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#Password after the Big Move

Password Reset

Choose log in at the top and then enter your username or your email address and click “Forgot my password” to have it reset. If you have problems with your email address email me. If your username had a space then use an underscore _ instead when logging in.

#Reading

The Quick Start Guide:

TFK: The Quick Start Guide

A quick start guide to TFK: Reading To read more, just keep scrolling down! As new replies or new topics arrive, they will appear automatically – no need to refresh the page. Navigation For search, your user page, or the ☰ menu, use the icon buttons at upper right. Selecting a topic title will always take you to the next unread reply in the topic. To enter at the top or bottom, select the reply count or last reply date instead. [image] While reading a topic, select the progress bar a…

Finding your way around:

TFK Guide: How do I find my way around TFK?

Navigating TFK The Homepage (aka Latest) The default homepage at tfk.thefreekick.com should be self-explanatory for everyone. The only newish feature or difference is the Users column which shows the topic starter (left avatar), last poster (right avatar) and frequent posters on that thread (middle 1 or 2). Oh, and you shouldn’t need to refresh to see new content. You will get a little blue bar at the top telling you there are new posts that you can click to reveal new content. I think twitter…

#Writing

Posting:

TFK Guide: How do I write a post?

TFK on Discourse (that’s the new forum software) uses Markdown as the primary editor. This is different to the standard bbcode you might be used to. The good news is that bbcode tags will still work, so will html tags if you’re familiar with those. What you see as you type When you’re writing a post you will have two boxes side by side. The left hand box is where you should write and you can apply formatting etc there. The right hand box will show how that output will look when you submit your …

Posting a poll:

TFK Guide: How to create a poll?

Polls are a bit different on all new TFK. Here’s how to create one: A simple poll: Do you like rugby? [poll] - I despise rugby with every ounce of my being - I merely hate rugby [/poll] poll This is a second poll within the same post, need to give it a name to distinguish it from the first one: What are your thoughts on Game of Thrones? [poll name=poll2] - weird thing for freaks - I like goblins and things of that nature [/poll] poll This is a poll where you can select up to three optio…