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Eich

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Important Information
« on: January 20, 2015, 03:20:07 PM »
If you're having problems registering for an account or your account is no longer working you can reach an admin at keeplooking353@protonmail.com.

This thread is a collection of helpful little tidbits, for anyone new to the site.

BBCode
The forum uses BBCode, not html (link to Wikipedia; has some basic commands). So, if you want to edit your post's text size, font, color, etc., include an image, make a link, or anything like that, you'll need to know some BBCode. Alternatively, you can use the buttons above the text field when writing a post to automatically paste some BBCode into your post. Our lovely Lenny made a tutorial in the first post of The SSSS Art Museum that explains how to post and resize images with BBCode.

Flags
We have flag images stored on the forum for people to use in signatures and posts. All flag images can be found in the "more" section under the emojis.



You can also use them by typing the two letter ISO code of the country you want, inside of colons. No capital letters, no spaces.
Example: for the flag of Afghanistan you would type :af: and get :af:

List of Chaptor Break Survivor Ribbons
Starfallz has provided us with a range of ribbons for those who survived chapter breaks.
You can check ribbons and codes out at the Chapter Break Survivors.

Ranks and Membergroups
Post Based Ranks:
  • 0-10 posts - Super-Newbie
  • 5-99 posts - Newbie
  • 100-249 posts - Safe-Zone Citizen
  • 250-499 posts - Scout
  • 500-999 posts - Ranger
  • 1000-2499 posts - Ruler of a derelict Airport
  • 2500-5000 - Admiral of a Sunken Ship
  • 5000-10,000 - Conqueror of an Abandoned City
  • 10,000+ - Wanderer of Lost Worlds

Membergroups:
  • Traveler on the Bird's Path - Deceased forum members
  • 18+ - Addable role to view the mature content board
  • Skald - Forum Organizers
  • Valkyrie and Haltija - Moderators
  • Æsir and Jumala - Administrators
  • Retired Moderator - past moderators
  • Retired Admin - past admins

Mature Content Board
This board is restricted to members who are older than 18 and have more than 10 posts. If you would like to have access, add the role to your profile under » modify profile » group membership » 18+
If a moderator or an admin has reason to believe you are lying about your age, your access to the mature board will be revoked permanently.

How to Report Site Errors or Suggest Improvements

How to Report Posts
If you see a post that breaks the rules, or you think needs to be edited, you can report that post to the admins and mods.
There is a button at the bottom-right of every post that says "Report to Moderator." This is a good way to deal with trolls, spam posts, etc. because it prevents you from getting involved
The same goes for upsetting messages. At the bottom-right of every message you will find a button saying "Report to Admin".
The admins and mods can see who sent the report, but nobody else can, so you remain anonymous. 

Personal Help and Guidance
We know that people sometimes need a form of support we are not able to provide here. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please use the following links.

Suicide hotline links/numbers:

Staff
Here is what different staff groups can and can't do:

What a Skald can do:
* Split threads into new topics
* Name new threads resulting from thread-splitting
* Edit any calendar event
* Merge threads
* Move threads to different boards
* Lock/unlock threads
* Pin/sticky threads

What a Skald can't do:
* Change or delete anyone's individual post
* Delete threads
* Add holidays to the calendar
* See or deal with anyone's PMs
* Ban/delete users
* Major technical fixes


What a Moderator can do:
* Everything a skald can do
* Delete posts
* Ban/delete users
* Issue warnings to users
* Change the news

What a Moderator can't do:
* Major technical fixes
* Add holidays to the calendar
* Add those little country flags (or any kind of images)
* Fix bugs or site downtime
* See or deal with anyone's PMs


What an Admin can do:
* Everything a moderator and skald can do
* Create new boards
* Add/edit roles and membergroups
* Make boards visible/invisible to groups
* Add flags/smileys
* Deal with reported PMs
* Change anyone's profile settings
* Technical things (bug fixes, site outages)
* Add/remove holidays to the calendar
* Edit forum site code
* Database stuff

What an Admin can't do:
* This mostly depends on the admin
« Last Edit: January 06, 2022, 09:07:35 PM by Keep Looking »
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Solovei

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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2015, 03:58:24 PM »
Great post, eich! When/if the linking issue gets resolved, I'll add it to the index.

