It seems to me that a lot of people can't use the basic functions of this forums, so I will give a quick tutorial...
Linking!there are 2 ways to link things on the forums
1. Highlight the text you want to link and then click
your code should look like this
[url]The link here.com[/url]
Your result should look like this
www.acidmods.com2. The more advanced way to link requires you to manually put in the code. It allows you to use text that redirects you instead of the link's actual text.
Suppose you wanted to link to the search function, you can type this
[url=https://www.acidmods.com/forum/index.php?action=search]Search Function[/url]
This method requres you to type
[url=*****.com]text here[/url]
The result looks like this
Search FunctionInserting ImagesTo insert a picture into a post/reply, you need to get the source of the picture, which you can find by right clicking the picture and copying its "image location" (make sure its not copyrighted). You then paste the source url and highlight it, then click this
When doing this please make sure the images are not huge.
For instance to get this image
You would need to have this code
[img]http://www.google.com/intl/en_ALL/images/logo.gif[/img]
Inserting youtube videosIn order to embed a youtube video into a post/reply, all you need to do is find the code for the video. For instance suppose I wanted to insert this video *http://youtube.com/watch?v=y8t5bzSocbc* all you need is the text after the v=
Take that code, copy it into the post/reply and highlight it, then click this
The code should look like this
[youtube=425,350]y8t5bzSocbc[/youtube]
And the result will look like this
[youtube=425,350]y8t5bzSocbc[/youtube]
Inserting a flash videoBefore I show how this is done, please be considerate of other posters if the flash automatically starts, try to keep flash videos in your own new topics.
Take the source url of the flash, highlight it and click this button
Your code should look like this
[flash=200,200]***Flash url here ***[/flash]
Notice the 200,200 thats the size of the video, i personallt change it to 480,480 to make it easier to see
Heres an example
[flash=480,480]http://silentwulf.com/flash/Religion%20in%2090%20sec.swf[/flash]
Here is my result
http://silentwulf.com/flash/Religion%20in%2090%20sec.swfChanging text size, color, location, and other propertiesTo make text larger or smaller all you need to do is highlight the text and click this
The result is this
[size=10pt]Text here[/size]
The default text size of 10 can now be changed. Try to keep it manageable for others to read.
To change the color of text all you need to do is highlight it and click the drop down menu for change color above the emoticons/smilies
To center, left align and right align text all you need to do is highlight the text and click one of these buttons
To Bold, italicize or underline, the buttons are located at the top left of the list of options. All you need to do is highlight the text and click the appropriate button.
That covers just about everything useful.