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Isawien has made 11 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Thursday 11th August 2005 (06:30pm)
soz, this may sound stupid but how do u reply to peoples messages?? i can reply to the end of a thread, but if u start a thread and want to reply to someone whos replied to u, how do u do it??
ok, u can tell im new to these message boards...
Miruvor has made 849 posts and is a Rohirrim from Edoras and is not online.
Posted Thursday 11th August 2005 (06:42pm)
Just hit the reply button and reply. You just have to make sure you are logged in at all times, otherwise there won't be any reply button. It happens frequently members get logged out.
Isawien has made 11 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Thursday 11th August 2005 (10:20pm)
ok i hope this works... how do i know who im replying to??
Grondmaster has made 25465 posts and is a Dwarf from Glittering Caves and has sailed into the West.
Posted Thursday 11th August 2005 (11:02pm)
Quote: ok i hope this works... how do i know who im replying to??
You use the yellow icon button that looks like a comic book speech balloon, by putting them on both sides of the copied text to which you are replying. However, you don't really need to do this if you are replying to the last made post, only if there were intervening ones. Or you can just address the name of the person that made the post and I often highlight the name by using the B for bold icon button. Like:
Isawien: I hope this helped you.
Isawien has made 11 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Friday 12th August 2005 (09:20pm)
ok thanx Grondmaster!! just wheres this icon button?? cant seem to find it... im useless!!
Caudimordax has made 414 posts and is a Hobbit from Buckland and is not online.
Posted Friday 12th August 2005 (10:02pm)
ok you have the light greyish box that you type in (after you hit reply in thread). and above that box you see B IU then a quote bubble, globe, a check for spell checker, and a smilie.
If you desire to quote or bold someting. then you highlight the text after typing it. and click the appropriate button.
Do you get it.
I could give you a quick lesson on html (hyper text markup language) i believe. But it wouldn't be worth it, because most all of the fancy stuff that it is capable of, is not appropriate for the forum threads. And the sites bandwidth is limited.
Grondmaster has made 25465 posts and is a Dwarf from Glittering Caves and has sailed into the West.
Posted Friday 12th August 2005 (10:33pm)
Quote: cant seem to find it... im useless!!
No one is usless Isawien; some just have more training than others. If you need help and ask questions, someone will almost always have the answer to help bring you up to speed. As long as you use this to learn, and don't keep asking the same questions over and over, everyone will happily gain by it.
Isawien has made 11 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Saturday 13th August 2005 (01:07pm)
so...
Quote: ok you have the light greyish box that you type in (after you hit reply in thread). and above that box you see B I U then a quote bubble, globe, a check for spell checker, and a smilie.
these make my message bold, italic or underlined....
or...
Quote: You use the yellow icon button that looks like a comic book speech balloon
thats all?? ok, easy!! got it!! i think!!
Valedhelgwath has made 4245 posts and is an Elf from Rivendell and is not online.
Posted Monday 15th August 2005 (09:39am)