Maybe also go over how to report site errors?
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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #2 on: January 20, 2015, 06:49:01 PM »
Might be helpful to pin this thread for easy access!


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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2015, 03:54:04 AM »
Very good post and improvement suggestions!
A link to the 'Forum index' post(s) by Solovei could help?
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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #4 on: February 17, 2015, 03:28:54 AM »
Courtesy of Richard Weir:  A helpful reminder that links embedded in Disqus comments don't automatically copy into the Forum.

You need to right-click on the links and choose "Copy link address" (or similar wording, YMMV). Then you can paste the link into your post.

Forums often truncate the visible text of links, and that is what highlighting and copying will "see"; the truncated form is what gets copied. When you click on the link, the browser looks at the actual address, not the truncated version.
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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #5 on: April 26, 2015, 01:07:45 PM »
Would it be possible to add the Ex-Yugoslavia countries (well, at leas Croatia, since that's the one I was shooting for ... ;) )?
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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2015, 09:43:54 AM »
We use country flags to indicate language. For this can we add transnational languages like Arabic and Spanish?

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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #7 on: July 15, 2015, 07:16:50 AM »
Okay, so P_ has discovered that using the form /me+third person singular verb predicate thing from IRC actually works, albeit only when it's the first thing in its line and /me has no punctuation or anything. It works within conjunction with other codes, like bolding or some such.

Eg.
* Dane Murgen does some innocuous thing.
* Dane Murgen fait quelque chose. (désolé Mélusine)
I, /me, love you.
/Me, I love you.
* Dane Murgen goes to this site.
* Dane Murgen gives this photo of flowers from hell:
/Me does this. (has a space in front)

Just a little helpful PSA piggybacking off of other people's discoveries. If anyone needs it for roleplaying themselves doing various actions quickly and "officially". It even comes in red, so another incentive yay.

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Re: Helpful Information
« Reply #8 on: July 29, 2015, 12:16:47 AM »
For instance, if someone wants to know how to get there country's flag into their signature, all they would have to do is look here!
I've been trying for a month almost to figure out how to do this. Thank.

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And maybe:
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Considering your title and amount of posts.
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Helpful Information for Trying Times
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2015, 04:11:37 PM »
To correlate with updates we'll be making soon to the Comfort Corner policy, please note these resources (although we hope they are not needed):

•   Suicide hotline links/numbers:  http://www.reddit.com/r/SuicideWatch/wiki/hotlines
•   http://www.transfaithonline.org/intersections/suicide/getting_help/ (These links were compiled specifically for transgender and LGB youth, but are available to all.)
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Re: Important Information
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2016, 01:58:26 PM »
I've added the information and requirements for seeing the mature content board to this thread for anyone who would like access in the future.

Mature Content Board
This board is restricted to members who are older than 18 and have more than 12 posts. You can apply to see it by going to your profile, under "modify profile" choose "group membership", scroll down to Over 18 and hit "request membership". Your request will be processed by our board moderators.
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Re: Important Information
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2018, 01:35:45 AM »
how do you save PMs that you've sent?

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Re: Important Information
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2018, 07:31:57 AM »
how do you save PMs that you've sent?
There's a "save a copy of each personal message in my sent items by default" option here(*) and the sent messages should (then) appear here(**).

(*) To get there through the menus: Profile -> Account Settings -> Modify Profile -> Personal Messages
(**) My Messages -> Read your messages -> Messages -> Sent Items
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Re: Important Information
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2018, 09:16:55 PM »
There's a "save a copy of each personal message in my sent items by default" option here(*) and the sent messages should (then) appear here(**).

(*) To get there through the menus: Profile -> Account Settings -> Modify Profile -> Personal Messages
(**) My Messages -> Read your messages -> Messages -> Sent Items
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