Forum Tips and Tricks

I'll be adding a some tips and tricks every so often to this thread. Lots of features people aren't aware of.

Linking directly to a particular post.
You can link to any post directly by right clicking the title of that post which is usually preceded by "RE:", after right clicking the terminology may vary slightly depending on your browser but it will be something similar to "Copy link location" which is used in Firefox. For example the link for this topic is:

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http://nepacrossroads.com/about25497.html

The link for this particular post is:

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http://nepacrossroads.com/about25497.html#p306001

The first link just loads the page like normal, try click the second link. It will auto scroll the page right to the post itself.




The Fast Way to Quote a Snippet of Text
Instead of using the quote button on a post you can quote a post, a snippet of text from the post or even , multiple posts from the posting page. After hitting the post reply button first click the posting pane to place the cursor when you want the quote to appear. Scroll down to the bottom to view the topic review pane, inside this pane is the last 15 posts. You can quote an individual post by clicking the quote button or if you just want to quote a snippet of text highlight what you want to quote and hit and then hit the quote button.




The Word Censor
The word censor is a user option that is on by default it can be turned off in the control panel.
http://nepacrossroads.com/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=view




Smilie Codes
The codes for smilies can be typed out if you can remember them. Every smilie code begins and ends with a colon and has a short snippet of text between the colons. Typing this:

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  :bang: :mad3:

Produces this:






Shortcuts to Posts
- This icon next to topic titles will take you to the last unread post in a topic.
- This icon in the last post column will take you to the very last post in a topic

Thanx Richard

How did you arrive at the #p306001 at the end of that link? I've been trying to figure out how to do that since I've been on here ...

Every post is assigned a number in incremental values when it's posted. That's post number 306001. When you right click the post title and "copy the link location" you only have to paste it that is what will appear. The post title is the title that appears on the post itself preceded by the "Re:"

The Fast Way to Quote a Snippet of Text
Instead of using the quote button on a post you can quote a post, a snippet of text from the post or even , multiple posts from the posting page. After hitting the post reply button first click the posting pane to place the cursor when you want the quote to appear. Scroll down to the bottom to view the topic review pane, inside this pane is the last 15 posts. You can quote an individual post by clicking the quote button or if you just want to quote a snippet of text highlight what you want to quote and hit and then hit the quote button.

The word censor is a user option that is on by default, it can be turned off in the control panel.
http://nepacrossroads.com/ucp.php?i=prefs&mode=view

Smilie Codes
The codes for smilies can be typed out if you can remember them. Every smilie code begins and ends with a colon and has a short snippet of text between the colons. Typing this:

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  :bang: :mad3:

Produces this:

Shortcuts to Posts
- This icon next to topic titles will take you to the last unread post in a topic.
- This icon in the last post column will take you to the very last post in a topic