Post by Fletch on Jun 12, 2009 8:27:38 GMT -8
Posting messages to the forum is a simple task of knowing which Icons do what. Hopefully the following tutorial will solve the mystery and not make the waters any muddier.
Posting a new topic:
When you are on one of the Boards within the forum your monitor should look something like this.
In the upper right corner of each Board are 3 Icons. They are "Mark as Read", "New Thread" and "New Poll". All message posting is accomplished as Topics or Treads. To Post a New Topic or Thread we need to choose "New Thread", which is circled in Red in the photo above.
Once you have chosen "New Thread" a new dialog box will open allowing you to post the new thread or topic:
To post a new topic or thread you must add a title in the "Subject" box or the system will not allow the thread to be posted.
Add the text you want in your post typing as you would for any other document. If you want to add photos to your post from a photo sharing sites this is the place to do it. To add photos to a post they must be stored on a photo sharing site as none of the photos are loaded directly onto the forum.
There are tutorials on how to link photos to your threads on the Forum:
PhotoBucket:
sabanw.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=back&action=display&thread=71
Fotki:
sabanw.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=back&action=display&thread=70
Last but not least you must click on "Post Message", obviously if you don't click on the Post Message button all your work was in vane.
Posting a Reply to a Thread:
When you choose to reply to a thread you will need to go to the last Message in the thread. There you will find a couple of option which will allow you to post a reply to the thread. The first of these options is the "Quick Reply" which gives you the text box at the bottom of the page to type your reply. Once you have completed your message click the "Post Reply" directly below the text box. Your reply will be added to the bottom of the string of replies to the thread.
The other option for replying to a thread is to choose the "Reply" icon at the bottom of the last post to the thread. When you click on the "reply" button a new Dialog box will open that looks like this.
Hosted on Fotki
Notice, this looks a lot like the "New Thread" dialog box. For the most part it is the same except you don't have to worry about adding the subject as it is taken care of for you.
You can add your message just as you would have with the New Thread dialog box, add photos etc, remember to Click on "Post Reply" when your message is complete.
I hope this helps to clear up the mystery of posting to the forum. If you need additional help please feel free to send me an email or PM and I'll do my best to walk you through the process.
Posting a new topic:
When you are on one of the Boards within the forum your monitor should look something like this.
In the upper right corner of each Board are 3 Icons. They are "Mark as Read", "New Thread" and "New Poll". All message posting is accomplished as Topics or Treads. To Post a New Topic or Thread we need to choose "New Thread", which is circled in Red in the photo above.
Once you have chosen "New Thread" a new dialog box will open allowing you to post the new thread or topic:
To post a new topic or thread you must add a title in the "Subject" box or the system will not allow the thread to be posted.
Add the text you want in your post typing as you would for any other document. If you want to add photos to your post from a photo sharing sites this is the place to do it. To add photos to a post they must be stored on a photo sharing site as none of the photos are loaded directly onto the forum.
There are tutorials on how to link photos to your threads on the Forum:
PhotoBucket:
sabanw.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=back&action=display&thread=71
Fotki:
sabanw.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=back&action=display&thread=70
Last but not least you must click on "Post Message", obviously if you don't click on the Post Message button all your work was in vane.
Posting a Reply to a Thread:
When you choose to reply to a thread you will need to go to the last Message in the thread. There you will find a couple of option which will allow you to post a reply to the thread. The first of these options is the "Quick Reply" which gives you the text box at the bottom of the page to type your reply. Once you have completed your message click the "Post Reply" directly below the text box. Your reply will be added to the bottom of the string of replies to the thread.
The other option for replying to a thread is to choose the "Reply" icon at the bottom of the last post to the thread. When you click on the "reply" button a new Dialog box will open that looks like this.
Hosted on FotkiNotice, this looks a lot like the "New Thread" dialog box. For the most part it is the same except you don't have to worry about adding the subject as it is taken care of for you.
You can add your message just as you would have with the New Thread dialog box, add photos etc, remember to Click on "Post Reply" when your message is complete.
I hope this helps to clear up the mystery of posting to the forum. If you need additional help please feel free to send me an email or PM and I'll do my best to walk you through the process.
