This forum has more features than you can shake a stick at.

I think most of the smileys are evil looking though...

Anyway, where do you guys come up with all the little things you have illustrating your posts and flying around? What are they called? Is there a library of them on the forum or do you have to upload your own?

This is an interesting place, confusing...but interesting.

I guess this is related, as well, there appears to be a whole 'nother category of critters that you can use in the chatbox. Or are they from the same source?

Dustwun77 wrote:

I think most of the smileys are evil looking though...

I'm going to be writing a tutorial about all those buttons. The graphics you see in here (objects flying around) are ones that most of us find somewhere else and upload and post. Do you have something specific you would like to ask about?

It's very confusing for a newcomer and takes a little time to get used to all the features we have. Gadget Wizard has made using them about as easy as it can get (other forums don't have our capabilities) but to know how and what to do with those buttons can be a bit daunting.

I'll get that tut written as soon as I can.
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Dustwun77 wrote:

I guess this is related, as well, there appears to be a whole 'nother category of critters that you can use in the chatbox. Or are they from the same source?

Yes, they all come from the same place.
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I hadn't even thought about all of the buttons. You are going to do a tutorial on them? Brave lady! An explanation of sorts comes up when i hover over them, that is helpful.

I saw a post that had graphics of birds in them, when I used the quote feature, it had a bit of text that referenced , I think, too lazy to go back and look right now. So, someone found or made that and uploaded it? and then it was available to call up to use in post?

Where are all the things already uploaded stored, can one look at them? Who can upload, where to and what size stuff.

Just a bunch of questions. I am not really that creative so it isn't a really urgent issue, I am just a curious sort of fellow.

Thanks!

Hah! guess I was right, there is a little !

That's great; I was wondering about all that stuff. I'm feeling so techy I may have to run out and get a pocket protector.

No kidding, Lady O and Sir Gadget have the goods on the techy stuff and can apply it. This is a great site and I'm glad that you're getting active Sir DW77.

We have great people here and a rather broad cross section of our great society is represented (and well, I might add).

Also welcome to Charles Lindsay. Maybe we can get some sort of petition started on the hwealth issue for all of us?
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The members of UFSC may upload pictures to the ftp site. There is an upload button (blue screens with red wiggly line) in all of those buttons and when you click it, the browse/upload dialog comes up, click the browse button to find a picture on your hard drive. Then the upload button. Wait until it finishes uploading, copy that path from the dialog, click a "picture" button (the 3 yellow ones in the center of the lowest button bar) paste the path to the picture into that and then OK and, voila!, your picture is posted.

The three picture buttons: The first one will just load your picture normally - no text wrap, the center and right one will put your picture on the left or right and text will wrap around it
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Dan wrote:

That's great; I was wondering about all that stuff. I'm feeling so techy I may have to run out and get a pocket protector.

No need to make a trip, Sir Dan, here's one just for you and including geek glasses.

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Oregonian wrote:

The members of UFSC may upload pictures to the ftp site. ...

so, is that what happened to make the little available?


Is there some way to see what graphics are already extant in the 'library'?

Thanks again,

Dan wrote:

That's great; I was wondering about all that stuff. I'm feeling so techy I may have to run out and get a pocket protector. No kidding, Lady O and Sir Gadget have the goods on the techy stuff and can apply it. This is a great site and I'm glad that you're getting active Sir DW77. We have great people here and a rather broad cross section of our great society is represented (and well, I might add). Also welcome to Charles Lindsay. Maybe we can get some sort of petition started on the hwealth issue for all of us?

Thanks!

Dustwun77 wrote:

so, is that what happened to make the little available? No, the bird is a smiley (emoticon) that is in the Emoticons and is completely separate from our ftp site. We can't upload to the Emoticons. Is there some way to see what graphics are already extant in the 'library'? Thanks again,

Well if you don't mind wading through a bunch of links to graphics, here is the path to the ftp site that contains our uploaded graphics. There is no rhyme nor reason to the arrangement of them. They are graphics uploaded by members.
UFSC uploads
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Are you running Linux, Dustwun? I see you have a penguin as an avatar. If so, what distro are you using?
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Oregonian wrote:

Are you running Linux, Dustwun? I see you have a penguin as an avatar. If so, what distro are you using?

No, Ma'am, I don't have Linux as my OS. I have played around with various versions in the past, including one that ran off of a disk in my cdrom, whose name I can not recall, but not enough to claim I know anything about them.

I ran across the little fellow a few years back and he and I have a few miles behind us. I figured I'd bring him along to UF, he looks better here than he did at the last place!

Thanks for the link, as well, I just want to see what is available.

Lady O,

I looked at the storage spot, but guess what? No

So I am confused again/more. How does one know what graphics such as that one await our bidding in these threads and call them to command?