Topic: How I find it difficult to navigate in the forum (Read 258 times)

Using BB codes is not always easy especially for people that has not belonged to the group where BB codes are used in conversation. I didn't actually know about BB codes myself but then I think I have had an idea of HTML which uses the open and closing quotes format. I didn't also do it alone, I received some guidance and then I also read on my own which helped me develop very fast.

The only unsolvable problem a member of this forum may have is inability to type and understandable text. In as much as you can put understandable statements together, people will help you solve your problems in the forum. If if you do not understand and cannot use good English, local boards are there to also help.

It's very difficult for a newbie to understand all these BB codes. But it's not any more difficult as we have very helpful members in this forum. When I came here, I was confused and wondered what is this and how to use it like how people add images, links, bold text, glow, etc and it was very difficult. So for that when something I notice in posts what I do is click on the quote check how he used the code and do multiple posts then I apply the same pattern in my post and make some necessary corrections. I opened different tabs on my laptop which made things easy for me. So I recommend the same trick to you if you want to add anything like the pic, bold Texl, glow, etc Check the posts of other members for that specific thing in the same way that I used. When you doing it two to three times I am sure you will easily understand all the things.

It’s good you acknowledge the effort of those who have made out time to give you their advice and taught, it will also be much more appreciated if you truly study the details of those links and take the advice of given so serious as it will help you a lot as you grow in the forum especially on making good post in a well understandable manner by manner.

The link which the first Member provided was really helpful not just to you but to me also I have been here for years some years not active but I have not come across those details and now come about some of the update, I just learned how to use the forum with experience and coming across threads like this really helped my journey alot. I hope to see you making progress and given us what you have learned in a way of contributing to the forum.

OP you need to be patient and give ears to learning and take note of every piece of informations given to you here, if you can know about how to post an image within your first month of joining this forum then if you are interested in learning more, you can get all you so wishes or desires but gradually, there's alot to discover and know about the forum itself not to talk of bitcoin, Rome is not built in a day, continue to explore the more to discover other aspects, make use of the search button as well to narrow your search properly.

Thank you all. My sincere appreciation goes to everyone who took time out of their busy schedule to share their knowledge with me. And also thanks to those who have expressed an interest in attempting my issue and have been granted permission, which I greatly appreciated. Seriously I've learned a lot from the individuals here. With so many links provided to me, I now understand how to afford my expertise on this forum.

This is perfect place where OP can get full information and usecase of all equipment. Most of the equipment tool is very common in the forum but most of newbies haven't not used amy forum before so it's become difficult to understand it. I learned html, C language and other forum before starting here so I got no issue to use all bb code. The only issue I faced at the start was image and using multiple quotes in one post .

I hope OP got his answer and should update here. If still he needs any help in any confusion so forum member help him.

We can not know everything at once. We must crawl, learn, practice, improve our crawling before we can run.

This is how I learned too.

Click on Quote and you will see how that poster made that post with something you want to do for your post, like bold, underline, strike, highlight (glow), add link and more. It is an easiest way to learn from a post and repeat the same thing for your post.

If you want more advance, you can find in Help page or can ask forum members.

Another way is to search about guides for SMF forum.

Welcome to the SMF Online Manual

Because it is difficult to learn everything at once, this is the greatest technique to learn quickly. We are continually learning.
When I first started learning in this forum, looking at how other members' comments were organized helped me a lot. When I read a comment or post and want to learn how it was done, I usually use the quote bottom to see what functions he used to structure the reply or post in such a way. I recommend that you preview your post before submitting it so that you can see how it will look after you publish it.

There are tons of BBcode for Bitcointalk. But most of the time, you won't even need to use them. Only knowing the basic BBcode is enough.

Example:
Example: bolded text

Example: italicized text

Example: underlined text

Example: strikethrough text

Example: This is red

Example: GOOGLE

Example:

As a new member in the forum it is always advised for them to learn before posting and almost every day on the forum you will see posts telling newbies to focus on learning about the forum properly before they start posting but most of them just ignore all the advice, they are just being eager to post and earn merits and clearly it shows that OP didn’t take his time properly to study all these because they are being explained on sticky threads you will find around the forum.

It’s normal not to understand all these as a newbie and with time you will understand it all but i am disappointed everytime newbies rush into posting without understanding so much after all the advice being given everyday. I think what you need to do is to firstly understand how to search the forum just as other members did to provide you with the information you needed, when you understand that you will be able to search for things you don’t understand easily and when you find it difficult to comprehend then you can ask questions for better explanations and understanding

just read on the links provided to you they will help you to understand better and don’t forget to learn how to use the search function so you can find topics easily about things you don’t understand.

