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Before I get into too much detail, I would like to introduce you all to the comment box. That would be the rectangular-shaped object at the bottom of your screen. It allows you to type words and "post" them in a particular thread. If you've found the certain rectangular object I am speaking of, you're off to an excellent start. Directly above the comment box are two beige phrases: "add book/author" and "(some html is ok)". Those will play an integral role in properly formatting your posts.
Add Book/Author
If you click on the words "add book/author", a box will pop up that allows you to search for any book or author here on Goodreads. This feature is used very frequently throughout the group, particularly in Monthly Read Nominations, Reading Challenges, etc., so it is important that each member understand how to use this function.
After clicking "add book/author", ensure that the proper box is checked. Your choices are: "link" or "cover", which are fairly self-explanatory. Most members use the "link" option in their posts, which creates a link to the book's main page here on Goodreads. The "cover" option causes a picture of the book's cover to appear in your post. Once you have selected one of those options, type the name of the book or author into the search box. Once you find the proper edition, click "add." Viola! You've added your first book or author to a post.
(Some HTML is OK)
HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. More simply, HTML tells your browser exactly what to display. HTML determines whether font appears bolded, underlined, italicized, etc.
When you click the words "(some html is ok)", a cheat sheet of HTML code pops up. On the lefthand side is a description of what each code will do. On the righthand side is the code itself. If you would like to include one of the listed HTML options in a post, simply copy and paste the code (the information between < and >) into the comment box. For more information regarding each code, see below.
How to Bold Text
Code: <*b>...<*/b>
Example: This text has been bolded.
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like bolded.
How to Underline Text
Code: <*u>...<*/u>
Example: This text has been underlined.
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like underlined.
How to Italicize Text
Code: <*i>...<*/i>
Example: This text has been italicized.
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like italicized.
How to Strikeout Text
Code: <*s>...<*/s>
Example:This text has been struck out.
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like struck out.
How to Indent Text
Code: <*pre>...<*/pre>
Example:This text is indented.
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like indented. Immediately after <*pre>, insert however many spaces you would like to appear to serve as your indent. An indent is traditionally 5 spaces, but you can adjust this distance to suit your needs.
How to Insert a Blockquote
Code: <*blockquote>...<*/blockquote>
Example:
This is a blockquote.
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like to be within the blockquote.
How to Insert a Paragraph
Code: <*p>...<*/p>
Example:This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph. This text begins a new paragraph.
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like bolded.
How to Insert a Spoiler
Code: <*spoiler>...<*/spoiler>
Example: (view spoiler)
Copy and paste the code into the appropriate text box. Remove the *'s and replace the "..." with the text that you would like to be contained within the spoiler.
How to Insert a Link
Code: <*a href="http://www.goodreads.com">my link text<*/a>
Example: This is an HTML link.
Begin by replacing <*a href="http://www.goodreads.com">my link text<*/a> with the proper web address. Then, replace "my link text" with the text that you would like to be displayed as your link. In my example above, the word "this" replaced "my link text."
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You may have noticed members include cute little symbols in some of their posts. Below is a list of symbols that you can copy and paste into your posts.
Please note that not all symbols will be viewable in all browsers. In such cases, the symbol will be replaced with a square.
