Post by reTrEaD on Mar 2, 2018 11:44:44 GMT -5
The ProBoards Help Guide for Users and Members is an excellent resource with roughly seventy topics all listed on a three-page index. I won't attempt to duplicate that here. The purpose of this thread is to familiarize you with a few of the more useful features. There will be continual additions to this thread.
None of the things we'll display here are necessary!
Especially for new member or on those occasions when any member will make a short or medium length post. But sometimes it's necessary to convey a lot of information in a single post. These techniques will improve your communication by allowing your reader to maintain a higher level of interest.
The first feature is rather self-explanatory.
Use of Quotes , Likes and Tags each have their own threads. These are great ways to send a notification to another user. Likes are particularly efficient. No posting is necessary.
An attractively formatted post might use blockquotes. Click the
button to drop blockquote tags into your post. Anything between those tags will be indented.
Indenting is an excellent way to segregate lesser details from the major point. This aids in the thought processing on the part of the person reading your post.
code tags
escape any enclosed BBCode, stopping it from being parsed, and instead outputting it literally. This can be useful for demonstrating the BBCode necessary for a specific effect, or ensuring that code in a different programming language containing square brackets isn't misinterpreted as BBCode.
For example here's what one needs to type for the above blockquote:
and [noparse][/noparse] tags 
both serve a similar purpose to [code][/code] tags, but have no additional formatting. Each of the three 'escaping' tags can be used to display either of the other two.
A List
can add plenty of style and might make a long post more readable
A Table
can be a bit tricky to implement.
Within a few days, I'll return to tell you about other items.
Meanwhile, I think Yogi might be willing to add another advanced technique or two.
But don't quote me on that . . .
None of the things we'll display here are necessary!
Especially for new member or on those occasions when any member will make a short or medium length post. But sometimes it's necessary to convey a lot of information in a single post. These techniques will improve your communication by allowing your reader to maintain a higher level of interest.
The first feature is rather self-explanatory.
While preparing a post, you'll notice a 
button. Click that and these tags: [spoiler][/spoiler] will drop into your post.
Anything between those tags will remain hidden until the attractive
button in your post has been clicked. If that button is clicked again, that which is between the tags will be hidden again.
If you prefer, you may click
and a dialogue window will appear. If you add text or a link to an image in the Spoiler Body field, those things will be hidden until the green title in the post has been clicked. It will then be re-hidden if the title is clicked again.
The default Spoiler Title is simply Spoiler. You can remove that and type in any title you like.
Spoilers with Titles seem a bit unstable at the present time, particularly when toggling between the BBCode and Preview mode in the editor. Changes are currently in-progress on ProBoards which may remedy that as well as the issue of not being able to see spoilers in the Preview mode.
button. Click that and these tags: [spoiler][/spoiler] will drop into your post. Anything between those tags will remain hidden until the attractive
button in your post has been clicked. If that button is clicked again, that which is between the tags will be hidden again.If you prefer, you may click
and a dialogue window will appear. If you add text or a link to an image in the Spoiler Body field, those things will be hidden until the green title in the post has been clicked. It will then be re-hidden if the title is clicked again.The default Spoiler Title is simply Spoiler. You can remove that and type in any title you like.
Spoilers with Titles seem a bit unstable at the present time, particularly when toggling between the BBCode and Preview mode in the editor. Changes are currently in-progress on ProBoards which may remedy that as well as the issue of not being able to see spoilers in the Preview mode.
Use of Quotes , Likes and Tags each have their own threads. These are great ways to send a notification to another user. Likes are particularly efficient. No posting is necessary.
An attractively formatted post might use blockquotes. Click the
button to drop blockquote tags into your post. Anything between those tags will be indented. Indenting is an excellent way to segregate lesser details from the major point. This aids in the thought processing on the part of the person reading your post.
Minor details are subordinated by being indented.
code tags
escape any enclosed BBCode, stopping it from being parsed, and instead outputting it literally. This can be useful for demonstrating the BBCode necessary for a specific effect, or ensuring that code in a different programming language containing square brackets isn't misinterpreted as BBCode.For example here's what one needs to type for the above blockquote:
[blockquote]Minor details are subordinated by being indented.[/blockquote]. Note code tags are displayed inline with the surrounding text, this differs from ProBoards' default. This is in order to maintain sentence flow for short snippets, however if you wish to include a longer section of code, especially if it spans multiple lines, it's recommended to additionally wrap the code in an outer blockquote, to override this behaviour. Doing so yields something akin to the following: for (i = 0; i < array.length; i++) {
console.log(array[i]);
}A List
can add plenty of style and might make a long post more readable- it's easier to manage in the Preview mode of the editor
- select the number of lines you wish to work with
- and select the list style
- then click the insert button
- you'll get the formatted list
- then replace "List item 1" etc, with the text you want.
- List item 1
- List item 2
- List item 3
A Table
can be a bit tricky to implement.- You can select the default row/table text and begin typing
- In Preview mode right-clicking gives an easy way to insert/delete rows/columns
- But this means right-clicking to copy or paste won't work
- Instead use your OS's keyboard shortcuts (Ctrl+C & Ctrl+V or Cmd+C & Cmd+V)
| Row 1 column 1 | Row 1 column 2 | Row 1 column 3 |
| Row 2 column 1 | Row 2 column 2 | Row 2 column 3 |
| Row 3 column 1 | Row 3 column 2 | Row 3 column 3 |
Within a few days, I'll return to tell you about other items.
Meanwhile, I think Yogi might be willing to add another advanced technique or two.
But don't quote me on that . . .
