The duh thread for forum how to's

[jeff hammond]

for the forum link, just copy the address from the page you'd like to link to and paste it into your new message like this:
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=23356

or you can get fancy and do something like:

[url=http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=179&t=23356]here's a link to this thread[/url]

which results in:
here's a link to this thread

for youtube, copy all the stuff in the embed option.. it will look like this:

<object width="640" height="505"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/IXOrj7QAc8M&hl=en&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/IXOrj7QAc8M&hl=en&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="640" height="505"></embed></object>

take the part in quotes after 'scr=' which in this case is

http://www.youtube.com/v/IXOrj7QAc8M&hl=en&fs=1&

add the flash tags to it like this:

[flash=]http://www.youtube.com/v/IXOrj7QAc8M&hl=en&fs=1&[/flash]

now place the size you'd like it to display at on the forum.. i'll use the same size which is in the original youtube embed option of 640x505..

[flash=640,505]http://www.youtube.com/v/IXOrj7QAc8M&hl=en&fs=1&[/flash]

which will embed like this:
[flash=640,505:226i12ee]http://www.youtube.com/v/IXOrj7QAc8M&hl=en&fs=1&[/flash:226i12ee]

also, you don't have to manually type in the tags.. just highlight the text you'd like to add tags to and click the appropriate button at the top of the reply/new message window.. ie- if i want to make this bold, i just highlight 'this' then click the B up there..

[edit] oh, i think miguel's method that TIG linked to is a lot simpler than this method.. might have to switch up my technique from now on

[dale]

Testing 1-2

[flash=1280,745:2uilc1xk]http://www.youtube.com/v/bdJ1Hj9pQ78&NR=1&hd=1&fs=1[/flash:2uilc1xk]

You guys are in trouble now.

[jeff hammond]

haha
congrats

[dale]

I'll work on the size part. Thanks again.

[dale]

@unknownuser said:

haha
congrats

I think your YouTube may have more class. I forgot how good Wes Montgomery is.

[dale]

Teat #2

http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=198005#p198005
Is it legal to link the post your in

Thanks again.

[jeff hammond]

legal? probably

definitely ok if the thread has a bunch of pages and you want to link to an exact post in it.. that's what TIG was talking about with the little box/letter looking thing next to the poster's name..
http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?p=198025#p198025

[Gaieus]

And you can also link to individual posts, not just whole topics - the pxxxx shows the post number as it is stored in the database.

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[dale]

Starting to sink in. Now I have bookmarks to the pages that have code for the links which link posts of the past.... The hipbone's connected to thigh bone the thighbones connected to the...

Thanks Gai, I have always wondered where that number was after seeing it posted with the "viewtopic" and could never seem to find it. I always thought that it held the key. Never thought of just asking. I am a little thick.

[Ecuadorian]

Another forum "Duh!" for me is realizing there are a bunch of useful buttons way beyond the Google adsense blocks in the lowest part of the screen.