Newbies come on in

bluebabka · March 2011

OK, I'm still technically a newbie but here's some helpful tips
and welcome to the board : )

Your siggy is what tells your story to everyone else on the board. Information like your age, your diagnosis, your history etc. is really important. Also, you should be under the care of a physician / RE / OBGYN and you should include tests and the results etc. in your siggy as well. This information is helpful whenever you are asking the women on these boards for advice or guidance. Try to be specific when creating your siggy.

Also, the boards are designed to help everyone. That means you can come on here to ask for advice and support but it's also expected that you offer support and advice...even if it's just a small gesture like "sorry to hear you had a bad day" or "Congrats!" - Otherwise you are just a parasite and that's not well-received for obvious reasons. So be a giver too : )

To edit your siggy:

my account
edit profile
log in
edit my avatar & sig (above your pic)
my forums signature - scroll down

To add a picture to your siggy:

Go to a website like tinypics.com (there are more...just google) and follow the instructions to upload a picture, edit the picture (make it smaller/bigger) and then copy the forum code into your siggy.

"PAIF/SAIF always welcome" in your siggy

This tells women who have moved over to Pregnant after IF or Success after IF that they are welcome to respond to your posts. Otherwise they may not.

Here is a link to the Bump Unoffical Glossay:

<a href="https://community.thebump.com/cs/ks/forums/thread/13543381.aspx">Bump Unofficial Glossary</a>

Can't make it clicky sorry - it's in my siggy, though.

There is also a glossary located on the left-hand margin, bottom of the page called Bump Board Glossary

Good luck with your journey. Hope this info helps!

I think Edwina and missred had a better version of these guidelines - sorry to step on toes girls I just thought I'd help some newbies : )

NicoleD0516 · March 2011

Blue- As a long-long time lurker but new/infrequent poster, these are great tips. Thanks for posting!

bluebabka · March 2011

NicoleD0516:
Blue- As a long-long time lurker but new/infrequent poster, these are great tips. Thanks for posting!

Thanks I had a few people ask in the last few days : )

Yolanbo9 · March 2011

I'm not a newbie anymore

But I just wanted to tell you that's it's very sweet of you to post this!

I'm sure all the Newbies will be thankful

reb259 · March 2011

Thanks!! I have been wondering how I get a fancy siggy... Wink

Edwina.McDunnough · March 2011

This is very nice of you.

Also, the official bump FAQ is here and it tells you how to add hyperlink text to your signature.

If you google "TTCAL blog" you will find a blog with a lot of information. I hope I don't step on any ttcal toes for suggesting this site.

When you're editing your signature, the new site requires that you code the entire block.

<p>Your text here.</p> Creates a new paragraph which has a line space above it. Tutorial.

<br> Inserts a line break. You could put two in a row for the equivalent of a paragraph break. Tutorial.

Change the size of an image by adding width="xx" OR height="xx" adding xx number in pixels. You can force your image into a defined dimension by adding width and height, but if it's not the same proportion to the original it will skew the image. Don't make the xx value bigger than the original size or it will look bad.

If the search function doesn't work, you can try to google the term; add "site:community.thebump.com" to search all the forums.

Good luck!

LindzK · March 2011

Wow, this was great. I wish I had this info when I was new. I'm still learning all the time though. And Edwina-thanks so much for breaking down the html codes. I knew the <br> one, but the others are so helpful! Great to see! Thanks to all! Yes

Ann679 · March 2011

Thanks for this information. It is very helpful. What is AMA? I haven't seen that on any of the abbreviation charts.

ecleptic · March 2011

Ann679:
Thanks for this information. It is very helpful. What is AMA? I haven't seen that on any of the abbreviation charts.

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MrsNap_515 · March 2011

thanks!!

I have a random question...where it shows your # of posts, and then points...what are the points for? just never knew lol

Edwina.McDunnough · March 2011

Points, and those little white boxes under your screen name that fill up blue have no apparent significance. They're some kind of rating system, but what that means to other posters is lost on me.

jstrat53 · March 2011

Edwina, Thanks for the code tips. I was wondering how people were getting their siggy's nice and lined up!

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