Atheist Zone | Tips | Activity https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/ Activity feed for the group, Tips. Wed, 15 Apr 2026 23:10:30 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 f7e9e6d75405b5bbb950c645cd8b25b1 PopeBeanie replied to the topic FAQ in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/faq/#post-59745 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 23:41:14 +0000 Modify Youtube Short’s URL to provide a thumbnail from the link

Abridged explanation: Change “shorts” in the URL to “v“.

I don’t know if it works every time, but it has worked in all of my tests. Also, since my instructions came from AI and not Youtube, I imagine this method could be deprecated by Youtube at any time. Please let me know if/when…[Read more]

]]> d10e47db634f23f71020d5096baa7d32 PopeBeanie replied to the topic test only in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/test-only/#post-59737 Sat, 31 Jan 2026 00:35:24 +0000 right-click “Copy video URL” from a short:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/bj7TATbpZsI?feature=share

right-click “Copy embed code”:
<iframe width=”151″ height=”268″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/bj7TATbpZsI” title=”LOVE TO BE LOVED 6.02.26 ❤️‍🔥The Warning x Carín León” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; e…[Read more]

]]> 100787f455a34968dbab6e605d890387 PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/#post-58250 Thu, 31 Jul 2025 19:31:13 +0000 the following is iframe code for embedding a youtube short”
i think this can’t be done with regular user rights, so i’ll do more tests

]]> a2e352341257754c46819d7475276a33 PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/#post-57133 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 07:54:25 +0000 Another embed test.

]]> a63e2ec1c630f1ec9c59b3ec7926d8e1 PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/#post-52547 Thu, 08 Feb 2024 08:04:02 +0000 JUST A TEST OF A LINK AND AN EMBED

Link to a song on Soundcloud:

An embed to a song on Soundcloud:
kronosquartet · Yevge…[Read more]

]]> af6cae07f9810e5f667064b652d6040f PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/#post-49798 Fri, 18 Aug 2023 22:02:47 +0000 I write like an idiot, often. As a moderator I can edit my posts for hours, and I do that way too often. I don’t leave behind a trail of explanations of these edits, as they are often so numerous and the corrections I make are largely just typos and necessary clarifications to thoughts written too quickly. I often think that since I feel strongly…[Read more]

]]> 45aa69fc24e3d7bb2777592cd82f9dbc Doug Hanlon joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/34015/ Sun, 28 Aug 2022 08:50:47 +0000 0 2d1a2a0cb5270baacfa7d354bad84b2d PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/#post-44031 Tue, 02 Aug 2022 03:04:47 +0000 LONDON

DUBLIN

MAINE

SAN FRANCISCO

UKRAINE

SPAIN

Clock HTML source, if you know how to edit a web page:
https://www.timeanddate.com/clocks/free.html

]]> 3f6affea7123df9f212818868a0e066d PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/#post-43996 Sat, 30 Jul 2022 23:00:52 +0000 Advanced Tip How to add quote blocks from posts that are on a different page. This is a continuation of the post directly above, so make sure you understand how that works, first.

blah blah blah [work in progress… this may take me some time to write].

Quick summary: Click the post #ID number and create a new tab for it; Highlight the desired…[Read more]

]]> 0006cafc98d410da9326fa792ffeac04 PopeBeanie replied to the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/#post-43991 Sat, 30 Jul 2022 21:33:41 +0000 I now use this topic area for temporarily editing posts until they’re acceptable to be published. In fact THIS post that you’re reading is a work in progress.

The following tip will be too much trouble for some… maybe I’m the only poster here who needs to use it consistently… like practically every time I write any post! Here’s my new…[Read more]

]]> 19c8c7c673964ae6ba0fe7e49df446ef PopeBeanie started the topic Your Personal Scratch Zones in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/your-personal-scratch-zones/ Fri, 29 Jul 2022 21:59:43 +0000 Feel free to start a new post below, to experiment with what works or doesn’t work in terms of editing features, and so on. You may leave your posts here, or delete them, or if you want to delete a post but can’t, leave another post below asking me to delete it.

I’ll leave up an example of my own scratch zone, including “PopeBeanie” in its title.…[Read more]

]]> eb888302c3780a0d6711f65776a606db PopeBeanie replied to the topic test only in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/test-only/#post-34232 Sun, 08 Nov 2020 04:26:47 +0000 To wit:

]]> ed2fdf54f3072f164ff3e6b95133d37b PopeBeanie replied to the topic FAQ in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/faq/#post-33809 Sun, 25 Oct 2020 08:16:03 +0000 The potentially confusing thing about Groups

TLDR: The first thing to notice when you click a link that takes you to a group page is: Are you now on the group’s Home page, or the group’s Forum page? Home is for updates, Forum is for posts in topics.

I’ll illustrate each page.

