How to use this site - questions and answers

[ChessieCat]

Do you mean pasting a link to your Introduction topic?

 

If this is what you want to do, go to the first page of your Introduction topic and copy the URL aka address and paste it in the post.  If you don't want it to appear in a summary box but just as a link, immediately after pasting the URL you click on Display as Link at the bottom of the Reply Box.

 

Some members include the link to their Introduction topic in their drug signature.  This way you can just state that the link is there instead of posting the link in the post.

 

I hope that helps.

 

If it's something else that you wish to do, please explain more fully.  Thank you.

 

Edited June 12, 2020 by ChessieCat

[Artistic1]

Two questions:

1. How do I use the "quote" option? I see people selecting quotes from other members' posts, and the quote appears in a box in their message, then they can post a reply to it.

2. How do I get the "@(member name)" option to work? I see posts with the @ symbol and the member's name in a black box so that they will receive notification of a reply. I typed @(member name) into one of my replies, and it didn't appear in a black box when posted. 

Thanks.

[Frogie]

Hi:

 

I will try to answer your questions.

 

57 minutes ago, Artistic1 said:

How do I use the "quote" option? I see people selecting quotes from other members' posts, and the quote appears in a box in their message, then they can post a reply to it.

Highlight what you want to quote. A box will come up that says “quote selection”. Select that and it will copy your quote.

 

59 minutes ago, Artistic1 said:

How do I get the "@(member name)" option to work? I see posts with the @ symbol and the member's name in a black box so that they will receive notification of a reply. I typed @(member name) into one of my replies, and it didn't appear in a black box when posted. 

Just type @and the persons name. Names will drop down. Select the name you wish to tag and will show up like @Artistic. It will be highlighted in blue.

 

Hope this answers your questions.

 

Take care,

 Frogie xx

[Artistic1]

@Frogie Thanks so much. Both worked!

[Frogie]

5 hours ago, Artistic1 said:

@Frogie Thanks so much. Both worked!

Glad to hear that!

[Bruci]

How do I search for a phrase?

 

I want to search for the phrase “low-dose lithium” but all I get are results with individual words: lithium, dose, low.

 

How do I search for the entire phrase?

 

Bruci

 

 

[Frogie]

25 minutes ago, Bruci said:

How do I search for a phrase?

 

I want to search for the phrase “low-dose lithium” but all I get are results with individual words: lithium, dose, low.

 

How do I search for the entire phrase?

 

Bruci

 

 

You might try a search engine like google.com. Type in “survivingantidepressants.org low dose lithium”

Hopefully you can get more detailed results that way.

[ChessieCat]

7 hours ago, Frogie said:

Type in “survivingantidepressants.org low dose lithium”

 

Sometimes this works better:

 

site:survivingantidepressants.org

 

And put "low dose lithium" in quotes

 

So:  site:survivingantidepressants.org "low dose lithium"

 

I just tried it using duckduckgo.com and it brings up lots of posts.

 

 

Edited October 29, 2020 by ChessieCat

[MaryMoo429]

How can I edit my intro? I didn’t have time to proof read it and I made some grammatical mistakes that are bothering me and have the year wrong on my last time in treatment. I put November 2020 and it should be 2019. I can’t seem to find a way to edit it. Does anyone know? 

[marie123]

Hello. What does it mean when someone "reacts" to my post?

 

Thanks,

 

Marie

[ChessieCat]

1 hour ago, marie123 said:

Hello. What does it mean when someone "reacts" to my post?

 

Thanks,

 

Marie

 

It means that someone acknowledges and/or likes your post.  If you click on the notification it will take you to the post which has been "liked".

[Phoenixmama]

@Altostrata hello , Im trying to move my story about my grandmother to the success stories when people who know someone who recovered can share , I'm not sure how to do that , is there anyway you can navigate me , please and thank you 

                                                                      

[Rosetta]

https://www.survivingantidepressants.org/forum/28-success-stories-recovery-from-withdrawal/
 

This is the success stories thread.  You could call it Grandmother’s Success Story or something like that.

 

@Phoenixmama

There are Support and Current Events on the umbrella page.  The Success Stories are in Current Events.

It takes a while to learn to navigate here.  Here is the umbrella page https://www.survivingantidepressants.org

[Phoenixmama]

Thank you @Rosetta

[NoMoreLexapro]

I can't seem to find a way to edit my signature text now.  When I click "edit my profile" there is no option to edit signature.  Can someone help?  THanks!

[Frogie]

5 minutes ago, NoMoreLexapro said:

I can't seem to find a way to edit my signature text now.  When I click "edit my profile" there is no option to edit signature.  Can someone help?  THanks!

Go to Account the Account Settings and you should see Signature there. Hope that helps.

[NoMoreLexapro]

3 minutes ago, Frogie said:

Go to Account the Account Settings and you should see Signature there. Hope that helps.

Thanks so much!

[Frogie]

13 minutes ago, NoMoreLexapro said:

Thanks so much!

You’re welcome!

[gardenlady]

On 4/23/2020 at 6:28 AM, Shep said:

 

If you type @ and then the person's username, you will "tag" them. Like this: 

 

@honingbij

I'm typing @username but it doesn't show up in blue in my post.  Am I doing something wrong?

[ChessieCat]

2 hours ago, gardenlady said:

I'm typing @username but it doesn't show up in blue in my post.  Am I doing something wrong?

 

When you start typing @name, it will bring up suggestions.  To get the tag to work you need to click on the name you want, just typing @name without clicking on the name does not work.

