MEMBER RESOURCES FOR KINGWOODCHATS.COM
Sept 26, 2021 16:25:58 GMT -6
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Post by kingwoodchats.com on Sept 26, 2021 16:25:58 GMT -6
First, welcome! We do not care if you post on just our site or on multiple sites, we are just glad you are here! Do not just lurk. If you are going to lurk and not post or participate on the board, your account will be deleted. So join in and chat with your neighbors, have fun!
Folks here are helpful so if you have any questions, please ask. This list of resources will grow as the board does. Have a suggestion? Post it here or send a PM.
Now, hurry up and get out of Porter!
PRIVACY:
We value the privacy of our members. We do not scan, read or access in anyway the Private Messages of any of our members. Please feel safe in knowing we believe a Private Message is just that, a Private Message.
POSTING OF OTHER SITES/BUSINESSES:
Want to post about another message board or site that might be helpful to our members? Please do so! Same goes for promotion of businesses. We are not driven by advertiser dollars – we have no advertisers! So post away.
When screenshotting this for you know who - please make sure you got the important part above to share with him. Thanks.
HOW TO POST PICTURES OR MEMES: See Revised instructions below:
1st, If you are on your laptop or desktop - follow the directions below:
But if you are on your phone or tablet - be sure you are in Desktop mode, not mobile mode
at the bottom of the page there is the word DESKTOP - click that!
Then go to the red REPLY button on the upper right of your page -- the portion where you are ready to make a post?
Click that and it opens a different screen with lots of buttons. Here you can add emojis or videos or make quotes - hover over each and you will see what's available. There are 2 ways to add pictures .....
If you want to post pictures from your computer then click the ADD ATTACHMENT button and click ADD FILE. Then find the file on your computer that you want to add and click that. Be sure to click INSERT and the picture will appear on your reply.
When you are finished adding a few pictures and inserting them, click DONE to close the window.
THEN be sure to click CREATE THREAD or CREATE POST.... if you don't do this, then everything will disappear like you didn't do anything. I've done that before!
OR ….. if you want to post a image, picture or meme from the internet - then you will copy the URL of the image and come back here and choose the little button with the IMAGE on it. Paste the URL then hit INSERT IMAGE. It will then appear in your post.
Be sure to go to the bottom right of that screen and hit CREATE POST --- I've forgotten to do that so many times and have to go back and redo my whole post.
REVISED Image Instructions:
The free version (which we are operating with) of this forum only allows for a small amount of images to be uploaded and hosted by the Proboards folks. To add (increase) the storage capabilities to a level that would make everyone happy would cost over $30 a month. It's just not going to happen, sorry. Below are some of the image hosting websites that Proboards suggests using. We are using Postimage for some of the images used on the forum. It seems to work well for us. We have not tried any of the others, cannot speak to the ease or reliability of the rest of the list.
Image Hosting:
Freeimagehosting
imgpile
ImageShack
nickpic.host
Postimage
vgy.me
These are suggested by some of the admins of other Proboards Forums:
village.photos
imgbb.com
www.flickr.com
Of course, you can LINK to images hosted elsewhere. You do this by clicking on the small Photo icon in the tool bar. When the pop up window opens, you enter in the URL (web address) of the photo you want to add to the post. These are the same steps you will use to add images via one of the above hosting sites
HOW TO BLOCK MEMBERS:
If there is a member that is annoying you, you have the option of blocking their posts.
To block a member:
~click on the member's name either from the Members tab or on the member's name in a thread.
~when you see the member's profile, the upper right hand corner is a gear
~click the gear, a drop down menu will appear
~click on the Block Member selection
~a window will popup allowing you to select what you want to block the member from.
~when you are satisfied with your choices, click the "Block Member" button.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR ONLINE STATUS INVISIBLE TO ALL USERS (except certain staff):
This will prevent others from seeing if you are on line now. Moderators, however, can see when you are on line.
~Click on Profile (between Members and Messages) in Desktop Version
~Click the Edit Profile button
~Click the Privacy Tab
~The first setting is Invisible – click Yes to make yourself Invisible in the Members Section
~Then click the Save Privacy Settings button
NEW EMOJIS:
and :noutopia
~to post these use the following text and insert : before toilet and noutopia
~if you have any suggestions to add, please place them in the comments.
NEW POST CRITIQUES:
~in the upper right hand corner of each post you will see a button that says "Thoughts on this post" - click it and a dropdown menu will appear and you can check how you feel about someone's post. Desktop version only.
MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS:
~your membership time here is now celebrated in your profile with a ribbon showing your anniversary. It is only viewable on the desktop version.
TOP BUTTON
~you can now just hit the TOP button if you want to jump to the top of a thread. It is located on the upper left corner, just below the thread title. It is only enabled on the desktop version
CHATS CASH
~you now have the ability to earn Chats Cash. Your totals appear in your profile. You want to give Chats Cash to another member? Click on their profile and Click the Send Donation button. It is only available in the desktop version
More info on how Chats Cash works:
~Chats Cash shows up in your profile. You earn by posting, replying to posts and creating polls.
~you can donate your Chats Cash to other members by clicking on their profile, clicking on the Send Chats Cash button.
~you can receive your donated Chats Cash by clicking on the Green Dollar Sign Icon in the bottom left of your screen.
Remember, this only works in Desktop Mode - due to coding issues with forum board.
FOUNDING MEMBERS BADGE
~celebrating everyone who joined the forum when it began, in June 2021, you now have a "Founding Member" badge in your mini profile. Thanks for being a part of the Kingwood Chats community.
