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paul_lomax
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After you have logged on to the forums you are presented with your User Options screen.
Once you are logged in the forum menu changes to display the following options:
A flashing envelope button -  - Will appear if you have New private messages
Main Index - Displays the Main Index screen
Search - Allows you to search the boards.
a Mark All Read button - - Allows you to mark as read all posts in all Forums.
User Options - Allows you to change your settings and profile.
Who's Online - Allows you to see who is logged in to the forum.
FAQ - Displays the Forum FAQ.
Help - Displays this Help system.
Logout - Allows you to log out of the forum.
As well as the forum menu you will also see some buttons:
Paul Lomax
Internet Technology Manager
IPC Country and Leisure Media
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BurrWalnut
Chippendaler
Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 3729
Loc: England
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Paul
I entered a signature (normal text) but it appeared in the main body of the reply, not below the line so I had to remove it.
What am I doing wrong?
Thank you.
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Joe_London
HijackThis Helper
Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 11788
Loc: London
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Hello Burrwalnut,
Thats what I did but I think I clicked the "Markup button" on the right before entering the text. No idea what it does but it worked ok for me.
All questions are simple when you know the answers.
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BurrWalnut
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Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 3729
Loc: England
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Joe
I've tried your suggestion and it appears to work, thanks.
I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure
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George
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Reg'd: Tue
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What are the 'Signature' and 'Box' in the options please?
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George
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Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 4024
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Sorry, I meant to type 'Bio' not Box.
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putasolutions
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Reg'd: Tue
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Loc: Infinity and beyond
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A signature is a line that is associated with you. For instance, I use the line you see below the horizontal rule, which happens to be an Ozzy Osbourne Quote.
You can use your website address, a quotation and you can use markup, but it does use some of your character space
Your Bio is a short (250 characters isn't a lot) biographical description, should you so desire.
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George
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Thanks 'Putasolution', I'm on track now. I'll have to put my thinking cap on, if I can find it!
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BurrWalnut
Chippendaler
Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 3729
Loc: England
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One thing I've noticed is that square brackets have to be used not the more usual less than and greater than symbols.
I used to be indecisive but now I'm not so sure?
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putasolutions
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Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 12845
Loc: Infinity and beyond
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Yes, it appears that the board is based on what is known as UB code. It was originally designed for those who didn't have a great deal of HTML knowledge.
The beauty and the by product is that if you learn UB code and you will have learnt a bit of HTML. The vasst majority of messageboards around the net are based on similar code
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Joe_London
HijackThis Helper
Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 11788
Loc: London
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Is it possible to get a ub code editor? Is there such a thing?
Any ideas anyone.
Thanks Joe.
Questions are always simple when you know the answers. 
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AndrewC
Staff
Reg'd: Fri
Posts: 896
Loc: London, UK
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I've checked it out with our technical guys and the forums are not based on UB code, although it is very similar. They also said that if there are any extra tags you would like to see they can add them quite easily, so post your requests here. I found some extra UB tags here
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putasolutions
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Reg'd: Tue
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Loc: Infinity and beyond
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No there isn't Joe, Time to get learning from Pauls tutorials in Help, there aren't that many to learn
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putasolutions
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Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 12845
Loc: Infinity and beyond
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A [U] [/U] underline code would be nice 
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paul_lomax
Reg'd: Wed
Posts: 1661
Loc: London, England
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So would a [ steak ] [ /steak ] and a [ beer ] [ /beer ]
I'll see what I can rustle up..
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putasolutions
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lmao, it looks like you already got the beer in your avatar
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paul_lomax
Reg'd: Wed
Posts: 1661
Loc: London, England
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Actually thats a jug of Vodka Redbull..
Paul Lomax
Internet Technology Manager
IPC Country and Leisure Media
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Barney_Rubble
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Obviously you didn't intend the [beer] suggestion to be taken seriously, but what's wrong with making a few "fun" type images available? That's what the "emoticons" are after all, and with the new site layout, download time isn't a problem any more.
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nirvana
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Reg'd: Tue
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Loc: Milton Keynes
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You can do that yourself Barney, [image]url[/image] Just right click on any image you see on the web, right click and select properties, then copy and paste the url into your post.
Life is too important to be taken seriously
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Barney_Rubble
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Thanks. I'll have to try it sometime.
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