You can easily add a hyperlink to your message.

All that you need to do is type the URL (http://www.sl113.org/forums/), and it will automatically be converted to a URL (http://www.sl113.org/forums/)!

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

You can also add a mailto link to your message by typing in your e-mail address.

This Example:
admin@sl113.org
Outputs this:
admin@sl113.org

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

This Example:
[url]http://www.sl113.org/forums/[/url] takes you home!
Outputs This:
http://www.sl113.org/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.sl113.org/forums/"]Pagoda SL Forums[/url]
Outputs This:
Take me to Pagoda SL Forums

This Example:
If you have a question [url="admin@sl113.org"]E-Mail Me[/url]
Outputs This:
If you have a question E-Mail Me

This Example:
[url="http://www.sl113.org/forums/"][img]top_title2.gif[/img][/url]
Outputs This:

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] =

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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]

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 (or approximately 20 minutes).

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

You may attach signatures to the end of your posts when you post either a New Topic or Reply. Your signature is editable by clicking on "profile" at the top of any forum page and entering your Username and Password.

NOTE: HTML can't be used in Signatures.

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule apply to individually identifiable information about a child that is collected online, such as full name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child. The Act and Rule also cover other types of information -- for example, hobbies, interests and information collected through cookies or other types of tracking mechanisms -- when they are tied to individually identifiable information. More information can be found here.

This section explains how to upload and create in-line pictures in your posts. When images are placed in-line in a forum message we want to make sure that:

• these pictures are hosted on our own site, with reasonable sizes and limits on file size. This ensures that these pictures are always available when our server is
• these pictures are reasonable in display size (maximum dimension is 640 pixels, either horizontally or vertically)
• these pictures are less than 256K in size (but smaller is better) so that even dial-up modem visitors can see them in a reasonable amount of time.

Process for putting pictures in your post

• edit the picture to reduce its size
• upload the picture in your post
• edit your post manually to get the picture to show in the text.

Editing your picture

Using XNView to make smaller images

1. select the picture
2. Crop to just the area of interest (get rid of borders and background). Use:
   • Edit / Set Selection Ratio 3:2 (gets you nice rectangular selection)
   • Select the area
   • To flip between horizontal and vertical orientation use TAB
   • Move the selection window until you have just what is needed
   • Then do Edit / Crop (or CTRL-Y)
3. Now you have the area of interest. If you need to do any colour, sharpness or other fixes, do them now. Just experiment.
4. Now make sure the longest side is something like 640 or 800 pixels, depending on the amount of detail and size of the picture needed. Do that using Image / Resize. Make sure "Keep Ratio" is checked, and change the largest value (either X or Y) to the required number of pixels.
5. Note, if that means you are increasing the size... don't do it, you'll lose detail.
6. Press the "Save As" button or use File / Save As. Save as a .jpg file. See notes below on naming your file.

Naming your picturefile

Uploading your picture

Edit your post. Then press the paperclip icon and in the resulting dialog box upload your file, and press the button "upload to ...'s post". A window appears with the following information:

The following file has been successfully received:
 
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 Filename   PvE_Garage.jpg  
 Extension   .jpg 
 Size   77.75 KB
 Link   uploaded/vanesp/200637173426_PvE_Garage.jpg  
 
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Please click here to close this window.

[b]Download Attachment:[/b]
[url="http://www.sl113.org/forums/uploaded/vanesp/200637173426_PvE_Garage.jpg" ]
[img]images/icon_paperclip.gif[/img] PvE_Garage.jpg[/url][br]77.75 KB

Mozilla, Firefox and Safari

Putting your picture in-line

[img]http://www.sl113.org/forums/uploaded/vanesp/200637173426_PvE_Garage.jpg[/img]