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Posting

     Your posts can be as simple or complex as you want. If you know HTML, the following tags can be used in the body of your post: <a>, <b>, <i>, <u>, <br>, <hr>, <ul>, <ol>, <li>, <img>, <object>, <param>, <embed>, <div>, <span>, and <center>. If you try to apply any styles to the tags, the forum will remove them before displaying your post. If you would like me to add support for any specific html tags, please contact me.
     When creating a new Discussion, you must type a name for it. Post Message Titles are optional and appear italicized above your post. After creating a post, you have the option to edit or delete it by clicking Edit Message below your post. Of course, you can only delete an entire discussion if no one else has posted in it yet. You must be logged in as the proper user to edit a post.

Avatars

     Your avatar image appears to the left of your post with your other user information. You can upload an avatar via the User Info page. Please see this page for more information on creating an avatar: Account Editing Help.

Signatures

     Your signature appears below every one of your posts. It is a great place to sign your name, advertise your website, or offer a friendly salutation. Type your signature on the User Info page.

EPKCode — for Posts and Signatures

     Partially influenced by a popular set of forum codes called BBCode, I have created a set of codes that will allow anyone, no matter his or her experience in HTML, to change the appearance of Forum posts and signatures. I call the set EPKCode. Here is a summary of the codes. If you would like me to add a code for some purpose, please contact me.

	Examples
Tabs - To make an indentation in your text, type :tab:
:tab:Here is a block of text that shows how you may enter a tab.	...changes to...	Here is a block of text that shows how you may enter a tab.
Bold - To make a selection of text bold, enclose the text in [b] and [/b]
Here is some [b]bold[/b] text.	...changes to...	Here is some bold text.
Italics - To italicize some text, enclose it in [i] and [/i]
Here is some [i]italicized[/i] text.	...changes to...	Here is some italicized text.
Underline - To underline some text, enclose it in [u] and [/u]
Here is some [u]underlined[/u] text.	...changes to...	Here is some underlined text.
Text Color - To change the text's color, enclose it with [color=blah] and [/color], where blah is the desired color. The color can be the name of a color (like 'red,' 'blue,' etc.) or the hexadecimal code for it (like ff5500, 24FCB3, etc.)
[color=blue]This will be blue.[/color] [color=00bb11]Part of this[/color] will be the hexadecimal color 00bb11.	...changes to...	This will be blue. Part of this will be the hexadecimal color 00bb11.
Text Size - To change the size of a piece of text, enclose it with [size=#] and [/size], where # is a number from 0 to 49, representing the size of the text in pixels.
[size=10]Size 10[/size] [size=25]Size 25[/size] [size=49]Size 49[/size]	...changes to...	Size 10 Size 25 Size 49
Links - To create hyperlinks to other websites, surround the full url of the site with [url] and [/url]. You may also make a piece of text act as the link by surrounding it with [url=http://website.com] and [/url], where http://website.com is the url of the website.
[url]http://www.epkphoto.com[/url] [url=http://www.epkphoto.com]Eric's website[/url]	...changes to...	http://www.epkphoto.com Eric's website
Email - To create a shortcut to someone's email address, put their address inside [email] and [/email]. Also, like the url tag, you can specify some text to act as the link to the person's address with [email=address@domain.com] and [/email], where address@domain.com is the person's email address.
[email]person@example.com[/email] [email=person@example.com]Person's email[/email]	...changes to...	person@example.com Person's email
Images - To insert an image into your post, surround the location of the image with [img] and [/img]. The location needs to point to an image that is already on the Internet with the http:// included.
[img]http://www.epkphoto.com/images/ logo_sm.gif[/img]	...changes to...
Quotations - Here are two ways to quote a piece of text, often used when replying to others' posts. You can quote without specifying the source by using [quote] and [/quote], or you can mention who originally said something with [quote="Person's name here"] and [/quote].
[quote]I really like this web forum![/quote] [quote="EPKPhoto"]Download Firefox![/quote]	...changes to...	Quotation: I really like this web forum! EPKPhoto said: Download Firefox!
Code - To show some text in a fixed width font and avoid any HTML formatting, surround it in [code] and [/code]
[code]<img src="blah.gif">[/code]	...changes to...	<img src="blah.gif">
Lists - You can create bulleted lists of items or ordered lists of items. To create a bulleted list, surround the entire list with [list] and [/list] and begin each item with [*]. To create an ordered list, use the same syntax as above, but replace the first [list] with either [list=1] for a numbered list or [list=a] for a lettered list.
[list] [*]Item 1 [*]Item 2 [/list] [list=1] [*]Item 1 [*]Item 2 [/list] [list=a] [*]Item 1 [*]Item 2 [/list]	...changes to...	Item 1 Item 2 Item 1 Item 2 Item 1 Item 2

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