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Title: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: lady amarant on March 12, 2008, 04:51:33 AM
Okay, so I confess, I'm an idiot at the whole chat thing. All those little little abbreviations, how to embed pictures and stuff, the basics escape me. So I hereby suggest we start an idiot's guide to Susan's, of sorts, kinda a collection of best practices and shortcuts and stuff.

So I'll start:



Posted on: 12 March 2008, 01:28:38
HOW TO POST A YOUTUBE VIDEO:

step one: locate video to be embedded, say this one:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1z5M3BDZo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1z5M3BDZo)

step two: copy out the bit in the URL (the address) that comes after the equals sign, in this case:

7k1z5M3BDZo

step three: in your post, double-click the above bit of extracted text to highlight it.

step four: locate youtube button on top toolbar. click

the text will now look like this:

[yt=425,350]7k1z5M3BDZo[/yt]

or as a shortcut, you can simply append the [yt][/yt] tags yourself.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k1z5M3BDZo

Happy posting!!!



Posted on: 12 March 2008, 02:36:38
Okay, so now my question of the day:

Is there any way of having a thread show up in your new replies section without you posting something in it? Using notify does work okay, but having forty notifications come through overnight on busy threads kinda overloads the brain.
Title: Re: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: mickiejr1815 on March 12, 2008, 11:10:22 AM
Don't fret it Simone, i've been here awhile and i still haven't figured out how to post some of the stuff, even following directions, maybe the fact i'm blonde has something to do with(no offense to others) lol, but usually i find this kind of music disturbing. today, not so much, i found this to be rather refreshing and enjoyable. Thanks for posting it.

Best wishes,
Mickie
Title: Re: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: lady amarant on March 12, 2008, 12:16:45 PM
Well since most people find me mildly disturbing, it's only right that I listen to disturbing music...  >:D

Plus: Light or dark blonde? Light has more fun, but dark gets to be sillier. And I do so love being silly.
Title: Re: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: mickiejr1815 on March 12, 2008, 12:19:40 PM
i'm golden blonde, but i downloaded the song, and some of their other's, and i don't find you disturbing...lol



Mickie
Title: Re: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: lady amarant on March 12, 2008, 12:41:19 PM
Quote from: mickie on March 12, 2008, 12:19:40 PM
i'm golden blonde, but i downloaded the song, and some of their other's, and i don't find you disturbing...lol



Mickie

Wait till you hear some of my other taste in music...  :icon_weee:
Title: Re: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: mickiejr1815 on March 12, 2008, 12:48:41 PM
can't wait....lol


Mickie
Title: Re: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: lady amarant on March 12, 2008, 12:58:20 PM
Aw, okay, since you're twisting my arm and all...

my youtube playlist for music vids... enjoy:

http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=00C55F5EF4969B50 (http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=00C55F5EF4969B50)
Title: Re: the unofficial official dumb newbie thread...
Post by: mickiejr1815 on March 12, 2008, 06:48:03 PM
ok, i will check it out


mickie