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Hello and welcome to this forum that I made for the Comenius Project. I hope that it will come to good use.
I am writing this post in English so that people from Germany can understand as well as the teachers from Sweden.
I realize that some of you probably don't know a lot about computers, so I will go through the functions of this forum for you.
My name is Arvid Enbom. I go to Brogårdsgymnasiet and I am helping Anders Andersson with getting this forum working.
Here you will see some pictures of the main page. Each area of the forum has a red square around it, and there are numbers in them.
Below the pictures you will see what each numbered area means.
1. This is the top part of the forum. There is a picture and some links to different places, such as: "Home" to go to the forum's home page. "Profile" to change your profile options. "Search" to search the forums. This part of the forum is visible at all times.
2. This is just a small piece of the forum which shows when you were last here.
3. This is the Chat Box. More information below. I might remove this chat box if Anders tells me to.
4. This is the most important part of the forums. These are the "folders" as we call them. Click one categories to see the different topics inside.
5. This part of the forum is not very important. It just shows some basic statistics about the forums. Like how many people are online, who is online, when the most amount of people was online at the same time, if there are any upcoming events, and so on.
You can also click "Join Chat" here to connect to the Chat Box.
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Now for some deeper explanation of some certain things.
Main Things
When you come to the main page (https://comenius.darkbb.com/forum.htm) you will see the Chat Box up top, and after that you should see the "News / Teachers" category. Below that is the "Groups" category. The Categories are like folders on your computer. They help sort out the forum so it doesn't look so messy.
Example
If you click one of the Categories it is like you open a folder.
Inside these "folders" you can create new "posts". Posts are like Word Documents. They contain text.
Example (Here you can see the post called "This is a test post", and some others probably)
Inside a Post, anyone can write something and then what they have written will show up for everyone else to see.
Example
Creating a New Topic
When you are at the main page, choose where you wish to create your topic by clicking one of the categories (News, Teachers, Group 1, Group 2.. and so on), and then click the New Topic button, located to the right. There should be two New Topic buttons, one on top and one below. It doesn't matter which one you click.
You will now come to a page where you must enter the Subject. This is like the name of your Word Document.
You will also see a white square, where you can enter text. This is where you write your message.
On the left side of the white square you will see a lot of Smileys. You can click one of these to have them appear to everyone who views your message (They will appear as CODE in the white text square, but once you send the message, they will turn into the pictures)
Above the white square are options such as BOLD or ITALIC or UNDERLINED. You can even change the size of your text, and the color.
To make something bold, highlight it and then click the B button. Two pieces of code will then appear around your text. They should look almost like this: [ b ] [ / b ], but without the spaces in between. This means you did it correctly. When you send the message, that code will dissapear and ANY text in between those two pieces of code will be BOLD.
Once you are done typing out your message, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Preview" to preview your message. Here you can see any errors or mistakes in the code and fix it. Aternatively you can click "Send" to send the message.
Once your message is posted you will be asked to either go to your new message or to go back to the main page of the forums.
Editing Your Post
Once you have sent your message, you can Edit it if you wish. Simply click the Edit button in the lower right of the message you wish to edit and the same white screen will appear again.
Replying to a Topic
If you see a topic you wish to reply to, there are two ways you can do it.
One way is to scroll down to the bottom of that topic until you see a text box that says "Quick Reply". The other way is to click one of the two "Post Reply" buttons which are located to the right of the page. One above and one below.
The Quick Reply box has less options, but if you know the codes you can enter them anyway. (Such as [ b ] [ / b ] to get bold)
Quoting another persons' text
If many people have written things under a topic and you wish to reply with an opinion about what ONE of those people wrote, you can use the Quote Function.
To quote another persons' post, simply click the "Quote" button located in the bottom right corner of that person's post.
You will then be taken to the white square again, and with the addition of the other person's post being there automatically, with the code [ quote = name ] text here [ /quote ] (without the spaces).
You can then write your own message underneath the Quote to have your say.
Here is an example of what the Quote function looks like:
Example
The Chat Box
The chat box is a small box at the top of the main page. Right here
In it, you can type a quick message that will stay there for a few minutes and then dissapear.
Anyone who is logged at the same time can see the message.
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That's about all I can think of right now.
If there is anything else you would like me to answer, just reply to this topic right here and now!
