Your help needed - forum tips

[AndrewC]

I'm compiling a top 10 list of smart tips to get the most from the Web User forums and who better to contribute than you the forum user!

Post your most useful tips for using Web User forums below and I'll compile the best into a sticky post for new users on the Welcome board, with a credit for those who contributed.

Thank you
AndrewC
Web User

[Chrissyan]

Explain to them that they never need to post their email address on the site and tell them how to use the PM system & how to look for the flashing envelope to see if they received one.

Also if they are having trouble finding a post they have made to click on who's on line & then their user name to see their profile including posts made by themselves. [img]/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[baz94]

When we insert a link, some people still put it as:
http://www.webuser.co.uk

Where it is so much neater to have Web User

A tip on how to do that or/and how to put pictures in their posts would be good

I tried typing the instructions up but when I do, it changes in this post.

[Hello_There]

J-McK's invaluable guide - **FREE PROTECTION FOR YOUR COMPUTER**

[BedstorfromAP]

How to Identify Moderators and Admin (tags) Ways of alerting the same To issues or such as Flames ,spammers and the alert button location
Also Heads-up postings if an outside agency problem such as a malfunctioning site server? Or unaxpected Pop-ups on a site link from links to this site [img]/forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

[Sam]

In no particular order...

<ul type="square"> [*]If you start a new thread, don't use a vague title like "Help!". A title which describes the problem will attract more readers and so increase your chances of finding a solution.
[*]Don't type in CAPITAL LETTERS as it's seen as <font color="red">SHOUTING</font> &amp; sAv d txt spk 4 yor fone, k? [img]/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]
[*]Add as much relevant detail as possible to your question and describe what, if anything, you've done in an effort to fix the problem. Relevant details could include things like your operating system (Windows 98, XP, Vista, etc.) the name and version number of any affected programs, when the problem started and what changes you have made recently.
[*]If you find the answer to your own question, please come back and add the answer to your own thread so that others can learn from your experience.
[*]Almost all of the forum members who answer questions are unpaid volunteers and a simple "Thank you" isn't too much to ask for all the time and effort that might have gone into fixing a problem.[/list]

[baz94]

My post better explained HERE

I couldn't write this in the post cos the html kept activating [img]/forums/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

[Hello_There]

If their post states "This Topic Has Been Moved", clicking on those words takes them to where the post has been moved.

[Sam]

If you want to post examples of BBcode (Instant Mark-up), there's a trick to that too - add an extra pair of BBcode tags after the first square bracket in the first of the example BBcode tags. So, for example, this...

[[b][/b]img]imageaddress[/img]

..would display this:

[img]imageaddress[/img]

[TheFatControlleR]

Alternatively, writing the post within CODE tags will prevent BBCode being rendered...

<font class="small">Code:</font><hr /><pre>Web User</pre><hr />