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RULES:
1. SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST. MANY RECURRENT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY.
2. SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST. MANY RECURRENT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY.
3. DO NOT POST SIZING, PRICING, WHERE TO BUY, OR ANY OTHER SHOPPING OR PERSONAL STYLE RELATED QUESTIONS IN DESIGNER FORUMS.
In an effort to preserve the analytical and critical tone of "Designers and Their Work" and "Seasonal Collections" subforums, we ask that you keep shopping-related questions like sizing, where to find, style numbers, etc. in the shopping section of the forum in threads like "sizing help" and "help finding."
Sizing Help
Help Finding
Small Questions
4. DO NOT REPOST/QUOTE IMAGES ON THE SAME PAGE. It makes browsing annoying.
5. DO NOT COMMENT ON COLLECTIONS THREE MONTHS AFTER THEY WERE POSTED UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING RELEVANT TO SAY. "I love/hate this" does not cut it and nobody cares. Make sure you think your post is worthwhile.
6. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, TRY TO ADVERTISE YOUR EBAY LISTINGS AND OTHER SELLING ACTIVITY IN GOOD FINDS OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS FORUM. THIS IS A BANNABLE OFFENSE.
7. AS A RULE OF THUMB, IF YOU HAVE NOTHING INTERESTING TO ADD TO A DISCUSSION, IT'S BETTER TO NOT POST AT ALL. IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING, WRITE WHY. IF YOU DISLIKE SOMETHING, WRITE WHY.
8. SELLING IN CLASSIFIEDS IS A PRIVILEGE OF BEING A MEMBER OF THIS FORUM. A 100 POST RULE IS HERE FOR YOU TO PROVE THAT YOU CONSTRUCTIVELY CONTRIBUTE AND ARE SERIOUS ABOUT BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. SPEED POSTING, POSTING SHORT, MEANINGLESS MESSAGES IN A ROW JUST TO PAD YOUR POST COUNT, IS A BANNABLE OFFENSE.
TIPS:
1. Browsing old threads
SZ has loads of wonderful information, but the forums are automatically set to cut off after one month of inaction to cut out clutter. To view all threads, go into a subforum ("Designers and Collections" for example), in the lower left corner you will see several drop down menus - drop down the one that says "From Last Month" and choose whatever range you want - From the Beginning works well.
2. Posting photos
To conservie disk space, attachments are turned off. The only way to post photos is to use a photo hosting service, such as photobucket.com, tinypic.com or Imageshack.us. To post an image,
Go to one of the sites, upload the photo and choose a resize function (ie "messageboard 640x480") if the pic is large. after upload, copy the appropriate URL that is given ("direct link" or "for messageboards/layouts"). then paste the URL into a post by using the Insert Image function (landscape icon above text field) or by adding IMG tags as follows:
[ IMG ]http://i27.tinypic.com/filename.jpg[ /IMG ]
(without the spaces within the tags)
if you are posting a picture from elsewhere on the web, simply right click on it, choose properties, and copy paste the URL ("http://www.website.com/image.jpg"), and enter it into the tags as above.
3. Posting YouTube videos
To embed a YouTube video, go to YouTube, copy the part of the individual video link from your broswer window that identifies the video (it's the part after the = sign)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC_3alnTE9g
Enclose it into the following tags [ youtube ]xyz[ /youtube ] (without the gaps inside the brackets)
4. Posting in Classifieds
You cannot, under any circumstances post new threads in classifieds until you have 100 posts. This is done to encourage meaningful participation in the forums. This feature is programmed in, so do not PM me for exceptions.
Speed posting nonsense to gain the 100 posts will result in account termination. if you have nothing to say, you are welcome to read the forums but you need to sell elsewhere.
5. Editing Thread Title
If you want to edit the title of a thread you've started (i.e. if you want to add more items to your classifieds post), there are two ways. option 1 is outlined here. option 2, you can do so by going through Thread Tools > Edith Thread. you can edit titles for up to 2 months, after this you need to make a new thread if you wish to have a different title.
1. SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST. MANY RECURRENT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY.
