Post by Dave on Mar 17, 2013 19:26:47 GMT
We have a problem when some members are quoting posts made by other members. I will do my
best to try and explain how we can all stop this happen as well as the real advantages for all members to stop using the BBCode. The old V4 software used BBCode and as proboards members were used to how it worked, when the change was made to V5 that has a VISUAL EDITER all members were all placed in the BBCode mode.
When using the BBCode mode when you quote a post you see the word QUOTE at the end of the post your are quoting. If you all now just click the quote button on any post then look at the bottom you will see two tabs, one marked VISUAL and one BBCode. Please click the VISUAL one and you will see that now you have the post in the quote box and you simply type your post underneath. The VISUAL tab is in real time rather than the changes only being made using the BBCode mode once you click CREATE POST.
You can change over to using the VISUAL EDITOR from the BBCode in your profile, I will explain how to do this in a second. What are the real advantages of making this switch? Well using the BBCode if you want to make some text bigger in a post, or a different colour, or simply bold, you have to right click and highlight the part of the text you want to change. You won’t see the changes until you make the post on the forum as it won’t be in real time.
If you had switched over to using the VISUAL EDITOR, all you would need to do is click FONT SIZE or COLOUR and simply start typing and it will all appear right before your eyes as you are creating the post similar to most word processing programs. By making this change it will make posting easier for you all and we won’t have the QUOTE problems anymore.
To make the change over first click on your PROFILE at the top of the main page. Then click MODIFY PROFILE. Then click SETTINGS. Go down to where it says POSTING DEFAULT and click on VISUAL. Now simply click SAVE ACCOUNT SETTINGS and its all done.
If you have any problems making these changes then PM me, you can always change back to the
BBCode in your profile if you would rather use it.