h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I'm actually - in the grand scheme of things/big picture - relatively new here mysef. I just thought it would be the neighbourly thing, to pop in on a few of the recent arrivals...you know, simply say 'hello', 'welcome aboard', all that (& I suppose, offer you a , & some .)

Make yourself comfortable, feel free to click on my nickname, to visit my space, if you like. And, don't hesitate to go 'poking around', goodness knows I've done my share of that! There should be an ACE (Assistant Community Editor) along fairly soon, to give you an official welcome, as well as a few tips, to make you feel a bit more 'at home'.

I guess, if I can offer a tip of my own, it would be to type 'smileys' into that search window. That'll give you a whole list/selection of emoticons, such as; , , , etc.

Again, welcome aboard, I'm sure you'll like it here (its quite a friendly place, I've found.) Expect to be seeing you around, as it were...au revoir *waves*

Hi, thanks for popping around and introducing yourself, i no longer fell like im in this whole new Galaxy by myself, :> Actually i do have a question for you, all night last night i was trying to put smileys and pictures into my personnal space, could not for the life of me figure it out, :> there thats the best smiley i can do for now.
So any tips would be appreciated Thanks See you around.

Just type smileys, into the search window, under the "click here..." message. That'll take you to a whole selection, ok. Good to hear from you, so promptly.

Actually i'm not sure if i have to do it a different way as im not a pc user, Just cant seem to make my profile look "smiley" I'm able to find the things i want just not sure how to insert them, what do i type? i tried a few things but hmm it wasnt impressed with that. Sorry to be a pain, but there's no one i can really ask. If i was using a pc then no problem, but really cant work out how to insert them, and im sure its probably really simple :¬> Thanks again

Ok, thats no problem, glad to try & help...I'll look into some things & get back to you, ok.

Alright, have alerted 'the authorities' . Thought I'd best bring in some help, as I'm no expert, by any means...help is on the way!

Hey thank you very much for your much needed help! I have been trying really hard to firstly work things out for myself but to no avail, So thanks for coming to my rescue.

All the best Lezzetli

hi Lezzetli i'm kea. i just picked up on jazz being here and came over to hi too. i'm new here too, 4 weeks, so have just been through the whole trying to figure it all out thing. don't be afraid to ask questions where-ever you go on the site, everyone is very helpful. if you tell them you are a newbie they'll be even more helpful if you're not on a pc, what are you using ? there are 2 ways to make changes to your personal space. when you click on edit page, if you scroll down you will see an option of 'plain text' or 'guideml' PLAIN TEXT is the easiest and is probably what you are using now. you can put smileys in in plain text, but you can't put in graphics. to put smileys in in plain text, type the smiley code. for the full list of codes go to http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/Smiley to put in graphics you have to change to GUIDEML. if you have no experience of html ( a language for writing on the internet) here are some useful links on h2g2. it takes a bit of time to get the hang of it, but is well worth it http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A395552 (a beginners guide) http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/F75185?thread=232852 (a very useful convo that got me up and running) http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/GuideML-Clinic (a more in depth look at guidml, good to read after teh beginner one) hope this helps kea

oh and in case you need it here's the page for writing in plaintext :
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/Writing-PlainText


and for guideml pictures : http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/C809



kea

Hello, Lezzetli, I'm the Ace jazz was talking about! Probably the most technically inept one, but friendly; as are most people on here aces or otherwise!

ok, idiots guide to doing smileys; don't get upset if I talk down to you please!

--here's a smiley
1) hover your mouse over the top of it; a little window will appear &
show you what the smiley means
2)DO NOT click your mouse YET
3) copy down on paper the name of the smily
(make sure you use lower case letters & spell it exactly the same)
4) look on your keyboard for the symbols
<
and
>

5) write a reply to this message (anything short! hi will do!)
6)at the end of your message put < then the word (don't leave a space) then >
7)press the preview button before you post the reply. If you've done it right, a smiley will appear as if by & you can then press
post message & go & make a cup of with a !
8) if it hasn't worked, don't , check you've copied it right, correct it on the preview copy & preview again.
9) if it still hasn't worked, say "sod it!" (don't swear stronger than this on here!) & send it anyway!

10) the message will land on my space & we'll take it from there!

Hope this helps!
Terri

Hi Kea, thanks for the useful info, i'm going to check it out now, and see where i can go from here, obviously being new sometimes it can feel like your bugging someone when your constantly asking how? and what do i do! But i understand we all have to start somewhere, just like you did, and maybe some day (not soon i dont think) :> I'll get to grips with this and can show a newbie around myself. Thanks again Kea
All the best Lezzetli

good one Lezzetli


its perfectly acceptable as a newbie to ask lots of questions. i put newbie after my offical name (to alter your name click on the preferences button near the top of the page), and so felt ok about asking lots. its expected when you are new.

also, i've found its ok to jump into conversations. it helps to say a small introduction when you do (like "hi, i'm new"). i've hung out on the ask h2g2 page alot F19585?thread="smiley - ok" title="ok" class="smiley" src="http://www.h2g2.com/h2g2/skins/Alabaster/images/Smilies/f_ok.gif"/> (aces are there to help newcomers)



kea

Hi Lezzetli lol

Well its taken me a few days to figure this thing out too. But Im slowly getting there

If you need any help with anything you know how to get in touch with me? unless you've forgotten my number that is

I'll be adding loads of links to my page for new users, being one myself I know how hard and confusing it can be. But you know me? done plenty of searching the past few days and found out loads of info.

I can either edit your space for you like I suggested until you get the hang of things, or we can go over it on the phone. Whichever is easier for you.

There will be loads of LD stuff on my page too, wich Im sure will interest you.

Ok give me a call soon and I'll go through everything with you, including smileys, pictures, coloured text etc.

Love you loads

Vampress xxx

Hi, thank you for msg, and the info! I'm not using a pc im using a digibox, so i guess it threw me a bit when i wanted to insert the smileys, otherwise using a pc- i'd have no probs. I think maybe there's just something a bit different i have to do, a friend of mine who's also new to the site has already figured it out, So we can see out of the two who has the brains! :>
She's going to e-mail the info so thanks for the help anyway :>

did you now there is a big digibox thing here on h2g2?

i'll see it i can find some links.

or in the meantime click on the 'who's online' button near the top of your page, and see if loup.dargent is on. if you click on his name you will go to his space and find all the digibox links.


i just checked - he's online now. here's his link U200238


(he'll try and tell you that LD stands for Leisure District, but it really stands for loup dargent - he's starting a secret society )



kea

kea said "...he's starting a secret society)"

...and it's already the 2nd most popular conversation

Hi Vamp, for the ifo, finalllly i hava a smiley page so at least i look a bit more freindlier..

I'm probably going to get carried away with them now though see i told you. Have fun in this new and exciting world and i'll talk to you soon ok.

Love lezzetli

xxxx

Really! So whats the first?

Ask

As always...

Hi Kea, So thats what it really stands for then ? Ive been to his page actually and its very helpful for all us "newbies" as you can see i only have the one smiley code, need to get some others soon. Still getting used to it but hey i'll be an expert soon enough .

All the best Lezzetli