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Go To Top Of PageSmilies

You've probably seen others use smilies before in e-mail messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical representation when it is inserted between brackets [].  Here are the smilies that are currently supported by Seabreeze Forums!:
smile [:)]
big smile [:D]
cool [8D]
blush [:I]
tongue [:p]
evil [}:)]
wink [;)]
clown [:o)]
black eye [B)]
eightball [8]
frown [:(]
shy [8)]
shocked [:0]
angry [:(!]
dead [xx(]
sleepy [|)]
kisses [:X]
approve [^]
disapprove [V]
question [?]

Go To Top Of PageCreating a Hyperlink in your message

You can easily add a hyperlink to your message.

All that you need to do is type the URL (http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/), and it will automatically be converted to a URL (http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/)!

The trick here is to make sure you prefix your URL with the http://, https://

Another way to add hyperlinks is to use the [url]linkto[/url] tags

This Example:
[url]http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/[/url] takes you home!
Outputs This:
http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/ takes you home!

If you use this tag: [url="linkto"]description[/url] you can add a description to the link.

This Example:
Take me to [url="http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/"]Seabreeze Forums![/url]
Outputs This:
Take me to Seabreeze Forums!

You can make clickable images by combining the [url="linkto"]description[/url] and [img]image_url[/img] tags
This Example:
[url="http://www.seabreeze.com.au/forums/"][img]none.gif[/img][/url]
Outputs This:

Go To Top Of PageHow to format text with Bold, Italic, Quote, etc...

There are several Forum Codes you may use to change the appearance of your text.  Following is the list of codes currently available:

Bold: Enclose your text with [b] and [/b] .  Example: This is [b]bold[/b] text. = This is bold text.

Italic: Enclose your text with [i] and [/i] .  Example: This is [i]italic[/i] text. = This is italic text.

Underline: Enclose your text with [u] and [/u]. Example: This is [u]underline[/u] text. = This is underline text.

Aligning Text Left: Enclose your text with [left] and [/left]

Aligning Text Center: Enclose your text with [center] and [/center]

Aligning Text Right: Enclose your text with [right] and [/right]

Striking Text: Enclose your text with [s] and [/s]
Example: [s]mistake[/s] = mistake

Horizontal Rule: Place a horizontal line in your post with [hr]
Example: [hr] =


 

Font Colors:
Enclose your text with [fontcolor] and [/fontcolor]
Example: [red]Text[/red] = Text
Example: [blue]Text[/blue] = Text
Example: [pink]Text[/pink] = Text
Example: [brown]Text[/brown] = Text
Example: [black]Text[/black] = Text
Example: [orange]Text[/orange] = Text
Example: [violet]Text[/violet] = Text
Example: [yellow]Text[/yellow] = Text
Example: [green]Text[/green] = Text
Example: [gold]Text[/gold] = Text
Example: [white]Text[/white] = Text
Example: [purple]Text[/purple] = Text

 

Headings: Enclose your text with [hnumber] and [/hn]
Example: [h1]Text[/h1] =

Text

Example: [h2]Text[/h2] =

Text

Example: [h3]Text[/h3] =

Text

Example: [h4]Text[/h4] =

Text

Example: [h5]Text[/h5] =
Text
Example: [h6]Text[/h6] =
Text

 

Font Sizes:
Example: [size=1]Text[/size=1] = Text
Example: [size=2]Text[/size=2] = Text
Example: [size=3]Text[/size=3] = Text
Example: [size=4]Text[/size=4] = Text
Example: [size=5]Text[/size=5] = Text
Example: [size=6]Text[/size=6] = Text

 

Bulleted List: [list] and [/list], and items in list with [*] and [/*].

Ordered Alpha List: [list=a] and [/list=a], and items in list with [*] and [/*].

Ordered Number List: [list=1] and [/list=1], and items in list with [*] and [/*].

Code: Enclose your text with [code] and [/code].

Quote: Enclose your text with [quote] and [/quote].

Images: Enclose the address with one of the following:

  • [img] and [/img]
  • [img=right] and [/img=right]
  • [img=left] and [/img=left]

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You may delete all cookies set by these forums in selecting the "logout" button at the top of any page.

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Active Topics are tracked by cookies. When you click on the "active topics" link, a page is generated listing all topics that have been posted since your last visit to these forums.

Go To Top Of PageEditing Your Posts

You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. Just go to the topic where the post to be edited or deleted is located and you will see a edit or delete icon (EditDelete) on the line that begins "posted on..." Click on this icon to edit or delete the post. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum Moderator or the forum Administrator.

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You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Simply click on the "search" link at the top of most pages.

Go To Top Of PageEditing Your Profile

You may easily change any information stored in your registration profile by using the "My Profile" link located near the top of each page (or in the menu - Members/My Profile). Simply identify yourself by typing your Username and Password and all of your profile information will appear on screen.

Go To Top Of PageCensoring Posts

The Forum does censor certain words that may be posted; however, this censoring is not an exact science, and is being done based on the words that are being screened, so certain words may be censored out of context. By default, words that are censored are replaced with asterisks.

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Changing a lost password is simple - Visit here and you will receive a email enabling you to recover your account. Because of the Encryption that we use for your password, we cannot tell you what your password is.


How to format your post

Images

Image already on the internet:

In the majority of browsers, if you right click on the image, you'll see a menu option such as "Copy Link Location" (IE), or "Copy Image Location" (FireFox) or "Copy Image Address" (Safari). Choose this menu option.

Now return to your post and paste the link in between two img tags.
You should end up with something like this:

[img]http://www..../..../....jpg[/img]

Click the Preview button to check it out.
Image on your computer:

Your first step is to upload it to the this site. Visit the Photos menu and choose the Upload button. Use this page to select your files and upload them.

Once uploaded, a thumbnail will be displayed - grab the "[img]" tag below the image. (or..find an image in the gallery, and grab the [img] tag from there). Paste this into your post and you're done!

YouTube

When viewing the video on YouTube, click the "Share / (more share options)" link.

This will reveal a section titled Copy and paste this link into an email or instant message, with an edit box below.

Use your mouse to copy the link, return to your post and paste it in - the forums will automatically display as a video!

The link should look like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=.....
(If not displaying, check that it's www.youtube, not uk.youtube, or one of the many international variants.

Text Formatting

All you need to do is wrap your text with two special codes! The codes are in square brackets [] so that they can be discerned from normal text.

Bold: Enclose your text with [b] and [/b].
 e.g. Here is [b]bold[/b] text. = This is bold text.

Italic: Use the [i] & [/i] tags.
 e.g. This is [i]italic[/i] text. = This is italic text.

Underline: Use the [u] & [/u] tags.
 e.g. My [u]underlined[/u] text. = My underlined text.

Quoting

Quoting is responding to what another member has written. Easiest way is to use the Quote button instead of the Reply button when posting, but if you manually want to do it, wrap your text with [quote] and [/quote] tags.


Other...

Aligning Text Left:
Enclose your text with [left] and [/left]

Aligning Text Center:
Enclose your text with [center] and [/center]

Aligning Text Right:
Enclose your text with [right] and [/right]

Striking Text:
Enclose your text with [s] and [/s]
Example: [s]mistake[/s] = mistake

Horizontal Rule:
Place a horizontal line in your post with [hr]
Example: [hr] =


 


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