Hey there! I've never seen a "guide" per se (edit: there's
this awesome post stickied to the PTR board that's really useful!), but I can help you out with anything you might need to get started!
We'll start with
colors: These are the easiest! There should be a bar with different little letters and symbols at the top of the box you type your posts in. You should see the letter "A" with a gray bar beneath it. Highlight the text you want to change colors for, then click that box and select whichever color you'd like to use! Try playing around with all the formatting tools, you can have a lot of fun with them!
Now we'll go to
table of contents: So immediately after you make your thread, type "Reserved!" in the next post so that you can edit it later to add your contents. Here's
Hey there! I've never seen a "guide" per se (edit: there's
this awesome post stickied to the PTR board that's really useful!), but I can help you out with anything you might need to get started!
We'll start with
colors: These are the easiest! There should be a bar with different little letters and symbols at the top of the box you type your posts in. You should see the letter "A" with a gray bar beneath it. Highlight the text you want to change colors for, then click that box and select whichever color you'd like to use! Try playing around with all the formatting tools, you can have a lot of fun with them!
Now we'll go to
table of contents: So immediately after you make your thread, type "Reserved!" in the next post so that you can edit it later to add your contents. Here's how to make an actual table of contents:
- At the bottom of the post you'd like to make a link for, click the gray number at the bottom right corner of the post. For example: the post at the bottom of my post is #2.
- When you click that little gray number, a box will pop up with a few different links. Highlight, right click, and "Copy" the one inside the yellow bar on top.
- Go back to the post where your table of contents is.
- Type "#(update number)(title of the update)" so for example-- if you went to Epcot on your third day, your third updated might be "#3- Our Fun Epcot Day!"
- Remember that formatting bar you used to make colors? So highlight what you just typed, and click the little metal link in the formatting bar. It should be in the third subsection of the formatting bar.
- Right click and paste your link into the box that pops up and hit "Insert"
- You're all done with your first table of contents entry!
And now we'll do
pictures: There are a few ways to do this. Personally, I think the easiest way is to upload all your pictures to a hosting website-- I use
Shutterfly. With Shutterfly, you can open up the picture you want to use to it's full size, right click and choose "Copy" and then paste it right into your TR!
Let me know if you need help with anything else! I can't wait to read your TR!
to make an actual table of contents:
- At the bottom of the post you'd like to make a link for, click the gray number at the bottom right corner of the post. For example: the post at the bottom of my post is #2.
- When you click that little gray number, a box will pop up with a few different links. Highlight, right click, and "Copy" the one inside the yellow bar on top.
- Go back to the post where your table of contents is.
- Type "#(update number)(title of the update)" so for example-- if you went to Epcot on your third day, your third updated might be "#3- Our Fun Epcot Day!"
- Remember that formatting bar you used to make colors? So highlight what you just typed, and click the little metal link in the formatting bar. It should be in the third subsection of the formatting bar.
- Right click and paste your link into the box that pops up and hit "Insert"
- You're all done with your first table of contents entry!
And now we'll do
pictures: There are a few ways to do this. Personally, I think the easiest way is to upload all your pictures to a hosting website-- I use
Shutterfly. With Shutterfly, you can open up the picture you want to use to it's full size, right click and choose "Copy" and then paste it right into your TR!
Let me know if you need help with anything else! I can't wait to read your TR!
Hope that helps!!
