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I've enabled members to take polls in topics they post on the General Petroliana Discussion and Non-Petro Discussion forums. This means you can make up a survey yourself and see the results as members vote for choices you set up.
Here's how:
* Click the button to Post New Topic in one of the forums mentioned above
* Click on "Poll Manager" on the topic submission form
* Then click on the button "Add a Poll"
* Then fill in the Poll Name, number of choices to vote for, choose if the user gets one choice or can check several choices - then "submit"
* Then Fill in a short description for each of your choices - "submit"
* Then optionally choose a start and stop time for the survey - "submit"
* Click the button "Done adding polls" or add another poll in the same topic.
* Put a short explanation of the poll in the topic Post text box and submit the topic
Please avoid controversial political or objectionable poll content. Have fun and maybe we'll all learn something too.
Here is an example poll in this topic. Go ahead and take the poll!
If you are on the Portal page reading this, click on the topic name link above to see the poll, "Polls Enabled, make your own survey"
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Newer members and visiting non-members may not know about the advertising deal we have with eBay. The major portion of the funding needed to keep this site running comes from commissions from winning bids placed on eBay where the bidder got to the auction through a link provided by Oldgas.com.
Here's how to help:
* Click on the links listed on the "Right Now on eBay" auctions shown at the top of the page of several forums here as well as on our Auctions page. Click on "Auctions" at the top of this page.
* Use the eBay search form shown at the bottom right of most Shop Talk forum pages.
Here's the fine print:
* Oldgas.com only gets a referral commission when the bidder who wins the auction, came to the auction from one of the links mentioned in the above paragraph.
* Direct links within a forum message don't count as a referral. Oldgas.com gets no commission from those links.
We sincerely thank buyers who browse eBay by searching with the eBay search form we provide and clicking on the "Right Now on eBay" links we provide. It may take an extra step, but it makes all the difference helping to "keep the lights on here."
We really appreciate it when sellers put their auction numbers in forum topics about their auction items. Bidders can copy the number and paste it into the eBay search search form at the bottom of Shop Talk pages.
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Resize an image to create your own avatar at Resize pictures - just remember, that an avatar can be 80 pixels. This free online tool will do it for you. You don't have to download a program.
Download / Save the resized image and then do a direct upload of your avatar into your Profile. Click "My Stuff" then "Profile" Scroll down to "Upload your avatar"
Additionally, before you post any picture in the forums, Shrink your picture to a maximum of 640 pixels to prevent horizontal scrolling and slow download speeds. Click the link to resize a picture.
Download / Save the resized image and then do a direct upload:
Instructions:
* Click on "New Topic" or "New Reply"
* Then click on "File Manager"
* Click on "Browse" and select your image. Images should be 640 x 480 or less and 100k or less.
* Add text in caption box
* Click the "Add File" button
* Click the "Done Adding Files" button.
* Fill out the Subject and Post message box (no image code is needed) Preview button will not show image
* Click "Submit"
The direct upload feature is not available on the Non-Petro forums.
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I've been working on the Shop Talk forum Calendar. Click on "Calendar" on the menu bar above. A small version Calendar is also on the lower left on the Portal page.
The Calendar has petroliana events and Shop Talk member birthdays posted on it. Look over the Calendar to check out upcoming swap meets and auctions.
Shop Talk members may put their birth date in their Profile and then choose to have the birthday appear on the Calendar. It is not required to put the year in your birth date in your profile, if you'd rather not let others see it. Only registered members may view your profile.
The small Calendar on our Portal page has links on highlighted days to show what is happening on that day.
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An avatar is the image that appears just below a member's name in the message posted by that member.
I've set up a direct upload for your avatar. You may now have your avatar hosted by an image host like ImageShack as explained in the "Testing Area" tutorial, you can upload the image directly to our server or choose one already on our server.
For the avatar direct upload, click on "My Stuff" on the Shop Talk menu bar. Choose "Profile" from the menu that drops down from My Stuff.
Scroll down the Profile editing page almost to the bottom. Click the button to the left of
"Upload your avatar (Your image must be smaller than 80x80 pixels; .gif, .jpg, .png accepted)"
Then click on the "Browse" button to find and select your avatar image file.
Click the "Submit" button to upload. Your avatar should now appear.
Your avatar does not need to be square. But it does need to be 80 pixels in its largest dimension, or close to it. The image file memory size should be less than 25k.
Another easier option is to select an avatar already on the Oldgas.com server for use by any member.
On your profile page, click the "Change" link next to the words, "Use a stock avatar" Select a stock avatar. Click the button next to "Use a stock avatar" and the click the Submit button.
Only a few petro stock avatars are available so far. More will be added as we go. If you are interested in helping others by making some stock 80 x 80 petro avatar images, send them to me by email attachment.
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You can help the moderators by pointing out messages that show some questionable behavior. This includes bad language, personal attacks and other actions against the Membership Agreement.
At the bottom line of each posted message there is a row of buttons starting with "Edit, Reply, Quote ..." The second one from the end on the right is "Notify"
Click on the "Notify" button to send the moderators a private message about that post. You can specify on a submission form why you think it is a problem. Your tip will be kept in confidence.
The moderators can't read every forum message as soon as it is posted. Your help is appreciated to make this forum an enjoyable community. We may not always agree with your judgement of the message, but we will always be thankful for calling our attention to questionable behavior.
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