2 quick questions about posting mechanics

[Kol Korran]

i'm not sure if this thread belongs here, but i don't know where else to put if. please help with these questions:

1) how do i crate a table in a post? how do i seperate what goes into each box? is it even possible?

2) can i load a picturefrom my computer to a post? how? the "image" function enables only pics with a URL (i'm fairly lousy with computers, i imagine this means an internet address?)

sorry for the fairly silly question... (if you can, please leave your answer in my private messages, that way i can refer to it without searching for the thread again). also, if there is any page i can find the answer to this sort of questions, i'd appreciate it.

Kol.

[Shhalahr Windrider]

A complete treatise on tables is available in "vBCode {table] installed". You'll probably want to use this rather the FAQ (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/misc.php?do=bbcode), since most of the special options are not described in the FAQ.

To post images, you need to use a hosting program such as Photobucket (http://photobucket.com/) or Village Photos (http://www.villagephotos.com/). You can upload your pictures to their server, and they will provide you with a URL to use to reference your picture anywhere on the web.

[Bryn]

I found that thread not to be particularly useful to begin with, since it doesn't actually tell you how to make a table, just what all the options do.

So, to explain in a more straightforward way, a table works like this...
{table=head]Column 1|Column 2|Column 3
Blah|Blah|Blah
I|II|III[/table]
{table="head"]Column 1|Column 2|Column 3
Blah|Blah|Blah
I|II|III[/table]

In more detail:
You type {table] to begin with.
Then, you put values for each column, seperated by a pipe |. The | can be accessed by pressing shift-backslash (the key is right next to the left shift anyway), and it is often shown on the key as a broken line.
Go down a line for each row of the table, make sure you keep seperating each column with a |.
Once you've finished, you can type [/table]

To do special things with your table, replace {table] with {table=option] or {table="option1,option2,option3..."] as has been described in the link in the previous post.


This forum does not allow you to directly upload images. You have to put them on another site, such as Photobucket (http://www.photobucket.com), Imageshack (http://www.imageshack.us) (make sure you register on imageshack or your images may get deleted), Tinypic (http://www.tinypic.com), or any other - if you have a website, you can put it there. Do not use the site called Putfile, as you lose the rights to your work if you put it there - it's in their terms and conditions. Once you've uploaded it, the site should give you a link to put in the tags.