ACCESSING THE BOARD
~you can access Kingwood Chats two different ways: kingwoodchats.com - or - kingwoodchats.proboards.com Don't forget the "s" in Chats.
Last updated 2/20/22
Folks here are helpful so if you have any questions, please ask. This list of resources will grow as the board does. Have a suggestion? Post it here or send a PM.
Now, hurry up and get out of Porter!
PRIVACY:
We value the privacy of our members. We do not scan, read or access in anyway the Private Messages of any of our members. Please feel safe in knowing we believe a Private Message is just that, a Private Message.
POSTING OF OTHER SITES/BUSINESSES:
Want to post about another message board or site that might be helpful to our members? Please do so! Same goes for promotion of businesses. We are not driven by advertiser dollars – we have no advertisers! So post away.
When screenshotting this for you know who - please make sure you got the important part above to share with him. Thanks.
HOW TO POST PICTURES OR MEMES: See Revised instructions below:
But if you are on your phone or tablet - be sure you are in Desktop mode, not mobile mode
at the bottom of the page there is the word DESKTOP - click that!
Click that and it opens a different screen with lots of buttons. Here you can add emojis or videos or make quotes - hover over each and you will see what's available. There are 2 ways to add pictures .....
If you want to post pictures from your computer then click the ADD ATTACHMENT button and click ADD FILE. Then find the file on your computer that you want to add and click that. Be sure to click INSERT and the picture will appear on your reply.
When you are finished adding a few pictures and inserting them, click DONE to close the window.
THEN be sure to click CREATE THREAD or CREATE POST.... if you don't do this, then everything will disappear like you didn't do anything. I've done that before!
OR ….. if you want to post a image, picture or meme from the internet - then you will copy the URL of the image and come back here and choose the little button with the IMAGE on it. Paste the URL then hit INSERT IMAGE. It will then appear in your post.
Be sure to go to the bottom right of that screen and hit CREATE POST --- I've forgotten to do that so many times and have to go back and redo my whole post.
REVISED Image Instructions:
The free version (which we are operating with) of this forum only allows for a small amount of images to be uploaded and hosted by the Proboards folks. To add (increase) the storage capabilities to a level that would make everyone happy would cost over $30 a month. It's just not going to happen, sorry. Below are some of the image hosting websites that Proboards suggests using. We are using Postimage for some of the images used on the forum. It seems to work well for us. We have not tried any of the others, cannot speak to the ease or reliability of the rest of the list.
Image Hosting:
Freeimagehosting
imgpile
ImageShack
nickpic.host
Postimage
vgy.me
These are suggested by some of the admins of other Proboards Forums:
village.photos
imgbb.com
www.flickr.com
Of course, you can LINK to images hosted elsewhere. You do this by clicking on the small Photo icon in the tool bar. When the pop up window opens, you enter in the URL (web address) of the photo you want to add to the post. These are the same steps you will use to add images via one of the above hosting sites
HOW TO BLOCK MEMBERS:
If there is a member that is annoying you, you have the option of blocking their posts.
To block a member:
~click on the member's name either from the Members tab or on the member's name in a thread.
~when you see the member's profile, the upper right hand corner is a gear
~click the gear, a drop down menu will appear
~click on the Block Member selection
~a window will popup allowing you to select what you want to block the member from.
~when you are satisfied with your choices, click the "Block Member" button.
HOW TO MAKE YOUR ONLINE STATUS INVISIBLE TO ALL USERS (except certain staff):
This will prevent others from seeing if you are on line now. Moderators, however, can see when you are on line.
~Click on Profile (between Members and Messages) in Desktop Version
~Click the Edit Profile button
~Click the Privacy Tab
~The first setting is Invisible – click Yes to make yourself Invisible in the Members Section
~Then click the Save Privacy Settings button
NEW EMOJIS:
and :noutopia~to post these use the following text and insert : before toilet and noutopia
~if you have any suggestions to add, please place them in the comments.
NEW POST CRITIQUES:
~in the upper right hand corner of each post you will see a button that says "Thoughts on this post" - click it and a dropdown menu will appear and you can check how you feel about someone's post. Desktop version only.
MEMBERSHIP RIBBONS:
~your membership time here is now celebrated in your profile with a ribbon showing your anniversary. It is only viewable on the desktop version.
TOP BUTTON
~you can now just hit the TOP button if you want to jump to the top of a thread. It is located on the upper left corner, just below the thread title. It is only enabled on the desktop version
CHATS CASH
~you now have the ability to earn Chats Cash. Your totals appear in your profile. You want to give Chats Cash to another member? Click on their profile and Click the Send Donation button. It is only available in the desktop version
More info on how Chats Cash works:
~Chats Cash shows up in your profile. You earn by posting, replying to posts and creating polls.
~you can donate your Chats Cash to other members by clicking on their profile, clicking on the Send Chats Cash button.
~you can receive your donated Chats Cash by clicking on the Green Dollar Sign Icon in the bottom left of your screen.
Remember, this only works in Desktop Mode - due to coding issues with forum board.
FOUNDING MEMBERS BADGE
~celebrating everyone who joined the forum when it began, in June 2021, you now have a "Founding Member" badge in your mini profile. Thanks for being a part of the Kingwood Chats community.
ACCESSING THE BOARD
~you can access Kingwood Chats two different ways: kingwoodchats.com - or - kingwoodchats.proboards.com Don't forget the "s" in Chats.
Last updated 2/20/22
Pronoun? just kidding (third person present) lol !