POLL MM, help us...information wanted on battle strategies!

[tbontob]

The "Strategies" menu of the Empire Status tab (F11) requires us to make many choices. Many of us do not have a clear understanding of the effect the choices we select will have on the battle to be fought.

Not having a clear understanding limits the range of responses we can make to a situation.

The question is:

Are you interested in Malfador Machinations providing us information on the options available so we can make more informed choices?

[tbontob]

To those who just recently entered the site and want to know what this is all about, take a look at the thread
Understanding battle strategies...newbie question <font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">

[Fyron]

Why not post a *link* (http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=006669) to the thread? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[tbontob]

I didn't because being a newbie I don't know how to do it! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

[Fyron]

Use this without the spaces:

[ URL=http://www.url.com]text[/ URL]

[tbontob]

Ok...I assume "text" is the name of the thread Y/N? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

and how did you get it to print *link*? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[TerranC]

probably Shift-8, l, i, n, k, and shift-8 again? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif

[Fyron]

I used this (without the extra spaces):

[ b][ URL=http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=006669]*link*[/ URL][/ b]

[tbontob]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
I used this (without the extra spaces):

[ b][ URL=http://www.shrapnelgames.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=23;t=006669]*link*[/ URL][/ b]<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Okaaaayyyyyy........... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/shock.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/confused.gif

These may be really dumb questions, but....

What does:
1) "[b]" stand for?
2) "f=23" mean or stand for?
3) "t=006669 mean or stand for?

[tesco samoa]

look up top...

the b and /b are the begin and end tags

the url and /url is begin url and end url

the url is made up of the link and the f=forum and t=topic

[tbontob]

Originally posted by tesco samoa:
look up top...

the b and /b are the begin and end tags

the url and /url is begin url and end url

the url is made up of the link and the f=forum and t=topic<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Right! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon6.gif

So, this site I'm now on is "23"? Y/N
And where do I get the topic number?

[capnq]

The "Instant UBB" buttons on the posting form will automatically fill in the codes for different things.

The easiest way to get the URL for a link is to open a second window, go to the thread you want to link to, and copy its URL from the address bar.

[dumbluck]

Originally posted by capnq:
The easiest way to get the URL for a link is to open a second window, go to the thread you want to link to, and copy its URL from the address bar.<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">WARNING! Do not use the previous/next buttons to find the thread when you are getting the addy. If you do, you don't get the forum thread #, you get "&lt;previous thread #&gt; =older" (paraphrased). If you try to post That URL, as soon as the "previous thread" get's bumped, your link will point to a different thread!!! I lost a couple of really good threads bookmarked this way.... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon9.gif

EDIT: The best way I've found to get the thread # you want is to bump the thread. Then the addy will change to show the current thread addy instead of the "#=older" addy

[ August 25, 2002, 08:14: Message edited by: dumbluck ]

[tbontob]

BUMP!

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[tbontob]

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