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Answers // Reading and Posting

How do I format the text in my posts?

The majority of your posts will be made solely of plain text, but there will be occasions where you wish to place emphasis upon certain words or phrases. Some forums will allow you to do this with ordinary HTML mark-up but in the majority of cases HTML will have been turned off, in which case you can use the forums bbCode to acheive the same effect.

The following codes can be used to format the text of your posts into something a little more interesting:

[B]Bold text[/B] produces Bold text
[I]Italic text[/I] produces Italic text
[U]Underlined text[/U] produces Underlined text
[S]Strike through text[/S] produces ~~Strike through text~~

You can also change the size and colour of the text using the following

[COLOR=BLUE]different coloured text[/COLOR] produces different coloured text
To get the full range of colours simply replace the word BLUE with any of the following, BLACK, WHITE, RED, ORANGE, GREEN, YELLOW, BROWN, MAGENTA or CYAN

[SIZE=2]large/small text[/SIZE] produces large/small text
To get the full range of sizes replace the number to with any whole number between 1 and 6

It is also possible to include a number of different styles of list in your messages for example:

[LIST]
[*]List item
[*]List item
[*]List item
[/LIST]

Produces and un-ordered list

List item
List item
List item

[LIST=1]
[*]List item
[*]List item
[*]List item
[/LIST=1]

Produces and ordered list

List item
List item
List item

[LIST=A]
[*]List item
[*]List item
[*]List item
[/LIST=A]

Produces a lettered list

List item
List item
List item

If you wish to include a spoiler about a certain part of a film, game or book in your post without ruining it for the other readers you can hide it in a spoiler tag.

[SPOILER]hidden text[/SPOILER] produces

Spoiler: (highlight to view)

hidden text

Links to external webpages can also be included in your posts with the following codes:

[URL]http://www.someurl.com[/URL] produces http://www.someurl.com
[URL=http://www.someurl.com]Some Text[/URL] produces Some Text

Images can also be inserted in to posts in a similar fashion using the following code
[IMG]http://imageurl[/IMG]
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What are smilies and how do I use them?

Smilies are small images that you can include in your posts to convey different emotions. When you are typing your post you can include smilies by clicking on the smiley image to the left of the message window, this will automatically include the correct smiley code to your post.
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Can I edit my own posts?

If you are a registered member you may edit your posts by clicking the "Edit" button next to the offending post. Once you have edited a post a note will appear at the end of the post to indicate that you have done so. You may also delete your posts should you so choose, but please remember, if yours is the first post in a thread the whole thread will be deleted.

Moderators and Administrators may also edit or delete any of your posts if they contain anything that is unsuitable for posting upon the forums.
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What are moderators/administrators?

Moderators are people who oversee specific forums and ensure that any posts that contain questionable content are edited or deleted and any threads that descened into a pointless flame war are closed before getting out of hand. They also tend to have a good knowledge of the subject that they are moderating.

Administrators are the people who look after the forums as a whole and are generally the owner of the website on which the forum is hosted.
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