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Mentions

Post by phil4 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 8:59 am

We've added a new feature to the board.. mentions.

Imagine you're posting and you want to mention certain other users, perhaps to get them involved in the discussion, or to credit them with something. Mentions is where this comes in.

The format to use is

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[mention]persons name[/mention] 
eg.

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[mention]Alex Brandon-Smith[/mention]
If you're wondering where you get the name from (because you can imagine, it needs to be absolutely spot on), if you type an @ and then start typing their name, you should (though when the server is a bit busy, this doesn't work quite so well) get a drop down with names you can click on. I find this works best if done right at the start of the post, and you can then move them as needed.

What's the point? When done, it adds some nice red text showing who you're mentioning, and notifies them of the post.
[mention]Alex Brandon-Smith[/mention]

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Re: Mentions

Post by Sir Nick » Fri Oct 26, 2018 4:14 pm

Should this be a sticky? [mention]phil4[/mention]

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Re: Mentions

Post by phil4 » Fri Oct 26, 2018 5:02 pm

Cheers [mention]Sir Nick[/mention],

I think that's a good idea, and consider it done.

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Re: Mentions

Post by Karl V » Sat Oct 27, 2018 12:24 am

Very cool [mention]phil4[/mention]!

A new toy to play with ;-)

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Re: Mentions

Post by Alex Brandon-Smith » Sat Oct 27, 2018 1:20 pm

Good work [mention]phil4[/mention] Top job as always
310=325! That'll be the Presidential Remap kicking in... :vroom:

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