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SqueeZing the most juice out of your atheistZone
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Strega replied to the topic FAQ in the forum
Tips 5 months, 4 weeks agoI use an iPad and the majority of functions are slightly beyond my grasp. Any iPad tips n tricks for the forum postings would be much appreciated!
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PopeBeanie started the topic FAQ in the forum
Tips 5 months, 4 weeks ago[Patience please… currently this is just a work in progress!
How do I include media in a post? from and by Davis
This is a function on a chat website which should either 1. involve a tool button (especially if you want to format it more) or 2. there should be a note in the edit box informing users that they can just copy and paste the…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Making block quotes and the @ symbol work in your post in the forum
Tips 10 months, 2 weeks agoA) click on the Quote button to quote the whole post, OR B) select the text you want to quote, and click on the Quote button.
…and don’t forget to click on the Quote button again to turn it off before writing anything.
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PopeBeanie replied to the topic Navigating, and desktop vs mobile AZ in the forum
Tips 11 months, 1 week agoFor starters (and this list will improve):
- When replying to a post using its Quote (or “) button, the top of your reply will include a direct link to the replied-to post.
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Ruh roh, maybe this is only possible when posting in a Group Forum topic?!
So more to come here, like differences between regular Forums and Group Forums.
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PopeBeanie started the topic Navigating, and desktop vs mobile AZ in the forum
Tips 11 months, 1 week agoFor starters (and this list will improve):
- When replying to a post using its Quote (or “) button, the top of your reply will include a direct link to the replied-to post.
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PopeBeanie started the topic "Bug or feature?", and other Minor/Arcane Issues in the forum
Tips 11 months, 2 weeks agoJust fyi stuff here that most users won’t find interesting. I do not find them important enough to bother Umar with.
- Clicking the top menu option “Site-wide activity” does not display “updates” (short, user-spontaneous posts); but they DO appear on the AZ Home page.
- Sometimes the only place I can Favorite or Unfavorite a post is via the…
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PopeBeanie started the topic Tips for Group Creation and Management in the forum
Tips 2 years, 9 months agoAZ Groups have the potential to be more useful and robust than the legacy TA Groups. A few features in particular, available to Group Admins:
- Sticky – Most useful/popular topics can be made to stick to the top
- Edits/Merges – Posts can be kept up to date, and/or moved to a different topic if it helps to improve topics
- Multiple Group Admins -…
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PopeBeanie started the topic Adding Photos and Videos to a Post in the forum
Tips 2 years, 9 months agoPHOTOS & GRAPHICS
– For most posts, you must use the img button to enter an URL to a photo or graphic that already exists on the internet (e.g. a photo uploaded to you personal Profile/Media page).
– You can also upload photos to a Group page, if you’re an Admin of it.VIDEOS
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SteveInCO replied to the topic Making the @ symbol work in your post in the forum
Tips 2 years, 9 months agoI’m glad I made both of my names the same then.
If one gets mentioned a lot AND manages to read almost everything new anyway, the e-mails are pointless and can be shut off by clicking on your name in the upper right and going to settings->email. (However, I don’t get any of the other emails I left enabled, either.)
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PopeBeanie started the topic Making block quotes and the @ symbol work in your post in the forum
Tips 2 years, 9 months agoHow to Create Block Quotes
(like the one you’re reading here in this gray block)The above grey box holds text in the style of a “block quote”.
Before replying to a post that you want to quote from (all of it or some of it):
- Click on the Quote button to quote the whole post, OR select the text you want to quote, and click on the Quote button.
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PopeBeanie started the topic Searching AtheistZone and ThinkAtheist in the forum
Tips 2 years, 10 months agoAs I write this, AZ’s search feature isn’t working for me yet because of other priorities keeping AZ healthy and growing. But it’s easy enough to use Google, instead. Google’s search is more flexible, although its results may not include posts that are less than a day or so old.
USING GOOGLE SEARCH: Click on one of the following links, then ADD…[Read more]
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PopeBeanie started the topic Links to ThinkAtheist (archive) in the forum
Tips 2 years, 10 months agoTo see what is still available to us at the old ThinkAtheist site, click on one of the general categories listed below.
Members (about 20 thousand)
Discussions (about 6300)
Events (under POPULAR EVENT TYPES, or search)
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