Most Commonly Used Symbols
☀ BLACK SUN WITH RAYS
★ BLACK STAR
♡ WHITE HEART SUIT
☊ ASCENDING NODE
♥ BLACK HEART SUIT
♦ BLACK DIAMOND SUIT
♣ BLACK CLUB SUIT
♠ BLACK SPADE SUIT
✔ CHECKMARK
✖ HEAVY X
♪ EIGHTH NOTE
♫ BEAMED EIGHTH NOTES
⛄ SNOWMAN WITHOUT SNOW
⚽ SOCCER BALL
All Symbols:
☀ BLACK SUN WITH RAYS
☁ CLOUD
☂ UMBRELLA
☃ SNOWMAN
☄ COMET
★ BLACK STAR
☆ WHITE STAR
☇ LIGHTNING
☈ THUNDERSTORM
☉ SUN
☊ ASCENDING NODE
☋ DESCENDING NODE
☌ CONJUNCTION
☍ OPPOSITION
☎ BLACK TELEPHONE
☏ WHITE TELEPHONE
☐ BALLOT BOX
☑ BALLOT BOX WITH CHECK
☒ BALLOT BOX WITH X
☓ SALTIRE
☔ UMBRELLA WITH RAIN DROPS
☕ HOT BEVERAGE
☖ WHITE SHOGI PIECE
☗ BLACK SHOGI PIECE
✔ CHECKMARK
✖ HEAVY X
☘ SHAMROCK
☙ REVERSED ROTATED FLORAL HEART BULLET
☚ BLACK LEFT POINTING INDEX
☛ BLACK RIGHT POINTING INDEX
☜ WHITE LEFT POINTING INDEX
☝ WHITE UP POINTING INDEX
☞ WHITE RIGHT POINTING INDEX
☟ WHITE DOWN POINTING INDEX
☠ SKULL AND CROSSBONES
☡ CAUTION SIGN
☢ RADIOACTIVE SIGN
☣ BIOHAZARD SIGN
☤ CADUCEUS
☥ ANKH
☦ ORTHODOX CROSS
☧ CHI RHO
☨ CROSS OF LORRAINE
☩ CROSS OF JERUSALEM
☪ STAR AND CRESCENT
☫ FARSI SYMBOL
☬ ADI SHAKTI
☭ HAMMER AND SICKLE
☮ PEACE SYMBOL
☯ YIN YANG
☰ TRIGRAM FOR HEAVEN
☱ TRIGRAM FOR LAKE
☲ TRIGRAM FOR FIRE
☳ TRIGRAM FOR THUNDER
☴ TRIGRAM FOR WIND
☵ TRIGRAM FOR WATER
☶ TRIGRAM FOR MOUNTAIN
☷ TRIGRAM FOR EARTH
☸ WHEEL OF DHARMA
☹ WHITE FROWNING FACE
☺ WHITE SMILING FACE
☻ BLACK SMILING FACE
☼ WHITE SUN WITH RAYS
☽ FIRST QUARTER MOON
☾ LAST QUARTER MOON
☿ MERCURY
♀ FEMALE SIGN
♁ EARTH
♂ MALE SIGN
♃ JUPITER
♄ SATURN
♅ URANUS
♆ NEPTUNE
♇ PLUTO
♈ ARIES
♉ TAURUS
♊ GEMINI
♋ CANCER
♌ LEO
♍ VIRGO
♎ LIBRA
♏ SCORPIUS
♐ SAGITTARIUS
♑ CAPRICORN
♒ AQUARIUS
♓ PISCES
♔ WHITE CHESS KING
♕ WHITE CHESS QUEEN
♖ WHITE CHESS ROOK
♗ WHITE CHESS BISHOP
♘ WHITE CHESS KNIGHT
♙ WHITE CHESS PAWN
♚ BLACK CHESS KING
♛ BLACK CHESS QUEEN
♜ BLACK CHESS ROOK
♝ BLACK CHESS BISHOP
♞ BLACK CHESS KNIGHT
♟ BLACK CHESS PAWN
♠ BLACK SPADE SUIT
♡ WHITE HEART SUIT
♢ WHITE DIAMOND SUIT
♣ BLACK CLUB SUIT
♤ WHITE SPADE SUIT
♥ BLACK HEART SUIT
♦ BLACK DIAMOND SUIT
♧ WHITE CLUB SUIT
♨ HOT SPRINGS
♩ QUARTER NOTE
♪ EIGHTH NOTE
♫ BEAMED EIGHTH NOTES
♬ BEAMED SIXTEENTH NOTES
♭ MUSIC FLAT SIGN
♮ MUSIC NATURAL SIGN
♯ MUSIC SHARP SIGN
♰ WEST SYRIAC CROSS
♱ EAST SYRIAC CROSS
♲ UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL
♳ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-1 PLASTICS
♴ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-2 PLASTICS
♵ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-3 PLASTICS
♶ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-4 PLASTICS
♷ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-5 PLASTICS
