General "How To" Guidelines (styled for Xenforo)

[B. Haddrell]

Lesson 10: Adding Tables to a Post​

There are two methods to insert a table in your post. You can use the post editor or BB-codes.

Method 1: Post Editor

First click on the Insert Title icon. It is the 5th button from the right (between the Insert List and Undo icons). Hover over the fields and select the number of cells (rows * columns) you want to have in the title.

A table grid will show in your post editor. You can type your content into the table now. You can also make format the text within the table to make it bold, italic, to insert links and so on.


Method 2: Table BB-codes

On the picture above, you can see that we’ve selected a table made of 3 rows and 5 columns.

If you prefer using BB-codes this is the basic code you need to type to make a table (of course, without the red “X” symbols):

[XTABLE]
[XTR]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[X/TR]
[X/TABLE]

The TR part of the code means that you’re creating table rows.
The TD between the table row code relates to the table column cells. Type your content between the [XTD][/TD] code.

To make it more clear, here is the result of the code above. It is a table with 1 row and 2 columns:

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Now, to make the 3X5 table, this is the code you should use. Basically, the more [XTR][/TR] codes you use, the more rows your table will have. The more [XTD][/TD] you use the more columns your table will have. Remember, use this code without the red “X” symbols.

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[XTABLE]
[XTR]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[/TR]
[XTR]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[XTD][/TD]
[/TR]
[/TABLE]

Finally, this is the table you get when you use the code above:

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[Polgarena]

Lesson 11: Customizing your avatar​

1. Click on your username at the top of the page navigation bar.

2. Hover over your avatar. You will see that the text that says "Edit" appears.

3. Click on your avatar to edit it. (You may use the Right Click to open the editing window in a new tab.)

4. An editting window will appear. Click on "Browse" and select the image file you want to use as your avatar.

5. The image should be at least 400 * 400 pixels big. It is advised that the image is square in its dimensions.

6. If you upload a rectangular image, you will have to hover over the avatar in the editing window, click and drag the image around to choose the position you like the best.

7. Click "Okay" to confirm your avatar upload.