Contents of these notes on using the Malaya Study Group Forum

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1 Contents of these notes on using the Malaya Study Group Forum Starting Off Posting a new topic Posting a Reply to an existing message Searching How to build links between Forum Postings Starting Off Go to the Malaya Study Group Website

2 Select the Forum section, click on the Forum The Forum Board index will appear

3 Posting a new topic Decide where you want to Post a new message topic For example, click on Peninsular States A new set of Forums will appear if there is a further breakdown into more Forums

4 For example to post about B.M.A., Click on B.M.A.Malaya The B.M.A. Forum with its messages will appear Click on NEWTOPIC

5 To Post, you have to be logged in [unless you are a Guest visitor] You will have to log in to post, unless you have already logged in! This is because only registered users of the Forum can post to the main Forum sections. There is one exception which is the Guest Forum, which is open to anyone. To post to the main sections you must Login

6 Enter your user name & password, and press Login The system will tell you that you have logged in successfully, and you should press return to previous page to get back to posting a message. If you always use the same computer, and no one else uses it, you can tick the box saying Log me on automatically each visit, that way you should not have to log on each time. The downside is that anyone else who has access to the computer could make postings in your name!!!!

7 That s nearly it!

8 Posting your message Enter the Subject that is the Title of your topic. You MUST include a Subject or the message will NOT be posted the system will remind you. Then enter your message in the message box underneath the Subject line. Including pictures / scans To include a scan or a picture, or some other document, go to the bottom of the box and press the Upload Attachment tab. Then input the name of file [the scan, or picture etc] that you want to include, and then Add the file. Put a note about the file in the comment box below.

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10 Editing your message You can do a certain amount of basic editing using the buttons at the top of the box. You can Preview your message by pressing the Preview button, and you can correct or edit the Preview screen.

11 You can save your message as a Draft, BUT no images will be saved only the Subject and the Message You Post your message to the forum by pressing Submit.

12 The system will tell you it is OK To Delete a message By the way, you can delete a message you have posted yourself afterwards! So do not worry. To do this, press Edit, then choose the Delete option, and then the Yes option to show you really really want to delete it.

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14 Posting a Reply to an existing message Click on the existing message title to select it.

15 To reply to it, click on POST REPLY

16 This time the Subject title with Re: before it appears with the existing message title. Enter your reply in the box which appears, adding images etc as for a new message. Preview, Save Draft and Submit as for new messages. To delete a message, submit it, Edit it and then delete it at this stage.

17 Searching There are very good Search facilities in the Forum. Use them to find postings / messages on any topic. The search can be on keywords etc. This is a useful feature because we all tend to think about a topic from different aspects, and there is no certainty about where people may post a topic!.

18 How to build links between Forum Postings Go to the post you want to reference Select the topic [which will then usually go red and be underlined] Right click on your mouse

19 Select & click Copy Link location from the popup box

20 Go to the place you want to insert the link, and paste it You will need to insert text to explain it, when you preview it, it will change to a message " view topic etc" but without detail of the topic. viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35#p85 It will be a fully functioning link to the topic you wanted to reference. It's easier than it sounds If you have any queries please contact me: Nick Hackney, Webmaster address : malayastudygroup@hotmail.co.uk