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WYSIWYG Post Editor

Working with the WYSIWYG Post Editor The WYSIWYG post editor is a rich text tool that allows you to post highly personalized messages quickly and easily. With the post editor you can add customized text, links to other web sites, images and even videos to your posts. Advanced users can even hand code HTML in the post to suit their needs.

If you do not see the posting tools, then your browser does not support the javascript and DOM necessary to use this tool. You should get an ordinary posting box (like the quick reply) in which you can use html and bbcode.

If the editor tools do not show up...

Your browser may not be advanced enough to use the wysiwyg editor. Browser's which do not see the WYSIWYG Post Editor include Safari. Browser's which are known to have problems with the add reply and new topic pages include Firefox 1.0 (upgrade to 1.5 or 2.0) and the deprecated Mozilla Suite and old Netscape (upgrade to 9.0). IE 5 for Mac is too deprecated to be supported.

If your browser is unable to use the wysiwyg editor, then you can switch to a bbcode editor under account > preferences

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Below is a list of all the WYSIWYG buttons and an explanation of what each button in the Post Editor does:


image - Changes the font color

image- Changes the font size

image - Changes the font type

image - Changes the font background color


image - Bold

image - Italics

image - Underline


image - Left justify

image - Center

image - Right justify


image - Indent

image - Outdent

image - Quote text

image - Removes text


image - Order list

image - Unordered list


image - Inserts horizontal lines

image - Inserts a hyperlink

image - Removes hyperlinks


image - Inserts an image

image - Inserts an image from your Photobucket account

image - Inserts similies

image - Undo

image - Redo

image - Switches the WYSIWYG Post Editor to HTML mode


more info supported bbcode


Adding images

  • To add an image into your post, just click on the image button in the toolbar.
  • That will open the image gallery.
  • Click the arrows at left or right to move the albums and images along. OR click and drag the grey space between the albums/images.
  • Click the small X at top right to close the browser
  • Click the small arrow at top right to go back to the album list when you are in an album.
  • You can either:
    • Select an album and click on any image that you've previously uploaded
    • Select an album then click upload image to upload a new image
    • Click Create album to make a new album to upload images too
    • Click Add from url to link to an image that exists somewhere else on the internet

Note that you can also change how your albums and images display in this browser by using the small grey grid icons on the right.

If you choose linked thumbnail then your images will be placed as a small thumbnail that links to the full size image.

You can also use the photobucket icon image to place images if you have a photobucket account linked.

If you cannot use the wysiwyg editor, you can still insert images using html or bbcode


Creating Links

  • To make a link, FIRST type in the word that you wish to turn into a link.
  • Select the word in the editor
  • Click the link button image
  • Type or paste the url of your link into the first text area in the resulting pop up box.
  • Click submit

To make a link from an image, first follow the image instructions above, then:

  • click on the image you've placed.
  • Click the link button image
  • Type or paste the url of your link into the first text area in the resulting pop up box.
  • Click submit

If you cannot use the WYSIWYG editor, you can also make links using html or bbcode


Last Edited By: Yuku Support 21-May-08 4:14 PM. Edited 7 times.