Now that our group is starting to use the new forum, I've noticed that a few folks have tried to paste URL's and such into their posts, and did not get the link produced. The reason is that to improve security, we have turned off the direct use of HTML in forum posts. However, there is a built-in function called BBCode that allows you to include links and images.

For example, to create a direct link to another web site, simply surround the "HTTP://" link with the BBCode symbols [url] and [/url], as in the example below:

[url]http://www.glfusion.org[/url]

See the chart below for other tips on the BBCodes available.

Forum BBCode Cheat Sheet
BBCode	Effect
[b]bolded text[/b]	bolded text
[i]italicized text[/i]	italicized text
[u]underlined text[/u]	underlined text
[s]strikethrough text[/s]	strikethrough text
[img]http://www.glfusion.org/images/forum.gif[/img] OR [img h=65 w=50]http://www.glfusion.org/images/forum.gif[/img]
[url=http://www.glfusion.org]glFusion.org[/url]	glFusion.org
[url]http://www.glfusion.org[/url]	www.glfusion.org
[quote]quoted text[/quote]	To quote: quoted text
monospaced text	monospaced text
[size=15]Your Text[/size] ("12" is usually standard on message boards. Usually measured in pixels (px))	Your Text
[color=red]Red Text[/color] or [color=#FF0000]Red Text[/color] (Can use many different color names or hex codes.)	Red Text
[list] [*]List item 1 [*]List item 2 [/list] OR [list=1] [*]List item 1 [*]List item 2 [/list]	List item 1 List item 2 List item 1 List item 2
To enter a backslash () in your post, just enter the
[file]1[/file] If file attachments are enabled, and you upload an image, you can include a thumbnail of the image in the post by using the [file]#[/file] tags.  The # is the number of the upload (1 is the first upload, 2 the second...). This is will a thumbnail of the uploaded image into the post with a link to the original image. If you would like the original image to open in a 'lightbox' use the following syntax: [file lightbox=1]#[/file]

7:00pm: Feature Program “ Charles Messier & His Objects”.

Club member Mike Tapper will discuss the contributions of Charles Messier, an 18th century French

astronomer, to our understanding of the universe. The Messier Objects are sought after by amateur

astronomers and contain some of the most spectacular deep space objects.

8pm and again at 9pm: Planetarium Show of the Night Sky

Please note: Planetarium seating is limited. Because the dome is lowered, visitors must be

seated under the dome to see the planetarium show .

7pm – 10pm: Telescope viewing of the Night Sky

Weather permitting, our observatory telescopes, plus individual club member telescopes, will be

available for you to look through at various night sky objects. Feel free to ask questions about the

objects you see or the telescopes you are looking through. This is an outdoor activity so dress

I was finally able to transfer the images while maintaining the original uploader's name. Please feel free to work with the media gallery now, as this is the final import process and it is now ready to use. Thank you for your patience!

 One of the unfortunate artifacts of migrating the media gallery content from the old system was that it replaced the original uploader's name with mine. While I would love to take credit for those awesome images, I of course cannot. So, while it will cause a brief period of short-term pain, we have decided to continue working on the migration utility and rerun the process to get the original uploader's name. The longer-lasting effect will certainly be worth the temporary minor inconvenience.

However, there is a new feature of this system that allows any registered member to create their own personal media gallery. This would be intended as a place to store those images that don't fit under the other Astrophotography categories. You should see a link on the side menu bars to create your own personal album. Please feel free to use that now, as I won't be touching those during the new migration process. Thank you for you patience and let me know if you run into any issues.

Please pardon our appearance as we recover from some very nasty hacking of our web site. The forum should be back on line soon. In the meantime, please check out the new gallery format and the rest of the site.