Online Lingo

 

If you use email, chat, or forums, you've probably come across what looks like a secret foreign language of weird symbols. This is a list of emoticons and abbreviations will help you talk in the online world.

AKA		'also know as'		BAK		'back at keyboard'
AOL		"America Online"		BBL		'be back later'
ATM		'at the moment'		BTW		'by the way'
CBB		'can't be bothered'		DIY		'do it yourself'
CU		'see you'
CUL		'see you later'
EG		'evil grin'		FAQ		'frequently asked questions'
ESP		'especially'		FYA		'for your amusement'
ETA		'estimated time of arrival'		FYI		'for your information'
GL		'good luck'		HHOK		'ha, ha, only kidding'
GGN		'gotta go now'		HHOS		'ha, ha, only serious'
GMTA		'great minds think alike'
IAC		'in any case'		J/J		'Just Joking'
IDK		'I don't know'		J/K		'Just Kidding'
IMHO		'in my humble opinion'		JNI		'Just 'n' Idea'
IMO		'in my opinion'
IRL		'in real life'
KB		'kiss back'		LMAO		'laugh my ass off'
KOTC		'kiss on the cheek'		LOL		'laugh out loud'
MYOB		'mind your own business'		NRN		'no response necessary'
OTF		'on the floor (laughing)'		PMJI		'pardon my jumping in'
OTOH		'on the other hand'		POV		'point of view'
OTT		'over the top'
QT		'cutie'		ROTFL		'rolling on the floor laughing'
				ROTF		'rolling on the floor (laughing)'
				RSN		'real soon now'
SNAFU		'situation normal, all fouled up'		TIA		'thanks in advance'
SWAK		'sealed with a kiss'		TY		thank you
				TYL		'talk to you later'
UOK		'you OK?'		WRT		'with regard to'
ZZZ		boring

Keyboard Emotion Icons

Happy		Sad
%-)		%-(
:)		:(
:o)		:o(
:-D

Time Zones

Our Forum displays the time in Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) which is the Universal Time (or UTC) for the World, which is the time that will show up on yours and everyone else's post.

Greenwich, England has been the home of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) since 1884. GMT is sometimes called Greenwich Meridian Time because it is measured from the Greenwich Meridian Line at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. It is the place from where all time zones are measured.



The Meridian Line is an imaginary line which runs from the North Pole to the South Pole. By international convention it runs through "the primary transit" instrument (main telescope) at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich. It is known at Zero Longitude and it is the line from which all other lines of longitude are measured. This includes the line that runs 180° away from Greenwich also known as the International Date Line.

Need to know what time it is around the world?

To The Current Time Around the World in Any City: Click Here

Posting Options

Options that you'll see when you post start a post.
You can always type any of these options in manually if you like,
but don't forget to close the code up with "[/...]" or it won't work !
You'll see what I mean in a bit...

Here's an explanation of what all of these options do:

 

Let's you insert a hypertext link within your post.
When you click this button first you will see this box pop up:

It's asking you for the web site address that you want to link to.
Enter http://url address of the page.
After you insert the address and click 'OK' you will see:

This is where you insert the text that you want viewers to read within the post

For Example: 'Click Here' is a popular one to enter.
Or you can put an image in there instead if you like as long as you format it like this:[IMG]http://url image address [/IMG]

If you leave the Script Prompt blank then the http://url address that you typed
will appear exactly the way you typed it in with the 'http://' in front of it.

You can also use this button to thumbnail an image.
When it asks for the 'URL' enter the url address of an image, then click 'OK'
When the next box pops up enter the 'URL' of the thumbnail image.

Or instead of using this button, you can always type in the code yourself:

Like this for a hyperlink showing text:
[URL=http://www.banatics.us]Banatic's Web Site[/URL]

Like this for an image that hyperlinks to another web site:
[URL=http://url website address][IMG]http://url image address[/IMG][/URL]

Like this to thumbnail and image:
[URL=http://url image address of the larger image][IMG]http://url thumbnail[/IMG][/URL]

 

Let's you insert an image within your post.
When you click this button first you will see this box pop up:

It's asking you for the url address of the image.
Enter the image url address with [IMG]http://url address[/IMG] around it
or it won't show up. If you have a Photobucket account you can copy and paste
this text from there and it's already formatted for you.
Please don't Hotlink, it's rude...
Then click 'OK'.

Or instead of using this button, you can always type in the code yourself:

Like this for an image:
[IMG]http://url image address [/IMG]
There's also another whole section on how to post images if your new at it.
(More on this)

 

Formats text in a block form:
Or instead of using this button, you can always type in the code yourself:

Like this for a quote:
[QUOTE][B]Person you're quoting [/B] wrote: "The quote itself" [/QUOTE]

 

Formats your text: B=Bold, I=Italic, U=Underline, Center=Centers text
Or instead of using these buttons you can always type in the code yourself:

Like this for bold text:
[B]Text to be bold[/B]

Like this for italic text:
[I]Text to be italic [/I]

Like this for underlined text:
[U]Text to be underlined [/U]

Like this for centered text:
[CENTER]Text to be centered [/CENTER]

 

Formats your text: BIG=Big text, SMALL=Small text
Or instead of using these buttons, you can always type in the code yourself:

Like this for big text:
[BIG]Text to be extra large [/BIG]

Like this for small text:
[SMALL]Text to be extra small [/SMALL]

 

Formats your text to scroll across the screen like a marquee.
Or instead of using these buttons, you can always type in the code yourself:

Like this for marquee text:
[MARQUEE]Text to be marqueed across the screen [/MARQUEE]

 

Let's you insert text that shows up as a different color.
When you click this button first you will see this box pop up:

Enter the text that you want to appear in a different color.
After you insert the text and click 'OK' you will see this pop up:

Click on the color of your choice and it will complete the code.

Or instead of using this buttons you, can always type in the code yourself:
But you must know the color in Hex code:

Like this for dark green text:
[col=#006600]Your dark green text[/col]

 

Here's one you'll rarely ever use.
It's for adding other types of code besides standard BBCode.
If you don't know all that stuff means then don't worry, you'll never have to use it.

 

Don't forget to put a tick mark in this box if you want an email sent to you when
someone replies to your post.

Banatic Meetings

Members of the Banatic Forum live all around the world. We do meet in person from time to time (at least once a year). For information about the Banatic Meetings or if you are interested in attending. See the "Announcement" section at the forum or contact one of the Forum Moderators via PM (Private Message).

Previous Banatic Meetings:

Germany: April 22, 2005

Brazil: June 12, 2005

Australia: December 15, 2006

 

Future Banatic Meetings

2008: Undecided