Quote from: aysg76 on June 28, 2021, 09:25:10 AM

I am creating this thread to help the newbies and some other members who have joined this forum and want to be an effective component of this reputed discussion forum. First of all welcome you all and hope you learn some good posting technique with this thread although i am not also an expert but will try to tell you that I know. Some beginners tips for how to write posts in proper manner and create threads to share knowledge.

Write in Quote:

If you want to copy some statements or want to highlight some points then you can write them in Quote and for that you need to write it in this format

Code:

[Quote] This is a sample post and write here what you want to write. [/Quote]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME :

Quote

This is a sample post and write here what you want to write.

HOW TO QUOTE REPLY:

So if you want to reply to any of the post then you simply need to click on the quote button on the right side along with merit. Here have a look at it:

HOW TO QUOTE REPLY MORE THAN ONE IN SINGLE POST:

But what if you want to reply to more than one person at the same time in your single post. Don't worry you can do it easily as there are some ways for it like you can simply click on quote button and open it in new tab and copy paste of all of them in one single post. The other way is simply to add "Insert Quote" below your writing area of the post and you can insert as many quotes you want to reply. Here have a look at this also:

WRITE IN CODE:

So if you want to simply write something as code then you could use this method to do the same. You simply need to write it in this manner

Code:

This message will be displayed in the code form

IMAGE POSTING:

If you want to post any image you must be at least junior member for which you will require 1 merit and 30 activity. So you need to achieve it but there is shortcut for it if you want to add images in your post which is buy copper membership. Buy cooper membership here . But if you have achieved the junior member rank then you could follow this procedure:

Step 1: Go to image uploading site like imgbb to upload the image there

Step 2: Select the image you want to post and upload it

Step 3: Your image will be uploaded

Step 4: From the links below click on the BBC code full linked

Step 5: Copy the link and paste it on your post

Code:

[url=https://ibb.co/c3FbZB6][img]https://i.ibb.co/vqPsTF3/newbie-posting-1.jpg[/img][/url]

ILLUSTRATION :

IMAGE READJUSTMENTS:

If you want to make changes like readjusting the size of your image link then you can possibly do is to adjust width and height in the link as follows:

Code:

[url=https://ibb.co/c3FbZB6][img width=400 height=300]https://i.ibb.co/vqPsTF3/newbie-posting-1.jpg[/img][/url]

USE OF TOOLS ABOVE WRITING AREA:

So let me explain all the marked tools which you can use while making threads and posts in an easy way.

1. BOLD : If you want to write anything in bold characters simply click on that button or you can type in yourself in this manner

Code:

[b] This text will be bold [/b]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : This is bold text

2. ITALIC : If you want to write in Italic style then click on number 2 button with I or type in yourself

Code:

[i]This is italic text[/i]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : See this is italic

3. UNDERLINE : If you want to underline any word or statement then this tool is used.

Code:

[u]This text will be underlined[/u]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : This is underlined

4. CROSS LINE : if you want to cross a word or statement by putting a cross line over it then you can use this for the same

Code:

[s]This text will be crossed[/s]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : ~~I have checked it~~

5. BITCOIN SIGN : Most of the times you need to put the logo or sign of bitcoin in the post and for that you simply click on this button

Code:

[btc]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : BTC

6. GLOW PATTERN : If you want to write something in glow style then you could click on this button

Code:

[glow=red,2,300][/glow]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : BITCOIN DISCUSSION

7. CENTER ALIGN : If you want to align the text to the center of the page then you simply click on this button and write whatever you want to write in between it.

Code:

[center]Your text will be center aligned[/center]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME :

Welcome to forum

8. RIGHT ALIGN : So same way if you want the text to be right aligned then simply click on this button

Code:

[right]This will be on right side of page[/right]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME :

Welcome to the forum

9. BREAK THE LINE : If you want to break the line and have a gap between two paragraphs then you could simply click on this button

Code:

[hr]

10. SIZE OF TEXT : So if you want to change the default size of your text then you could simply click on this and make changes to your text

Code:

[size=20pt] This can change text size[/size]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : Size is changed now

11. COLOR CHANGE OF TEXT : So if you want to change the color of your text like i have done in my headings then you can simply click on this button

Code:

[color=red]This is red color text[/color]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : This is red color text

12. SUBSCRIPT : Say you want to write any formula or subscript for any word then you can choose this button

Code:

H[sub]2[/sub]O

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : H₂O

13. SUPERSCRIPT : It is exponential power raised to as we have seen in mathematical terms like 4 raised to 2 so we can use this button for such writing

Code:

4[sup]3[/sup]

ILLUSRATION FOR THE SAME : 5ⁿ⁺¹

14. HYPERLINK : You must be aware about hyperlink so instead of posting whole bunch of lengthy and unattractive url you could simply click on this button and post the article url there and rename it accordingly

Code:

[url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/cryptocurrency/financial-watchdog-orders-crypto-exchange-binance-to-stop-regulated-activities-in-uk/articleshow/83893550.cms]UK bans Binance Exchange[/url]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME : UK Bans Binance Exchange

COMBINED USE OF ALL:

Code:

[b][u][center][size=20pt][color=green]BITCOIN DISCUSSION[/color][/size][/center][/u][/b]

ILLUSTRATION FOR THE SAME :

WELCOME

INSERT TABLES:

So I am not going to explain this in detail and just share a link here for this as table creation is already explained in depth by @So98nn and you can check his post for learning that. Here is the link for you : How to insert tables

There is another good topic about table creation which i have just included by @1miau and you can have a look it also : Some suggestions if you want to use tables on bitcointalk

INSERT EMOJIS:

You can choose the emojis from the above to include in your posts by just clicking on them and the code for each of them will be included automatically.

ILLUSTRATION :

But there are some hidden ones which i also came to know from @Blackhatcoiner posts and here are they:

Code:

>:D
^-^
O0
C:-)
0:)

Hope this post might help you a little to improve your posting style and give you knowledge of the points you were not aware before.So best of luck to all the members for future posting.

EDIT : This thread is just created to aware new members that how can they make proper utilization of forum to ensure quality posting and have tried to explain as many points i can. So hope it is helpful for them.

very good thread that will give knowledge to newbies and some members, posting techniques is one of the challenges to some newbies