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Zygalski
01-09-2004, 22:42
Please note you now need 25 posts to have a custom avatar and sig.

Avatar:
Your avatar appears on all of your posts.
Click here (http://forum.pesinsight.com/profile.php?do=editavatar) to change your avatar.

Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 100 by 100 pixels or 34.2 KB (whichever is smaller).

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Profile/custom image:
Click here (http://forum.pesinsight.com/profile.php?do=editprofilepic) to edit your custom image. This image goes in your profile and can be seen be anyone who clicks on your avatar

Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 120 by 120 pixels or 97.7 KB (whichever is smaller).

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Signature: Add something funky and cool to show below each of your posts.
Click here (http://forum.pesinsight.com/profile.php?do=editsignature) to change your signature (also known as "sig").

The maximum size allowed for signature images is 450 pixels in width by 150 pixels in height. If you exceed these limits then you may be asked to correct your sig - or the sig may be removed for you.

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General funky info:

Use square brackets, like [ ] with suitable code to make funky things happen.
I will use the { } brackets to show examples but you need to use the [ ] square brackets for the code to work. If I used square brackets in the example, the code would take effect and you wouldn't see how it was done. Anyways.....


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To open a new thread you simply click on the New Thread button: http://forum.pesinsight.com/images/buttons/newthread.gif

Try not to open a repeat thread - use the Search (http://forum.pesinsight.com/search.php?) option to see if a thread that you want to open already exists. Chances are that it will be somewhere so you can just reply in that thread instead of opening a new thread.
And try not to open rubbish threads either.


The Edit Button:

It's not a good thing to post just after you have posted. Are you replying to yourself? If you want to add something, it's best to click on the EDIT button which is at the bottom of your post and then you add change your original message as you see fit. If you want to make it clear that you edited your message, then you can write at the bottom of the post:

Edit: I added something to the message blablabla....

But that's entirely up to you.

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Quoting:

To quote another post, click on the Quote button at the bottom of that post. Your reply will begin with a quote of that message. Edit the message to keep the relevent part in your message. Or leave it all in. Up to you.

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Another method to quote is by entering the Quote code yourself:

{quote=hitmanuk2k}I am the boss{/quote}
gives

I am the boss

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or just use:

{quote} I am a spammer {/quote}
to give

I am a spammer



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Images:
{IMG}http://lifedot.com/images/smilies/elefant.gif{/IMG}
will show the image of the link between the IMG brackets.
Using the square brackets with the link above shows:
http://lifedot.com/images/smilies/elefant.gif

Post the complete link of a picture to make it viewable using the IMG code. Some sites do not allow you to link to pictures so you should save them to your hard drive and then upload them to http://imageshack.us and then paste the link for the uploaded image.

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Colours:

A few of the colours you can post in:

red
darkred
brown
orange
yellow
lightyellow
gray
black
white
lightgreen
darkgreen
green
blue
darkblue
lightblue
purple
pink
fuscia
turquoise
beige
gold
bronze
silver

Use {color=red}Hello{/color}
to get Hello


(Thanks to mutu for the colours)
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Centre/Center:
{center} Boobies {/center}
gives you Boobies

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Font size:
Use numbers for sizes.
{size=1} Greetings {/size}

for
Greetings


and
{size=5}Are you talkin' to me?{/size}

for
Are you talkin' to me?

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Bold:
{b}Football{/b}
for
Football

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Italic:

{i}Computer{/i}
for
Computer

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URL:
To post a link to another page or a thread, use the URL code.
{url=http://forum.pesinsight.com/}pesinsight{/url}
gives you
pesinsight (http://forum.pesinsight.com/)

Also....

Use {url} and {/url} with a link in between to just post the link.
Like {url}www.google.com{/url}
gives you
www.google.com

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To post an image as a link:

{URL=http://img6.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img6&image=uplink.jpg}{IMG}http://img6.exs.cx/img6/330/uplink.th.jpg{/IMG}{/URL}


like so:

http://img6.exs.cx/img6/330/uplink.th.jpg (http://img6.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img6&image=uplink.jpg)

This image is clickable and clicking will show you the full size image. Imageshack nicely gives you the thumbnail link.

BTW, that last image is from a cool PC game called Uplink.

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You can also use combinations of the above codes. Just remember that everything you open needs to be closed with a {/} bracket too. The order you close code in doesn't really matter.


I'll update this post later on with more.
Enjoy the joys of funky posting :)

I wrote all of this post (with thanks to mutu for the colours) and it took me ages so don't steal credit for it or ..... :boxing: