General TE tips

[Trek420]

I thought I'd post this tip here due to the recent rash of spam on board. It occured to me that between new TE'ers and it's never been explained how to delete spam (I had to learn on the streets, just like I've learned everything else I know) maybe there's only a few of us who knew what to do.

Also realised that once the admin gets back from his ride and deletes said spam, my instructions will dissapear.

Hence this new thread.

So, when you see spam, first calm down take a deep breath, have some cytomax.

Now on each post, under the userid of the poster do you see a little white triangle? Click there and it alerts the admin to the spam and or hostile posting, flames, spelling errors etc.

I'm just kidding about the spelling errors, don't alert the admin to that.

The only posts you WON'T see the triangle are your own. You can't report yourself.

If you need to report yourself ask someone else to do that for you ;-)

So now you know what many "morning people" self included do when checking TE waaaay too early in the morning and you can be part of the posse that keeps TE spam free too.

Figured this thread could be a place for general TE tips, managing attachments, creating icons, how too uze the spell cheque feechure.

[Brandi]

Thank you. I was one of those who didn't know!

[SadieKate]

Thanks, Trek, it's nice being in a later time zone and a later riser than some of you insomniacs. Thanks for taking care of all the riff-raff.

The forum rules also recently underwent a facelift.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/faq.p...q#faq_policies

[DeniseGoldberg]

The forum rules also recently underwent a facelift.
http://forums.teamestrogen.com/faq.p...q#faq_policies

Thanks for letting us know that the rules were updated. It's funny, I've recently stopped myself from adding a note to some threads about copying text from other web sites - it felt wrong even though the copying was acknowledged, but I thought maybe I was over-reacting. Glad to see the additions to the rules.

--- Denise

[Trek420]

SadieKate, we're in the same time zone!

And I dunno if I'm an earlier riser than you. You got yourself to the TdC from Davis and to rides here, I only had to meet Spazz and then go across the Bay.

We looked for you after watching the race and walking almost the entire route BTW but were not sure which booth. Picture Trek & Spazz wandering from booth to booth "are YOU SadieKate?"

And Brandi don't feel bad, I didn't know about the facelift and shoulda known better about some pictures, I'm a design major for gosh sakes.

[SadieKate]

Deleting this post now because it doesn't have any forum tips; it's just a hijack.

[Bike Goddess]

Sadie Kate-- If you come down, there is a shuttle from Benicia to Martinez. Starts at 6:30AM and every hour on the 1/2 hour til 4:30PM. The shuttle can hold 14 bikes so you can take your bike over or not. It's free! I wouldn't recommend driving as it will be pretty hard to get around in a car.

PM me if you want directions. I'm riding over via Carquinez Bridge. The club is also going if you want to go at 8:00 AM! Race starts at 11:00- best to be there around 10AM. 9:30 AM bus would work. OR AMTRAK!!!!!!!!!!

[tatormc]

I've seen several posts where someone stated they missed a thread. Here are some simple steps to never miss a new thread or post again. After you log in to TE click New Posts on the top tool bar. It will pull everything that's new from the time you logged out last. Then next to each thread you'll see a little box with a check box in it. If you click this you'll be taken to the first unread post.

[RoadRaven]

Thanks Trek
I guess I needed to take note of this before - its not a feature of other boards I have been at and spam makes me so mad (anyone else notice my little tantrum earlier? )
Road - taking a chill pill - Raven

[Trek420]

Bump!

good morning TE.

Just bumping this up as a reminder how to report spam.

[SadieKate]

Double bump - good info about copyright infringement.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/faq.p...q#faq_policies

[DeniseGoldberg]

Double bump - good info about copyright infringement.

http://forums.teamestrogen.com/faq.p...q#faq_policies

Funny - I was going to post the same thing but you beat me to it. One of the big copyright infringements that I've been noticing lately is people copying text from other sites. Sometimes there is an acknowledgement of the source, sometimes not. But whether even with an acknowledgement it is an infringement of copyright.

--- Denise

[SadieKate]

Denise, lemme guess. You are also in a position where you have to keep an eye on your company's intellectual property or some other copyrighted material?

[DeniseGoldberg]

Denise, lemme guess. You are also in a position where you have to keep an eye on your company's intellectual property or some other copyrighted material?

Uh, sort of. My work life revolves around product management and QA for a software company. So yes, intellectual property & copyrighted material both come into play here. In the past I worked for a health care software company and was caught up in making sure we were following the HIPAA (privacy) regulations. And of course that we were acknowledging the use of copyrighted materials.

I guess everything related to privacy and security plus falling into copyright areas is intertwined in my head...

--- Denise

[SadieKate]

Ditto! I contract the project services for a health care software company with its own clinical content. You want info, even a project plan, you have to pay for it.