# How??? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 25, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253 "2001-04-25T05:02:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jukeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253/1 "2001-04-25T05:02:16Z")
HOw do I learn all the different things I can do In the SDMB like smiley faces , quoting someone , signatures etc ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253/2 "2001-04-25T05:08:59Z")
Here you go **Jayshah**. It’s right here in the [vB Code Page](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode). Enjoy! Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253/3 "2001-04-25T05:10:11Z")
[vB code](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) (which discusses hyperlinks, quoting people, as well as **bold** or _italic_ text and so on). [Smilies](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=showsmilies) Links to those two pages can be found at the bottom of each forum’s main page; as in [About This Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/forumdisplay.php?forumid=2). Your signature is set in your [profile](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/member.php?action=editprofile). (You can reach that page by just clicking on the “profile” icon in the cluster of icons at the top right of any SDMB page.) ---
**Author:** ![Jukeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253/4 "2001-04-25T05:18:37Z")
thanx ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2001, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how/63253/5 "2001-04-25T21:54:57Z")
You know, the best advice I ever heard was “read every single thread in ATMB”. It wasn’t directed at me, but I still did it. Taught me plenty, I tell you. Of course, I don’t remember half of it, but hey, I did learn it once. Have fun here. It’s a great place.