2. SEARCH BEFORE YOU POST. MANY RECURRENT QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED ALREADY.
3. DO NOT POST SIZING, PRICING, WHERE TO BUY, OR ANY OTHER SHOPPING OR PERSONAL STYLE RELATED QUESTIONS IN DESIGNER FORUMS.
In an effort to preserve the analytical and critical tone of "Designers and Their Work" and "Seasonal Collections" subforums, we ask that you keep shopping-related questions like sizing, where to find, style numbers, etc. in the shopping section of the forum in threads like "sizing help" and "help finding."
Sizing Help
Help Finding
Small Questions
4. DO NOT REPOST/QUOTE IMAGES ON THE SAME PAGE. It makes browsing annoying.
5. DO NOT COMMENT ON COLLECTIONS THREE MONTHS AFTER THEY WERE POSTED UNLESS YOU HAVE SOMETHING RELEVANT TO SAY. "I love/hate this" does not cut it and nobody cares. Make sure you think your post is worthwhile.
6. DO NOT, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, TRY TO ADVERTISE YOUR EBAY LISTINGS AND OTHER SELLING ACTIVITY IN GOOD FINDS OR ANYWHERE ELSE ON THIS FORUM. THIS IS A BANNABLE OFFENSE.
7. AS A RULE OF THUMB, IF YOU HAVE NOTHING INTERESTING TO ADD TO A DISCUSSION, IT'S BETTER TO NOT POST AT ALL. IF YOU LIKE SOMETHING, WRITE WHY. IF YOU DISLIKE SOMETHING, WRITE WHY.
8. SELLING IN CLASSIFIEDS IS A PRIVILEGE OF BEING A MEMBER OF THIS FORUM. A 100 POST RULE IS HERE FOR YOU TO PROVE THAT YOU CONSTRUCTIVELY CONTRIBUTE AND ARE SERIOUS ABOUT BEING A PART OF THIS COMMUNITY. SPEED POSTING, POSTING SHORT, MEANINGLESS MESSAGES IN A ROW JUST TO PAD YOUR POST COUNT, IS A BANNABLE OFFENSE.
TIPS:
1. Browsing old threads
SZ has loads of wonderful information, but the forums are automatically set to cut off after one month of inaction to cut out clutter. To view all threads, go into a subforum ("Designers and Collections" for example), in the lower left corner you will see several drop down menus - drop down the one that says "From Last Month" and choose whatever range you want - From the Beginning works well.
2. Posting photos
To conservie disk space, attachments are turned off. The only way to post photos is to use a photo hosting service, such as photobucket.com, tinypic.com or Imageshack.us. To post an image,
Go to one of the sites, upload the photo and choose a resize function (ie "messageboard 640x480") if the pic is large. after upload, copy the appropriate URL that is given ("direct link" or "for messageboards/layouts"). then paste the URL into a post by using the Insert Image function (landscape icon above text field) or by adding IMG tags as follows:
[ IMG ]http://i27.tinypic.com/filename.jpg[ /IMG ]
(without the spaces within the tags)
if you are posting a picture from elsewhere on the web, simply right click on it, choose properties, and copy paste the URL ("http://www.website.com/image.jpg"), and enter it into the tags as above.
3. Posting YouTube videos
To embed a YouTube video, go to YouTube, copy the part of the individual video link from your broswer window that identifies the video (it's the part after the = sign)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yC_3alnTE9g
Enclose it into the following tags [ youtube ]xyz[ /youtube ] (without the gaps inside the brackets)
4. Posting in Classifieds
You cannot, under any circumstances post new threads in classifieds until you have 100 posts. This is done to encourage meaningful participation in the forums. This feature is programmed in, so do not PM me for exceptions.
Speed posting nonsense to gain the 100 posts will result in account termination. if you have nothing to say, you are welcome to read the forums but you need to sell elsewhere.
5. Editing Thread Title
If you want to edit the title of a thread you've started (i.e. if you want to add more items to your classifieds post), there are two ways. option 1 is outlined here. option 2, you can do so by going through Thread Tools > Edith Thread. you can edit titles for up to 2 months, after this you need to make a new thread if you wish to have a different title.
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