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How do I login?
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If you wish to post on our forums, you first need to
register an account.
Once registered, you can login via the "login center" to the right of your
screen.
I forgot my password!
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Many people forget their passwords, so don't feel too silly... We've all done
it!
You can retrieve your password in our
password retrieval
area.
Can I use HTML?
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No, for security reasons, our forums do not permit the use of HTML. Our older
forums did, but these new and improved forums do not. However, we do have a
range of markup codes available for you to use, similar to those used on UBB
forums.
Adding images to posts or sigs...
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We have two codes for adding images:
[image] URL of image
[/image]
[img] URL of image
[/img]
The above tags will allow you to post an image in our forums or to use in your
signature.
To use either of the above tags, note the following examples:
[image]http://www.ianstorm.com/screens/Worlds/UO/skills/soon.gif[/image]
[img]http://www.ianstorm.com/screens/Worlds/UO/skills/soon.gif[/img]
The output will appear as:
Using URL's & Links
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Linking websites is pretty easy, just use one of the following codes:
[url] URL of website
[/url]
[url= URL of website
] My URL
[/url]
To use either of the above tags, note the following examples:
[url]http://www.ianstorm.com/ultima/[/url]
[url=http://www.ianstorm.com/ultima/]UO @ IanStorm[/url]
The output will appear as:
http://www.ianstorm.com/ultima/
UO @ IanStorm
Aligning Text
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Aligning text brings life to posts! The following codes are available for use:
[center]this is an example[/center] ~ centres your text.
[left]this is an example[/left] ~ aligns your text against the
lefthand margin.
[right]this is an example[/right] ~ aligns your text against the
righthand margin.
Bold & Italic Text
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Using the following codes will make your text standout:
[b]this is an example[/b]
will appear as: this is an example
[i]this is an example[/i]
will appear as: this is an example.
[u]this is an example[/u]
will appear as: this is an example
[s]this is an example[/s]
will appear as: this is an example
Making Lists
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To indent text to form a list, use
[blockquote]this
is an example
[/blockquote]. This will appear
as:
To add bulleted items, place
[bul] or
[li] in front of each item you wish to
appear in the list. This will appear as:
Quoting Text
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To quote text, place
[quote]this is a quote
[/quote] around your text.
This will appear as:
Adding a Line
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To add a seperating line into your posts, use
[hr].
This will appear as:
Coloured and Glowing Text
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We have set codes up to cater for both American and UK/Australian spelling, as
well as to cater for the basic colours, but mainly using hex codes. The
following codes will work:
[color=red]this is an example[/color]
[colour=red]this is an example[/colour]
[c=red]this is an example[/c]
The above will all appear as:
this is an example. To
view the different possible hex codes,
do a Google search.
As with normal coloured text, glow text uses hex codes or the base colour words,
such as red or green. To use glowing text, use the following codes:
[glow=red]this is an example[/glow]
[g=red]this is an example[/g]
This will appear as:
