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Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« on: August 14, 2012, 03:40:18 am »
I will put up some visuals tomorrow evening on another thread,

But anyone wanting to play with the buttons can use this thread.


You can do quite a bit with the buttons!
« Last Edit: August 14, 2012, 03:41:56 am by Repub4Mitt »


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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2012, 07:42:29 am »
Here are 3 ways to quote someone:

1:
"I will put up some visuals tomorrow evening on another thread,
But anyone wanting to play with the buttons can use this thread."

2:
Quote
I will put up some visuals tomorrow evening on another thread,
But anyone wanting to play with the buttons can use this thread.

3:
I will put up some visuals tomorrow evening on another thread,
But anyone wanting to play with the buttons can use this thread.

Number 1 is simple cut and paste.  Anyone can do that.  Boring.  But easy.

Number 2 uses cutting and pasting into the reply box, as above, but then employs highlighting and the yellow quote button located above the reply box.

Number 3 uses the quote button found at the upper right of each post and inserts the quote for you into the reply box PLUS it adds a hyperlink that also identifies the person you quoted and, as all hyperlinks do, takes you back to that post in the thread stream.

Go ahead click the the blue hyperlink above the number 3 sample that says "quote from Repub4Mitt".  Sweet, huh?

Try doing that at TOS.

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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2012, 08:00:26 am »
What if you want to cite multiple past posts from a thread?  This one blah blah blah...

Here are 3 ways to quote someone:

1:
"I will put up some visuals tomorrow evening on another thread,
But anyone wanting to play with the buttons can use this thread."

2:
3:
Number 1 is simple cut and paste.  Anyone can do that.  Boring.  But easy.

Number 2 uses cutting and pasting into the reply box, as above, but then employs highlighting and the yellow quote button located above the reply box.

Number 3 uses the quote button found at the upper right of each post and inserts the quote for you into the reply box PLUS it adds a hyperlink that also identifies the person you quoted and, as all hyperlinks do, takes you back to that post in the thread stream.

Go ahead click the the blue hyperlink above the number 3 sample that says "quote from Repub4Mitt".  Sweet, huh?

Try doing that at TOS.

and this one blah blah blah

I will put up some visuals tomorrow evening on another thread,

But anyone wanting to play with the buttons can use this thread.


You can do quite a bit with the buttons!


Simply use the "insert quote" button after you've already used the "Reply" button.

And don't forget the multitude of emoticons under the "more" button:

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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2012, 08:13:20 am »
Actually, no.

When you hit the quote button, either before hitting the reply button or after hitting the reply button, that will only quote that post, not the quotes within that post, like I've done here:

What if you want to cite multiple past posts from a thread?  This one blah blah blah...

and this one blah blah blah

Simply use the "insert quote" button after you've already used the "Reply" button.

And don't forget the multitude of emoticons under the "more" button:

 :whocares:

Only massadvj words were quoted.  Not mine or Repub4Mitt.

To quote two different posts, hit reply and then scroll down through Topic Summary, which is located immediately below the reply box, and hit "Insert Quote" (located on the upper right of each post summary) for each post you wish to quote.  Simple.

This software is great.  Play around, folks.

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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2012, 08:16:50 am »
I misread what massadvj said.  He is quite correct.

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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2012, 08:23:25 am »
I misread what massadvj said.  He is quite correct.

You could have fixed that with the "Modify" button or the "Remove" button, but I can't fix it for you.

(I originally wrote "Delete" instead of "Remove" but realized the title of the button was wrong, so I used "Modify" to change it.)

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« Reply #6 on: August 14, 2012, 08:28:37 am »
I will put up some visuals tomorrow evening on another thread,

But anyone wanting to play with the buttons can use this thread.


You can do quite a bit with the buttons!



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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #7 on: August 14, 2012, 08:50:45 am »

LOL!  The most annoying button ever invented!

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« Reply #8 on: August 14, 2012, 08:59:51 am »
LOL!  The most annoying button ever invented!

What about Glowing Marquee?

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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #9 on: August 14, 2012, 09:29:30 am »

Just stop it, right now, and step away from the buttons!

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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #10 on: August 14, 2012, 03:35:12 pm »
If you guys are new members then we are in trouble...LMAO :silly:


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« Reply #11 on: August 14, 2012, 03:44:09 pm »
If you guys are new members then we are in trouble...LMAO :silly:

No need to complain in public.  Simply use the hand-dandy "Report to Moderator" button and piss and moan voice your legitimate concerns to your heart's content.
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« Reply #12 on: August 14, 2012, 03:46:10 pm »
What about Glowing Marquee?

 We have a Glowing Marquee...cool!
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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #13 on: August 14, 2012, 04:31:57 pm »
No need to complain in public.  Simply use the hand-dandy "Report to Moderator" button and piss and moan voice your legitimate concerns to your heart's content.

