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LINK YOUTUBE VIDEOS

FOCU help: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/page,howto.html

JUST POST A LINK TO YOUTUBE VIDEO:

(1) Open YouTube video in YouTube
(2) L Click on 'SHARE' (lower right of YouTube video image)
(3) L Click on 'copy' or press 'CTL' and 'C' keys
(4) Open FOCU target post (either new post or modify an existing post)
(5) Place cursor in FOCU post where link is required to start
(6) Past clipboard contents into FOCU post ('CTL' and 'V')

Example:  https://youtu.be/hxZF--sDkCM

EMBED YOUTUBE VIDEO (to play on host site) WITHOUT DISPLAYING YOUTUBE THUMBNAIL

(1) Open YouTube video in YouTube
(2) L Click on 'SHARE' (lower right of YouTube video image)
(3) L Click on 'EMBED'
(3) L Click on 'copy' or press 'CTL' and 'C' keys
(4) Open FOCU target post (either new post or modify an existing post)
(5) Place cursor in FOCU post where link is required to start
(6) Past clipboard contents into FOCU post ('CTL' and 'V')
(7) Delete all characters except the link between the two quotation marks.

Example:  <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/hxZF--sDkCM" frameborder="0" gesture="media" allow="encrypted-media" allowfullscreen></iframe>

http://www.youtube.com/embed/hxZF--sDkCM

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LINKS ON BBC FORUMS (LIKE FOCU):

full plaintext link:

http://http://www.foc-u.co.uk/

procedure:

copy and paste full link into post

same link with embedded link:

here

procedure

(1) Type text to be displayed
(2) Highlight typed text
(3) lclick on 'Insert Hyperlink' symbol above (second row, second column)
(4) Insert full link in box that pops up
(5) lclick on 'OK' in pop-up-box

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POSTING IMAGES ON FOCU

FOCU posting images help: http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/page,howto.html

Suggested best maximum image dimensions, in pixels, for FOCU forum posts:

Width: 800 pixels

Height: 500 pixels

RESIZE IMAGES

Microsoft Paint (previously called Paintbrush) is included with Windows, so it is the most universal application to resize an image on a Windows PC.

Procedure:

(1) rclick on the image file in Windows Explorer
(2) lclick on 'Open with' in the pop-up-box
(3) Scroll down the list of applications and lclick on 'Paint'
(3) The image will open in Paint and the size of the image, in pixels, will be displayed on the bottom left
(3) In Paint, lclick on Image>Resize
(4) In the box that opens lclick, 'Pixels' & 'Maintain aspect ratio'
(5) lclick either 'width' or 'height' in the box and enter the number of pixels required. The other dimension will automatically change to maintain the original image aspect ratio.
(6) lclick on 'OK' in the pop-up-box
(7) lclick, 'File'> 'Save'. The original image file will be overwritten with the new image file.
(8 ) Alternatively, to keep the original image file, lclick on 'Save as'
(9) lclick on the same file type as the original image file (normally .jpg).
(10) Enter a new file name
(11) lclick 'Save'

Example images:

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HUMOUR THREADS:

FOCU JOKE THREAD

(1) http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,9499.0.html


FOCU WHAT MAKES YOU CHUCKLE (personal experiences)

(1) http://foc-u.co.uk/index.php/topic,17550.0.html

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EMOTICONS

Place the cursor in the position of the post where the emicon is requires and lclick on an emicon at third row down.

More emoticons can be revealed by lclicking '[more]' below the displayed emoticons.

Examples:  :) :eek :rollin

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