First topic message reminder :

Ok time for everyone to pitch in and give back to forumotion. We need to update some tutorials around here and they are:

1) How to set Maximum Avatar Size?-Kilsek-sent to Caihlem
2) How to add a forum banner?-Kilsek-sent to Caihlem
3) How to make forums & categories-Kilsek-sent to Caihlem
4) How to make tables in a post-Kilsek
5) Colors and Fonts for your Forum
6) Cascading Stylesheets (CSS)

Sanket is doing the following:

1) How to make the navigation bar without the text, just buttons.
2) How to turn your html on in the posts.
3) How to activate the users manually.
4) How to ban a user, or delete a user
5) How to mail all the users in a single go? ( This is basically the Newsletter Option)
6) How to create ranks, which automatically change with the # of posts.


Therre could be more made, if you have sggestions post them!

Tips on creating tutorials:

Screen shots make it easier to member to understand, USE THEM!
In depth text description
Spelling is a plus-use proper grammar
English only

You are allowed to send them anytime. I dont remember reading anything say we have to send them at a date.

Rok, you can hand (PM) them to any member of staff (Caihlem preferred) whenever their ready.
There is no due date/time

Even better (for us school kids) There are no grades on the work we do


yea, im in school too...just on xmas holidays and I start again on tues morning




~ point to remember for the morning's post. Brownie points? (late edit, after caihlems post, so I can remember this)

As Darren1 said, there's no date or due-by dates for Member Tutorials. Normally, we only receive 1 every so often, so reading it and accepting/refusing it is easy.
Kilsek exploded this phenomena, and we need more time to read the heaps sent Hence why we (me) haven't had the proper time to check through them all

Ok, promises kept, I've started reading the huge blocks of Tutorials sent. I'll be updating this post as I move along

Tutorials Sent Accepted
How to Setup Members' Avatar's Sizes - written by Dungeon Master
How to install a Banner/Logo - written by Dungeon Master
The Navigation bar - written by Sanket
How to Activate Users Manually - written by Sanket
How to take a Screen Shot - updated by Rokstrsk83rdude
Have any Widget on Navigation Bar - written by Rokstrsk83rdude
How to send a Newsletter - written by Sanket
How to Unlock your Forum - written by MrMario


Tutorials Sent Refused
How to Create Categories and Forums/Setting forum Permissions - written by Dungeon Master
This is because there already is a good tutorial on creating Categories/Forums. Only one concerning Permissions alone is needed
How to turn on HTML in Posts - written Sanket
This is because it's deemed too obvious to require a tutorial
I received a P.M but no pop-up - written MrMario
This is because there already is a good tutorial on this issue
Achieving Members - written Rokstrsk83rdude
This is because there already is a good tutorial on this issue
Warning Bar Tutorial - written Jpmi@jpmi-zac11ths-fourm.
This is because there already is a good tutorial on this issue - included in the Personalised Profile Tutorial
Ranks that automatically change with the # of posts - written Sanket
This is because there already is a good tutorial on this issue
The Navigation Bar - written Darren1
This is because there already is a tutorial on this issue and the navbar images aren't the default ones
Exclusive: Vote for your forum on FireFox Mozella - written ToTyFruTTy
... Not needed, username added in every screen shot


Still pending on Darren1's response to accept his brilliant tutorial on a run-through of the Admin Panel.
I'd like to personally thank all members who contributed to this beautiful update of the FAQs, including those who'se tutorials were not accepted

very nice Caihlem.

And was that double posting?

Smart ass
Finally done, glad that's over with

hahaha.

and May I suggest breaking Darren's tutorial down into parts to make it more manageable?

and caihlem more members are going to start to send in their tutorials, you guys accepting them only will give them more hope.

Drag~

Darren1's tutorial, on my test site, is accepted. In parts ofcourse
The thing is though, that I find his tutorial too good. I'd like it to be posted under his account, and not under mine with a mention "written by Darren1". I've already planned for there to be a post before where there'll be like an introduction with quick links to the different parts of his tutorial.

If more members send tutorials, then that's great news

Thank you Cailhlem for taking the time to read them and to make sure they are right.

About time you carried your weight around here Caihlem. Maybe now the mods can get a break!

Says the man with a carrot in his avatar

It had to be done, now that it's done we can concentrate on other projects

those projects are....??

Drag~

dragonfir731 wrote:those projects are....??

Drag~

Getting Kilsek banned!

haha they already tried and failed.

I have to say thanks as well to all those who sent them because they will be very useful to people!

dragonfir731 wrote:haha they already tried and failed.

You can only but notice that Kilsek isn't here anymore. You could call it a total sucess no?

More seriously; other projects include re-awakening the Reveiw section idea, filling in staff gaps, and preparing evil schemes to ban more members

First of all, I would like to say 'thanks'. I'm very proud to have our tutorials finally in!

filling in staff gaps

There are many active members here that work a whole lot with helping members .

and preparing evil schemes to ban more members

I'm sure Kilsek's dungeon has a lot of very great banful torture devices .

