Instructions for Adding a Message

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How to Add a Message

Use the

button to add messages, both top-level messages in a forum and replies to other messages.

Please do NOT add your message to this forum, unless you are writing about how to add messages, the subject of this forum. Inappropriate postings will simply be deleted from here.

First find the right forum to post your message. If you found this instruction page by following a "Help" link, you probably need to back up (using your browser Back button) to the forum you started in.

Please do NOT add test messages here. Use the Test Forum for testing.

The site providing these HyperNews help forums may be a different site than the HyperNews server where you first pressed the Help button: . First make sure you are viewing the correct forum or the message that you want to reply to. Then click on the "Add Message" button.
You may need to register as a member of the correct site before you are allowed to post to a forum at that site (depending on how HyperNews was configured at that particular site).

The "Edit Message" form asks for a Title, which should say something distinctive and succinct about your message. Any HTML tags in the title will be converted to plain text. If left empty, the article will be given the title "Untitled".

There is a space to type in your message, but you should first choose a format for your text. Here are the options:

"Smart Text" means that several automatic formatting changes will be done for you.
- Long or short lines of paragraphs will be wrapped and filled.
- A paragraph is all consecutive lines separated from the next paragraph by a blank line. Multiple blank lines are contracted into a single blank line.
- A paragraph will be left unformatted if any line starts with spaces or tabs. You can start the first line of a multi-line paragraph with indentation, however.
- If more than one line starts with the same prefix, they will be left unformatted.
- Anything that looks like a URL or email address will be made into an anchor. HTML tags are converted into plain text.
"Word Processor" (new with 1.9.3) means HyperNews will wrap long lines, break lines at hard Returns, preserve leading blanks and tabs, and use a fixed-width font. This is useful if you copy/paste your text from a word processor, or if you just want it to format like your word processor does. URLs and email addresses will be made into links.
"Plain Text" means you can type anything in the box and it should come out looking that way, whitespace preserved. Please note that if your browser wraps lines for you in the text box, you still need to insert line breaks yourself where appropriate.

"HTML" means you have the full power of the HyperText Markup Language. This, for example, is how you get images embedded in your message. But you must at least separate paragraphs with <p> or they will look like one big paragraph. Please try to generate correct HTML since otherwise you could mess up the display of the appended message outline. However, don't include the <head> or <body> tags, these are automatically added by HyperNews.

"URL" means you only need to enter the URL of the document containing your message in the box. (Disabled after 1.9.7.)

Other options:

Fill in your Email address, if there is a space for it. HyperNews may not know your correct address ahead of time.
Uncheck the "Notify me..." box if you do not want to be emailed when someone replies to your message.
You may specify the kind of message with an icon that will be displayed with your message.
There is a spot to include your name and homepage as well. Your name would then appear with your message instead of your user ID.

When you are done editing your message, push the "Preview Message" button at the bottom. The next page will show your formatted message as it will appear to readers (using your browser). If everything looks OK, go ahead and push the "Post your Message" button at the top of the preview page. If you decide to not submit your message, just don't push that button - you will have to back up with your browser Back button.

If you want to edit your message some more, use your browser to back up to the Edit Message form. (If it is empty, you may need to increase your in-memory cache size, or try a different browser. Alternatively, copy the text of your message *before* you preview it.) Reloading the message editing page will clear out all the entries. You can't reload the preview page, and please don't post twice for the same message (neither will do the right thing).

Instead of first previewing, you may be able to Post directly from the form. (New in version 1.9.3, as a configuration option.) If you do this, be careful that you are done editing because once you post, you cannot edit the posted message and it will have been sent out to subscribers.

After submitting the message, you will get an acknowledgement page with a link to the page you added your message to. Click on that link to see it and notice that your message has been added to the end. You may need to reload the page if your browser uses a cached copy of the page instead of reloading it for you. (Older versions of HyperNews would automatically display the page that you added your message to.)

Please do NOT post your message in this forum . . .
unless you have a question or comment about the topic of adding a message. To post about a certain topic, such as Windows '95 or a music group, first go to that HyperNews forum. This forum only explains how to add messages. Unrelated posts will simply be deleted. Thanks for your cooperation.

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4 Question: How to get those icons? by @204.252.201.101, 1995, Aug 07

1 Icon answer by Craig Tate, 1996, Jan 12

1 Icon't figure it out. , 1996, May 22: ... 1 Message(s)
2 I want the Icons... by Trustno1, 1996, Oct 09
8 exactly where are they? by Riley Hall, 2000, Jul 23

3 The icons are really neat! by MC Tuman, 1996, Feb 19

1 Are the icons customizable? by egs@TCM.com, 1996, Sep 16: ...

5 5-1-67, Ohio--In search of info. by kroxylou@aol.com, 2001, Mar 31

8 Creating a new message in HyperNews by Art Saffran, 1996, Jan 09

1 I agree, Respond is non-intuitive by saffran@wisbar.org, 1996, Jan 05

1 It's not that hard. by Art Saffran, 1996, Jan 05: ... 1 Message(s)
2 You are right again, Art. by unknown@www-d2.proxy.aol.com, 1996, Jan 08: ... 1 Message(s)
3 Read the instructions? by bhagness.win.bright.net, 1996, Jan 08: ...
4 I found instructions. by bhagness@win.bright.net, 1996, Jan 08
5 Completely Agree. Not intuitive at all. by BRAD ALLISON, 1996, Apr 22: ... 1 Message(s)

