Chatative
01-19-2014, 08:44 AM
Hey Guys,
One thing I have noticed is that many people do not know how to embed media or links & instead just post the link itself. Either that or they can't be bothered! It is actually rather straight forward to do & looks a lot neater when you embed them. It can save other people time too, by cutting out the need for them to follow the link. There is information at the bottom of the forums on how to do this if you follow a link but it isn't very well explained.
You may or may not realise, but there are actually buttons along the top of the post you are creating that do it for you - to the right of the Bold, Italic & Underline Icons. I'll tell you the technical way to do it as well though, which can actually be quicker if you are a fast typer.
Images
We all know how to do this I'm sure but you click the portrait icon & you can either upload your image or put the URL in. (website address) I personally just find it quicker to type: url here
Example:
http://foto.hrsstatic.com/fotos/0/3/256/256/80/FFFFFF/http%3A%2F%2Ffoto-origin.hrsstatic.com%2Ffoto%2F5%2F8%2F5%2F8%2F5858 20%2F585820_u_3207319.jpg/sCfwDZjA4ITqCI74OX8ylg%3D%3D/200,59/6/Crown_Beach_Resort_Spa-Arorangi-Info-9-585820.jpg
Links
Most people just put a link in there post by pasting it. e.g. http://anxietyforum.net/ However, you can actually embed a link into your text. To do this, you can highlight the portion of your text you wish to be a link, & click on the link icon to put in your URL. You can also do this by typing [ url=url here]text here[/url]. (I had to put a space in the tags to show it, there is no space)
Example:
The Anxiety Forum (http://anxietyforum.net/) is a great forum for getting advice!
I often highlight the text used for the link & make it bold: Anxiety Forum (http://anxietyforum.net/).
Videos
Again, you can embed videos the same way as you can images. Simply click the film reel icon & put the URL in. Or you can type
url here (I had to put an extra space in the tag again, so no need for that!)
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYecbNduSEI
I hope some of you found this informative.
Chat.
One thing I have noticed is that many people do not know how to embed media or links & instead just post the link itself. Either that or they can't be bothered! It is actually rather straight forward to do & looks a lot neater when you embed them. It can save other people time too, by cutting out the need for them to follow the link. There is information at the bottom of the forums on how to do this if you follow a link but it isn't very well explained.
You may or may not realise, but there are actually buttons along the top of the post you are creating that do it for you - to the right of the Bold, Italic & Underline Icons. I'll tell you the technical way to do it as well though, which can actually be quicker if you are a fast typer.
Images
We all know how to do this I'm sure but you click the portrait icon & you can either upload your image or put the URL in. (website address) I personally just find it quicker to type: url here
Example:
http://foto.hrsstatic.com/fotos/0/3/256/256/80/FFFFFF/http%3A%2F%2Ffoto-origin.hrsstatic.com%2Ffoto%2F5%2F8%2F5%2F8%2F5858 20%2F585820_u_3207319.jpg/sCfwDZjA4ITqCI74OX8ylg%3D%3D/200,59/6/Crown_Beach_Resort_Spa-Arorangi-Info-9-585820.jpg
Links
Most people just put a link in there post by pasting it. e.g. http://anxietyforum.net/ However, you can actually embed a link into your text. To do this, you can highlight the portion of your text you wish to be a link, & click on the link icon to put in your URL. You can also do this by typing [ url=url here]text here[/url]. (I had to put a space in the tags to show it, there is no space)
Example:
The Anxiety Forum (http://anxietyforum.net/) is a great forum for getting advice!
I often highlight the text used for the link & make it bold: Anxiety Forum (http://anxietyforum.net/).
Videos
Again, you can embed videos the same way as you can images. Simply click the film reel icon & put the URL in. Or you can type
url here (I had to put an extra space in the tag again, so no need for that!)
Example:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYecbNduSEI
I hope some of you found this informative.
Chat.