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Advicenators discussion: a "how to" for the forums :)
sizzlinmandolin wrote Tuesday November 7 2006, 10:38 pm:
Here's a "how to" for accessing a columnist's forum that doesn't have the link like I made for myself and how to make that link for yourself!
The web address to my forum is this:
[Link](Mouse over link to see full location)
If you want to find someone else's forum, for the time being, what you have to do is first find their ID number. It took forever for me to figure this out but here goes an attempt at a good explanation. My ID number is the number at the end of that link (25421). To find someone else's ID number, including your own, go to their page and click on the link you would normally click to ask them a question. The space for asking a question will come up, but don't ask anything. Look at the web address to the page you are on. That user's ID number is the number at the end (after the u=). Substitute that ID number for my ID number in the link that I gave you and you'll be able to get to anyone's forum!
You probably got here using the link at the bottom of my profile. Making a link like this for yourself is kind of complicated, but I'll try to explain that too. Type this formula:
less than sign, the letter a, space, the letters href, equal sign, apostrophe, the web address to your forum, apostrophe, greater than sign, what you want the link to say, less than sign, backslash, the letter a, greater than sign
Since these forums are still a work in progress, all of this could change. Right now, columnists won't be notified when someone posts on their forum, so if they haven't figured it all out yet, they won't even see what you wrote if you post something for them. Once the forums are up and running, I believe that everything already on them will be erased, so whatever you say to someone now, won't be there anymore when this happens. In other words, use these things at your own risk and don't get frustrated over them. Some of the instructions or information I gave may be wrong or could quickly change, so don't take it for law!
I check my forum all the time because I think it's oober cool. ;)
sizzlinmandolin wrote Tuesday November 7 2006, 10:42 pm:
Also, please keep in mind that these aren't anonymous! Your username will be posted along with whatever you say!
Mackenzie wrote Thursday March 22 2007, 6:09 pm:
Well done!
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