Iphone usability in forum

Iphone usability... Linking to any specific post in the forum:

(I use Atomic Lite web browser... Your browser's functionality may differ)

1. Find desired post in the forum to be linked to
2. Click #X in top right of desired post (post's designation # in thread)
3. Click Iphone browser's "send" icon
4. Select "Email URL" ( email app will open with URL in message body)
5. "Tap and slide" on URL to activate Iphone "blue highlight selection" tool
6. Drag endpoints of "blue highlight selection" tool to encompass entire URL
7. Select "Copy"
8. Close email app (delete draft)
9.Open reply message pane in desired thread to place link
10. Touch message pane to activate cursor
11.Touch blinking cursor to open Iphone's "cut/copy/paste" toolbar
12.Select "paste" (URL to post link should insert)
13. Submit/Preview message

Iphone usability... Linking to any specific thread in the forum

(I use Atomic Lite web browser... Your browser's functionality may differ)

1. Find and open desired thread to be linked to
2. Touch browser address bar to activate cursor
3. "Tap and slide" cursor to open Iphone "blue highlight selection" tool
4. "Drag" endpoints of "blue highlight selection" tool to encompass entire URL
5. Select "Copy"
6. Find and open desired thread to insert URL link
7. Open Reply message pane
8. Touch message pane to activate cursor
9. Touch blinking cursor to open Iphone "cut/copy/paste" toolbar
10. Select "Paste"
11. Submit/Preview message

Iphone usability... Linking to any specific webpage on the internet

(I use Atomic Lite web browser... Your browser's functionality may differ)


1. Find and open desired webpage to be linked to
2. Touch browser address bar to activate cursor
3. "Tap and slide" cursor to open Iphone "blue highlight selection" tool
4. "Drag" endpoints of "blue highlight selection" tool to encompass entire URL
5. Select "Copy"
6. Find and open desired thread (in C.com forum) to insert URL link
7. Open Reply message pane
8. Touch message pane to activate cursor
9. Touch blinking cursor to open Iphone "cut/copy/paste" toolbar
10. Select "Paste"
11. Submit/Preview message

Iphone usability... Inserting pictures from the C.com attachment folder

(I use Atomic Lite web browser... Your browser's functionality may differ)

1. Select "Settings" in top right of forum
2. Select "Attachments" in bottom left of settings list
3. Select "Show Thumbnails" at bottom of page (this helps finding desired image)
4. Select thread title just to the right of the desired image
(thread will open wherein lies the desired image)
5. Scroll thru thread to find the desired image
6. "Touch and hold" desired image until Iphone "image handling" toolbar opens
7. Select "Copy"
8. Find and open desired thread to insert image
9. Open reply message pane
10. Touch message pane to activate cursor
11. Type the following. [img][/img]
12. Touch between img brackets to activate cursor
(ex: [img]get cursor to blink here[/img]
13. Touch blinking cursor to open Iphone "cut/copy/paste" toolbar
14 Select "Paste" (desired image URL should insert)
15. Select Submit/Preview message

How do you post any image off the Internet without saving it to your online photo storage?

"When posting from my Iphone...I can now post any picture from the internet into this forum and not have to use the extra steps of a online photo storage site...."

Never mind, I got it.

Iphone usability... Inserting images from internet directly into forum (without Photobucket, Flickr, etc)

1. Locate desired image on internet
2. "Touch and hold" desired image until Iphone "image handling" toolbar opens
3. Select "Copy"
4. Find and open desired thread to insert image
5. Open reply message pane
6. Touch message pane to activate cursor
7. Type the following: [img][/img]
8. Touch between img brackets to activate cursor
(ex: [img]get cursor to blink here[/img]
9. Touch blinking cursor to open Iphone "cut/copy/paste" toolbar
10. Select "Paste"
11. Select Submit/Preview message

Iphone usability...Using BBCode to show "emphasis" in your postings

1. Find and open desired thread to add post
2. Open reply message pane
3. Touch message pane to activate cursor
4. Type your reply message
5. Insert BBCode around desired text to be emphasized (*No spaces between BBCode brackets and your desired text. *LEAVE OUT DOTS[•] that are showing in each set of brackets...I had to insert dots for forum to actually show BBCode brackets correctly)

[b•]your text for bold font here[/b•]
[i•]your text for itallic font here[/i•]
[u•]your text for underline font here[/u•]
[color="0000cd"•]your text for blue font here[/color•]
6. Submit/Preview message

NOTE... The "B" (bold), "I" (italic), "U" (underline) buttons (in the toolbar above the reply message pane) will ,indeed, insert the respective BBCode into the message pane.... But the code will not be located where you will need it to function correctly when Submitting/Previewing the post...

NOTE#2... BBCode can also be used to show "emphasis" in someone else's "Quote" you may have inserted into your reply message...

1. Click "Reply With Quote" in someone else's post you want to quote (new reply message pane will open with other person's quote already showing)
2. Input the correct BBCode around the desired text you want to "emphasize"
3. Select Submit/Preview message

Iphone usability... More BBCode for changing the "color" of font in your posting...

(*No spaces between BBCode brackets and your desired text. *LEAVE OUT DOTS [•] that are showing in each set of brackets...I had to insert dots for forum to actually show BBCode brackets correctly...

[color="0000cd"•]blue font[/color•]

[color="ff8c00"•]orange font[/color•]

[color="ff0000"•]red font[/color•]

[color="ffff00"•]yellow font[/color•]

[color="006400"•]green font[/color•]

[color="8b4513"•]brown font[/color•]

NOTE... The "Color Pallete" ("A") in the toolbar above the reply message pane will, indeed, insert the correct BBCode into the message pane.... But the code will not be located where you need it to function correctly when Submitting/Previewing the post...

Iphone usability... Using BBCode to change "Size" of font in your posting

(*No spaces between BBCode brackets and your desired text. LEAVE OUT DOTS [•] that are showing in each set of brackets.... I had to insert dots for forum *to actually show BBCode brackets correctly

[size=1•]Size 1 font[/size•]
[size=2•]Size 2 font[/size•]
[size=3•]Size 3 font[/size•]
[size=4•]Size 4 font[/size•]
[size=5•]Size 5 font[/size•]

NOTE... The "Size Pallete" *[in the the toolbar above the reply message pane will, indeed, insert the correct BBCode into the message pane... But the code will not be located where you need it to function correctly when Submitting/Previewing the post...