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WARP STORM

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While many might be posting from mobile devices with easy access to an emoji list, many will be using larger devices that might not have emoji support built in.
For those in the latter scenario, if you want to use emoji in your posts we have you covered!
Simply type : and an emoji pop-up will display.


Typing what you want will allow you to select specific emoji.


You'll also notice that the above screenshots featured an E in the top right corner of the text box. Clicking this brings up a quick-select box, like so:


Simple!

And for those of you that have native emoji support, adding them to your messages as normal works too!

Embedding videos in your posts is incredibly simple - simply paste the link into your post, and the board will convert the link into an embedded video automagically!

Here are three link format examples showing video embedding, and how to stop your videos from being embedded when you don't want it to happen:

Video embed

Video link https://youtu.be/r-Mt7Tveca4

Video link, custom text Your text here


While YouTube is the most common video source, the board should be able to handle videos from most popular video hosting websites, such as Twitch, Vimeo and Twitter.

Uploading an avatar at The Warp Storm is fairly simple - the board does some nifty things to turn almost any image into a suitable avatar.

Your image should be a .jpg or .png (transparency is supported!), no bigger than 5000x5000 pixels in size, and no larger than 6.5MB
This should cover you for images taken directly from most phones or cameras without having to reduce the filesize.

When you upload your image in the edit avatar section of the UCP the board will then work a little magic. It will resize your image so that it will fit the board's display sizes, it will compress your image so that it doesn't take forever to load, and it will square off your image so that it doesn't appear warped or distorted.

It's recommended to use an image that's at least vageuly square - on tall or wide images the cropping system will try to pick the most interesting point to focus on, but the process isn't perfect! If you're using a phone then cropping should be easy enough, but for those on larger devices it might be helpful to have a look at this section of the Guide on editing pictures.

If you want to add a little flair to your posts then you might consider using post headings. There are two ways you can do this, detailed below.

We'll start with the simple method:

[post-h1]Your text here[/post-h1]
This is a main heading, used for something like the title of your guide/tutorial or the first post in this topic. It has a width of 100% and large, uppercase text.

[post-h2]Your text here[/post-h2]
This is a secondary heading, used for something like the sections of your guide/tutorial or the top of this post. It has a width of 80% and large, uppercase text.

[post-h3]Your text here[/post-h3]
This is a tertiary heading, used for something like the sub-sections of your guide/tutorial. It has a width of 60% and uppercase text.

Keep in mind that on mobile screens there is less space to work with, so keeping your headings short is advised. Longer headings will get moved onto multiple lines, like so:



But what if you want to customise your headings with specific icons, rather than the TWS logo? Thats the advanced method.

You're using similar tags, but you'll have to specify an icon from the list below, in this format (works for h1, h2 and h3):

[post-h3-icon=NAME]Your text here[/post-h3-icon]

If we replace NAME with dark_angels we get the following:
You just have to ensure that you use a correct icon name after the = and both tags have the -icon that's not present in the simple method.


So, onto the icons! If there is something you would like to see added (including custom army icons!) please let us know. Not all the icons are perfect, but changes and additions are already planned.

dedicated_transport
elites
fast_attack
flier
fortification
heavy_support
hq
lord_of_war
troops


kill_team
laurel
skull
tws
xenos


adepta_sororitas
order_of_our_martyred_lady
order_of_the_argent_shroud
order_of_the_ebon_chalice
order_of_the_bloody_rose
order_of_the_valourous_heart


adeptus_astartes
angels_of_redemption
angels_of_retribution
angels_of_vengeance
angels_of_vigilance
aquila
battleline
black_templars
blood_angels
blood_drinkers
blood_ravens
bolter
carcharodons
close_support
dark_angels
death_company
deathwatch
deathwing
disciples_of_caliban
fire_support
flesh_tearers
grey_knights
guardians_of_the_covenant
imperial_fists
iron_hands
lamenters
raptors
raven_guard
ravenwing
red_scorpions
salamanders
soul_drinkers
space_wolves
tome_keepers
ultramarines
white_scars


adeptus_custodes
aquila
sisters_of_silence


adeptus_mechanicus
skitarii


collegia_titanica
cult_mechanicus
dark_mechanicum
imperial_knights
legio_cybernetica
legio_gryphonicus
legio_mortis
questor_mechanicus
questor_traitoris
titanicus_traitoris


aeldari
alaitoc
avatar_of_khaine
biel_tan
dire_avengers
exodites
fire_dragons
guardians
harlequins
howling_banshees
iyanden
mymeara
outcasts
saim_hann
ulthwe
warp_spiders
ynnead

133rd_lambdan_lions
aquila
astra_militarum
cadian_gate
inquisition
militarum_tempestus
steel_legion
tanith


alpha_legion
black_legion
chaos_undivided
death_guard
emperors_children
fallen
iron_warriors
khorne
night_lords
nurgle
red_corsairs
slaanesh
thousand_sons
tzeentch
word_bearers
world_eaters


cult_of_strife
drukhari
drukhari2
kabal_of_the_black_heart
kabal_of_the_flayed_skull


heresy_i
heresy_iii
heresy_iv
heresy_v
heresy_vi
heresy_vii
heresy_viii
heresy_ix
heresy_x
heresy_xii
heresy_xiii
heresy_xiv
heresy_xv
heresy_xvi1
heresy_xvi2
heresy_xvii
heresy_xviii
heresy_xix
heresy_xx


bad_moons
blood_axes
deathskulls
evil_sunz
goffs
gretchin
orks
snakebites
snotlings
squigs


mephrit
necrons
necrons2
nephrekh
nihilakh
novokh
sautekh


borkan
dyanoi
ethereal_caste
fire_caste
tau
taun
tau_num0
tau_num1
tau_num2
tau_num3
tau_num4
tau_num5
tau_num6
tau_num7
viorla


bladed_cog
four_armed_emperor
genestealer_cults
hivecult
pauper_princes
rusted_claw
tyranids

The Warp Storm has a custom BBCode tag that allows you to add icons to your posts that display in-line with your text. It functions very similarly to the [fa] tag explained here, but rather than using the FontAwesome library it uses one that we have control over.

