Post by The Failure on Aug 5, 2016 18:13:17 GMT
Well guys,
Just a rather quick post to add a maybe not-tutorial about the forum and some of the functions ya have with it. (Comes with pictures even....such effort, so wow.)
First, let's start with the Profile button, clicking it brings ya here:
On this page, ya have an overview of yer activity and such, nothing really important. But we are more interested in the Edit profile button to the right, clicking it brings ya to yer settings menu.
This is where all the cool stuff happens (maybe).
It looks something like so:
and so:
Well, ya can see that I skipped the Avatar button, as that doesn't really need an explanation. If ya do need one, how did ya even manage to make an account here???
But on this Personal tab, this is where ya can do fancy stuff with yer profile, and everyone will see it whenever ya post around here.
Most options are pretty self-explanatory, so I won'y go there.
What I will point out, however, is that section called Mini-Profile.
This is used to actually make all those fancy avatars ya see some of us are having.
Using it can be a bit awkward, as the width is constant but the height is not, as it depends on how much ya cramming into that Mini-Profile, and if ya decide to get awrds / sutom badges displayed.
So basically picking a narrow, but tall picture is pretty much mandatory, otherwise it will loop. If ya do decide to use a picture, the anchor for it is the top left. So if the picture is quite wide and tall,
ya will see what is in the top left of the picture. Width is around 260px or something like that.
Of course, ya don't need to do this, only if ya want a cool avatar. Color codes are for the text displayed and use the HEX format.
The social Tab allows ya to fill in any social platforms ya want to be stalked on, at yer own risk.
Now this next one is the Settings tab, like so:
Here ya can change all yer preferences, so stuff might be easier for ya. This can also be used to change yer theme and stuff, but there is shorter ways for doing that one in particular.
If ya should be part of multiple groups, ya can also decide which group to display on the forum by using the dialog button.
All the other tabs should be pretty easy to figure out, so I won't go into that.
And now some other stuff some of ya might have noticed, and some might have not.
First of all, it is quite annoying to be on a page and it's long as fuck, so actually, a little arrow will appear on the center-right, click it, and it zooms ya back to the top of the page.
For clarification, it's this one:
Could be hard to see depending on which forum theme ya use, but it's there. (It will only appear once ya actually scroll down the page, because it would be pointless to go to the top when ya already there....)
We also got these fancy buttons, which function as shortcuts to various stuffs:
Ya can hover over them to find out what they do, while the little arrow hides the toolbar.
I also took the liberty to make reading the main page much easier by allowing ya to hide the big ass message boxes, if ya want. Those boxes now have a little button on the right end, click it, and it will disappear like some
evil magic performed by an evil old wizard. Ya can hide all of them or some of them, it's up to ya. I also totally disabled the Rules and newbie box from members, so ya don't have to look at it anymore.
Instead I will post all important announcements into the news ticker, as it's sitting rather unused for some time now.
But Failure, what if I miss looking at those boxes I hear ya ask? Well, it's actually really easy by using some good old white magic from some benign dashing young sorcerer (and a button), and they will reappear.
Fantastic job, I must say. This magic button is located on the bottom left of the forum, and looks like this:
As before, click it and all boxes will reappear, while the arrow hides it. Unfortunately, no option exists to make only certain boxes reappear, but hey, magic can only do so much.
I also finally removed the background from those message boxes, and I have no idea why I didn't do it sooner, because it was actually really easy....
II also added a calendar to the menu bar, but it only displays birthdays for now, until I figure out how to retroactively add threads to it, instead of using it to make new threads.
And another thing I would like to point out is the Navigation bar, which can be used to access certain sections without much scrolling, and it's located right under the menu bar (sorry, no pictures).
That's all the important bits for now, I think, if ya unsure what other icons do (like in the create post box for example), just hover over it and a tool tip should appear (also like magic).
Thanks, and have fun.
Just a rather quick post to add a maybe not-tutorial about the forum and some of the functions ya have with it. (Comes with pictures even....such effort, so wow.)
First, let's start with the Profile button, clicking it brings ya here:
On this page, ya have an overview of yer activity and such, nothing really important. But we are more interested in the Edit profile button to the right, clicking it brings ya to yer settings menu.
This is where all the cool stuff happens (maybe).
It looks something like so:
and so:
Well, ya can see that I skipped the Avatar button, as that doesn't really need an explanation. If ya do need one, how did ya even manage to make an account here???
But on this Personal tab, this is where ya can do fancy stuff with yer profile, and everyone will see it whenever ya post around here.
Most options are pretty self-explanatory, so I won'y go there.
What I will point out, however, is that section called Mini-Profile.
This is used to actually make all those fancy avatars ya see some of us are having.
Using it can be a bit awkward, as the width is constant but the height is not, as it depends on how much ya cramming into that Mini-Profile, and if ya decide to get awrds / sutom badges displayed.
So basically picking a narrow, but tall picture is pretty much mandatory, otherwise it will loop. If ya do decide to use a picture, the anchor for it is the top left. So if the picture is quite wide and tall,
ya will see what is in the top left of the picture. Width is around 260px or something like that.
Of course, ya don't need to do this, only if ya want a cool avatar. Color codes are for the text displayed and use the HEX format.
The social Tab allows ya to fill in any social platforms ya want to be stalked on, at yer own risk.
Now this next one is the Settings tab, like so:
Here ya can change all yer preferences, so stuff might be easier for ya. This can also be used to change yer theme and stuff, but there is shorter ways for doing that one in particular.
If ya should be part of multiple groups, ya can also decide which group to display on the forum by using the dialog button.
All the other tabs should be pretty easy to figure out, so I won't go into that.
And now some other stuff some of ya might have noticed, and some might have not.
First of all, it is quite annoying to be on a page and it's long as fuck, so actually, a little arrow will appear on the center-right, click it, and it zooms ya back to the top of the page.
For clarification, it's this one:
Could be hard to see depending on which forum theme ya use, but it's there. (It will only appear once ya actually scroll down the page, because it would be pointless to go to the top when ya already there....)
We also got these fancy buttons, which function as shortcuts to various stuffs:
Ya can hover over them to find out what they do, while the little arrow hides the toolbar.
I also took the liberty to make reading the main page much easier by allowing ya to hide the big ass message boxes, if ya want. Those boxes now have a little button on the right end, click it, and it will disappear like some
evil magic performed by an evil old wizard. Ya can hide all of them or some of them, it's up to ya. I also totally disabled the Rules and newbie box from members, so ya don't have to look at it anymore.
Instead I will post all important announcements into the news ticker, as it's sitting rather unused for some time now.
But Failure, what if I miss looking at those boxes I hear ya ask? Well, it's actually really easy by using some good old white magic from some benign dashing young sorcerer (and a button), and they will reappear.
Fantastic job, I must say. This magic button is located on the bottom left of the forum, and looks like this:
As before, click it and all boxes will reappear, while the arrow hides it. Unfortunately, no option exists to make only certain boxes reappear, but hey, magic can only do so much.
I also finally removed the background from those message boxes, and I have no idea why I didn't do it sooner, because it was actually really easy....
II also added a calendar to the menu bar, but it only displays birthdays for now, until I figure out how to retroactively add threads to it, instead of using it to make new threads.
And another thing I would like to point out is the Navigation bar, which can be used to access certain sections without much scrolling, and it's located right under the menu bar (sorry, no pictures).
That's all the important bits for now, I think, if ya unsure what other icons do (like in the create post box for example), just hover over it and a tool tip should appear (also like magic).
Thanks, and have fun.
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