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== Basics == | == Basics == | ||
=== Logging in === | |||
When you open the forum, you will be faced with a front page that lists the different categories of the forum. You can use one of the '''login''' buttons (marked yellow in the image) to log in with your FeministWiki username and password. | When you open the forum, you will be faced with a front page that lists the different categories of the forum. You can use one of the '''login''' buttons (marked yellow in the image) to log in with your FeministWiki username and password. | ||
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Also, don't try to use the ''I forgot my password'' link on this page. Since your FeministWiki password is managed centrally by the wiki software, use the password recovery function of the wiki and not the forum. Details here: [[Help:Password recovery|Password recovery]] | Also, don't try to use the ''I forgot my password'' link on this page. Since your FeministWiki password is managed centrally by the wiki software, use the password recovery function of the wiki and not the forum. Details here: [[Help:Password recovery|Password recovery]] | ||
=== Topics and posts (replies) === | |||
After you've successfully logged in, you will be returned to the front page of the forum. Let's enter the '''Announcements''' category to check out the topics there. | After you've successfully logged in, you will be returned to the front page of the forum. Let's enter the '''Announcements''' category to check out the topics there. | ||
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[[File:help-forum-03-announcements.png|thumb|none|800px|The "Announcements" sub-forum.]] | [[File:help-forum-03-announcements.png|thumb|none|800px|The "Announcements" sub-forum.]] | ||
There's just one topic in the list: ''Welcome to the FeministForum''. Above and below the topic list, there are the '''New topic''' buttons. You can use those to open a form for creating a new topic under Announcements. Alternatively, you can open the topic you see and read the messages in it. | There's just one topic in the list: ''Welcome to the FeministForum''. Above and below the topic list, there are the '''New topic''' buttons. You can use those to open a form for creating a new topic under Announcements. Alternatively, you can open the topic you see and read the posts (messages) in it. The first post, written by the one who started to topic, is commonly called the Opening Post (OP), and the other posts are replies. | ||
Feel free to create a topic under Announcements to say hello to the forum. | Feel free to create a topic under Announcements to say hello to the forum. | ||
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[[File:Help-forum-04-quick-reply.png|thumb|none|800px|The "Quick Reply" section of a topic, at the bottom.]] | [[File:Help-forum-04-quick-reply.png|thumb|none|800px|The "Quick Reply" section of a topic, at the bottom.]] | ||
There you can enter a message you want to | There you can enter a message you want to post to the topic and click '''Submit''' to immediately send it. You can also click '''Full Editor & Preview''' to copy the text you've written so far into the "full editor" (which has a few more functions) and see a preview of your post. The "full editor" is the same form that opens when creating a new topic. | ||
'''Note:''' if you click the ''Post Reply'' button at the bottom left (crossed out in red) instead of '''Full Editor & Preview''', it will lose the text you've written into the Quick Reply form so far. If you do so accidentally, you might be able to restore the text by clicking the "Back" button of your browser. Better to always use the '''Full Editor & Preview''' button. | '''Note:''' if you click the ''Post Reply'' button at the bottom left (crossed out in red) instead of '''Full Editor & Preview''', it will lose the text you've written into the Quick Reply form so far. If you do so accidentally, you might be able to restore the text by clicking the "Back" button of your browser. Better to always use the '''Full Editor & Preview''' button. | ||
Let's take a look at the full editor. | === The posting form === | ||
Let's take a look at the "full editor" for creating a post. This form appears both when you want to create a new topic, and when you want to compose a reply to a topic with the "full editor." | |||
[[File:help-forum-05-reply.png|thumb|none|800px|The full editor, or posting form.]] | |||
At the top we possibly see the preview of our message. (This is not a "live" preview, you have to click on '''Preview''' at the bottom to show/refresh it.) It might seem pretty useless at first, but you can enter some special symbols into the text area to use special formatting for your text (bold, italics, colored, etc.) or insert smily icons (or "emojis" as the kids call them nowadays), and these will only appear in the preview form of the message, not in the text form. The preview always shows you how your message will ultimately appear. | |||
Below the "Post a reply" line, you can set the Post icon. This is just a cute little feature of the forum that doesn't have any important role. Below it, there's the Subject line. You must fill this one out when creating a new topic. When replying, it will be filled out automatically and you don't need to bother changing it. | |||
The actual text area for your post allows you to enter plain text, as well some special symbols that can be used to create specially styled text, insert links or images, and so on. You can use the little buttons above the text area to automatically insert the required symbols. If you put your mouse above one of the buttons, it will tell you what function it's for. Feel free to test out some things and click on '''Preview''' to see how it will look after you've posted it. | |||
To the right side you can click on some smilies (or "emoticons" or "emojis" as they're called nowadays) to insert the special symbols for them. Most of them are pretty simple, like <code>:)</code> or <code>:D</code>. | |||
=== File attachments === | |||
You can attach files to your posts. This can be done both for the Opening Post of a topic, and for replies. | |||
To attach a file, scroll down to below the line with the ''Save Draft'', ''Preview'' and ''Submit'' buttons. You will see a section that has two or three buttons: ''Options'', '''Attachments''', and possibly ''Poll creation'' (the last one is only available when creating a new topic) | |||
By clicking on '''Attachments''' and then '''Add files''' you can open a window to select files to attach. | |||
[[File:Help-forum-10-attach.png|thumb|none|800px|The ''Attachments'' panel]] | |||
== User settings == | == User settings == | ||