To all newbies - forum tips

[Lord Xeb]

Here are a few tips to get more help:

* Do not panic
* Make the title a rough description of your problem
* Do NOT make it seem like your situation is so dire that it will end your life
* Give us time. If no one posts, it simply means we do not know so give some time for someone to post.
* Remeber KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). Do not make you posts overly complicated. Give us as much info as you can while making it easy on yourself.



Thanks!

[drs305]

And please mark your thread SOLVED if you have resolved your problem. You do this by clicking on "Thread Tools" at the top right of your original post and then selecting "Mark this thread as solved". Marking it solved allows those looking to help concentrate on unresolved issues.

Thank you.

[Sef]

* Make the title a rough description of your problem

An exact description is better.

Remeber KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid).

Better is 'Keep It Short and Simple'.

[Hobo Joe]

And be nice.

[Bubba64]

And please mark your thread SOLVED if you have resolved your problem. You do this by clicking on "Thread Tools" at the top right of your original post and then selecting "Mark this thread as solved". Marking it solved allows those looking to help concentrate on unresolved issues.

Thank you.

YES and don't post threads to feed your own EGO but ones that help the community overall. Remember whatever is brilliant in your own mind has probably been posted numerous times before.

[lisati]

• Correct spelling is nice, but we can cut you some slack if we know what you mean
• Try not to SHOUT by typing in UPPER CASE - we're not deaf.

[Metaleks]

Actually, I think some people wouldn't mind crawling the forum and looking at threads, and then deciding whether or not to mark them solved. Maybe we can get a few mini mods to do this?

[Lord Xeb]

I would do it if my attention span wasn't so short....

[thedevnull]

Here are a few tips to get more help:

* Do not panic
* Make the title a rough description of your problem
* Do NOT make it seem like your situation is so dire that it will end your life
* Give us time. If no one posts, it simply means we do not know so give some time for someone to post.
* Remeber KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid). Do not make you posts overly complicated. Give us as much info as you can while making it easy on yourself.



Thanks!

Hello Lord,

You made me laugh with the statement, "Do NOT make it seem like your situation is so dire that it will end your life."


I would add, try not being such a rude bipedial primate....

[Lord Xeb]

e_e that is too geek-ish. I wanted something that would catch someones attention >_>