The Editor Toolbar
When you make or edit a new post, you have some control over formatting and appearance of the content. This is done via the editor toolbar which you can see illustrated below.
In general to use the formatting functions you highlight the content that needs to be changed and click the relevent button. Other functions such as inserting a video work slightly differently and we'll talk about that briefly later.
When you use any of the forum editor controls, new text is autmatically inserted into the post. These bits of text are called "tags". You can also type the button-generated tags into the post yourself. Just make sure you get the syntax correct or the post may not turn out looking the way you wanted.
So let's take a look at the tags available from the editor toolbar.
Text Formatting
These controls are similar to a normal word processor. Highlight the text and click the formatting button, change the text size using the drop down box or change the colour by using the colour swatch. You can also change the alignment and create bulletted or numbered lists.
By the way, you can align images and videos using the alignment buttons too.
Spoiler and Hide
These buttons have a special function. The spoiler replaces the text with a clickable icon. Try it out for yourself by clicking on the "Warning Spoiler" text so you can read the rest of this section:
To use the spoiler function, highlight the content you want to have hidden and click the "Spoiler" button on the message editor toolbar. That will add spoiler "tags" around your text.
The "Hide" button will hide content from any viewers who aren't logged in to the site. For example there is a members-only message hidden on the next line:
Part of the message is hidden for the guests. Please log in or register to see it.
Wrap in quote or code block
These actually create a formatted block of text. Again, highlight the content that needs to appear in the block and click the relevent button. For example:
and this is an example of code text
if (aerodynamics == tooHard) {
attendCourse("BobTait");
}
Insert Media and Links
When you click one of these buttons a new section opens up underneath the toolbar where you can enter the information needed. You can also adjust the width and height of the video as required. The best thing to do is simply try it out.
So, that's enough to get you started - have fun and happy posting!