SOLO Guide

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A one stop shop for everything about SOLO.

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What standards are expected of a SOLOist?

Ok, I've signed up as a member, now what do I do?

Ok, I've made a post. Where is it?

What are rules about copyright and posting excerpts?

How do I post a link?

How do I post an image?

How do I post a video?

What's the best way to quote something?

What's the easiest way to get back to the front page?

What standards are expected of a SOLOist?

Read this.

Ok, I've signed up as a member, now what do I do?

At top right, below your username, click My Blog, and post something!

Ok, I've made a post. Where is it?

Your post will appear below the blue posts, nearer the bottom of the front page. The blue posts are known as the "blue stickies". Your post may be promoted to sticky-dom by Lindsay Perigo if he feels it is worthy. Bribes entertained, but hardly ever accepted. Wink

How do I post a link?

Use the anchor tag.

If this is your link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism.

Then just enclose it in the anchor tags and use the href attribute:

<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Objectivism">Objectivism</a>

Your link will show up like this:

Objectivism

What are rules about copyright and posting excerpts?

Read this.

How do I post an image?

Read this.

How do I post a video?

Let's say this is the link to your video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7ukJiBZ8_4k

Simply wrap it in square brackets and prepend the video: keyword:

What's the best way to quote something?

Use the blockquote tag.

This is what a block quote looks like:

Nunc ac lacus est, ut rutrum velit. Donec vehicula consectetur libero vitae dictum. Vestibulum non diam a sem elementum semper sit amet a elit. Nulla dictum enim eget purus tempus ullamcorper. Aenean fringilla euismod tortor vitae consequat. Phasellus accumsan, libero non molestie gravida, massa erat facilisis lectus, vitae lacinia tortor sem a nibh. Duis iaculis tortor felis. Aenean ac rhoncus turpis? Praesent ut libero sed nunc pretium porta. Etiam nibh sem, sagittis facilisis sodales a, laoreet vel diam.

Simple enclose your text in the blockquote tags.

<blockquote>Your text goes here</blockquote>

Note the / in the closing tag.

What's the easiest way to get back to the front page?

Just click on the SOLO logo at top left. It's alive!