The Complete Beginners Guide to Posts!!

[Fiona Maccafferty]

SO. Welcome to Cass's navigation/Posting tutorial! CLICK ME FOR AN EXAMPLE So, ok. You made a fancy, shiny character, waded through Cass's various demands, and FINALLY got your guy(or gal) approved!! SCHWEET! THEN! You get a PM from a staffer, telling you to feel free to post anywhere. So, you click on a mission, and...WHAT. THE. HECK. No worries! Cass made a handy guide for you! (Cue the Batman theme). First, some jargon: Thread: A thread is the whole mess of posts. Post: An individual part of the thread. "Rapid Fire" thread: Those that we get super-excited about and "rapid fire" posts at until Maggie is done with Ryan the end, and then we go about our merry way. There's only been a few of those. Tags: Those names at the bottom of the post. Timestamp: Where you are on Base/the world at any given time. THESE ARE MANDATORY for all in-character, in-mission posts. Ok, so I put a fake post in the pic area. That's basically how your mission posts should look. It's simple enough to do; find the post area (called a "container"-the vast white space), and simply enter your text. How to do a time stamp. That is quite simple. Just use the handy guide at the top of the post container. The buttons are square with a large B, I, etc. Click the one you need (B is bold, I is italic, u is underline, etc). Click that, and type your text in BETWEEN the brackets. Alternatively, you can just type them. This is called basic code. So, to do that, you will use your square bracket. So it should look something like so: [ text]. I use a Mac, so for me, it's just a click of a key; you may have to use the shift button. The timestamp should be the FIRST thing you type, then skip a space or so, because it looks purdy and we speak English, Ok? Next up is your part. Type your posty. It's really as simple as who you are, what you are doing, what is happening around you, etc. All of you seem to have a grasp on this part, so I won't elaborate. So, ok. You had your character do a bunch of fun things and shootie boats happened and Cass made bad jokes. SO. Now it's time for tags! Tags are easier than they look!! All you do is hover over the character's name in the profile (That table to the side of the post), and it will reveal the user name! Then, you use the @ symbol. So. I want to tag myself and Steve/Conway in a post. So I would hover over Alec Baldwin for longer than is appropriate (Because I am old and he IS a Baldwin...). Anyway. This reveals that his username is "admin." SO. I just type @ admin (but no space), like this:Jason Conway, and voila! Tomorrow or later today, I might just make a list. We'll see how much energy and time I get. AND THURR!! You now have your first posty!! YAYYYY!! *glitter and sparkles* Later on, I will be posting another tut on "advanced" posting techniques to go along with my new codes, and a quicky on how to add images, etc. I hope this helps!!

IGNORE	THIS
Notes

[Fiona Maccafferty]

cassscreativecorner.proboards.com/thread/43/example-post?page=1&scrollTo=46

Pretend that that is the example link. Stupid tablet.

[Jason Conway]

Hello? Great work Cass! You see, because I was tagged in this post, my profile tab on the forum alerted me that Cass had tagged me, so I clicked over here. Users of the smart phone app "tapatalk" will usually also receive direct notifications if they have been tagged in a thread. I find tapatalk is an easy way to keep track and read up on stuff while you're out and about.

Also, don't forget you can use the tabs underneath the "new post" text container to switch between BBcode mode and preview mode. Preview mode gives you the ability to type your post and see it as it will appear when its a finished product. Meaning if you highlight text and click 'B' button to make it bold, you'll see that effect in real time.

Awesome stuff Cass, looking forward to part two!