How to use the forum functions:

Formatting tags allow you to change the way your text is displayed.
Each formatting instruction has a START tag and an END tag.
Surround the text with the start and end tag to apply a formatting instruction to that text.

Function	Formatting - (what you enter)	Result - (what you get)
BOLD:	[b]bold text[/b] not bold	bold text not bold
ITALIC:	[i]italic text[/i] not italic	italic text not italic
UNDERLINE:	[u]underline text[/u] not underline	underline text not underline
STRIKETHROUGH:	[s]strikethrough text[/s] not strikethrough	strikethrough text not strikethrough
COLOR:	[color=red]red text[/color] not red text	red text not red text
SIZE:	[size=7]size 7 text[/size] not size 7	size 7 text not size 7

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QUOTING:

The easiest way to quote someone is to click the "quote" button on the member's post, then the quoting tags and the post will be inserted for you. You can leave it as-is or delete some of it and only leave the part of their post that you want to quote.

There are two ways to do quoting. One includes the username of the person you are quoting, the other way does not include the username.

Function	Formatting - (what you enter)	Result - (what you get)
QUOTE: with username	[quote=SampleUser]This is a quote I heard from SampleUser[/quote] this is not a part of the quote	SampleUser wrote: This is a quote I heard from SampleUser this is not a part of the quote
QUOTE: without username	[quote]This is a quote without a username[/quote] this is not a part of the quote	In Response To: This is a quote without a username this is not a part of the quote

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IMAGES:

Warning: Inappropriate or offensive images will get you banned.

Function	Formatting - (what you enter)
IMAGE:	[img]https://www.connectingsingles.com/i/free_online_dating.jpg[/img] this is not part of the image
	Result - (what you get)
	this is not part of the image

To use an image you must put the image URL between [img] tags.
Here is how to find an image URL of an image:

1. Right click on the image and select "properties". Like so:
   
   
   
2. The URL will be in the properties window. Place that URL between the [img] tags:
   
   
   
3. Place the URL between [img] tags. Like so:
   [img]https://www.connectingsingles.com/i/free_online_dating.jpg[/img]