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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — General Discussion
nimba — 8 years ago(December 10, 2017 10:56 PM)
Help Forum:
Suggestions and requests
https://www.filmboards.com/board/145/
Sync your F|B and IMDb profiles:
You can reclaim your old posts even if your user name is different here.
https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/1956273/
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Drawing thing:
Make your own emoticons and memes, which are uploaded onto the site and can be easily used on the boards:
https://www.filmboards.com/animate/
Instructions here:
https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/3214724/
Polls:
How to make polls, single or multiple choice, detailed instructions here:
https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/3149281/
note: this is only a visual, not a live demonstration.
You may not vote in this poll.
It is also possible to add more selections to an existing poll. Add the new choices at the bottom or the previous votes will be altered. Do it like this:
Multiple Choice Polls:
You also have the option to make your polls open to the public, or only users who are logged in, or users in good standing who have at least 25 posts. Polls are public by default. To restrict them to logged in users only add the word "closed" in the top bracket, like this:
[po
ll closed]
option 1
option 2
[/po
ll]
To restrict them to logged in users with at least 25 posts add the word "restrict" in the top bracket, like this:
[po
ll restrict]
option 1
option 2
[/po
ll]
Closed and restricted polls can also be multiple choice.
[po
ll closed multiple]
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[pol
l multiple closed]
[po
ll restrict multiple]
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[pol
l multiple restrict]
Links and Images:
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Links:
Posting a url will convert it into a clickable link automatically.
To make links with custom text like
this
, use this code:
[url=
http://www.url.com]text[/url
]
Images:
Host your image on a site like imgur or tinypic. If you hot-link images from other sites they might not show up.
Then you need a url or link for your image that ends in a standard image format, such as .jpg, .gif, or .png, like this:
https://s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com:443/data.filmboards/images/upload/G5gfdwJ.gif
This creates a clickable link so that people may view the image directly by clicking on it.
If you want to embed the image into the post, enclose the link in image tags:
You can do this several ways. You can type the codes yourself, or you can use the 'Image' button. I usually copy and paste the image url, highlight the link with the mouse, and then hit the Image button, which encloses it in image tags. You can also start by hitting the 'Image' button, which inserts the tags, and then copy and paste the direct link to the picture between the tags.
ta da!
Youtube Videos:
Copy and paste a url to a youtube video into a post, and it will display automatically for users who have set their user settings to display videos.
If you want to skip ahead to a specific part in a video, you must go there and hit pause, then right-click and select "Copy video URL at current time", then paste the link, like this:
The ?t=80 code means the video will begin playing at the 1:20 mark, or 80 seconds in.
Mp4 vids:
[mp
4]place mp4 link here[/m
p4]
Permalinks:
The blue chain link symbol is the permalink to specific posts.
Just right-click, copy, and paste:
https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/18394908/permalink/#p18394908
Smilies:
Enclose your favorite legacy smilie codes within brackets [ ]
info here:
https://www.filmboards.com/board/p/3151149/
enhance your posts with more smilies and avatars:
http://www.planetsmilies.com/
http://mysmilies.com/
Note - You must have 25 posts to upload a custom avatar and post smilies from other sites!
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