Caihlem wrote:

dragonfir731 wrote:haha they already tried and failed.

You can only but notice that Kilsek isn't here anymore. You could call it a total sucess no?

More seriously; other projects include re-awakening the Reveiw section idea, filling in staff gaps, and preparing evil schemes to ban more members

Oh he is here, you can't get rid of the biggest headache forumotion ever had!

The Review Section has been on hold long enough time to get it going.

@Rok I am sure Kilsek does.

A few things here

[mention][/mention] wrote:Kilsek exploded this phenomena, and we need more time to read the heaps sent Hence why we (me) haven't had the proper time to check through them all

Is this not what he usually does anyway?

[mention][/mention] wrote:Still pending on Darren1's response to accept his brilliant tutorial on a run-through of the Admin Panel.

Iv only just got ur PM today?

[mention][/mention] wrote:and May I suggest breaking Darren's tutorial down into parts to make it more manageable?

hmm....

[mention][/mention] wrote:In parts ofcourse

Well, actually tabs...IE: Users & Groups, misc, modules ect.

[mention][/mention] wrote:The thing is though, that I find his tutorial too good. I'd like it to be posted under his account, and not under mine with a mention "written by Darren1".

Thats me for ya, I like to go beyond the expectation's that are on my shoulders.
Sometimes I cant reach it, but it happens.

And yes, id love to post it for myself.

[mention][/mention] wrote:I've already planned for there to be a post before where there'll be like an introduction with quick links to the different parts of his tutorial.

huh?
Didn't I do that?

[mention][/mention] wrote:Maybe now the mods can get a break!

can that ever happen?
I mean this is ForuMotion after all. The mods/admin(s) are super busy!

[mention][/mention] wrote:other projects include re-awakening the Review section idea

Hmm.....I havent seen those words on here EVER!
Glad to have finally heard them

[mention][/mention] wrote:preparing evil schemes to ban more members

I like this idea

Rok, im sure that kilsek has so many tutorial's there there'd be too many to add here.

Now to say what I feel like saying.

Congratulations guys on getting accepted, and refused.
Being refused is the start of a new bench-mark in a way.
We all really need to pat each other on the back here for the tremendous jobs were doing here, not just with the FAQ Update.

And a final thank you to all staff whom have helped us think of these tutorial's, and a bigger thank you to the staff that said yes to them too.

Thank you Caihlem for letting us know whether the tutorials were accepted or refused

And thank you to Kilsek for such a marvelous, stupendous, ingenious Idea!!! He so rocks!! The next president he is!!

Congrats Rok, Sanket, and Mr. Mario for your inclusion!!!

Dungeon Master wrote:And thank you to Kilsek for such a marvelous, stupendous, ingenious Idea!!! He so rocks!! The next president he is!!

Congrats Rok, Sanket, and Mr. Mario for your inclusion!!!

Who is this Kilsek of whom you speak of?

Oh the stories I have heard of this fellow. Where should I begin?

I heard the tech don't like him much.

Back on topic............

Caihlem I will wait until after this update just incase a item or two come out that could really liven the RPG game up.

Talking of the RPG Tutorial you've been talking about, is it any similar then the one I wrote on my test forum?

Caihlem wrote:Talking of the RPG Tutorial you've been talking about, is it any similar then the one I wrote on my test forum?

Thats a great question that I was about to ask

Caihlem wrote:Talking of the RPG Tutorial you've been talking about, is it any similar then the one I wrote on my test forum?

I was actually going to get with you about expanding it. It will post there some time today.

Ok guys, Darren inspired me to go on and make the WHOLE Administration Panel tutorial. Yes, that's true. Give me about 3 weeks and I'll be done.
So, I got this tagged down.

Rok wrote:Ok guys, Darren inspired me to go on and make the WHOLE Administration Panel tutorial. Yes, that's true. Give me about 3 weeks and I'll be done.
So, I got this tagged down.

Mine is complete, I have asked Caihlem to fill in the little details that I have missed out
Which is in the Modules tab

hence, there is no use for your one.

edit:
If you want to help me fill in those gaps, you could PM me and ill add it with a reference to ur name in the bits that you added.

Well, I was going to work on the Modules (which I completely said before).

So, all I want to know is if anyone is working on a tutorial consisting the WHOLE Admin Panel, and I mean like every bit of it and every word?

Rok wrote:Well, I was going to work on the Modules (which I completely said before).

So, all I want to know is if anyone is working on a tutorial consisting the WHOLE Admin Panel, and I mean like every bit of it and every word?

That's what Iv done, and im pretty sure the whole thing has been posted here.

Although, I just haven't done much on the Modules page, caihlem has kindly said he will do the bits iv missed out