Post by The « Scith » on Jun 7, 2006 14:51:00 GMT -5
« The Five Commandments for Posting in the OOC »
1. Use Common Sense. Is your post relevant to the topic at hand?
2. Be courteous. Remember, even if someone else is being a proverbial ass, you always look like the better one when your not yelling and screaming.
3. Avoid to much net-speak. When making an example, sure, its good and all, and even some shortening can be a good thing, but please, remember that words like "you" and "are" compared to "u" and "r" just make you look as if you dont have an education.
4. If you speak in a different language, then try your best to use English. If someone else rags on you for it? Ignore them ( Your using two languages, when they probably dont know their own better then you do. )
5. Have fun. Remember, its meant to be a game of sorts, so dont make it too serious. ^^
« Basics for Forum Life »
All though many of you may know of things to do, or places to hunt for things to keep you entertained, if at all just basic things to make your life easier on this forum or others, some people do not. This is why this was written.
» UBBC Codes «
( How to put Images, Links, etc. Into your sig and otherwise )
( How to put Images, Links, etc. Into your sig and otherwise )
Top Five Questions for these UBBC Codes:
Q: How to Create a Link in your Sig?
A:
[url=yourlinkhere]Title you Wish the URL to Have[/url] Q: How to put an image in my sig?
A:
[img]link to your image[/img] Q: You linked your image to your Bio. How do I do that?
A:
[url=yourlinkhere][img]link to your Image[/img][/url]Q: How come I see a red X sometimes even though I used the right code?
A: This is because the host of the image cannot handle the stress on its server. You should save the image you want to use and host it else where. ( Do this by right clicking the image, and clicking on "Save Picture As" You can then save it to the folder you wish. ) To host it somewhere else, check the Links list for reliable sites.
Q: Your images and links and stuff are all centered. How did you do that?
A:
[center] all of the stuff you want centered ( Including the IMG, URL, B, U, ect codes ) [/center] » Image Hosts «
Note: Ratings are out of 5 stars.
TinyPic: www.tinypic.com ( This is the Host I use the most, it hosts your images reliably, while giving you a link for it which saves Signature Space. )
Rating: ****
Image Shack: www.imageshack.us ( This Host allows you to store larger image files, and also resizes them for you, however, the link they give you is generally LARGE in size as well. )
Rating: ****
Photo Bucket: photobucket.com ( Requires registration, but generally has freedom on what you put up, save for the standard with almost ALL image hosts, no vulgar material. )
Rating: ***
The Image Hosting: www.theimagehosting.com ( This one is not as known as its predecessors, but with that, they also generally allow any image you can think of. ( They rarely check anyways. ) However, it also requires a registration. )
Rating: **
Image Cash: www.imagecash.net ( This is a site, where you have to register, and for that you can upload as many images as you want, of what EVER content you want. ( Save for illegal images, which I should hope no one on here has ANYWAYS. ) You also get cash for every image view that you amass. ( Warning: HEAVILY riddled with Pornography and ads, but then again. It has to be if your getting paid to upload images. )
Rating: ***
» Useful Links «
TinyURL: www.tinyurl.com ( This site is VERY useful for shortening the link to your biography, or other things you find interesting. It can save quite a bit of space in your sig. However, this DOES NOT WORK with image links and getting them to display in your signature. )
Rating: *****
Fighters Generation: www.fightersgeneration.com ( Ever wanted an animated gif of your character? The one you based off a fighting game? Well. Here ya go, it has everything from Street Fighter, King of Fighters, right up to little things like the Art of Fighting. A GREAT resource for Images on Fighting Game Characters. The only down side, is not the entire set of letters is up. )
Rating: *****
Orochinagi: kingoffighters.planets.gamespy.com/rips_edits/ ( This is another great place for sprite rips, they have some unique ones here as well as the traditional, though, on this site ,they are mostly tied around the King of Fighters series. Still worth a look! )
Rating: ****
» Communication Programs «
AIM: www.aim.com ( One of the Listed devices in your profile. It is versatile, having radio, private chatrooms, and even special displays and games to play with friends. Also can be used on the go via a cell phone. However, can eat away at PC resources. )
Rating: ***
MSN: messenger.msn.com ( Another one of the listed devices in your profile, it requires an e-mail address where you can confirm the account to get full access. It also has games, chats, among other things. It is one of the most widely used messengers. My personal Fav. )
Rating: *****
YIM: messenger.yahoo.com ( One of the remaining two devices from your profile. It is extremely versatile with chatrooms, radio, games, messenger, and alot of other little trinkets to use. However, with this, comes the fact, that like AIM it tends to eat away at computer resources. )
Rating: ***
« Basic Etiquette »
( Remember, this is a WORK in progress, leave comments, questions you think should be put up here, modifications to it, ect. )