1) The Group’s Home page only shows updates, which you can add to. …[Read more]

]]> 9eb7ec356f084cbb15b8db32d4e1c920 TheEncogitationer joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/24252/ Wed, 21 Oct 2020 19:56:11 +0000 0 563022d31b577efad926e4b8ea34e7da But Ler joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/23777/ Fri, 02 Oct 2020 20:18:49 +0000 0 f1ea050518baed19a1ffe533f7a5ea07 PopeBeanie replied to the topic "Bug or feature?", and other Minor/Arcane Issues in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/bug-or-feature-and-other-minorarcane-issues/#post-30466 Mon, 09 Mar 2020 16:19:19 +0000 edited in one more paragraph to the tip. whoops! 🙂

]]> 5edf72b46aa94d3212139e89a68e8df1 Reg the Fronkey Farmer replied to the topic "Bug or feature?", and other Minor/Arcane Issues in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/bug-or-feature-and-other-minorarcane-issues/#post-30463 Sun, 08 Mar 2020 22:03:28 +0000 The “time out” seems to start the countdown from when you login rather than from when you last posted something. It does not seem to matter if you are actively posting each day, once a week or even if you are active at the time the countdown ends.

The countdown should be resetting itself each time activity is detected – i.e. after a post is…[Read more]

]]> 85481f84bc2da933a23e6eb6e52d9f61 Reg the Fronkey Farmer joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/20821/ Sun, 08 Mar 2020 21:57:01 +0000 0 710057af064dbba3a08c094b9badaf4a David joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/18662/ Fri, 06 Sep 2019 13:40:16 +0000 0 674c5e12384193c2934010c8812472f9 Jody Lee joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/18419/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 01:32:06 +0000 0 cadb1bad84bf35bb12768d280f70ce5e PopeBeanie posted an update in the group Tips: Renamed and updated topic "Adding Photos, Videos, and Other […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/18417/ Sun, 25 Aug 2019 00:11:24 +0000 Renamed and updated topic “Adding Photos, Videos, and Other File Links to a Post” to included short hint for how to add links to personal cloud files, e.g. PDFs. (See https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/adding-photos-and-videos-to-a-post/#post-2345 )

]]> 0 35e49e019d3017d0b1bac59dba619bf1 PopeBeanie posted an update in the group Tips: I've updated the Searching AtheistZone and ThinkAtheist […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/17322/ Tue, 02 Jul 2019 19:30:03 +0000 I’ve updated the Searching AtheistZone and ThinkAtheist topic in the Tips Forum.

]]> 0 cf8640ebb7475cac831249d71d59224a PopeBeanie replied to the topic test only in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/test-only/#post-26166 Mon, 06 May 2019 20:27:50 +0000 Simple graphic test

]]> cdde75201af6a183671b2faac0d30b8d PopeBeanie replied to the topic "Bug or feature?", and other Minor/Arcane Issues in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/bug-or-feature-and-other-minorarcane-issues/#post-26008 Fri, 19 Apr 2019 19:18:56 +0000 BUG (imo):

While logged in, I wrote a post, and after clicking on the Submit button, instead of posting it, the page I was on just refreshed and what I had written was just… gone, with no clue as to why!

By rare coincidence and with no warning, my WordPress/AZ login had expired while I was writing, and didn’t handle it with sufficient grace,…[Read more]

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    • ]]>     0     2988eab24b4fa161b940e7f5cb24a359 PopeBeanie started the topic Using RSS for receiving updates on posts in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/using-rss-for-receiving-updates-on-posts/ Sun, 12 Aug 2018 22:27:56 +0000 [If you need help with the following, go ahead and reply with a question. This will also help me update this work-in-progress topic with more comprehensive instructions. Thank you!]

    RSS is an old internet protocol,but currently resurging in popularity. RSS helps one stay abreast with the latest posts, whether they’re listed at AZ, listed as mp3…[Read more]

    ]]>         65b2cae3085e7a3e00067483d07c7f8a PopeBeanie posted an update in the group Tips: @Davis I finally updated our still-paltry FAQ: ( […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/12898/ Mon, 02 Jul 2018 02:08:21 +0000 @Davis I finally updated our still-paltry FAQ: ( https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/faq/#post-6325 ) for you.

    ]]>     0     bee1bcc3366a4284a1755ad49d8d33ee Davis posted an update in the group Tips: Hi. I'm trying to embed a facebook video....but with no […] https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/12675/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:00:55 +0000 Hi. I’m trying to embed a facebook video….but with no successs. Anyone know how?

