COnsolidation

**aramis** · March 23rd, 2014 until April 23rd, 2020

COnsolidation

This consolidates several other announcements.

edited: 13 Jan 2015 for formatting issues.

Thread Necromancy

Several people have been apologizing for thread necromancy. It's OK. Really. Just so long as it's a useful continuation of the thread, and not just a "Me-too" or "bump," it's all good. There has not been, since I've been on, any policy prohibiting picking up old threads, and that goes back quite a way. The only request is to make certain that the post is relatively on topic and has content. Some of the most enjoyable discussions on this board have had year-long or longer hiatuses.

Copyright

Please do not upload or post links to illegally-copied copyright material. Short extracts are allowed as Fair Use, but unless you have permission anything longer is against the law. http://fairuse.stanford.edu/Copyrigh...pter9/9-a.html

How to Link to Files

Linking to Files

Quote:

Originally Posted by yamsi3467

Being able to attach files. I have a trade calculations spreadsheet that I want the group to look at. Yamsi

Upload it to the file library. For example, using the file on the following page: http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Dis...ad.php?t=26604

I go to that page, right click on the file link, and copy the file's url (copy link address)...

which gets: http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/attachment.php?attachmentid=874&d=1338152287 AotTI.zip

And add the filename after http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/attachment.php?attachmentid=874&d=1338152287 AotTI.zip

I then wrap it in URL tags: [url=http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/attachment.php?attachmentid=874&d=1338152287] AotTI.zip[/url]

This is followed by inserting the file image, again obtained by right clicking and copying image URL: [url=http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/attachment.php?attachmentid=874&d=1338152287]http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/images/attach/zip.gif AotTI.zip[/url]

And then, I wrap that in img tags [url=http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/attachment.php?attachmentid=874&d=1338152287][img]http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Discuss/images/attach/zip.gif[/img] AotTI.zip[/url]

and that gives: AotTI.zip

Linking to Images

Upload the image to the gallery. Then...

In the gallery, click on the image to get it full screen, copy the URL:

http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/1_Radial_Accel.gif

Then, put it into a url start tag:

[b][url=[/noparse][/b][noparse]http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/1_Radial_Accel.gif]

Then add the image tag:

[url=http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/1_Radial_Accel.gif][img]http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/1_Radial_Accel.gif

Then modify the one in the image tag:

[url=http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/1_Radial_Accel.gif][img]http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/small/1_Radial_Accel.gif

Finally, close the tags, img first:

[url=http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/1_Radial_Accel.gif][img]http://www.travellerrpg.com/CotI/Gallery/images/168/small/1_Radial_Accel.gif[/img][/url]

And you get:

using "medium" instead of small gets:

Contact Us

Because I discovered *I* couldn't find a link to the contact us page...

I have added a "contact administrator" link to the quick-links menu.

This is for reporting issues like moot membership renewals, broken links, and other administrator specific contacts. It doesn't use the PM system - it does send an email to the COTI board administrator email which both Cryton and Aramis have access to (only Aramis checks it regularly).