Writing messages

How to add your message to the message boards

To start a new subject select the button. To reply to an existing message select the button. Type your message in the typing box. You can add formatting, preview your message and check the spelling. You can attach a document to your message before you post. When your ready, press the button.

That's it!

Including links to websites

Just type or past them into you message. They will be recognised automatically. You can use links to websites begining http://www or just www.

Formatting your message

Buttons on the typing box allow you to add formatting - bold, italic, lists etc

Highlight the text you want to format then press the relevant button. Extra characters (called Bulletin Board Code or BBC) will be added to your message. When you post your message, these will be converted into the correct presentation. You can see how this will look if you preview your message.

Formatting reference

Name	Button	BBC	Effect
Bold		[b] ... [/b]	Bold
Italic		[i] ... [/i]	Italic
Horizontal rule		[hr]
Link		[url]www.mywebsite.com[/url] [url=www.mywebsite.com]My link description[/url]	www.mywebsite.com My link description
Email		[email=name@mywebsite.com]Email John Smith[/email]	Email John Smith
Superscript		[sup] ... [/sup]	106
Subscript		[sub] ... [/sub]	Log10
Quote		[quote] ... [/quote]	Quote Quote goes here
List		[ul] [li] ... [/li] [li] ... [/li] [ul]	Item Item