| Help me! How do I use the Forum? | |
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How can I try not to annoy people? First, please be courteous and don't post rude or offensive messages. If you are nice to people, you will live a long and rewarding life. Second, there is NO NEED TO TYPE EVERYTHING IN CAPITAL LETTERS. No need to shout, we can hear you. The same goes for 1337 speak. 1053R. Finally, try to write descriptive subject lines - especially in the help forum. In other words, if you need help editing your mp3 tags, don't make the subject line 'I need help!!!!' |
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What do those little icons mean in the right hand corner of the discussion title mean?
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How do I start a new discussion? First, decide which area you should write your message in. For example, if you are asking for help setting up Scratch LIVE, use the "Help" area. If you are wanting to talk about how amazing you are at 2 click flares, use the "General Discussion" area. Next, click on the "New Discussion" link at the bottom of the messages in that area. Then type in the name of the topic and your message in the form. Easy. |
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What does the 'I would like this post to be followed up' option do? If you select this when starting a new discussion in a forum area that supports this option, a
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I messed up! Can I edit my message? No, editing messages makes it hard to follow a discussion. To avoid mistakes in the future please try to preview a message before submitting it. |
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How do I add a link to another website in my message? Simply type the URL or website address (eg http://serato.com or www.serato.com/products/pnt/screenshot.jpg) into your message. The forum turns that into a link using magic. |
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Can I add an image to my message? No, you can't add an image to your message. You can, however, place a link to the image by typing in the URL as described above. You can find a forum discussion containing some recommended image hosting sites here |
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How do I quote someone? If you want to quote a message in the current discussion click on "quote" inside the message you wish to quote. If you wish to quote something from outside of the current discussion you should use [quote] text [/quote]. |
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Can I write bold text in my message? How about underlined text? Italics? Sure. Use [b] text [/b] to make your text bold. |
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| Tracked Discussions | |
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How do I track a discussion? At the very bottom of the discussion just above the New Message text area is a link called Subscribe to this discussion. Click this and the discussion will be added to your tracked discussions area. If a new message is posted in one of your tracked discussions, a notification will appear in the forum index menu on the right. |
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| Private Messaging and the Address Book | |
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What is the Address Book? The Address Book is a place to store other forum members for easy personal messaging. To find a user's profile, simply click their name next to one of their messages. You can have private discussions with one or more of your contacts by selecting them in your Address Book and clicking Send Private Message. |
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How do I write a private message to another user? Click "Send user a Private Message" from that user's profile. OR From your Addess Book click Send Private Message next to the recipient's user name. |
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Can I write a private message to multiple users? Yes. |
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How do I write a private message to multiple users? Select the users you want involved in the private discussion from your Address Book and click Send Private Message at the bottom of the screen. |
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| Preferences and Other | |
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What do the options in the Forum Preferences mean?
Automatically mark messages as read when viewed - When you view a discussion the messages in that
discussion are automatically marked as being read (unhighlighted). |
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Can you send me an email when a new version of the software comes out? Yes. To subscribe to the new release mailing list, edit your profile details, and tick the 'Email me when new software is released' checkbox. If you are logged in, you can do that here. |
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The times posted in the forum aren't right! That's not a question. |
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Why are the times posted in the forum not right? Your time zone is probably set to GMT. |
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Can I have an avatar? No, not unless you work for Rane or Serato. |
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Why not? Because. |
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I've got another question... Go to the support page for more information. |
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- This discussion must be read before posting anything in that area.
- This discussion will stay at the top of the forum area.
- This discussion or area is read-only. You can't post here.
- This discussion needs following up and hasn't been resolved.
- You are tracking this discussion. 
- You have posted in this discussion.
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