I hope that this is the site for this type of post
As a newbie I was finding it a little difficult to navigate around this site, as I am not normally a member of any forum.
I sincerely hope that I am not standing on any toes. I have put together some of the navigation tips which I came across from reading other members posts.
As at this particular period in time, I do not know what I do not know.
I am hoping that some of the more knowledgeable members will fill in the rest of the gaps.
What I have found in alphabetical order
Notification by email that someone has replied to your new topic
Acknowledging
Wombat post # 10946
Go to the site you wish the topic to be in (A Newbie like me would go to the --- Read Forum Rules & Introduce Yourself Here --- site
Just before you submit a new tropic, place a click in the (lower left of page) where it says
Email me whenever there is a new post on this topic
Posting a link
Acknowledging
V ic41 post # 482
Type in your reply window a name or complete URL name to signifies it is a link to somewhere
Before you submit your post click on Edit
When in the edit window highlight the link you had pasted, (or name for the link) and then click on the link icon ( which looks like a chain link)
An --- Insert/Edit link --- window appears paste your link into the --- Link URL --- box
Select Open Link in New Window in the --- Target box ---
Type something in the --- Title box --- (which should now be the title of your link in your reply window. Which did not work for me
Click on the Insert button within the Insert/Edit link box
In the particular part of the topic you wish to reply to, click on --- Quote --- within that persons window of the topic --- type your reply --- when you click on Submit the other persons quote should be within your reply window.
Searching for something
Acknowledging
Dougwe post # 11268
Click on --- Search --- in the blue band (between the merchandise and posts --- click within the search box which appears --- type in the word of information you are searching for eg solar or battery --- if there is a topic with that name in the heading it will show up
I did read one post (dated around 2011) which mentioned that there was a --- Posting How To --- link, near the Submit button, but I could not find it while I was experimenting, (err playing around) on my original Introduction topic post. I now find it while I am submitting this post, but it is only about HTML and not about navigating the site
-- Edited by Tony Bev on Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 12:58:34 AM
-- Edited by Tony Bev on Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 01:00:04 AM
dorian said
07:43 AM Mar 2, 2016
You can simply paste a URL into the Quick Reply box. It will be automatically "linkified". Sometimes there are special characters which mess up the linkification, in which case you will need to use the Advanced Editor.
This forum's search engine is abyssmally poor. It gives at most 5 results. A much better way to search this forum is via Google's Advanced Search.
You can simply paste a URL into the Quick Reply box. It will be automatically "linkified". Sometimes there are special characters which mess up the linkification, in which case you will need to use the Advanced Editor.
This forum's search engine is abyssmally poor. It gives at most 5 results. A much better way to search this forum is via Google's Advanced Search.
Thank you for that advice, it has been appreciated. This is something that I was not aware of, and I am sure that it will be very useful for others and myself in the future.
madaboutled said
08:11 PM Mar 2, 2016
dorian wrote:
This forum's search engine is abyssmally poor. It gives at most 5 results. A much better way to search this forum is via Google's Advanced Search.
Warning Will Robinson.... I made a comment on the lines of that once and got shot down.
Comments regarding the functionality of the site should be welcome. In fact the reason that URLs are automatically linkified in the Quick Reply box is because I contacted the software developer(s) and requested the feature.
madaboutled said
07:42 AM Mar 4, 2016
dorian wrote:
Comments regarding the functionality of the site should be welcome. In fact the reason that URLs are automatically linkified in the Quick Reply box is because I contacted the software developer(s) and requested the feature.
Should be..... totally agree, then I supose there are so many viewing ths web site who have so much time on there hands they link nothing better than scrolling page after page to find the info they want. IMHO the search on this forum only works well if you search the exact phrase that was posted.
Hello to all Grey Nomads
I hope that this is the site for this type of post
As a newbie I was finding it a little difficult to navigate around this site, as I am not normally a member of any forum.
I sincerely hope that I am not standing on any toes. I have put together some of the navigation tips which I came across from reading other members posts.
As at this particular period in time, I do not know what I do not know.
I am hoping that some of the more knowledgeable members will fill in the rest of the gaps.
What I have found in alphabetical order
Notification by email that someone has replied to your new topic
Acknowledging
Wombat post # 10946
Go to the site you wish the topic to be in (A Newbie like me would go to the --- Read Forum Rules & Introduce Yourself Here --- site
Just before you submit a new tropic, place a click in the (lower left of page) where it says
Email me whenever there is a new post on this topic
Posting a link
Acknowledging
V ic41 post # 482
Type in your reply window a name or complete URL name to signifies it is a link to somewhere
Before you submit your post click on Edit
When in the edit window highlight the link you had pasted, (or name for the link) and then click on the link icon ( which looks like a chain link)
An --- Insert/Edit link --- window appears paste your link into the --- Link URL --- box
Select Open Link in New Window in the --- Target box ---
Type something in the --- Title box --- (which should now be the title of your link in your reply window. Which did not work for me
Click on the Insert button within the Insert/Edit link box
Submit your reply
This is what comes up in your post window --- A link to somewhere useful ---
Posts how to find the most recent ones
Acknowledging
JCT but lost the post number (and could never find it again)
Click on the link below
http://thegreynomads.activeboard.com/p/recent/
Replying to someones post
Acknowledging
Happywanderer post # 11770
In the particular part of the topic you wish to reply to, click on --- Quote --- within that persons window of the topic --- type your reply --- when you click on Submit the other persons quote should be within your reply window.
Searching for something
Acknowledging
Dougwe post # 11268
Click on --- Search --- in the blue band (between the merchandise and posts --- click within the search box which appears --- type in the word of information you are searching for eg solar or battery --- if there is a topic with that name in the heading it will show up
I did read one post (dated around 2011) which mentioned that there was a --- Posting How To --- link, near the Submit button, but I could not find it while I was experimenting, (err playing around) on my original Introduction topic post. I now find it while I am submitting this post, but it is only about HTML and not about navigating the site
-- Edited by Tony Bev on Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 12:58:34 AM
-- Edited by Tony Bev on Wednesday 2nd of March 2016 01:00:04 AM
You can simply paste a URL into the Quick Reply box. It will be automatically "linkified". Sometimes there are special characters which mess up the linkification, in which case you will need to use the Advanced Editor.
This forum's search engine is abyssmally poor. It gives at most 5 results. A much better way to search this forum is via Google's Advanced Search.
https://www.google.com.au/advanced_search
Alternatively you can simply replace "%s" with your search term(s) in the following URL:
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=%s+site:thegreynomads.activeboard.com
For example ...
http://www.google.com.au/search?q=solar+OR+battery+site:thegreynomads.activeboard.com
Warning Will Robinson.... I made a comment on the lines of that once and got shot down.
Should be..... totally agree, then I supose there are so many viewing ths web site who have so much time on there hands they link nothing better than scrolling page after page to find the info they want. IMHO the search on this forum only works well if you search the exact phrase that was posted.