Here are some posting tips you might find useful, especially if you've just joined (copied from a previous thread):
New Posts and New Non-BB Posts links.
The 'New Posts' and 'New Non-BB Posts' links at the top of the forum show all the threads which have been posted in since you last visited. It is a useful way of keeping up-to-date with what is happening in all parts of the forum.
'Today's Posts' in the Quick Links' menu shows all threads from the past day. 'Today's Posts - Non-BB' shows all non-Big Brother threads from the past day.
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Avatars
To get yourself an avatar (picture next to your posts).
Click 'User CP' on the top-left of the forum. Click 'Edit Avatar' on left. This is the direct link -
http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/foru...?do=editavatar
On this page, you will be asked either for the URL of the image you wish to use, or to upload an avatar straight from your computer. The picture will be resized automatically.
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Your Profile
If you click on your username (next to where it says 'Welcome', top-right) you will see your user profile. This shows to anyone who clicks on your name (eg. to the left of your posts). To talk to other members semi-privately you can write visitor messages (also known as walls). If you wish the conversation to be completely private, there is the option to private message.
If you click 'Customize Profile' you can change the colours on your profile, select a background picture and other options.
You can change the privacy settings of your profile in User CP by clicking Profile Privacy (top-left).
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How to post YouTube videos
Use the [yt][/yt] code to show Youtube videos. Put the 11 character code between the tags, not the whole URL eg.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ro9mZ9-W_fE becomes [yt]ro9mZ9-W_fE[/yt]
You can also click the
icon when you click Go advanced when making a post, or quoting a post.
(More forum bbcodes can be found
here).
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How to post Images
To post images - and make them appear in posts instead of just links - use the [img][/img] tags or click the the
icon when you click Go advanced when making a post, or quoting a post.
Post the whole image address (which you can get by right-clicking on the image and copying the image address) in between [img][/img] tags.
eg.
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/be/Big_Brother_eye_logo_for_the_16th_UK_series.jpg/137px-Big_Brother_eye_logo_for_the_16th_UK_series.jpg[/img]
becomes
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Changing forum theme
To change the look of the forum you can select a new theme from the menu at the bottom-left of the forum - the change will apply until you login again,
or
Go to 'User CP' at the top of the forum, then 'Edit Options' and select a theme under 'Forum Skin'.
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Keeping up-to-date on threads in which you have posted
You can use the 'Subscribed Threads' feature to do this. Go to the 'Quick Links' menu (top of forum), then select 'Subscribed Threads' and you will see your thread subscriptions (whenever you post in a thread you are automatically subscribed to the thread).
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Non Big Brother 2015 forums
We have an active forum when Big Brother is not on (also known as off-season). Here are some non-BB16UK and off-topic forums on TiBB that you might be interested in. You can find these from the forum home-page by scrolling down.
Here are the direct links -
Two international Big Brother series:
(Also BB Canada)
Some General Chat forums:
Other TV shows:
There are also forums for The Voice, Britain Got Talent, The APprentice, Strictly, Dancing on Ice and Hell's Kitchen(
).
Some other forums:
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Embedding Tweets in Posts
You can now embed Twitter Tweets by using the
[tweet][/tweet] forum BB Code.
Do it like this -
[tweet]365106993016487936[/tweet] where 365106993016487936 is the ID number.
This becomes -
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Forum Arcade Games
The forum has its own Arcade where there are some games with high-score tables and tournaments. It can be found if you click on the Fun/Games link at the top-right of the page. (Or click here). It's fun for all the family.
Avatar and profile info originally written by Vicky.
Aaron,
New Posts Link and Other Posting Tips [Updated]
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