What is the "Boards"?

ßrianna·Jul 22, 2014·1 votes·535 views

Hey, all. :)

So I'm new here... What the hell is it? Haha. It looks like the forums, but more modern and aesthetically pleasing. I notice that while I'm typing this, there is less options for customizing my post.

Where is the text formatting? (Central, Left, Right, blah blah blah)

How do I add image to where I want them, rather than just attaching the image file at the bottom of my post?

You've added a "Strikethrough" option, yay! :D

And again: What is this? Haha, can someone help me out? And tell me if I can format my text and add images like on the normal forums?

4 Comments

Sir ArmaMalumJul 22, 20141 votes

I gotchu, in fact I actually have a whole welcome post buried way back. That'll cover the navigation and all.

As far as the text formatting goes, as a forewarning it's currently very limited, the CB just got a VU and the formatting took a blow in the transition. There's no centering or other alignment options yet, but all of that has currently been filed under the "Beta is Beta" category. To see all of the formatting options there's a helpful guide available by clicking that [?] at the top right of a post or comment box.

As for images, there's some awesome embedding options. Just copy and paste the raw URL of something from:

YouTube
Twitch
SoundCloud
Vimeo
Spotify
Vine
Instagram
Imgur (album or pic)

and it'll pop up after a short delay. (If it's giving you trouble just try refreshing)

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/1752089_o.gif

If you have any specific questions I'd be happy to help you out :)

ßriannaJul 23, 20141 votes

Thank you for your hospitality! :)

But I'm curious, does it HAVE to be a URL? Can I not upload my own personal images? The thing is, I've been advocating my opinion on the forums, but it's so frustrating, I feel freakin' invisible on the EU server. Most people don't speak fluent English so the long words I use is hard for them to understand, and often the replies I receive incoherent.

I've spent a lot of time on this post: http://forums.euw.leagueoflegends.com/board/showthread.php?t=1812910

I WISH I could post it on the NA forums because they're much more active and have people that speak English (wow!).

Anyway, I'm digressing. My point is: Is it not possible to have a forum post of that layout on the boards? I'm really hoping that before the PBE changes to Sona are complete, I can have access to various options like text formatting and image uploading.

Sir ArmaMalumJul 23, 20141 votes

If you want it to be directly embedded, within my experience, yes it does have to be a URL. If you want to get pictures up, it's just a simple extra step of uploading to a site like Imgur and then linking the pictures through there.

I can say, as it stands now, centering, other alignments, indenting, font sizes, and font colors are not currently possible.

Horizontal dividers, headers, bullets, indented numbering are implemented