How to's + Hints & Tips on how to use the Vine

[Alison]

A 'permalink' is a permanent link to a specific post, rather than a link to the whole thread. You find the permanent-link on each post where the post number is on the top right hand corner of each post. If you right click on the number, you should get an option to copy the link. Then if you paste that link somewhere else, it will take anyone who clicks it straight to that specific post

OK thanks, I get that but why would you PM it to yourself?

[Pa Snips]

Uploading images from your computer

To upload an image from your computer to your post...

Click 'Go Advanced' then click on the paper-clip (Add Attachments).



Next, click on 'Add Files'.



Next, click on 'Select Files'.



At this point it is assumed that you know where your photographs are stored on your computer. Locate your chosen photograph (probably in the 'My Pictures' folder) and quickly click the left mouse button twice on the image file.

The 'Attachments' window will change to the following, just click 'Upload Files'.



Finally, click on 'Insert Inline' to add the image to your post, then click on 'Done'.
Alternatively, just click on 'Done' and the image will be stored for later use but not added to your post.

[Pa Snips]

Degree symbol & more

The weather is regular topic here on The Vine and quotes such as "It was 36 degrees in the greenhouse today" are often seen, though in just as many cases we see "It only reached 10 degrees outside today!"

Anyway, it looks much tidier when the degree symbol is used instead of the word 'degrees', like this... "It reached 36° in the greenhouse today".

To use the degree symbol...hold down the Alt key while typing 0176

Other useful symbols...

¼ - Alt + 0188
½ - Alt + 0189
¾ - Alt + 0190
ñ - Alt + 164 (example - Jalapeño)

There are many more but the above are the ones I considered to be the most useful for this forum.

[dominic10]

The control + and control - to zoom into photos

This info was given on another post to use control + and control - to enhance photos. I have found these can also be used to increase/decrease text on emails and other web pages. Have found this very useful and thought others might also. (I'm partially sighted and often have to increase text size so thanks to whoever originally posted this).

[bearded bloke]

The delete button in the edit function is a little confusing as it only deletes the text in the post,not the post itself,to do that you need a few more mouse clicks.


To completely delete a post from the forums ....
In the relevant post .................................... Click Edit
In the edit post window ............................... Click Advanced
In the advanced edit window,top section ....... Click the "tickbox" (permantly delete this post(top left corner),then in botttom right corner (same section) .. Click Delete Post

And there it is gone

[Piggle]

Settings changed

Hi - is this the right place. Since I changed my email - all my settings have changed. When I press the What's new ? button i now only get what has been updated since I last logged on - I used to get all the posts I hadn't read.

My default is set to all posts - is it me or has something changed on the forum?

Thanks

[bearded bloke]

Please feel free to edit any illegible links cos I don't know how to do it...........

Tags bud what's needed here are modified url & /url ones

the tags & tagged content need to be contained in square brackets [??????]

First untitled hyperlink is ...... https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=wGICPpr2pXA
Artist & title are ....... Dave Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Titch - Legend Of Xanadu

first copy & paste the url (so you can see how this works I am leaving the r out from the tags ............

[ul]https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=wGICPpr2pXA[/ul] .. remove first url closed bracket & replace with = then put closed bracket at the end of the url ..................

[ul=https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=wGICPpr2pXA][/ul]

Now add the artist & title between the two closed brackets ??????]*****[/ul]

[ul=https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=wGICPpr2pXA]Dave Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Titch - Legend Of Xanadu
[/ul]

Now the same as above but with the r put back into the tag brackets,gives us ......

Dave Dee,Dozy,Beaky,Mick & Titch - Legend Of Xanadu

[bearded bloke]

Further to the above,if you paste the url & then click the Go Advanced button you will get a preview box where you will see if the url is pre coded for you
Using one of VC's posts as an example .........

The Crystals
Then He Kissed Me The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me - YouTube
Da Doo Ron Ron crystals da doo ron ron - YouTube

You can remove the now visible .... -YouTube ... from the line to tidy things up if you want with no detrimental effects ..........

crystals da doo ron ron

[cardiffsteve]

And the "smart alex of the week award" goes to ^^^^^^^

[Alison]

And the "smart alex of the week award" goes to ^^^^^^^

Well it would if I understood a word of the post - I've always just copied and pasted and that's seemed to work OK

[Potstubsdustbins]

How do I remove unwanted pics from the file manager?

Answers in child English please.

Potty

[Alison]

How do I remove unwanted pics from the file manager?

Answers in child English please.

Potty

Can't you just delete them? Either go into the File menu or right click and it should give you the delete option unless I have totally misunderstood what you are asking

[Potstubsdustbins]

Thanks for the reply but if I right click on a pic I don't get the delete option. I will try the file menu see what I can find.

Potty

[bearded bloke]

Fairly sure you cannot delete them,any that have been uploaded & not used in a post should be auto-deleted by forum coding,but those that have been posted cannot be deleted by members as it would break the link in the post

[Alison]

Ah, didn't read it as on this forum, though he meant on his 'puter - but then again I often get the wrong end of the stick.