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| If you want to post a general message to everyone participating in the thread, click the "Post Reply" button at the top or bottom of the page. | If you want to post a general message to everyone participating in the thread, click the "Post Reply" button at the top or bottom of the page. | ||
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| + | You can save a post to finish later by clicking the “Save Draft” button at the bottom of the page. Saved drafts are stored in your User Control Panel. | ||
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| + | When you're finished writing your message, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Post Reply” button. | ||
| === Quotebacks === | === Quotebacks === | ||
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| - | Quote back just enough to make your message clear. Please don't quote the entire message when you are replying to what someone else has said. You can assume that anyone reading your message has already seen the one you are replying to. | + | Quote back just enough to make your message clear. Please don't quote the entire message when you are replying to what someone else has said. Take a few moments to delete any unnecessary or irrelevant parts of the previous message before posting your reply. |
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| - | If you use the Reply button, we ask that you please delete any unnecessary or irrelevant parts of the previous message before posting your reply. | + | |
| === Guidelines for Replying to a Message === | === Guidelines for Replying to a Message === | ||
| - | * Please don't start a new thread (discussion) when you want to reply to a message in an existing thread, or post a general comment on the same subject. Just go to the message you want to reply to, and click the "Reply" or "Quote" button immediately below that message. | ||
| * Keep in mind that our forum is family-friendly. We ask that all profanity be avoided or "masked". For example, sh!t, fnck, etc. | * Keep in mind that our forum is family-friendly. We ask that all profanity be avoided or "masked". For example, sh!t, fnck, etc. | ||
| * Please change font color and size only for occasional emphasis. Black text gives the greatest contrast and is easiest to read. The default font size is comfortable for most people. It's the content of your message that is important, not its appearance. | * Please change font color and size only for occasional emphasis. Black text gives the greatest contrast and is easiest to read. The default font size is comfortable for most people. It's the content of your message that is important, not its appearance. | ||
| * It's perfectly all right to revive an old discussion, as long as your comment is relevant. | * It's perfectly all right to revive an old discussion, as long as your comment is relevant. | ||
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| - | You can save a post to finish later by clicking the “Save Draft” button at the bottom of the page. Saved drafts are stored in your User Control Panel. | ||
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| - | When you're finished writing your message, scroll to the bottom of the page and click the “Post Reply” button. | ||
| === Tagging === | === Tagging === | ||
replying.1514033884.txt.gz · Last modified: 2017/12/23 12:58 by karen_henry
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