Frequently Asked Questions - Using the website
Yes, just put in the link to the photo, with no tags or decoration, starting with 'http:' and ending with the filename of the photo like 'charles.jpg'.
But, do remember that it is not necessary to upload your image to photobucket or flickr in order to display it on our site. You can just [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/how-do-i-add-pictures-my-articles follow these instructions] to upload the image directly onto our site. This has the advantage of automatically resizing the image to the same size as all the others, with a link that displays it fullsize if you click on it.
Use the search bar on the top right of the page. For example:
- you want to find the discussion about steering head bearings where somebody mentioned that they were not greased enough. Enter steering bearing grease in the search field and click 'Search';
It is most effective if you use words that are fairly unique to the topic you are looking for, and use a few words that narrow the search down.
Otherwise, use Google to search the BMW Motorcycle Club Cape site by entering the following for e.g. 'steering bearing grease site:bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za'
Put 3 single quotes around the text you want bold, like this '''text you want bold'''. Of course the single quotes won't show, but the text will be bold.
Unlike forum (or bulletin board) software, this site allows contributions and content in a variety of formats and places. In order to find new contributions you need to use the tools provided by the site, described below.
On the [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/ home] page, you have:
- a list of recent posts to the forum, and
- a list of recent comments to content throughout the site.
On the menu on the right, click on [http://bmwmotorcycleclubcape.co.za/tracker All New Content] link, to get a list of all content, with the most recent first.
To receive notifications of new or updated content, you need to subscribe to various categories or types of content:
In the menu bar on the right is an item called 'My Subscriptions' - that is where the 'notify me' stuff is done. (It is also in the 'My Account' section). At the top of the page are 4 tabs:
- threads: lets you subscribe or unsubscribe to various forum threads...
- categories: lets you subscribe to events, posts, articles or images that are categorized by location, forum section, trip type, and FAQ category. So, for example, you could subscribe to the offroad trip type, and you would be notified any time an article, trip-report or event is created or updated that is classified as offroad.
- content-type: lets you subscribe to updates of any given type of content. For example, you might want to know about all trip reports, or images, or events.
It's your choice
