A Tutorial of How to Use the Group's Bells & Whistles

[Amy, Queen of Time]

Would you like to make your comments spiffier but don't know how? Here's a short tutorial I stole directly from myself (in another group):

TO ADD A BOOK OR AUTHOR TO A COMMENT
1. Click on "add book/author" at the top of the comment box.



2. Type in the name of the book you want to add into the search box(or alternately, click the author tab and type in the name of the author you want to add into the search box).

3. Choose whether you want to insert a picture of the cover or a just a link to the book in your commment.

4. Click "add" beside the picture of the correct book ... et voila!



TO START A NEW DISCUSSION TOPIC
1. Click "new" beside "topics" on the discussion board.



2. Write the name of your topic.

3. Write the name of the book that you're talking about (if applicable), and choose the correct book from the drop-down list.

4. Select the folder in which you want to place your discussion (or you can create a new folder if you're a moderator).



5. Type your new topic comment and post.

TO USE HTML TO FANCY UP YOUR COMMENT
1. Click on "some html is ok" for a quick html cheat sheet.



2. You can do:
• links
• images:
• bold



• italics
• underline
• strike through
•

pre-formatted

•

blockquote to set apart and indent your quotation from the body of the rest of the test like this

•

A new paragraph. But why not just press "enter" instead?

• (view spoiler)[All your spoilers get magically hidden here behind your nice little link. (hide spoiler)]



Which yields the formatting you're currently seeing on your page now.

Any questions?

[Cheryl]

Remember that if you can't find a thread or comment, you can use the 'search discussion posts' window bar on the right side of the page, under the list of all the clickable group features like bookshelf, discussions, members, polls.

Do note that in the past that has been one of GR's glitches and it may not be perfect all the time, but when it works (which is almost always) it can be very helpful if you use specific and uncommon key word search terms.

[Lizz]

Thank you Cheryl!