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Post by Daniel on Apr 11, 2014 16:09:44 GMT -5
Here are a few quick tips that will help you get the most out of the forum... How to quickly see the latest posts: - Use the "Participated" button in the upper right corner of the page. It turns blue when any of the conversations you've joined have new posts.
- Bookmark the "Recent Threads" link from the home page (http://thewriterspub.proboards.com/threads/recent). That link shows you all of threads with the most recent posts (including new threads).
- In either of the thread lists above, click the blue "New" button to the left of the thread title rather than the link on the title itself. That button takes you straight to the first post you haven't seen yet (this feature is one of the most AWESOME things about ProBoards.)
Liking posts: - ProBoards has a "thumbs up" icon for liking a post.
- If someone has liked one of your posts, you'll see a bubble above the "Profile" item in the top menu with a number in it. Click the number, and you'll see a page of notifications that includes any likes you may have received.
You can find a lot more great information in the ProBoards help pages, including: |
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Post by Suzy on Apr 11, 2014 16:19:35 GMT -5
Thank you so much, Daniel. I wonder if you could also explain how to get books into the signatures, as I seem to have forgotten.
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Post by Daniel on Apr 11, 2014 16:22:09 GMT -5
I'll put something together. One of the disappointing things is that the signature box has a rather small limit on the number of characters you can insert into it. You can't get too fancy with BBCode or put in very many images because of that. Do you have any control over the size of signature code on the admin side?
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Post by Suzy on Apr 12, 2014 3:00:26 GMT -5
I think the best idea is to make collage of all your books and add that as a photo and then link it to your website or blog or wherever you want to lead to. I see that LL and Rinelle have done that.
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Apr 12, 2014 5:46:07 GMT -5
The code I used to get my signature to link to my blog is:
(url=http://yourwebsite.com/)(img)http://yourimagelink.jpg(/img)(/url)
Replace the round brackets with square ones.
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Post by Suzy on Apr 12, 2014 5:51:06 GMT -5
Thanks, Rinelle! Did you mean all round brackets or only the ones at the start and end? And the image link? where does that come from?
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Post by Rinelle Grey on Apr 12, 2014 7:37:52 GMT -5
Replace all the round brackets.
Your image needs to be stored somewhere online. Wherever it is, right click on it, choose properties, and copy the address in the box that comes up.
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Post by Pru Freda on Apr 12, 2014 8:37:09 GMT -5
Thanks, Rinelle. Lets see if it works.
ETA Not the first time. Trying again
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Post by Suzy on Apr 12, 2014 8:43:08 GMT -5
One thing you could do (cheeky) is use the KB linkmaker. I tried and the image came up but it would only allow three books.
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Post by Pru Freda on Apr 12, 2014 8:45:19 GMT -5
Well, I've had to reduce the size which has made it blurry. The KB sig is good. I'll try that next.
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Post by Suzy on Apr 12, 2014 8:47:25 GMT -5
Well, I've had to reduce the size which has made it blurry. The KB sig is good. I'll try that next. But that brings you back to photobucket. I think what Caddy wanted was a link to her books or website |
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Post by Pru Freda on Apr 12, 2014 8:51:20 GMT -5
Hmm. Still not happy, it shows my children's books at the expense of my adult ones. Trying again with another forum sig.
Oooh, isn't this fun!
ETA - Yay! That's done it, and clicking on a book takes you directly to Amazon, too. Thanks again, Rinelle and Suzy, for the help.
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Post by Daniel on Apr 12, 2014 8:59:32 GMT -5
It looks like you guys have mostly figured it out. Here's what I did for one of my book covers. Explaining how I did the rest of the signature would take a bit more doing... [url=http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0070PJ810/][img height=125]http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HzDArAabL._SL160_.jpg[/img][/url]To customize the above for your book, swap your Amazon ASIN for mine (B0070PJ810) and swap your image path for mine (http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HzDArAabL._SL160_.jpg). The cover image needs to be somewhere accessible on the web. You can sponge it from Amazon. As long as you are linking to Amazon for the sale, they shouldn't mind. (This is what the KB link maker does for you, FYI.) Here's one way to do that: - Search for your book on Amazon.
- In the search results list, right-click over your book cover image and select "View Image Properties" (or your browser's equivalent) to get the URL of the image. You can usually copy it out of the dialog that appears.
- The image will have goofy name like mine does above, and it will have a white-space border on the left and right sides. If you want to get rid of the border, change the end of the name from _AA160_.jpg to _SL160_jpg.
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Post by scdaffron on Apr 13, 2014 19:20:30 GMT -5
Testing to see if I can get an image into my signature.
ETA: I figured it out. Finally ;-)
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Post by Deleted on Oct 22, 2015 20:44:47 GMT -5
I have tried to find the introductory thread where I can introduce myself and I have failed. Please direct me to this thread.
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Post by Pru Freda on Oct 23, 2015 0:02:04 GMT -5
I have tried to find the introductory thread where I can introduce myself and I have failed. Please direct me to this thread. Hi, @dl, and welcome. You'll find the introductory thread in the Writers Pub Main Lounge. It's the fourth thread from the top - Introductions for new members. Hope that helps. |
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Post by Suzy on Oct 23, 2015 6:53:27 GMT -5
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2015 17:47:00 GMT -5
I have tried to find the introductory thread where I can introduce myself and I have failed. Please direct me to this thread. Hi, @dl, and welcome. You'll find the introductory thread in the Writers Pub Main Lounge. It's the fourth thread from the top - Introductions for new members. Hope that helps. Thank you, Lynda! |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2015 17:47:49 GMT -5
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Post by Becca Mills on Oct 24, 2015 1:42:58 GMT -5
Hi, DL!  |
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