well said Adam , couldnt agree more with old posts and old topics along with the text typing. but how are we going to get our friday fix of fishwrecked if your going off line. 

to my bad luck my spelling is not strong at all. and internet explorer does not contain a spell checker i shall slow my post down and keep things brief.

type your longer posts onto a word document, use the spell checker then cut and paste your post onto fishwrecked.

I don't think Adam is that concerned with the odd spelling mistake here and there, its when you younger guys (and gals) use shortened text writing that looks like they have grabbed a handful of alphabet soup and thrown it at the page.

Mozilla and Google chrome(web browsers) both have spell checks I believe.

I might add that spaces in sentences don't cost extra on the internet, its not like paying for print ads.

By that I mean when you use a comma, you put a space in after it. Incidentally, the convention on the use of punctuation, is that we put it in directly after the word, and then the space follows it, just like this.

Not ,like ,this?

well.. I might have some to blame with my big posts lol. I use my phone, somethings enabling and disabling rich-text sometimes goes a lil retarded for me.

its been a while since I used it but I belive the google toolbar has spell checker features included so installing that would resolve the issue of spelling but are some spelling errors really so bad ? ;) afterall this aint www.grammar.com

i think adam just means that, just putting a lil more effort woulnt hurt anyone, so to at least go over obvious errors would be a nice courtesy. I use my phone and it wont spellcheck when im on the net, only for sms. Also i guess abbreviations eg; msn, gamer, online chat type spelling wouldnt help those that aren't familiar with it.

I can see and understand how messaging like that would be difficult for some to put together.

"I cn c n undrstnd hw msgin lyk dat wuld b difficult 4 sum 2 put 2getha."

?I can seeing? Understand how m.s.g'ing lick that would be difficult for some to put together?

You can figure it out, but frustrating for some and slows things down alot when decifering.

i do it with sms sometimes to shorten sentances so it doesnt cost so much in texts because spelling correctly costs more because it doesnt take much at all for it to rollover into another text message.

But that doesnt apply with doing it here, just a lil more effort.

I guess stuff like; lol, IMO, FYI, wtf, omg is pretty known so i dunno, maybe more acceptable.
Otherwise we'd get too much of the kkz, zomg, bbq, brb, rofl, stfu, gtfo and heaps more.
I guess if you didnt know what it means then if one was to use whatever word they think makes sense, it wouldnt really make sense in the end or might actually assume something one doesnt mean.

gd work adm. ithinkthatnded 2 b sed.

whats the best rig to catch tailor on?

u poo poo head. wtf lol?

yea i thought the same thing when i was reading and got up to poo poo head lol

Adam, I believe your comments were well said and get your point across without too much vitriol.

Unfortunately being an internet forum about fishing you encounter people from all walks of life from young Fisherboy up to some elderly gentleman that seem to have a flatulence issue.

Those same people have computer skill levels that would also vary wildly from people spending all day in front of a flat screen to someone like my dear wife who was recently asked by her I.T. help desk to "Right click". Her response "I can't see right click on the keyboard!"

Being new to this forum (but not forums in general) I don't think there is too much abuse or similar on this site but as i said, I am new to it.

Overall I think it is one of the most helpful sites I've been on.

Hey Scotto, about that tailor rig!??

Poo poo head, just a test to see how many would read that far through it.  As Huggy said, its just more about the effort...

Constant monitoring ensures it stays civil, just reminding people to do so and to put that little bit extra in to continue its high standards.

Sorry shitezenhouzer!

Have you made it a sticky somewhere?

I agree Adam. I've been guilty of asking a question before searching first.

I've also been guilty of upsetting a few people on this site. I apologise to anyone I have upset in the past and at the end of the day my aim is to get along with all members because we all have a common interest, and obviously that is fishing.

Now! let's get out there and catch some great fish this weekend!

I agree and like you bluetonic i'm also guilty of posting a new forum topic before searching...

Your PM isnt activated so here's a tip on one of the key points Adam was on about;

Second note: Before you comment on a random image or an old post, PLEASE CHECK THE DATE.  There is tonnes of old content on here and a lot of members have moved on and won't be answering your questions.  If you recognise the user name and know they are still about, then please feel free to say something.  But multiple posting on old stuff that likely won't get an answer is frustrating as it flushes a lot of good new content too quickly through the latest content menu.

Cheers,

Adam

my PM isnt activated?

A classic example of what to try and avoid.

Nothing wrong with commenting on the odd old photo as you have done, but when you do heaps in a row like you did just then it flushes all the current topics off the recent content pages. Which is what Adam is getting at in this post.

Just try to be a little more selective in future so we don;t get a big wave of really old posts coming back up to the top..

oh thanks andy i see what you mean...

May i ask what are my pm's are they personal messages?

yep pm's are personal messages

Thats what i thought i just didnt see how they could be

"deactivated"

thanks anyway.

Any ideas on how to put long replies into paragraphs when using a Mac?? I do every time, but when I send the post it comes through with no spaces whatsoever, my knowledge of computers is extremely basic so any replies would have to be spelt out to me as though you are talking to a 3 year old!!

What happens if you put in a shift-return?

and try as I might, you really cant format your post like you would on a PC. Return doesn't make any difference, however Im in Steve's boat, not the most tech savy person around.  

I can build almost anything, but when it comes to computers I am completely lost. At risk of sounding like a absolute nob what is a "shift-return???" Apologies in advance!

You just hold down shift and return at the same time.
On a pc you get a slightly different version of the <CR>.

See?

There maybe something called Simple Text or something similar. If so, just type in your comment or post in that area and that should allow you put in things like paragraph breaks. Once you have written your post, or comment, then you just have to cut and paste from the text programme and place it on Fishwrecked. (Sorry mate, I hope I haven't confused you - it so much easier when you can just show someone. I have used Macs a lot and they are very user friendly when you know what programmes are available).

You lost me at " Text programs" I told you I'm useless!! Always a cold beer in the fridge if keen to show. 

It works!!!

iam happy to spend more time at my questions. the big problem is i am really bad at typing or writing any readable messages. as most would have seen by my last post. but the good thing is the info was great thanks

WE have a prob with our lap top. i put the paragraphs in and space correctly but it all bunches up when i post, the same way others have pointed out. ......

is there a way to re format the computer to allow the paragraphs and spacing? 

Happens when the 'rich-text' is enabled, so it's now switched off all the time.

Would be nice if there is a solution so I can use these again  

what is "rich text"?

Rich text gives you either a plain comment box when disabled, or gives you the options to add smileys, , bold, bullet points or add images from other sources via the little tree when enabled.  Its just under your comment box before you click Post Comment.

Thanks adam. Ive always seen it but never actually known what it did. Oh i also didnt realsise that it says what it does underneath it.