Threads needs to be more visible

[brownsfan019 17]

James,

This thread - http://www.traderslaboratory.com/forums/f30/how-to-post-a-chart-properly-805.html or something similar to it needs to be more visible in my opinion. Since our influx of new members, I've read many threads of 'how do I post a chart' or 'I could not figure out how to post a chart', etc.

 

The explanation of how to do this needs to be more visible somewhere on the forum. Perhaps a 'New to TL, read this!' page would work and on this page would be a link to this info. Kind of like a newbie handbook if you will - rules of posting, etiquette expected, how to post a chart, etc. etc.

[Soultrader 12]

Thanks brownsfan, I have been dying to do this for months now. But creating a manual is going to take me some time. I initially thought of a wiki format but then I realized I have no idea how to use wiki.

 

I will spend some time over the weekend to get started on creating a manual. The old manual is kind of outdated so will have to create a new one from scratch.

[torero 10]

How about just a simple category 'survival guide' for downloading, posting, reading, etc.

[Soultrader 12]

How about just a simple category 'survival guide' for downloading, posting, reading, etc.

 

Hi Torero, do you mind elaborating?

[brownsfan019 17]

I think for now James, and maybe what Tor was hitting on, is a simple guide/post that is sticky in ALL forums and in it has posting guidelines, expected etiquette, how to post a chart, etc. Something that is visible in each forum and subforum, but only ONE of these. I've seen forums that have a sticky on how to post, how to do this, how to do that and before you know it you have 10 sticky's on each forum.

 

Even just a 'How To' sticky would work well...

 

How to... post a chart, create hyperlinks, use smileys, etc. etc. While some things may seem basic, it would probably help someone out at some point. For example, how many know how to create a clean hyperlink? No idea, but I bet some don't.