The Forum Tutor

THE FORUM TUTOR




In this thread, I teach you the many abilities of forum "coding". Forum coding is the [these things] around your text that turn it into this or this.


Most of what you're going to be tought is in the "post new topic/edit post area" just above the message box.
We'll go down the list, top row, left to right, then bottom row, left to right.

COMMONLY USED TEXT MODIFICATIONS

• B: Bold your text.
  
• I: Italicize your text.
  
• U: Underline your text.
  
• S: Strike your text.
  

ALIGNMENT
Next is text aligning.

• Left Align: Align to the left.
  
• Center Align: Align in the middle.
  
• Right Align: Align to the right.
  
• Justified: No alignment.
  

BULLETS
Bullets help organize your ideas in a cleaner method.

• List: Ordinary bullets to list your ideas.
  
• Ordered List: Number your ideas, usually for a series of steps.
  
• Line Break: See that line between the "Bullets:" and the "Ordered Bullets:"? That's what this does. You have to place it between the two lines that are being split.
  

QUOTES, CODES, AND TABLES
Quotes are commonly used to show what you're replying to. the Code table is to show specifically what is in the code. The Table is, well, a table to graph things on.

• Quote: Click the quote button on another person's text to quote what they said into your text.
  
• Codes: Click the code button to type your code into. You can type the code with or without the Code Box, but it's easier with the Code Box.
  
• Table: *Update later*
  

MULTIMEDIA
Add pictures, videos, and even flash games to your post!

• Host an Image: *Update Later*
  
• Insert Image: Link an image from a URL.
  
• Insert URL: First, type in the web address. Then in the bottom box with the A, type in the word(s) that will be seen by others.
  Example
  
• Insert Flash: *Update Later*
  
• Insert Video: Copy and Paste the web address of the video into the given textbox.
  

COMMONLY USED TEXT MODIFICATIONS (pt. 2)
This part involves text size, color, and fonts.

• Text Size: Tiny, Small, Normal, Large, Huge
  
• Text Color:||||||||||||||
  
• Font: I'm not putting up all the fonts, go through them and see what you like.
  

OTHERS
All Misc. is in here.

• Index: _{Makes your text smaller than its current size}. (Makes your text smaller than its current size)
  
• Exponent: ^{Raises your text.}
  
• Spoiler:

  Spoiler:

• Hidden:
  
• H. Scrolling: Look at Title
  
• V. Scrolling: Look under Title
  
• Random: *Update Later*
  
• WoW: *Update Later*
  

FAQ
Get to the Forum's FAQ.

?: Links to the Forum's FAQ.

ETC.

• Close Tags: Any Tags ([these things]) that don't have a [/ tag, this adds them for you Now it doesn't seem to work too well.
  
• Switch Editor Mode: DON'T TOUCH IT! For now...

*looks for stuff in admin panel about hiding groups from everyone, even admin*

wats the point of hiding a group from everyone.

Secrets are fun lol.

Plus, It could be helpful incase there are traitors...

buut why would u not want the admins to see ?

I believe one of them is a traitor.

..minigamer?

Nah, I haven't seen him in months.

oh i dont know any other admins there then.

Now back to the question, is there a way to create a group hidden from even the Admin?

well the Admins can see it when they go to the Admin CP... Lemme find out.