I will be posting tips from time to time on this thread to help you get more out of your use of the site. If you have any questions on any of the tips posted, please let us know.

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Tip 1: How to include formatting in your comments, forum posts, group posts and updates.

The Naija Stories interface allows you to make contributions (i.e. stories, poems, reviews) which are formatted so that you can have bold or italicised text in your stories.

Unfortunately, the interface does not easily let you do this when you are making comments, forum posts or group posts.

The good news is that it is still possible to do this. Here is how:

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- If you wish to make some text bold, simply add <b> and </b> before and after it. For example, if you want to have something like this:

I really like Naija Stories

then type this:

I really <b>like</b> Naija Stories.

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- If you wish to make some text italicised, simply add <i> and </i> before and after it. For example, if you want to have something like this:

I really like Naija Stories

then type this:

I really <i>like</i> Naija Stories.

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- If you wish to make some text quoted, simply add <blockquote> and </blockquote> before and after it. For example, if you want to have something like this:

Do you like Naija Stories?

Yes I do!

then type this:

<blockquote>Do you like Naija Stories?</blockquote>
Yes I do!

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- Lastly, if you want to add a link to a document, you can do so by using the <a href=”" > and </a> tags. For example, if you want a link to Naija Stories, like this:

My Link

then type this:

<a href=”http://www.naijastories.com”>My Link</a>

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Ha! I’ve been wanting to know this!

THanks ADMIN…YOU DO YOUR JOB WELL WELL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously…thanks.

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Tip 4: Creating groups and forum topics.

You can participate in Naija Stories by creating groups, joining groups, creating forum topics in groups you have joined, and posting to those topics.

To create a group, do the following:

1. Ensure that you are logged in by looking at the profile menu bar at the top of the page.

If the profile menu bar is like this, with a ‘Log In’ link:

 
 

then it means you are not logged in. Click on the ‘Log In’ link to take you to the Login page:

 
 

Once on the login page, enter your username and password, and from there, you will be returned to Naija Stories pages.

 
 

2.Hover over the ‘Community’ menu item in the navigation bar, then click on the ‘Groups’ menu item (see image below).

 
 

This will take you to the Groups Directory, in which you’ll see a ‘Create a Group’ button at the top of the page, next to the ‘Groups Directory’ label.

 
 

3. Click on this button to go to the first page in the process of creating your group.

 
 

4. Fill in the appropriate fields in the form on the page and click the ‘Create Group and Continue’ button. Then complete the other steps, filling in the form fields as appropriate.

 
 
 
 

To join a group, do the following:

1.Navigate to the Groups Directory page, as described in steps 1 and 2 above on creating a new group.

2. Scroll down the Groups Directory page. You should see a ‘Join Group’ or ‘Request Membership’ button next to each group.

 
 

If you see a group you are interested in joining, click the ‘Join Group’ or ‘Request Membership’ button next to it. You will become a member of the group if it is a public group. If it is a private group, you may have to wait for approval from the group admin.

 
 

 
 

To create a new forum topic and post in it, do the following:

1. Ensure that you are logged in as described in step 1 of the instructions above to create a new group.

2. Ensure that you have joined the group whose forum you want to create the new topic in, as described above.

3.Hover over the ‘Community’ menu item in the navigation bar, then click on the ‘Forums’ menu item (see image below).

 
 

This will take you to the Forums Directory page, in which you’ll see a ‘New Topic’ button at the top of the page, next to the ‘Forums Directory’ label.

 
 

4. Click on this button - it should cause you to scroll down to a ‘New Topic’ form. If nothing happens, it may be because you have not yet joined a group. Scroll down to find out.

 
 

5. Fill in the appropriate fields in the form and click the ‘Post Topic’ button to create your topic with its first post. Your new topic should now be listed in the Forums Directory page that you first visited in step 3.

6. To add more posts to a topic, click on the topic link in the Forums Directory page.

 
 

This should take you to all the posts in the topic.

7. Scroll all the way to the very last post in the topic - you may need to go through several pages to do this. After the last post, you should see a form that lets you make a new post.

 
 

Fill the form in and click the ‘Post Reply’ button to add your post.

Tip 6: Limiting notifications from groups

Sometimes, after subscribing to a group, you may receive more notifications than you want. If you wish to limit the notifications you receive, ensure that you do the following:

Change your group notification settings by doing the following: [a] Hover your mouse over the ‘My Account’ menu item in the grey menu bar at the top of the page - this will cause a menu to drop down. [b] Hover your mouse over the ‘Groups’ menu item in the menu that drops down - this will cause a menu to fly out. [c] Click on the ‘My Groups’ item in the menu that flies out - this will take you to a page with a list of groups you belong do. [d] Go to the group that you are getting notifications for, and ensure that the notification setting is set appropriately; you will see the setting to the right of the listing, and there should be a link that you can click on to change the notification setting. (The setting will either be ‘No Email’, ‘Daily Digest’, ‘Weekly Summary’, ‘New Topics’ or ‘All Email’.)

If that has no effect, you can try this below:

Change your general notification settings by doing the following: [a] Hover your mouse over the ‘My Account’ menu item in the grey menu bar at the top of the page - this will cause a menu to drop down. [b] Hover your mouse over the ‘Settings’ menu item in the menu that drops down - this will cause a menu to fly out. [c] Click on the ‘Notifications’ item in the menu that flies out - this will take you to a page from where you can change your notification settings. Specifically, you need to go to the ‘Group’ and ‘Group Forum’ section and look at the settings there.

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Smell words. You do well.

Okay. When you get literary Bullimia…no talk o!

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