If you want, you will pay attention and look, read, search to have better practice.

At top of page, you always see Help, Search to find answers. I doubt you did not see them and if you did not click on them to discover the forum, it only because of laziness.

Even you did not use Help, Search, you can see some sticky threads in Meta, Beginners & Help boards and don't need to create this topic.

Beginners & Help board has Newbies - Read before posting. Did you not read it too?

Actually that's really normal, it's not normal when a brand new account can post in WO thread, correctly using multiple quotes, horizontal rule, insert hyperlink or create a new thread in Reputation section.

You can read the help page to understand more, sooner or later you will familiar with the feature and understand how to use it.

Hey Ayoba, everything is a gradual process before you’ll have to become better and perfect in something. Most people find it difficult to do all the aforementioned by you above when they first came into the forum. And till date, some senior ranked members in the forum don’t know how to use every tool in the forum. If you were a computer literate, studied in-depth in computer science before, this won’t be a problem since you can easily navigate and tell the function of each.

The best way I use to learn is that; I quote the OP to see how the post was written before published. This give me a better insight on how to do something like that when I need to post something related to that in the future. I will just save the link to the post in my notebook for future purpose. I feel that’s the best way I can learn it faster; paste the work, edit with my informations and then preview before publishing to be sure that I’ve done the right thing.

Each of the codes that are visible when posting or commenting on the forum has a specific function.  You must know the functions of that code.  I am sharing a link in my comment through which you can know the function of which code.  But you must know its usage properly.  You will be able to work properly with these codes when you know their usage properly.
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Patience my friend. With your current level I think you may overcome that. Not everyone can be efficient that good yet when it comes to posting here. All those task such as quoting multiple users is really a hardwork especially if you are dealing with a lot of topics to point out. Those ataching photos have a lot of instructions so you can manage it. Whether you are using mobile or laptop for posting youll get used to it id you do it frequently.

The forum is complex, at first to navigate it can be tiring. Newbies, get discouraged at the large number of threads scattered all over the forum. But, when they begin to look around the forum and participate here, they'll get relaxed and learn everyday. The easiest part of the forum is that, it's grouped in categories. Read through those sections and try to research on cryptocurrency terms you've read, but don't understand. There you can find more means of contributing to the forum. By setting up new thread centering on questions or added response on the bitcoin ecosystem. Forum members spend time in providing the best answers that can keep a newbie safe. Talking about writing skills, just get few English guide books and remain active. Practice makes us perfect. Members here due to their steady writing activities have noticed significant improvement in their writing skills. Focus more on books, when searching and reading bitcoin technology. Videos may not explain bitcoin completely well, like the book explains to readers. Videos are distractions. Reading can also help your threads contains few contents written in the bitcoin article you've ready. The new things stated by other members that you learnt, shows how hardworking you're to the society. Sooner or later, you'll be passing across sweet information and knowledge to the coming newbies. Don't wait to be perfect, before creating any thread. Present to the forum, what you've got. And be happy you did it, in future. Improving in bitcoin technology and our writing skill is sure and on premium in this forum.

It may feel difficult if we are not used to it, especially if we have not understand the programming language. Bitcointalk uses the BBcode. I also don't understand the BBcode language and maybe it's just a matter of getting used to it. One trick I use is to quote people's writing and edit it. Little by little I started to understand how to post because I was used to it.

But many of the comments above have provided links. You can study it and try making a post on the archive board. I'm sure you'll understand it quickly

@OP this is what you are looking for ↓↓↓



Most users failed to click the help option of the forum.  They are too focused on the boards missing something important as the search and help functions.  If only @OP and many of us had noticed these two important tabs below the News notice, he could have no problem and probably don't find it difficult to format his post according to what he wanted.

You're not gonna get used to the forum's navigation in just a twinkle an eye... It's gonna take a long process and time bro.. it wasn't easy for anyone but, it dawn on us that we all decided to learn.. the learning process gave rise to alot more preferences in here that has helped the forum's serenity. Take a close look at any illustrations on that with the help of the search engines.

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I don’t know if you guys checked OP’s previous post before giving him links to read. I think OP has already found his way around the forum, he has successfully done all the things he says are alien to him in other threads, I don’t what more explanation he needs. The image he added in the OP was done using talkimg.com and the code was well put. I think what you need is more practice. Newbies also find it difficult to arrange tables properly, even till today I still battle with tables