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Revision 2018.08.19 | Returning ASAP

The SMS Text Alerts is being revised & tested here and on the member profile page. All functionality will return when joining resumes.

Each topic or reply has a "quote" button on the right. You can simply select (highlight) the text you wish to quote, and click the "quote" button. This will place the quoted text in between [quote] brackets, and place it into the compose window so you can reply to a specific passage.

You can reference any page or website by pasting a link ( preferably beginning with https:// ) into your post. We have made it so that it will be made clickable. Please do not link to anything inappropriate or tasteless.

You can reference any remote image from another website (or the internet) if you have the full address. Simply use the "IMG" button when composing a topic or reply, insert the full address of the image (beginning with HTTP) and it will generate the code for you.

Each YouTube video has an 11-character identifier. Simply paste the full youtube video address into your post and the video will automatically appear.