LOL you slay me!!  :silly:


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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #14 on: August 15, 2012, 02:17:06 am »
One thing I've discovered is that some of these things are challenging on an iPad, forr me anyay. I'm trying this out with my teeny tiny keyboard!

What will this do?

  and or this?

I guess I should try this

And end with

this
« Last Edit: August 15, 2012, 02:21:10 am by Proud Patriot »
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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2012, 02:20:44 am »
Looks good from here.........
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« Reply #16 on: August 15, 2012, 02:23:29 am »
Thanks! now I need to practice posting pictures.
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« Reply #17 on: August 15, 2012, 02:24:30 am »
Thanks! now I need to practice posting pictures.

pics are a piece of cake......
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« Reply #18 on: August 25, 2012, 09:42:23 pm »
At least this forum doesn't support the infamous blink tag.
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« Reply #19 on: August 29, 2012, 08:09:05 am »
At least this forum doesn't support the infamous blink tag.

Not yet ....  Would you like it to?  :smokin:

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Re: Learning to use the Buttons( Play/testing area)
« Reply #20 on: September 07, 2012, 08:43:16 pm »
test post

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« Reply #21 on: September 07, 2012, 09:38:47 pm »
I really like your avatar Breezy
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« Reply #22 on: September 07, 2012, 09:55:15 pm »
I really like your avatar Breezy

Thanks!  Except I am SOOOO torn..... I'm sure you can relate, though, Rapunzel.

"I can't believe I did this. *I can't believe I did this!* JR would be so furious. That's OK though, I mean what he doesn't know won't kill him. Oh my gosh. This would kill him. *This is so fun!* I, am a horrible TOS-er. I'm going back. *I am never going back!* I am a despicable human being. *Woo-hoo! FINDING THIS SITE..... Best. Day. Ever!*  ^-^

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« Reply #23 on: September 07, 2012, 09:58:36 pm »
Thanks!  Except I am SOOOO torn..... I'm sure you can relate, though, Rapunzel.

"I can't believe I did this. *I can't believe I did this!* JR would be so furious. That's OK though, I mean what he doesn't know won't kill him. Oh my gosh. This would kill him. *This is so fun!* I, am a horrible TOS-er. I'm going back. *I am never going back!* I am a despicable human being. *Woo-hoo! FINDING THIS SITE..... Best. Day. Ever!*  ^-^

Sounds just like a certain other Rapunzel ...

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« Reply #24 on: September 07, 2012, 10:06:27 pm »
Sounds just like a certain other Rapunzel ...
  I was hoping she'd catch it LOL  I have two daughters that are addicted to that movie so our family is always quoting the lines to each other.  And my daughters aren't little girls, mind you, they are 19 and 20.  Awesome, wonderful young adults that watch fun Disney movies instead of MTV for down-time in between college classes and work.  I'm so blessed   0001

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« Reply #25 on: September 07, 2012, 10:08:50 pm »
  I was hoping she'd catch it LOL  I have two daughters that are addicted to that movie so our family is always quoting the lines to each other.  And my daughters aren't little girls, mind you, they are 19 and 20.  Awesome, wonderful young adults that watch fun Disney movies instead of MTV for down-time in between college classes and work.  I'm so blessed   0001

My daughter's 8 and we love that movie too.  Right now we're watching the Three Stooges movie - turns out she and I have exactly the same sense of humor (for now).

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« Reply #26 on: September 07, 2012, 10:11:28 pm »
My daughter's 8 and we love that movie too.  Right now we're watching the Three Stooges movie - turns out she and I have exactly the same sense of humor (for now).
 

We are that way, also... I found that the trick is to stunt their emotional development at a very young age so they never pass you up  :tongue2:

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« Reply #27 on: September 07, 2012, 10:21:12 pm »
 

We are that way, also... I found that the trick is to stunt their emotional development at a very young age so they never pass you up  :tongue2:

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« Reply #28 on: September 07, 2012, 10:38:44 pm »
  I was hoping she'd catch it LOL  I have two daughters that are addicted to that movie so our family is always quoting the lines to each other.  And my daughters aren't little girls, mind you, they are 19 and 20.  Awesome, wonderful young adults that watch fun Disney movies instead of MTV for down-time in between college classes and work.  I'm so blessed   0001


~ROFLOL~   I think you are going to be a fresh "breeze" here.......
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« Reply #29 on: September 07, 2012, 10:46:06 pm »

~ROFLOL~   I think you are going to be a fresh "breeze" here.......

Nahhh, you don't need any fresh breezes, the place looks quite perfect as it is!   ^-^

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« Reply #30 on: September 08, 2012, 02:14:17 am »
Nahhh, you don't need any fresh breezes, the place looks quite perfect as it is!   ^-^

Rap Thought you meant Febreze, Our maid skipped out and the forum hasn't been cleaned in months!