To display an icon you use the [tws] tag, like so:

[tws]dark_angels[/tws] -

These icons can be added to header tags, or modified using BBCode, shown below.

[post-h3]dark [tws]dark_angels[/tws] angels[/post-h3]
[size=200][color=red]blood [tws]blood_angels[/tws] angels[/color][/size]
blood angels



So, onto the icons! If there is something you would like to see added (including custom army icons!) please let us know. Not all the icons are perfect, but more changes and additions are planned.

dedicated_transport
elites
fast_attack
flier
fortification
heavy_support
hq
lord_of_war
troops


kill_team
laurel
skull
tws
xenos


adepta_sororitas
order_of_our_martyred_lady
order_of_the_argent_shroud
order_of_the_ebon_chalice
order_of_the_bloody_rose
order_of_the_valourous_heart


adeptus_astartes
angels_of_redemption
angels_of_retribution
angels_of_vengeance
angels_of_vigilance
aquila
battleline
black_templars
blood_angels
blood_drinkers
blood_ravens
bolter
carcharodons
close_support
dark_angels
death_company
deathwatch
deathwing
disciples_of_caliban
fire_support
flesh_tearers
grey_knights
guardians_of_the_covenant
imperial_fists
iron_hands
lamenters
raptors
raven_guard
ravenwing
red_scorpions
salamanders
soul_drinkers
space_wolves
tome_keepers
ultramarines
white_scars


adeptus_custodes
aquila
sisters_of_silence


adeptus_mechanicus
skitarii


collegia_titanica
cult_mechanicus
dark_mechanicum
imperial_knights
legio_cybernetica
legio_gryphonicus
legio_mortis
questor_mechanicus
questor_traitoris
titanicus_traitoris


aeldari
alaitoc
avatar_of_khaine
biel_tan
dire_avengers
exodites
fire_dragons
guardians
harlequins
howling_banshees
iyanden
mymeara
outcasts
saim_hann
ulthwe
warp_spiders
ynnead

133rd_lambdan_lions
aquila
astra_militarum
cadian_gate
inquisition
militarum_tempestus
steel_legion
tanith


alpha_legion
black_legion
chaos_undivided
death_guard
emperors_children
fallen
iron_warriors
khorne
night_lords
nurgle
red_corsairs
slaanesh
thousand_sons
tzeentch
word_bearers
world_eaters


cult_of_strife
drukhari
drukhari2
kabal_of_the_black_heart
kabal_of_the_flayed_skull


heresy_i
heresy_iii
heresy_iv
heresy_v
heresy_vi
heresy_vii
heresy_viii
heresy_ix
heresy_x
heresy_xii
heresy_xiii
heresy_xiv
heresy_xv
heresy_xvi1
heresy_xvi2
heresy_xvii
heresy_xviii
heresy_xix
heresy_xx


bad_moons
blood_axes
deathskulls
evil_sunz
goffs
gretchin
orks
snakebites
snotlings
squigs


mephrit
necrons
necrons2
nephrekh
nihilakh
novokh
sautekh


borkan
dyanoi
ethereal_caste
fire_caste
tau
taun
tau_num0
tau_num1
tau_num2
tau_num3
tau_num4
tau_num5
tau_num6
tau_num7
viorla


bladed_cog
four_armed_emperor
genestealer_cults
hivecult
pauper_princes
rusted_claw
tyranids

Quoting posts on a message board wouldn't normally need a guide entry to explain it, but here at The Warp Storm we some rather snazzy functions for quoting.

If you simply want to quote a post in its entirety then you can use the ' Reply with quote' button at the top right of a post (in the for mobile users), which will move you to the reply page with your quote inserted. This is the 'standard' function of the quote button that you'll already be familiar with. Below the reply area you will also see other posts from the page you're currently viewing - hitting their quote button will add that quote to your reply.

If however you wish to quote a select portion of a post (or posts) then we have a little magic to show you. When you highlight a portion of a post you will see a little pop-up offering you quote options:



The ' Reply' option will add your current selection to a quote in the Quick Reply box at the bottom of the topic. You can use this more than once to quote several sections from the same post, or sections from multiple posts.

The ' Save quote' option does just that - it saves your quote to utilise later! Upon clicking it you'll find a new little box hovering in the bottom right of the page.



If you open this box you'll be presented with all of your saved quotes - from here you can add insert the quotes into the currently active reply/quick reply box.
(Note that quotes will not move between devices or browsers, and will disappear if your cache gets cleared. For this reason we suggest that you don't hold onto your quotes for too long or they might run off!)



You can even mark several quotes to add them to your post simultaneously!



Your saved quotes don't have to be used in the topic they came from, either. The little quote box will sit in the bottom right hand corner and follow you around all over the board, so that you can place your quotes in different topics or forums, or even into private messages! If you want to use this function to save a whole post (or posts) for later, just highlight the whole post!