    ]]>     0     b723ab073886b500915e2887eb56f6ef Davis joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/12674/ Fri, 15 Jun 2018 17:00:21 +0000 0 fd2d14cacb39a22de21e7600747e3b71 frb joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/10629/ Sat, 10 Feb 2018 04:15:18 +0000 0 92f8a034c525689c2b6080d2c544ad1b iouri filippov joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/9981/ Wed, 10 Jan 2018 13:58:11 +0000 0 239e5e2acb9278661dff08f4f52436aa Strega replied to the topic FAQ in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/faq/#post-6338 Wed, 29 Nov 2017 19:46:55 +0000 I 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!

    ]]>         c2bbcdd1da75acbabde4246c67bd9dbf PopeBeanie started the topic FAQ in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/faq/ Tue, 28 Nov 2017 23:33:57 +0000 Replying 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…

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    ]]>         637aa24a044a3e0af5406d711fe6589d PopeBeanie replied to the topic Making block quotes and the @ symbol work in your post in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/making-the-symbol-work-in-your-post/#post-3544 Tue, 11 Jul 2017 20:49:39 +0000

    A) 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.

    ]]>         babe4e7f7d2db293f3f4425bd708e14b PopeBeanie replied to the topic Navigating, and desktop vs mobile AZ in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/navigating-and-desktop-vs-mobile-az/#post-3237 Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:56:30 +0000

    PopeBeanie wrote:
    For 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.
    • .

    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.

    ]]>         a21b2e3a3382cdc11e8905bd6d6c285c PopeBeanie started the topic Navigating, and desktop vs mobile AZ in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/navigating-and-desktop-vs-mobile-az/ Mon, 19 Jun 2017 22:44:38 +0000 For 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.
    • .

     

    ]]>         3b3d00d3fcdcc37977de1ca705b9f1f1 PopeBeanie started the topic "Bug or feature?", and other Minor/Arcane Issues in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/bug-or-feature-and-other-minorarcane-issues/ Thu, 15 Jun 2017 20:31:46 +0000 Just 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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    ]]>         a522a04bb494f358c27cbfe62ff80fdc JadeBlackOlive joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/5163/ Thu, 08 Jun 2017 21:03:03 +0000 0 6e4257d69a2dd2ba2fca56adea004a41 PopeBeanie started the topic Tips for Group Creation and Management in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/tips-for-group-creation-and-management/ Mon, 24 Aug 2015 21:33:58 +0000 AZ 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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    ]]>         56391b81a4704de945ad4c8e1e1615ea Richard Robertson joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/4095/ Sat, 08 Aug 2015 13:53:14 +0000 0 16b8706c837c3817dfc1160e6549f296 PopeBeanie started the topic Adding Photos, Videos, and Other File Links to a Post in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/adding-photos-and-videos-to-a-post/ Fri, 07 Aug 2015 05:44:09 +0000 The 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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    ]]>         8d61803fec30b1d222dabc343a3e4edb SteveInCO replied to the topic Making the @ symbol work in your post in the forum Tips http://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/making-the-symbol-work-in-your-post/#post-2154 Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:20:17 +0000 I’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.)

    ]]>         b20702da8018a59919d41505fa355eb2 SteveInCO joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/3656/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 13:16:00 +0000 0 76a0109cb8f7ec3552c3a218f6c3a1c9 PopeBeanie started the topic Making block quotes and the @ symbol work in your post in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/making-the-symbol-work-in-your-post/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 03:08:33 +0000

    How to Create Block Quotes
    (like the one you’re reading here in this gray block)

    The above gray 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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    ]]>         1a8014bd52079a9e8f6d529651a1d14b Strega joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1990/ Sun, 19 Jul 2015 14:01:27 +0000 0 8aa45cee33b3b320b6fd49612839943a Michael S. Phelps joined the group Tips https://atheistzone.com/activity/p/1250/ Mon, 13 Jul 2015 21:57:16 +0000 0 cc8d1a96b6d499c9de45309465929119 PopeBeanie started the topic Searching AtheistZone (not ThinkAtheist) in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/google-searching-atheistzone-and-thinkatheist/ Sat, 11 Jul 2015 22:46:52 +0000 The most comprehensive search available at the moment here on AZ is the Forums Search, which searches both the General Forums and the Group Forums. The magnifying glass icon in the upper right next to your avatar doesn’t work, although I think it did at one time. (I’ll pass this on to @rebel.)
    @PopeBeanie

    Google’s search can be more flexible,…[Read more]

    ]]>         9dd4a1685cacba59742def39bcc4e539 PopeBeanie started the topic defunct: Links to ThinkAtheist (archive) in the forum Tips https://atheistzone.com/groups/tips/forum/topic/links-to-thinkatheist-archive/ Sat, 11 Jul 2015 22:41:29 +0000 No TA content exists any more. Dunno why I’m still keeping this topic alive. It’s difficult to just let its history die completely.

    To see what is still available to us at the old ThinkAtheist site, click on one of the general categories listed below.

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