The question "what does bumping mean?" was asked in another discussion. I answered the question there, but thought I would also cut and paste it here, because I know that other new people have the same question.

Newbies: If any of you have other basic questions about how the board works, feel free to ask them here and we'll answer them all in one place so that, later, we can BUMP them back up for OTHER newbies to read!

Experienced Folks: If you have other basic explanations you'd like to put here (like what dh or sil mean), feel free!


There are certain discussions at the top of the forum list that are "sticky"--this means they are there at the top of the list all the time, no matter how often or how rarely someone posts in them. Examples are the "What's For Dinner?" and "Recipe Swap" discussions.

However, all OTHER discussions (like this one) are NOT sticky. This means that they start falling down the list of topics immediately if people don't reply to them. If the board is busy, a discussion can be lost very quickly because it goes down on the list so far that people don't think to look for it.

Therefore, something like the Baby Steps 101 thread, which is REALLY helpful to newbies but it doesn't get posted to on a regular basis, gets lost very quickly among all the daily postings. So, to make it "come up to the top of the list" so that newbies can find it, we go into the thread and add a blank reply (or the word "BUMP" or a smiley face ) which then forces that discussion up to the top of the list so people can find it more easily. That is called a BUMP.

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bump

Bumping for the Summer Se7en Challenge folks--instructions for editing your siggy are 2 posts down from this one.

Many people have a saying or goals or baby steps at the bottom of their posts that is "sticky"--i.e., it appears on every post the same way until they change it. This is called a signature line or "siggy" for short.

This summer, for example, we are having a 7-week challenge called the Summer Se7en Challenge, so during this time you might see those words in peoples' siggy lines to show that they are participating in the Challenge and to show what goals they are working on during the challenge.

Personally, I find it most helpful if siggys are in italics or color because that way it's more obvious that it's a siggy and not part of the person's message.

To make a siggy, you click on the GO button on the blue menu bar at the top of this forum list and then choose Personal Zone, then Profile. Once there, you click on View/Edit Profile, which is toward the top/right side of your screen. Once there, you scroll down until you see a block called Signature and you put what you want to appear in your siggy there. You use the same codes for bold, italics or color that have already been explained in this thread for use in posting messages. Once you're done, click Submit to save your changes. Then to get out of the profile area, click on the blue GO button again, but this time choose Fan Forum, and you'll be right back to the message board.

One last note about siggys: When you change your siggy, it will usually change the siggys on your old message posts to what you've just changed it to. That threw me a little in the beginning so I just thought I'd mention it.

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seeing your collar bones after years of having them MIA

I can think of quite a few body parts that have been MIA for some time now. I used to have a waist once... OTOH, I have an impressive pair of bingo wings instead LOL

I think that if I ever get to where I can feel my hip bones while lying down then I can call that an NSV.

Anyone else have specific dreams? Mine also include reintroducing two pairs of jeans I haven't worn since the early '90s...

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Forgive my ignorance... what does a "non-scale victory" mean?

I'll add a couple on to Bee's list. A lot of people really like to keep measurements in addition to keeping track of weight. It can be as extensive as several body areas (waist, hips, wrist) or as simple as just watching your belt loops or your watch band. Lots of times you will see changes in body shape before you'll see a big change on the scale.

NSV's can be really silly things to the 'outside' world but in our cozy little place on the web, even the craziest NSV's are cause for gleeful celebration.

Peg

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Originally posted by Nbox:
Forgive my ignorance... what does a "non-scale victory" mean?

A non scale victory (or NSV) is something postive that comes about from healthy living that doesn't reflect the number of a scale.

For example:
- running or walking a certain distance for the first time
- seeing your collar bones after years of having them MIA
- being able to tie your shoes standing up
- getting into a favorite pair of skinny jeans that you had given up on

: )

Forgive my ignorance... what does a "non-scale victory" mean?

WATP = Walking Away the Pounds - an exercise video.

IMHO = in my humble opinion

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Originally posted by SheriaVa:

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Originally posted by BrenauMom:
Also, if you look in the lower left corner of your own post you will see three symbols.

Thanks for posting the common acronyms, Judy! As for the symbols, mine are in the lower RIGHT corner of each post (vs. lower left). I didn't realize they weren't the same for everyone!

Ooops! mine are on the right also. Sorry.

LOL ------> Lots of Laughs or Laugh Out Loud..........either way, we are laughing!!!! Good for your heart and great for your soul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WW either is Weight Watchers... or whole wheat.

We'll have to compile all of the ideas into a new thread.

Forgot to mention earlier that the same concept of the light switch also applies to other codes such as bold, italics, etc. So if you want to put something in bold, you would put an opening bold tag at the beginning of the text (B in brackets) and the closing bold tag (/B in brackets) at the end of the text. For example:

Correct use of tags: This is in bold.