[savinggrace]

Hello,

 

I am very sorry if this seem like an unnecessary question but I have been flummoxed by how my navigation of SA is/isn't going for me?

 

I believe when I first joined, years ago, I asked for email notifications of anything posted.  Does that not happen any more?  I have tried to remedy this by making sure I am following certain members, but I am still only getting email alerts about one member in particular.  I hate it when I find out that someone wrote to me, and asked a question, and I never answered because I didn't know about the post.

 

Perhaps things have changed and I have to train myself to check the SA site daily.  I used to do so whenever Igot an email.

 

Sorry to waste you time.  I have spent considerable time trying to remedy this to no avail...

 

Thank you to all who post here.  I may not be able to help myself but I have learned a lot through my struggles and would love to help others with theirs.

 

Grace

[savinggrace]

Okay, I JUST went back to notifications and saw that I had checked "push" but not email, so I changed it to both.  Hopefully that is what I have needed to do all along.  So, noone need waste their time responding to my former question.

 

Thanks

Grace

[Ariel]

Hello, this is not urgent, but if someone is bored or has some extra time on their hands and feels like instructing, it would be much appreciated. 

 

I don't know whether this is an SA question or a general computer question. I am not tech-savvy.

 

How does one make one of those elegant hyperlinks? Where it's not a copy-paste full URL address link but like when people say, "You can find the info here" and the word "here" is the hyperlink that if you click on it takes you further to wherever. 

As opposed to what I do, which is "You can find the info here: ____ " and then in the blank space I paste a whole long line of address. I think that is also defined as a hyperlink, it is just not as stylish or concise as the other version. 

 

Anyone feel like helping me up my game? I could use some makeover tips.  

Love, the Luddite 

[ChessieCat]

5 hours ago, Ariel said:

How does one make one of those elegant hyperlinks?

 

It's easy peasy once you know how.  And of course someone had to teach me how to do it.

 

You copy the URL for the link.  Then in the reply box type the text that you want to be the hyperlink, for example see this post.  You then highlight the text (see this post) and click on the link icon to the right of the U at the top of the reply box.  You then paste the URL in the top box (your text see this post should already be in the bottom box) and click Insert into Post.

 

You can do it a different way by clicking where you want the link to be (without typing the text) click on the Link icon and the paste the URL in the top box and the text you want it to appear s in the bottom box.

 

And yes, I agree that they look much better than the full URL which sometimes can be very long.

[Ariel]

Thank you ChessieCat! 

[Sorah]

I can't seem to reply to a topic in a forum. I want to ask a question in the 'Using a scale to measure and weigh doses' topic under the tapering forum but it doesn't have the 'Reply to this topic' button in the top of the page or at the bottom, like this topic. Would someone be able to assist and guide me on this? Thank you! 

[Ariel]

Hi @Sorah

Welcome to SA.

 

11 hours ago, Sorah said:

I can't seem to reply to a topic in a forum. I want to ask a question in the 'Using a scale to measure and weigh doses' topic under the tapering forum but it doesn't have the 'Reply to this topic' button in the top of the page or at the bottom, like this topic. Would someone be able to assist and guide me on this? Thank you! 

 

I see that you're new here and have not yet set up an intro topic. I think that's why you haven't been able to reply to a topic in a forum. 

 

The way it works is that new members are asked to set up a personal intro topic. The first couple of posts need to be seen and approved by a moderator. After that you'll be good to go. 

 

Warm wishes,

A.

[Ariel]

Just noticed that I posted this question in the wrong topic. Re-posting:

 

On 6/24/2022 at 9:19 AM, Ariel said:

Is there an efficient way to export my thread? Not delete, just export for myself into a document. Is there a function/shortcut for that to avoid a ton of copy-pasting?

 

Thanks for your help <3

[theheartalways]

Question about replies: Why are there certain posts I can't reply to? There is one that I'm interested in leaving a comment on and there's no blue reply button or place to write a reply. As far as I'm concerned the topic I want to comment on isn't closed and the most recent reply was a few weeks ago. I'm wondering if this is an issue with me creating this account relatively recently, though I have made my introduction post and have visited many of the posts on this site.

 

Here is the post in question, though this has happened to me for many other posts: 

 

[ChessieCat]

@theheartalways

 

There is a technical bug with the site.  Please make a post in your Introduction topic.  Once that is approved then you should be able to post elsewhere.

 

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[possum]

Hi, I’m new here and have a question about the “Activity” scroll. Whenever someone joins the site, or follows someone else, or responds to something, that fact is listed among the various postings. Is there a way to turn that feature off in my settings? 

[Shep]

4 hours ago, possum said:

Hi, I’m new here and have a question about the “Activity” scroll. Whenever someone joins the site, or follows someone else, or responds to something, that fact is listed among the various postings. Is there a way to turn that feature off in my settings? 

 

I don't think there is a way to prevent that from showing up, possum. All of those actions are a part of the "activity" that shows up in activity streams. 

[possum]

Thanks so much.

[Luciana]

Hi, if I made my intro post over 24 hours ago and it's still not approved, does that mean something's wrong? If you're just understaffed, and I understand!

[Altostrata]

Nothing's wrong, @Luciana It often takes the staff a few days to work through the queue of topics from new members. Yours has been approved and responded to.

[Luciana]

4 hours ago, Altostrata said:

Nothing's wrong, @Luciana It often takes the staff a few days to work through the queue of topics from new members. Yours has been approved and responded to.

Thanks. Sorry for all the nudges.