♸ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-6 PLASTICS
♹ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR TYPE-7 PLASTICS
♺ RECYCLING SYMBOL FOR GENERIC MATERIALS
♻ BLACK UNIVERSAL RECYCLING SYMBOL
♼ RECYCLED PAPER SYMBOL
♽ PARTIALLY-RECYCLED PAPER SYMBOL
♾ PERMANENT PAPER SIGN
♿ WHEELCHAIR SYMBOL
⚀ DIE FACE-1
⚁ DIE FACE-2
⚂ DIE FACE-3
⚃ DIE FACE-4
⚄ DIE FACE-5
⚅ DIE FACE-6
⚆ WHITE CIRCLE WITH DOT RIGHT
⚇ WHITE CIRCLE WITH TWO DOTS
⚈ BLACK CIRCLE WITH WHITE DOT RIGHT
⚉ BLACK CIRCLE WITH TWO WHITE DOTS
⚊ MONOGRAM FOR YANG
⚋ MONOGRAM FOR YIN
⚌ DIGRAM FOR GREATER YANG
⚍ DIGRAM FOR LESSER YIN
⚎ DIGRAM FOR LESSER YANG
⚏ DIGRAM FOR GREATER YIN
⚐ WHITE FLAG
⚑ BLACK FLAG
⚒ HAMMER AND PICK
⚓ ANCHOR
⚔ CROSSED SWORDS
⚕ STAFF OF AESCULAPIUS
⚖ SCALES
⚗ ALEMBIC
⚘ FLOWER
⚙ GEAR
⚚ STAFF OF HERMES
⚛ ATOM SYMBOL
⚜ FLEUR-DE-LIS
⚝ OUTLINED WHITE STAR
⚞ THREE LINES CONVERGING RIGHT
⚟ THREE LINES CONVERGING LEFT
⚠ WARNING SIGN
⚡ HIGH VOLTAGE SIGN
⚢ DOUBLED FEMALE SIGN
⚣ DOUBLED MALE SIGN
⚤ INTERLOCKED FEMALE AND MALE SIGN
⚥ MALE AND FEMALE SIGN
⚦ MALE WITH STROKE SIGN
⚧ MALE WITH STROKE AND MALE AND FEMALE SIGN
⚨ VERTICAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN
⚩ HORIZONTAL MALE WITH STROKE SIGN
⚪ MEDIUM WHITE CIRCLE
⚫ MEDIUM BLACK CIRCLE
⚬ MEDIUM SMALL WHITE CIRCLE
⚭ MARRIAGE SYMBOL
⚮ DIVORCE SYMBOL
⚯ UNMARRIED PARTNERSHIP SYMBOL
⚰ COFFIN
⚱ FUNERAL URN
⚲ NEUTER
⚽ SOCCER BALL
⚾ BASEBALL
⛄ SNOWMAN WITHOUT SNOW
⛅ SUN BEHIND CLOUD
⛔ NO ENTRY
⛪ CHURCH
⛲ FOUNTAIN
⛳ FLAG IN HOLE
⛵ SAILBOAT
⛺ TENT
⛽ FUEL PUMP
Mod
Below are a list of common abbreviations that you may find interspersed throughout the group. I may have forgotten a few, so let me know in a comment if I've left any off.
✿ ARC: Advanced Reader Copy
✿ CR: Contemporary Romance
✿ DNF: Do Not Finish
✿ FR: Fantasy Romance
✿ HEA: Happily Ever After
✿ HF: Historical Fiction
✿ HFN: Happy For Now
✿ HR: Historical Romance
✿ IRL/RL: In Real Life/Real Life
✿ LI: Love Interest
✿ MC: Main Character
✿ MG: Middle Grade
✿ NA: New Adult
✿ PNR: Paranormal Romance
✿ POV: Point Of View
✿ RS: Romantic Suspense
✿ TPT: The Page Turners
✿ TBR: To Be Read
✿ UF: Urban Fantasy
✿ YA: Young Adult
Olivia wrote: "We've received many new members over the past few weeks, most of which were new to Goodreads. In general, there seems to be some confusion regarding formatting posts, adding books/authors, etc. T..."Thank you for this....I am one of the Nubes! lol
Post 1: Basic Formatting
Post 2: Adding Symbols to Comments
Post 3: Common Abbreviations
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