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Title: Posting FAQ's
Post by: Joeylc on February 10, 2014, 02:30:24 PM
When a user registers and logs into a forum, they may want to make some posts. Posting is a fairly easy process. Note, however, that whether a user can post in a board or topic depends on each board's permissions, and a user's membergroup.


  Starting a New Topic  Go to the board where you wish to post and click on the New Topic button (positioned by default at both the top and the bottom of the board), which will take you to the Start New Topic screen. While this presents a number of options, the two most important are the Subject field and main text area for the message itself. Enter your subject and start typing (or paste) your message in the main text area. Once you are happy with your message, you can post it by clicking the Post  button and/or preview it first by using the Preview button.




  Replying to a Topic or Poll  To post a message in an existing topic, click on the Reply button which is located both at the top and bottom of the topic. When replying to a topic it is not necessary to enter anything in the subject field unless you wish to change what is already there. To vote in a poll, you simply have to select your chosen option(s) and then click on Submit Vote. You may also be able to do other things with the post, such as attaching a file.
Quick Reply' is a simple Reply field will also appear after the posts on a page, but you will have to type your Bulletin Board Code and Smileys manually if you choose to use them.




  Standard Posting Options            WYSIWYG - What You See Is What You Get. Instead of BBCodes, the effects on the text appear in the text window. Switch WYSIWIG on and off using the WYSIWYG Toggle View button


  Additional Options  The following options may either appear by default, or they may be contained within an expanding/collapsing panel:
 The following options are only available to administrators and members with special permissions:
 

  Starting a New Poll  A poll is basically a topic with an added question and voting options, started by selecting New Poll instead of New Topic as described above. To post a poll, it is necessary to fill out the Question field and at least two of the Options fields, in addition to the Subject and Message fields required by a standard topic. The user then fills in additional options to suit their own needs.  Please note that only the message can be seen when previewing the poll.
To offer more than five choices in a poll, users should simply select Add Option as many times as desired.
Depending on set permissions for certain membergroups (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Membergroups), some users may be able to add a poll to an existing topic.
   Poll Options  When adding or modifying polls, users have a lot of options available to suit their needs.
  All board moderators can modify polls and do the above actions, as well as view the results of the poll at any time while the poll is running.  Moderators can also remove polls and lock voting.
   Quoting a Post  There are two ways of replying to a post by quoting it. The first option is to click on the Quote button on the top right-hand side of the relevant post. The second option is to select the Reply button which will take you to the Post reply screen. On this page you can quote a post from the Topic Summary located below the message editor. Simply click on Insert Quote next to the relevant post.
    Modifying or Deleting a Post  To modify a post, select the Modify link or "paper and pencil" icon and make your changes. Most forums are likely to be configured to show the date and time of the last edit, but the administrator(s) may also allow a short period of time to elapse before this happens.
To delete a post, select the Remove button followed by OK from the Remove this message? box that will appear. Some forums may also allow you to remove topics or polls that you start, but the buttons for these are usually at the bottom of the page.  It is not possible for a user to remove their first post in a new thread if replies have been posted.
It is up to your forum's administrator to set the permissions that determine who will be allowed to Modify and Delete posts, and for how long after making the original post.
Title: Re: Posting FAQ's
Post by: Joeylc on March 15, 2014, 12:44:20 PM
WYSIWYG - is What You See Is What You Get. Instead of BBCodes, the effects on the text appear in the text window.
To Switch WYSIWIG on and off using the WYSIWYG Toggle View button (https://newlifegames.com/nlg/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.simplemachines.org%2Fsmf%2Fimages%2F7%2F75%2FToggle.gif&hash=8734dcbf755f21f7474b041deddc8f07278e062d) (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/File:Toggle.gif).

Show WYSIWYG editor on post page by default. - The WYSIWYG editor removes the need to know BBCodes. It may be enabled by default when posting. (https://newlifegames.com/nlg/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.simplemachines.org%2Fsmf%2Fimages%2F7%2F75%2FToggle.gif&hash=8734dcbf755f21f7474b041deddc8f07278e062d) (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/File:Toggle.gif)

Right click Spell Check will not work if WYSIWYG is turned on.. click  (https://newlifegames.com/nlg/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwiki.simplemachines.org%2Fsmf%2Fimages%2F7%2F75%2FToggle.gif&hash=8734dcbf755f21f7474b041deddc8f07278e062d) (http://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/File:Toggle.gif). to turn it off or on...
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