I am writing this post in English so that people from Germany can understand as well as the teachers from Sweden.
I realize that some of you probably don't know a lot about computers, so I will go through the functions of this forum for you.
My name is Arvid Enbom. I go to Brogårdsgymnasiet and I am helping Anders Andersson with getting this forum working.
Here you will see some pictures of the main page. Each area of the forum has a red square around it, and there are numbers in them.
Below the pictures you will see what each numbered area means.
1. This is the top part of the forum. There is a picture and some links to different places, such as: "Home" to go to the forum's home page. "Profile" to change your profile options. "Search" to search the forums. This part of the forum is visible at all times.
2. This is just a small piece of the forum which shows when you were last here.
3. This is the Chat Box. More information below. I might remove this chat box if Anders tells me to.
4. This is the most important part of the forums. These are the "folders" as we call them. Click one categories to see the different topics inside.
5. This part of the forum is not very important. It just shows some basic statistics about the forums. Like how many people are online, who is online, when the most amount of people was online at the same time, if there are any upcoming events, and so on.
You can also click "Join Chat" here to connect to the Chat Box.
_________________________________________________________________________
Now for some deeper explanation of some certain things.
Main Things
When you come to the main page (https://comenius.darkbb.com/forum.htm) you will see the Chat Box up top, and after that you should see the "News / Teachers" category. Below that is the "Groups" category. The Categories are like folders on your computer. They help sort out the forum so it doesn't look so messy.
Example
If you click one of the Categories it is like you open a folder.
Inside these "folders" you can create new "posts". Posts are like Word Documents. They contain text.
Example (Here you can see the post called "This is a test post", and some others probably)
Inside a Post, anyone can write something and then what they have written will show up for everyone else to see.
Example
Creating a New Topic
When you are at the main page, choose where you wish to create your topic by clicking one of the categories (News, Teachers, Group 1, Group 2.. and so on), and then click the New Topic button, located to the right. There should be two New Topic buttons, one on top and one below. It doesn't matter which one you click.
You will now come to a page where you must enter the Subject. This is like the name of your Word Document.
You will also see a white square, where you can enter text. This is where you write your message.
On the left side of the white square you will see a lot of Smileys. You can click one of these to have them appear to everyone who views your message (They will appear as CODE in the white text square, but once you send the message, they will turn into the pictures)
Above the white square are options such as BOLD or ITALIC or UNDERLINED. You can even change the size of your text, and the color.
To make something bold, highlight it and then click the B button. Two pieces of code will then appear around your text. They should look almost like this: [ b ] [ / b ], but without the spaces in between. This means you did it correctly. When you send the message, that code will dissapear and ANY text in between those two pieces of code will be BOLD.
Once you are done typing out your message, scroll down to the bottom of the page and click "Preview" to preview your message. Here you can see any errors or mistakes in the code and fix it. Aternatively you can click "Send" to send the message.
Once your message is posted you will be asked to either go to your new message or to go back to the main page of the forums.
Editing Your Post
Once you have sent your message, you can Edit it if you wish. Simply click the Edit button in the lower right of the message you wish to edit and the same white screen will appear again.
Replying to a Topic
If you see a topic you wish to reply to, there are two ways you can do it.
One way is to scroll down to the bottom of that topic until you see a text box that says "Quick Reply". The other way is to click one of the two "Post Reply" buttons which are located to the right of the page. One above and one below.
The Quick Reply box has less options, but if you know the codes you can enter them anyway. (Such as [ b ] [ / b ] to get bold)
Quoting another persons' text
If many people have written things under a topic and you wish to reply with an opinion about what ONE of those people wrote, you can use the Quote Function.
To quote another persons' post, simply click the "Quote" button located in the bottom right corner of that person's post.
You will then be taken to the white square again, and with the addition of the other person's post being there automatically, with the code [ quote = name ] text here [ /quote ] (without the spaces).
You can then write your own message underneath the Quote to have your say.
Here is an example of what the Quote function looks like:
Example
The Chat Box
The chat box is a small box at the top of the main page. Right here
In it, you can type a quick message that will stay there for a few minutes and then dissapear.
Anyone who is logged at the same time can see the message.
_________________________________________________________________________
That's about all I can think of right now.
If there is anything else you would like me to answer, just reply to this topic right here and now!