Incorrect use of tags: [/b]This is supposed to be in bold.[/b]

Italics works the same way but with the code being i in brackets or /i in brackets:

This is in italics

Color works similarly, except that you have to say what color you want, along with turning the command for color on and off like a light switch. So you use the command color, followed by a colon, followed by the color name (all in brackets) to turn on the color and the word /color in brackets to turn off the color.

This is in green text.

But if you forget to turn off your color...

This is what can happen.

To find out what colors are available, look at the little painter's pallette in the dark blue bar above the editing box when you're writing a message. If you click on the pallette, you can see what colors are available. You can also use that toolbar to put bold, color, italics and other features on the text, but I actually find it easier to write the codes myself because I can be sure they're going where I want them.

Judy's post about what the buttons at the bottom of each post mean reminded me of another common area of confusion--how to quote.

Quoting is GREAT because it allows you to repeat someone else's message in your message so that you can remember what was said while you reply. I can't speak for everyone, but I personally find that a reply is most effective and easily understood if you only quote the piece (or pieces) of the other person's that you're replying to and not the entire message, especially if the message is lengthy. If you look below at Brenaumom's message and then look at my reply to her, you will see that I only quoted two specific sentences that I wanted to respond to and then put my response under the appropriate quote.

This isn't done automatically by the system. It takes a little getting used to, but is easy once you get the hang of it! You start by clicking the quote button at the bottom of othe post you want to quote (that button looks like a page of text with a quotation mark on it). The board software will automatically quote the ENTIRE message. You can leave it like that and just add your reply BELOW the quoted text. Or, if you want to pick specific pieces to quote:

1. Find the piece of text you want to quote among the text that has been enclosed by the software in the quote brackets.
2. Delete all the text from the end of this phrase "Originally posted by PersonsName:" to the beginning of the text you want to quote.
3. Delete all the text from the end of the text you want to quote to the end of the quoted text (but don't delete the word /QUOTE in brackets).
4. Go below the piece of quoted text you've just created and type your response.

The most important thing to remember is that the text that you quote must begin with the word QUOTE in brackets (brackets are these [ ]) and must end with the word /QUOTE in brackets. Think of it as a light switch. The word QUOTE in brackets turns the light on and the word /QUOTE in brackets turns the light off. They must always be in pairs or your quoting won't work correctly.

Here is what a correctly-formatted quote looks like:

quote:

quote must begin with the word QUOTE in brackets

If you don't get it right, it may look like this:

[/quote]quote must begin with the word QUOTE in brackets[/quote]

You can even quote multiple people in the same post by creating a new message and then manually typing in or cut and pasting in quotes from various people and manually typing in the QUOTE and /QUOTE marks yourself like this:

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Mountaingirl said: I love to run!

quote:

Trigirl said: I love to bike!

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cobismom said: I love to swim!

If you use the "do it yourself" method, just always remember to show WHO the quoted text belongs to so people know who you're responding to.

SO - Significant Other
NSV - Non-scale victory
LF- Low fat
RF - Reduced Fat
FF - Fat free or Fast Food depending on context
EVOO - Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Those are a few more I thought of.

Dawn

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Originally posted by BrenauMom:
Also, if you look in the lower left corner of your own post you will see three symbols.

Thanks for posting the common acronyms, Judy! As for the symbols, mine are in the lower RIGHT corner of each post (vs. lower left). I didn't realize they weren't the same for everyone!

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I have no idea what the little triangle is for as I have never used it.

That is to report a post that you find offensive (or whatever) to the board operator. If you hold your mouse over each of the symbols, you will get a name for each. The triangle is called "Report This Post." Thankfully, the community here on KD's board is so great that we don't have to use that button!

dh = dear husband
dw = dear wife
dd = dear daughter
dsd = dear step daughter
ds = dear son
dss = dear step son
dgf = dear girl friend
dbf = dear boy friend

mil = mother in law
fil = father in law
sil = sister in law
bil = brother in law

let me know if I left anybody out

Also, if you look in the lower left corner of your own post you will see three symbols. The middle one is a file folder with the eraser part of a pencil showing. If you want to change something you posted you click on this icon and you can add to or change your post. You can even delete the whole thing unless it is the original post of a new thread & someone has already replied to it. You can only edit or delete your own posts so you will only see this icon on your posts. Everyone has the other two icons. I have no idea what the little triangle is for as I have never used it. The little square with the " in the upper right corner is what you click on if you want to quote something someone else said. After you click on it you get a reply window which shows the post you are replying to. You can delete portions that are not relevant to what you want to say or you can leave the whole quote.

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thanks, maybe we should make a thread for "understanding our jargon" or something of that sort; "navigating the KD site". It would sure help new people I am sure....you did a great service here.