Help: Forum guide

[Penelope]

Guide to the Forum
This will detail the features of this forum, so you can understand how it operates.

Forum Text Editor Guide​

This will detail how to use the Text Editor on the forum.

Firstly, this is what the Forum Text Editor looks like:

Example of posting an introduction thread in The Lobby

Text editing options​

• B stands for Bold text
• I stands for italic text
• TT stands for text size
• A stands for Font type
• U stands for underline text
• S stands for text straight-through

Color editing options​

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Example of the color palette

• You can select a color from the default colors
• You can use a hex color
• You can erase the color that was set

Linking text options​

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Example of options to add a text link

• You can link text with the editor

List options​

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Example of the list options

• Ordered list, which is a numbered list
• Unordered list, which uses bullet points
• Indent, equivalent to putting text one tab inwards
• Outdent, which puts the text outwards

Text alignment options​

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Example of text alignment options

• Align text left,
• Align text center,
• Align text right,
• Justify text

Paragraph text options​

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Example of the paragraph text options

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Example of a heading [Heading=3][/HEADING] applied to create a menu[/I]

• You can set to normal text
• You can set to heading text, which will enlarge and space the paragraph
• Heading text also adds a contents menu on the post, which requires a blank line between it to auto link.

Image upload/linking options​

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Example of the image drop box and image linking options

• You can upload an image (which has an upload limit)
• You can link an image

Emotions/Emojis​

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Example of the emotions/emojis available

• This is a menu of emotions or emojis that can be put into posts

Gifs​

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Example of some gifs available

• You can search and place gifs or animated gifs into posts

Table options​

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Example of the table maker menu

• You can create tables to put into posts

Horizontal line​

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Example of the horizontal line option

• This adds a horizontal line into a post

Media options​

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Example of the insert media option

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Example of the upload audio option[/I]

• You can insert media urls from various sites
• You can upload audio files (which has an upload limit)

Insert code​

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Example of the option to show code in posts

• Options to display code in posts

Quote/Spoiler tags​

• Quote/spoiler tags allow images or text to be hidden

Line break options​

• Shift + Enter stops line breaks between quotes in the text editor.

Undo/redo options​

• Undo/redo options allow actions in the editor to be reversed or completed again

Remove formatting options​

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Example of the above menu options

• Remove formatting from posts with the eraser
• This will not work if the formatting is set in BB code view, which is the [ ] icon.

BB code editing view​

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Example of the text editor in BB code editing mode

• This view allows viewing the BB code formatting of a post
• This view is important to edit/fix/add code that is hard to view in visual mode

Preview mode​

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Example of the preview mode option

• This shows the true preview of the post/thread, unlike the visual view (default)

More options menus​

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Example of more options menus

• More options menus will display depending on the size of your screen
• More options menus will show additional options, such as sup1

Full BB Code List​

To view all the other BB Codes available visit BB Codes in Help

User Profile/account options menu​

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Example of the profile/account options menu

• This allows you edit all aspects of your forum account

Forum Position Color Codes​

All of these colors exist in the forum text editor, though most exist after this point in green

Delegate
[COLOR=rgb(180, 218, 85)]Delegate[/COLOR]

Vice Delegate
[COLOR=rgb(234, 118, 255)]Vice Delegate[/COLOR]

Prime Minister
[COLOR=rgb(20, 219, 209)]Prime Minister[/COLOR]

Assembly Speaker
[COLOR=rgb(207, 122, 117)]Assembly Speaker[/COLOR]

Deputy Speaker
[COLOR=rgb(233, 180, 97)]Deputy Speaker[/COLOR]

Cabinet or Cabinet Ministers
[COLOR=rgb(38, 99, 215)]Cabinet or Cabinet Ministers[/COLOR]

Deputy Ministers
[COLOR=rgb(53, 146, 215)]Deputy Ministers[/COLOR]

Court Justice or Court
[COLOR=rgb(226, 114, 52)]Court Justice or Court[/COLOR]

Councillors of Lazarene Security or Council on Lazarene Security
[COLOR=rgb(165, 161, 26)]Councillors of Lazarene Security or Council on Lazarene Security[/COLOR]

Executive Council or Executive Councilors
[COLOR=rgb(163, 143, 132)]Executive Council or Executive Councilors[/COLOR]

Citizen or Assembly
[COLOR=rgb(23, 172, 134)]Citizen or Assembly[/COLOR]

Legislation
[COLOR=rgb(250, 197, 28)]Legislation[/COLOR]

Mandate
[COLOR=rgb(251, 160, 38)]Mandate[/COLOR]

Root administrator
[COLOR=rgb(209, 213, 216)]root administrator[/COLOR]