.jpg)Smiley	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-angry.jpg)Angry
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-cheesy.jpg)Cheesy	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-sad.jpg)Sad	(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-wink.jpg)Wink

Now for the content
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There are 2 ways of using the buttons, text highlight first or use the button first.
1. If you click (http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-b.jpg)first, the bbcode will be inserted in the page. [b][/b]
You can type the text you want between the codes. [b]Type text here[/b].
2. Type your text first then select/highlight it. You can then click (http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-b.jpg) , (http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-i.jpg) , (http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-u.jpg)
to get bold, underlined italics.

Some simple rules to follow
1. Code starts with [...] and ends with [/...]
The code characters are inserted between the brackets e.g. [b]text[/b] and [img]http://location of image[/img]
2. I tend to copy code in notepad to fine-tune then copy back to the post.
Sometimes the Internet fails to upload the post, at least I have a copy.

Btn	Style	Bulletin Board Code	How it's used
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-b.jpg)	Bold	[b][/b]	[b]Text to make bold[/b]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-i.jpg)	Italics	[i][/i]	[i]Text to make italic[/i]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-u.jpg)	Underline	[u][/u]	[u]Text to make underlined[/u]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-s.jpg)	~~Strikethrough~~	[s][/s]	[s]Show text as strikethrough[/s]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-g.jpg)	Glow	[glow=red,2,300][/glow]	[glow=red,2,300]Glows text in choice of colours. IE not Firefox[/glow]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-sw.jpg)	Shadow	[shadow=red,left][/shadow]	[shadow=red,left]Shows text as shadowed left or right in choice of colours. IE not Firefox[/shadow]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-m.jpg)	Move	[move]Move[/move]	[move]Ticket tapes text across the page or within columns [/move]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-ab.jpg)	Preformated	[pre][/pre]	[pre]Displays text in a different format[/pre]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-al.jpg)	Left	[left][/left]	Aligns text to the left[/left]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-ac.jpg)	Centre		[center]Aligns text to the centre[/center]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-ar.jpg)	Right		[right]Aligns text to the right[/right]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-hr.jpg)	Horizontal rule	no end code
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-fs.jpg)	Font size	[size=14pt][/size]	[size=14pt]Change the size of the text[/size]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-ff.jpg)	Font face	[font=Verdana][/font]	[font=Verdana]Change the text font type[/font]
	Change Colour	[color=green][/color]	[color=green]Change the text colour[/color]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-flash.jpg)	Flash	[flash=200,200][/flash]	Embeds a flash animation.
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-img.jpg)	Image Picture		[img]Places a picture in the post[/img]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-url.jpg)	http://URL (http://URL)	[url]new page[/url]or [iurl]in frame[/iurl]	Link text to sites in new window or in the same frame
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-email.jpg)	email@...com	[email]email@...com[/email]	[email]links to e-mail address[/email]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-ftp.jpg)	FTP://url (ftp://url)	[ftp][/ftp]	[ftp]ftp://...file site[/ftp]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-tbl.jpg)	Table	[table][/table]	Creates a tables - insert rows and cells betweet the code
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-row.jpg)	Row	[table][tr][td][/td][/tr][/table]	[table][tr][td]1 table and 1 row[/td][td]2 cells[/td][/tr][/table]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-cell.jpg)	Cell	[table][tr][td][/td][/tr][/table]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-sup.jpg)	^Superscript	[sup]Superscript[/sup]	Good for 28^o and 100m²
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-sub.jpg)	_Subscript	[sub]Subscript[/sub]	Good for h₂O
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-type.jpg)	`Teletype`	[tt][/tt]	[tt]Shows text in teletype style[/tt]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-quote.jpg)	Quote Quote	[quote]Quote[/quote]	[quote]Displays text in a box[/quote]
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-num.jpg)	Code: [Select] `Insert code`	[code][/code]	Allows extra coding for advanced users
(http://expat-central.com/hefeiexpat/info/help/icon-bl.jpg)	Bullet list	[list] [li][/li] [/list]	Displays text is bullet list form point 1 point 2

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