# Newbie test post **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 8, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076 "2001-10-08T07:54:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/1 "2001-10-08T07:54:16Z")
**bold** _leaning_, [sub]Italics, ha ha[/sub] My first [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=2)! [font colr=“red”]red[/font] [marquee]whoa[/marquee] \blue\ > [@](#): > > **To be, or knot tube, (he!)** Cut and paste? [quote] _originally posted by me_ **bold** _leaning_, [sub]Italics, ha ha[/sub] My first [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/newthread.php?action=newthread&forumid=2)! [font colr=“red”]red[/font] [marquee]whoa[/marquee] \blue\ > [@](#): > > To be, or knot tube, (he!) \*\* 🙂 😉 🆒 [oilcanharry@hellboyfan.com](mailto:oilcanharry@hellboyfan.com) ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/2 "2001-10-08T07:58:35Z")
My first [post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91699), take 2. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/3 "2001-10-08T08:02:25Z")
Test sig ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/4 "2001-10-08T08:04:58Z")
Does ‘preview’ remove sig from post? And-a-one-and-a-two… ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/5 "2001-10-08T08:10:38Z")
Having trouble with the search function. Tutorial 101, anyone? ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/6 "2001-10-08T08:16:48Z")
hehehe I have no idea with the search function, but hopefully someone will pop in and help you out. In the meantime, do unto others… How did you do the sunglasses smilie ? How did you get the post to be a link ? How did you get small words to work ? Please tell me o great and holy teacher of posts 😃 ---
**Author:** ![therealblaze](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a9adbd/32.png) [@therealblaze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/therealblaze)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/7 "2001-10-08T08:23:49Z")
**Goo** you can see what he has done by clicking the “quote” below his posts. Reading the FAQ that can be accessed from the upper right corner might be useful too. **Hombre** you can search by keyword or user name. Then select the forum you want to search in. Next you will have to decide if the search will be done only by subject line or from the whole thread. Remember to adjust the date range of the search to get more results, as its default setting is 5 days. ---
**Author:** ![Omniman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omniman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/8 "2001-10-08T15:45:00Z")
That FAQ button is pretty useless. They have been saying they are working on a replacement for some time, so I suppose you can try it again a few months from now. In the meantime, there are nearly daily threads like these where the real information is passed out by the regulars. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91424](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91424) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91051](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91051) [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91208](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=91208) If this seems inefficient, that’s ---
**Author:** ![Omniman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omniman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/9 "2001-10-08T15:56:23Z")
If you want colors, there’s only one available, which is blue/purple. But better hurry, as the old timers on the board are lobying against it. Why? Because old timers fear change. And fun. If they didn’t think of it their first year here, then it must be useless. Even \*dangerous[/] changehttp://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35301 ---
**Author:** ![Omniman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bcef8e/32.png) [@Omniman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniman)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/10 "2001-10-08T16:06:51Z")
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35301](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=35301) ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/11 "2001-10-08T18:43:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Goo \* > \*\*How did you do the sunglasses smilie ? > How did you get the post to be a link ? > How did you get small words to work ? > > Please tell me o great and holy teacher of posts 😃 \*\* You will find a list of ‘smilies’ [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=showsmilies) or click on “smilies” in the upper left corner of the ‘Post Reply’ page. You will find answers to your [(vB)](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/index.php?action=bbcode) coding questions there as well, My Little Minion. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/12 "2001-10-08T19:08:18Z")
My minion has been usurped ! Curs-ed high post count[sub]er[/sub]. But, yeah, what **warmgun** said. **therealblaze** , Ah…the ‘date range’ - thank you. Also (now that I can work ‘search’), **Goo** , this might be of help as well: [url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50923](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50923)”], more coding stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/13 "2001-10-08T19:46:44Z")
> [@](#): > > _originally posted by me_ > \*\*therealblaze, Ah…the ‘date range’ - thank you. > Also (now that I can work ‘search’), Goo, this might be of help as well: > [, more coding stuff. \*\* let’s try that again… **[url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50923](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50923)”]more coding stuff.]([http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50923](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=50923))** Ahh…much better…also more linking and coding: [Here,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=85429) [here,](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=86165) [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=87563) and, finally, [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?postid=1663015). ---
**Author:** ![andygirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a9adbd/32.png) [@andygirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andygirl)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/14 "2001-10-08T20:06:52Z")
Now that you have tackled coding, come join us in our merriment. ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2001, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/15 "2001-10-08T20:12:56Z")
Purple underlined text, Black text. 😃 Sorry, I had to try it. I want to be able to sit around one day and say, “[Walter Brennen voice] Why, back in the old days, dagnabit, we had _two_ dern text colors to pick from! [/WB voice]” Actually in my browser, a true link is bright blue and a the ‘fakie’ is maroon. ---
**Author:** ![Essured](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Essured](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Essured)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/16 "2001-10-09T01:31:02Z")
Firstly, thanks for the help and not being snobby about it. So far you all seem pretty much like a great gang. (please note the qualifier ‘pretty much’) 😛 Well, I for one am all hot and flustered !!! Now I’m not just Goo, I’m actually warmgun’s minion ! As soon as I figure out how to do sigs, that’s mine : “warmgun’s minion” since 2001 rotflmao And don’t tell me how to do sigs… if I can’t figure it out, I’ll let you know ! ---
**Author:** ![dubbele](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bc8723/32.png) [@dubbele](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dubbele)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/17 "2001-10-09T01:43:17Z")
[sym]A[/sym] [symbol]A[/symbol] ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/18 "2001-10-09T01:46:50Z")
[**b]My tags are broken![**/b] [**url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb)”]Whatever shall I do?[**/url] ---
**Author:** ![sloanaheadayou](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6de8d8/32.png) [@sloanaheadayou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sloanaheadayou)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/19 "2001-10-09T02:41:48Z")
[**QUOTE][i]Originally posted by ultrafilter [/i] [B][[****/b]b]My tags are broken![****[b][/b]/b] [[b][/b]url=“[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb)”]Whatever shall I do?[****[**/b]/url] [**/B][**/QUOTE] ---
**Author:** ![Hombre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecb155/32.png) [@Hombre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hombre)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2001, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076/20 "2001-10-09T04:50:27Z")
Pardon me, my newbie-ness is showing. what were those last 2 posts about??? You guys/gals wanna hip the masses? **Goo** , You little rascle, glad to help. I’m crushed, of course, that you would allow yourself to be minionized by the likes of a scoundrel and hi-wayman such as **warmgun**! Why I could have shown you the Boards in ways he can only dreamed of. Oh well…another time perhaps? However, I _will_ staunchly fight to retain the title originally bestowed upon me by Your Sweetness : > [@](#): > > o great and holy teacher of posts Hey, it’s my 8th post , I’ll take what I can get. And anyway, **andygirl** has charmed me away to join in the merriment! Wherever, the heck, that is… **sloanaheadayou** - Is your username a reference to ‘Brother Dave Garner’? [sub]Acually, I don’t know warmgun, I’m sure he’s a great guy. And, mods, this is not flirting - it’s ‘practice’ flirting. :D[/sub] [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/newbie-test-post/86076.md?page=2)