Frequently Asked Questions

Here are some helpful hints regarding posting on the SNWMF Forum:

  1. How can I include a quote in my response?

  2. How can I include an active link in my post?

  3. How can I make a link out of certain text in my post?

  4. How can I include an image in my post?

  5. How can I make part of my post appear in bold?

  6. How can I make part of my post appear in italic?

  7. How can I underline a part of my post?

BBCode allows you do special formatting of your posts. BBCode are special tags that are enclosed in square brackets ([]). All tags must have a starting tag and an ending tag. The ending tag is the same as the starting tag with a slash (/) in it.
 

1.  How can I include a quote in my response?
When you want to quote someone, surround the text you want to quote with the [quote] code.
Example:
[quote]This is a quoted text.[/quote]

2. How can I include an active link in my post?
When you want to include an active link to another page in your post, place a "less than" sign (<) immediately before the COMPLETE URL (including "http://") and a "greater than" sign (>) immediately after the COMPLETE URL.
Example:
<http://www.snwmf.com>  

3. How can I make a link out of certain text in my post? 
When you want to have certain text contain a link to another web page, surround that text with the [url] tag, making sure to include both an equal sign (=) and the COMPLETE URL (including "http://") in the first tag.
Example:
[url=http://www.snwmf.com]Text that will link to another page[/url]  

4. How can I include an image in my post?
In order to include an image in your post, surround the COMPLETE URL (including "http://") of that image with the [img] tag.  The image must already be up on the internet somewhere, and PLEASE do not include images larger than 800 pixels wide as they take a long time to download and make reading the forum difficult, especially for dial-up users.
Example:
[img]http://www.snwmf.com/images/05bannertop.jpg[/img]

5. How can I make part of my post appear in bold?
To make part of your post appear in bold type, simply surround the text you wish to appear in bold with the [b] tag.  
Example:
[b]This text will appear in bold[/b]

6. How can I make part of my post appear in italic?
To make part of your post appear in italic type, simply surround the text you wish to appear in italic with the [i] tag.  
Example:
[i]This text will appear in italic[/i]

7. How can I underline a part of my post?
To underline a part of your post , simply surround the text you wish to underline with the [u] tag.  
Example:
[u]This text will be underlined[/u]

 

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