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FAQ in the forum Tips 4 years, 7 months 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 4 years, 7 months agoReplying to (and/or Quoting) a post…
Usually, just log in to AZ and click on Reply or take the “usually best” option below; OR, for more reply options:
- Using the Quote button prepares your reply as follows:
- The Quote button by itself copies and blockquotes the original post’s entire content, including a permalink (i.e. a linkback to the…
- Using the Quote button prepares your reply as follows:
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Making block quotes and the @ symbol work in your post in the forum Tips 4 years, 11 months 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 1) add a blank line after the quote and 2) click on the Quote button to turn quoting off before writing your response.
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Navigating, and desktop vs mobile AZ in the forum Tips 5 years 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 5 years 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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"Bug or feature?", and other Minor/Arcane Issues in the forum Tips 5 years 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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Tips for Group Creation and Management in the forum Tips 6 years, 10 months agoAZ Groups have the potential to be more useful and robust than the legacy TA Groups. A few features in particular, available to AZ Group Admins:
- Admins can add other admins to improve group viability and robustness
- Sticky Topics stay at the top of the topic list
- Edits/Merges – Posts can be kept up to date, and/or moved to a different topic…
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Adding Photos, Videos, and Other File Links to a Post in the forum Tips 6 years, 10 months agoThe following is in extra long detail for beginners, but once you get the hang of it, it’s only a ten to thirty second task.
PHOTOS & GRAPHICS
- First, know where your photo or graphic file is. Its source can be your device/computer, or from online via a link to Google Drive, OneDrive, Flikr, a file previously uploaded to Atheist Zone, etc.
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Making the @ symbol work in your post in the forum Tips 6 years, 11 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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Making block quotes and the @ symbol work in your post in the forum Tips 6 years, 11 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”.
To reply to a post and quote from all or some of it:
- Click on the gray QUOTE button to quote the whole post, OR first select the text you want to quote, click on the gray QUOTE button.
- Before you st…
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Searching AtheistZone and ThinkAtheist in the forum Tips 6 years, 11 months agoThe most comprehensive search available at the moment here on AZ is the Forums Search, which also searches Group Forums.
Google’s search can be more flexible, although its results may not include posts that are less than a day or so old, and something has changed that make it less comprehensive than it used to be.
USING GOOGLE SEARCH: Click…[Read more]
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Links to ThinkAtheist (archive) in the forum Tips 6 years, 11 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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