HOW TO USE THE FORUM DISCUSSIONS, BLOGS and COMMENT BOARD FEATURES

[Terri Benning]

HOW TO USE THE FORUM DISCUSSION. BLOG and COMMENT BOARD FEATURES: (Includes Choice of Visual mode or HTML mode; tabs are at the top of your discussion page entry field)

To ADD CONTENT to YOUR PERSONAL DISCUSSION LINK PAGE, simply click on YOUR NAME on the DISCUSSION LIST, which will open the discussion space that has been set up for your express use and enjoyment. A kind of online journal space, if you will. 

TO ADD ANY of the options listed below, you must first place your cursor on the place you want it to appear in your discussion window, click on that spot, and then SELECT the ICON OPTION you want to use from the top of entry field window. Then click on ONE of the following options, and follow the prompts. Its very user-friendly, so don't let the new features overwhelm you. One click, at a time ... ultimately wins the prize.  

TO ADD LINKS, CLICK on the LINK ICON at the top of the window.

TO ADD IMAGES, CLICK on the IMAGE ICON at the top of the window.

TO ADD MEDIA, CLICK on the MEDIA ICON at the top of the window.

TO ADD TEXT, CLICK on the TEXT ICON at the top of the window. 

TO ADD A FILE, CLICK on the FILE ICON at the top of the window. 

You can also bold, italicize and underline TEXT by *HIGHLIGHTING* it first, and then clicking on the B, I, U located on the text window tool bar. And, you can also change the FONT SIZE by clicking on down arrow font size window. 

To ADD a PHOTO, click on the IMAGE icon and then on BROWSE; select a photo from your PC library, or from an onsite photo gallery (add the URL to the photo) and hit the ADD button. It will show up in your text window as HTML CODE, which will change to a picture when you SAVE your discussion.

To CREATE an ACTIVE LINK, first *HIGHLIGHT* the text you wish to make into an ACTIVE LINK and then click on the LINK icon. COPY and PASTE the URL from the page you want to link to into the http:// field window and hit ADD.
The "activated" live link will also be in HTML code, and will become a LIVE LINK when you hit the SAVE button.

To ADD a VIDEO to your DISCUSSION or COMMENT, simply COPY and PASTE THE EMBED CODE from the site where the video is located INTO the text screen window. This embed code will be in HTML format, but will "show" the video itself when you hit the SAVE button.

To ADD a FILE, position your cursor where you want the file to be added, click on the FILE icon on the top tool bar, then on BROWSE. Select the file you wish to add, and hit the ADD button. Your file will be saved when you hit the SAVE button.

If you still have questions, please POST them to this SITE HELP board and someone will respond to your question asap. Thanks!