A Special Forum

OhDear · 12-15-2006, 12:40 PM

Could some of the Techies here please host a forum with threads that tell how to do some basic stuff?

I don't know why I can't embed You tubes here, even clicking on the prompt. And well there is a ton of stuff I could benefit from knowing how to do.

Like how come I can't uninstall certain programs. It will come up that the uninstall log can't be read! How tricky is that!

Plus maybe this could be a forum for sharing some pretty cool sites and stuff. For an example, where do y'all get your music from?

Thank you for giving this some thought.

Oh Dear

alias · 12-15-2006, 01:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by OhDear

Could some of the Techies here please host a forum with threads that tell how to do some basic stuff?

I don't know why I can't embed You tubes here, even clicking on the prompt. And well there is a ton of stuff I could benefit from knowing how to do.

Like how come I can't uninstall certain programs. It will come up that the uninstall log can't be read! How tricky is that!

Plus maybe this could be a forum for sharing some pretty cool sites and stuff. For an example, where do y'all get your music from?

Thank you for giving this some thought.

Oh Dear

I get most of my music from my CD player.

davideyoung · 12-15-2006, 03:17 PM

Most forum hosts (Such as IBP, VBulletin, etc) have security features that block any embedded codes. They do this because embedded codes are how many hackers destroyed forums in the past.

OhDear · 12-15-2006, 03:26 PM

That may well be, David, but how come then there are posts here with embedded videos?

How do they get them to stick on the page without having to hyperlink on the globe above the text and trying to figure out something telling to write so folk will know that there is something worth clicking on?

And it even does say You Tube up there too above the text on the composition page, but it does nothing for me.

Hmmm...

But hacking would be an terrible thing to have happen. Once I had bloglines, and would get updates on a forum I would read at. And sometimes post to. Well, would you believe, I had to contact the forum admin cos it would show up as a new post at the forum but would say stuff about ...yikes! I best not say. Just take my word for it, it was inappropriately preying on the nature of men.

So it is best to keep hackers from coming on board here, cos that is just what the forum admin guy told me had happened there.

OD

RidinHighSpeeds · 12-15-2006, 03:53 PM

Make sure you are in the advanced editor.

You want to make sure you can see this:

When you click on it, it should bring up a window where you can paste the link of the web page of your youtube video. Once you have done that, you need to type in a Title next which is in between the tags. If there is no title, it will not work properly.

See this post for more detailed instructions. If the button does not work for you, you can manually enter in the tags:

http://www.defendingthetruth.com/off...html#post63793 (Google Video and YouTube)

OhDear · 12-15-2006, 06:27 PM

Thanks Ridin' for the feedback.
I will have to get my fourteen year old son to help me!

OD

alias · 12-15-2006, 06:35 PM

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Originally Posted by OhDear

Thanks Ridin' for the feedback.
I will have to get my fourteen year old son to help me!

OD

You have a 14-year-old son? Wow, you don't look a day over 21. I bet when you are with him people think you're his older sister dont' they.

OhDear · 12-15-2006, 06:38 PM

Truth? I have five kids, ages 27, 24, 20, 17 and 14.

Now do you know why my username is "Oh Dear"?

OD

RidinHighSpeeds · 12-15-2006, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by alias

You have a 14-year-old son? Wow, you don't look a day over 21. I bet when you are with him people think you're his older sister dont' they.

Damn...you have no idea how much it sucks.

My mother looks pretty young and everytime I take her to the mall or something, people think we are married. Customers from her bank would say, "That's your husband?" when she is talking to me because they all know her.

Ike!?

RidinHighSpeeds · 12-15-2006, 06:56 PM

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Originally Posted by OhDear

Truth? I have five kids, ages 27, 24, 20, 17 and 14.

Now do you know why my username is "Oh Dear"?

OD

Wow that's pretty cool OhDear!

If any of your kids need help with their history or political homework assignments, do feel free to post their questions here for our input. I really wish I joined or created a political forum when I was in highschool...would of helped a lot!

Here's an example of a question that will appear on my philosophy final next week:
http://www.defendingthetruth.com/phi...ers-think.html (Can computers think?)

Thanks to all the input, I think it can further help me when I get the question on the final