Creating a new topic

In order to start a discussion on a new topic, click the "Start new topic" button in the forum that best covers your topic (eg. in one of the county forums)

To reply to a RootsChat message, you can click the "Reply" button at the top or at the button of the message. If you want to insert a quote to which you are replying, you can click the "Quote" button of the message.

BBC (Bulletin Board Code)

Web pages (like this one) are formatted with what is called HTML code. In order to ensure that your messages cannot interfere with the actual webpage that displays your message this HTML code cannot be used in messages. Instead RootsChat allows the use of Bulletin Board Code (BBC) in posts. "BBC" is similar to HTML, but safe and standardized for bulletin board use.

So if you want to add fancy formatting or insert and image from another website, then this is how you do it! It should make your RootsChat that little bit more colourful!

Type This		For This
[hr]
[url=http://site.com]SITE[/url]		SITE
[url]http://site.com[/url]		http://site.com
[img]http://site.com/image.gif[/img]
[img width=80 height=40]http://site.com/image.gif[/img]
[b]Bold[/b]		Bold
[i]Italic[/i]		Italic
[u]Underlined[/u]		Underlined
[s]strikethrough[/s]		strikethrough
[color=Red]Red text[/color]		Red text
[move]stuff[/move]		stuff :)
[shadow=color,glow width, #characters wide]TEXT[/shadow]		Shadowed Text
[glow=color,glow width, #characters wide]TEXT[/glow]		Glowing Text
[flash]http:/site.com/flash.swf[/flash]		Flash Movie
[quote]Quoted text[/quote]		Quoted text

Smilies

Smilies are a fun way to express your emotion in your RootsChats. They can help you indicate whether you are joking, happy, sad, or a variety of other things. Each smilie uses standard text-mesage-style key-strokes.

 

Smilies	Type this...
	:)
	:D
	;D
	;)
	:(
	:-*
	>:(
	:P
	:'(
	:-[
	8)
	:o
	::)
	:-/
	:-X
	??? or ?!?