James
31-07-2013, 11:11 PM
Here are some posting tips you might find useful:
New Posts and New Non-BB Posts links.
I mentioned this in another thread. 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.
---
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/forums/profile.php?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.
-----
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. 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).
-----
How to post YouTube videos
Use the 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 ro9mZ9-W_fE
You can also click the http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/youtube-video.png icon when you click Go advanced when making a post, or quoting a post.
(More forum bbcodes can be found here (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/misc.php?do=bbcode)).
---
How to post Images
To post images - and make them appear in posts instead of just links - use the tags or click the the http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/editor/insertimage.gif 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 tags.
eg.
http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/winter/thisisbigbrother-logo.png
becomes
http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/winter/thisisbigbrother-logo.png
---
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
Got to 'User CP' at the top of the forum, then 'Edit Options' and select a theme under 'Forum Skin'.
---
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).
---
Non BB2013 forums
We have an active forum when Big Brother is not on (also known as off-season). Here are some non-BB14UK 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 -
http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/big-brother-eye_forum_old.gif Big Brother 1 - 13 (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=178) Sub-forums for every series of BB can be found here.
Two international Big Brother series currently being shown:
Big Brother 15 USA (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=105) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/usa_forum_old.gif
Big Brother Australia (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=604) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/australia_forum_old.gif
Some General Chat forums:
General Chat (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8) - general off-topic discussion subjects http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/generalchat_forum_old.gif
Celebrity News (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=68)
Serious Debates & News (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61) - news and politics and stuff http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/debates_forum_old.gif
Chat and Games (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41) - random chat threads, forum games and forum 'banter'. http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/chatgames_forum_old.gif
Music (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=65) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/music_forum_old.gif
Films, DVD and Video Games (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=67) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/films_forum_old.gif
Sport (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/sport_forum_old.gif
Football Forum (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=558)
Health, Beauty & Fashion (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=630) - discuss health, beauty & fashion topics (NEW)
Other TV shows:
TV Chat (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/tvchat_forum_old.gif
Soaps (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=554)
Other Reality TV (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/realitytv_forum_new.gif
The X Factor 2012 & 2013 UK (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=602) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/xfactor_forum_old.gif
I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=590) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/imacelebrity_forum_old.gif
There are also forums for The Voice, Britain Got Talent, The APprentice, Strictly, Dancing on Ice and Hell's Kitchen(;)).
Some other forums:
Suggestions/Help + New additions (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=10) - if you need help with anything on the forum http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/help_forum_old.gif
ThisisBigBrother Lobby (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=20) - you can introduce yourself here. http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/lobby_forum_old.gif
---
Embedding Tweets in Posts
You can now embed Twitter Tweets by using the forum BB Code.
Do it like this -
365106993016487936 where 365106993016487936 is the ID number.
This becomes -
365106993016487936
---
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. :p
New Posts and New Non-BB Posts links.
I mentioned this in another thread. 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.
---
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/forums/profile.php?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.
-----
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. 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).
-----
How to post YouTube videos
Use the 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 ro9mZ9-W_fE
You can also click the http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/youtube-video.png icon when you click Go advanced when making a post, or quoting a post.
(More forum bbcodes can be found here (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/misc.php?do=bbcode)).
---
How to post Images
To post images - and make them appear in posts instead of just links - use the tags or click the the http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/editor/insertimage.gif 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 tags.
eg.
http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/winter/thisisbigbrother-logo.png
becomes
http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/winter/thisisbigbrother-logo.png
---
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
Got to 'User CP' at the top of the forum, then 'Edit Options' and select a theme under 'Forum Skin'.
---
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).
---
Non BB2013 forums
We have an active forum when Big Brother is not on (also known as off-season). Here are some non-BB14UK 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 -
http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/big-brother-eye_forum_old.gif Big Brother 1 - 13 (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=178) Sub-forums for every series of BB can be found here.
Two international Big Brother series currently being shown:
Big Brother 15 USA (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=105) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/usa_forum_old.gif
Big Brother Australia (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=604) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/australia_forum_old.gif
Some General Chat forums:
General Chat (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=8) - general off-topic discussion subjects http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/generalchat_forum_old.gif
Celebrity News (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=68)
Serious Debates & News (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=61) - news and politics and stuff http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/debates_forum_old.gif
Chat and Games (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=41) - random chat threads, forum games and forum 'banter'. http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/chatgames_forum_old.gif
Music (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=65) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/music_forum_old.gif
Films, DVD and Video Games (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=67) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/films_forum_old.gif
Sport (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=64) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/sport_forum_old.gif
Football Forum (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=558)
Health, Beauty & Fashion (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=630) - discuss health, beauty & fashion topics (NEW)
Other TV shows:
TV Chat (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=16) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/tvchat_forum_old.gif
Soaps (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=554)
Other Reality TV (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=22) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/realitytv_forum_new.gif
The X Factor 2012 & 2013 UK (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=602) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/xfactor_forum_old.gif
I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=590) http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/imacelebrity_forum_old.gif
There are also forums for The Voice, Britain Got Talent, The APprentice, Strictly, Dancing on Ice and Hell's Kitchen(;)).
Some other forums:
Suggestions/Help + New additions (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=10) - if you need help with anything on the forum http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/help_forum_old.gif
ThisisBigBrother Lobby (http://www.thisisbigbrother.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=20) - you can introduce yourself here. http://cdn.thisisbigbrother.com/wintericon/lobby_forum_old.gif
---
Embedding Tweets in Posts
You can now embed Twitter Tweets by using the forum BB Code.
Do it like this -
365106993016487936 where 365106993016487936 is the ID number.
This becomes -
365106993016487936
---
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. :p