Your user options screen

[paul_lomax]

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:


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Internet Technology Manager
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[BurrWalnut]

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]

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.

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[BurrWalnut]

Joe

I've tried your suggestion and it appears to work, thanks.

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[George]

What are the 'Signature' and 'Box' in the options please?

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[George]

Sorry, I meant to type 'Bio' not Box.

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[putasolutions]

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]

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]

One thing I've noticed is that square brackets have to be used not the more usual less than and greater than symbols.

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[putasolutions]

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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