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« Reply #31 on: September 08, 2012, 02:22:24 am »
Rap Thought you meant Febreze, Our maid skipped out and the forum hasn't been cleaned in months!



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« Reply #32 on: September 08, 2012, 02:25:04 am »
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« Reply #33 on: September 08, 2012, 02:59:16 am »



LOL you ain't kiddin! The last 2 weeks mine has suffered! I have done some today and have to get it all spic and span by Tues! We have friends coming to town for several days and haven't been here since we moved! LOL


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« Reply #34 on: September 08, 2012, 10:02:24 am »
Hey all - I'm looking for help in uploading an avatar from my computer.  I tried twice yesterday and just got a little red x.

Do I need to put it on a photo site before I can upload it here, or can I get a photo directly from my computer?

Thanks for any help you can give me!
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« Reply #35 on: September 08, 2012, 01:03:29 pm »
LOL you ain't kiddin! The last 2 weeks mine has suffered! I have done some today and have to get it all spic and span by Tues! We have friends coming to town for several days and haven't been here since we moved! LOL

Today is cleaning day for me, too..... hope you have a wonderful time when your friends come to visit! group hug

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« Reply #36 on: September 08, 2012, 01:06:13 pm »
Hey all - I'm looking for help in uploading an avatar from my computer.  I tried twice yesterday and just got a little red x.

Do I need to put it on a photo site before I can upload it here, or can I get a photo directly from my computer?

Thanks for any help you can give me!

Hi musiclady!  I just went through the same thing, red x when I tried to upload one from my computer.... what worked for me was saving my picture into photobucket and linking it from there.  That worked perfectly  ^-^

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« Reply #37 on: September 08, 2012, 02:22:25 pm »
Hey all - I'm looking for help in uploading an avatar from my computer.  I tried twice yesterday and just got a little red x.

Do I need to put it on a photo site before I can upload it here, or can I get a photo directly from my computer?

Thanks for any help you can give me!

I can see it, so it's loaded up.  If you still can't see it, try clearing the cache on your browser.

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« Reply #38 on: September 09, 2012, 03:04:35 pm »
Hi musiclady!  I just went through the same thing, red x when I tried to upload one from my computer.... what worked for me was saving my picture into photobucket and linking it from there.  That worked perfectly  ^-^

Thanks, Breezy!  That's what I did, and voila!  It worked!
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« Reply #39 on: September 09, 2012, 03:05:20 pm »
I can see it, so it's loaded up.  If you still can't see it, try clearing the cache on your browser.

I can see it now too.

But I'm a bit jealous of your live one.  How did you do that anyway??
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« Reply #40 on: September 09, 2012, 06:54:48 pm »
I can see it now too.

But I'm a bit jealous of your live one.  How did you do that anyway??

Find an animated gif you want to use. Upload it to your photobucket account.

Then go to profile > modify profile > forum settings . Click on specify avatar by URL and enter the URL of the one you want in the box, then hit save.
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« Reply #41 on: September 09, 2012, 07:32:47 pm »
Find an animated gif you want to use. Upload it to your photobucket account.

Then go to profile > modify profile > forum settings . Click on specify avatar by URL and enter the URL of the one you want in the box, then hit save.

Well that's easy enough, if you're smart!  ^-^

btw, that kitten/slide gif you have is perhaps the cutest thing I've ever seen on the internet!

If I could find one I liked that well, I might change my Tea-Party-DC-event-personal-experience photo I have there now.
Character still matters.  It always matters.

I wear a mask as an exercise in liberty and love for others.  To see it as an infringement of liberty is to entirely miss the point.  Be kind.

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« Reply #42 on: September 09, 2012, 07:51:16 pm »
google the subject you would want for your avatar and add animated and gif and then when it opens click on images and preview the choices... for instance I googled

"tea party animated gif"

here is some examples that popped up







or just "animated gif"

and then image and here is some samples











and there is a ton of different ones for animated cats







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« Reply #43 on: September 09, 2012, 07:55:19 pm »
patriotic animated cat gets this



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« Reply #44 on: October 26, 2015, 06:30:28 pm »
 

You can do quite a bit with the buttons!

....with some pateince....id finally did find the right dialog box[/size] to post an avatar 

thank you


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« Reply #45 on: October 26, 2015, 06:41:30 pm »

Profile (between "search" and "my messages" along the top) > forum profile (on the left)

It's the first one, called "personalized picture"

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« Reply #46 on: April 26, 2016, 08:23:49 pm »
I'm jumping into this pay pen to see what these buttons do.....

testing this now

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« Reply #47 on: April 27, 2016, 03:27:51 pm »
test post

Test post of testing post



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« Reply #48 on: April 27, 2016, 08:33:37 pm »
More testing......

[/size]i suppose this changes size of photos[/size]

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