6 How about running WebLint over HTML submissions? by David J. Ritchie, 1996, Aug 08

1 Should be possible to add Weblint yourself by star@starshine.org, 1997, Feb 01: ...

27 How to Post quickly by AorAll, 1998, Apr 22

2 Posted, but didn't see an update by P.L., 2000, Nov 10
3 Work from Home by Rebecca, May 25, 02:24

12 How can i add question in a forum (such Netware 4.x forum)? by Damien NATON, 1996, Dec 10

1 If no "Add" button, perhaps the forum is "closed" by Daniel M LaLiberte, 1996, Dec 10

14 External editors , 1995, Sep 25

1 Not now by liberte@hypernews.org, 1995, Sep 26

Untitled by @anxius.cs.uiuc.edu, 1995, Sep 26

Also would like to use external editor by stevei@fourgen.com, 1996, Nov 01

15 How long can you go? by Sanjay Kapoor, 1996, Jan 03

1 Length by kurt@sonic.net, 1996, Apr 29

16 Including Text in Response by Ken Guyre, 1996, Apr 04

1 Including text is discouraged by liberte@hypernews.org, 1996, Apr 09
Has it become possible in later versions? by bd@dragontree.com, 1998, Aug 19

17 Text wrapping in text entry fields - a suggestion and a problem by Martin Huntley, 1996, Apr 19

1 WRAP=Soft looks better; smart text is confused by liberte@hypernews.org, 1996, Apr 19

18 Why does Netscape 2.01 hang when I click "Preview"? by Jim Rosenfield, 1996, Jul 04

1 Untitled by jnr@cinenet.net, 1996, Jul 04

2 No problem here - who else has this problem? by liberte@hypernews.org, 1996, Jul 05

1 I have the same problem. Netscape hangs, but Explorer does not. Are you running keep alive? by jwells@pobox.com, 1996, Jul 12: ...
2 I have this problem by hunt@StThomasU.ca, 1997, Mar 25: ... 1 Message(s)
3 Not only that, I have this one by hunt@StThomasU.ca, 1997, Mar 25: ... 1 Message(s)
4 Netscape 2.02E'95 also by bgingery@gtcs.com, 1997, Apr 15

19 formattting of text by Jim Rosenfield, 1996, Jul 08

1 Fuller definition of "Smart Text" by Daniel LaLiberte, 1996, Jul 08

2 fonts in 1 msg , 1997, Mar 04

HyperNews is not mail or news by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, Mar 06

20 Will it do attachments? by Jennifer Allen, 1996, Sep 15

1 Sorry, no attachments yet by liberte@hypernews.org, 1996, Sep 16

21 How can I edit a previously posted message? by Steve Isaacson, 1996, Nov 01

1 You can't edit posted messages by liberte@hypernews.org, 1996, Nov 02

22 Forms - can I attach a file and send it with a form as an attachment?? by Grant Berkeley, 1996, Dec 13

1 Attachments would be handy by Bruce Ruckert, 1997, Mar 14

1 Attachments yet? , 1998, Jul 15

2 Untitled , 1999, Apr 26

23 It just wont work... , 1996, Aug 05

1 it must be working,you are here by cn2135@coastalnet.com, 1996, Aug 11

At least I can read it!!!!! by jvhltd@aol,com, 1996, Aug 15

24 Text wrapping in entry fields by Alissa Stolz, 1996, Dec 13

1 Use Smart Text by liberte@hypernews.org, 1996, Dec 13

25 Smart text bug! by Daniel LaLiberte , 1996, Dec 18

37 responding by Nancy, 1997, Jan 11

38 SmartText wrapping problems by Daniel LaLiberte , 1997, Jan 13

1 an inconvenient alternative for wrapping , 1997, Mar 04

43 Can you save or send a message if unable to preview? by IMJLuthy, 1997, Jan 27

1 Several alternatives by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, Jan 29

63 Errors when posting new articles by Steve Gilbert, 1997, Mar 06

1 Same problem here by rassilon@segasages.com, 1997, Mar 10

Could be many problems by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, Mar 10

1 repeatable case by hunt@StThomasU.ca, 1997, Mar 26: ...
2 Has anyone figured this out yet? by htchapma@oakland.edu, 1997, May 27
3 This happens to me too!!! by velocity@neuralspin.net, 1997, Aug 12: ... 1 Message(s)

64 Members not allowed to create messages??? by Barry Hemphill, 1997, Mar 20

1 Yeah, me too. by excalibur@globaldialog.com, 1997, Mar 21

2 Solution (thanks to Daniel LaLiberte) by ubu@easynet.on.ca, 1997, Mar 21

65 varying display orders? by Russ Hunt, 1997, Mar 25

72 HELP!!!!!!!!!! by James, 1997, Apr 12

1 Images are easy with HTML by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, Apr 14

1 Can I include images I created? by margarita.oehm@stud.uni-muenchen.de, 1997, Sep 07
2 embeding GIF from a local image ? by Daniel.Scherly@medecine.unige.ch, 1998, Dec 03: ... 1 Message(s)

79 Email format when adding messages by Trish , 1997, May 09

1 Default email address not generated anymore by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, May 09

81 Reloading Base Page and 1.9.5 by Kenny Gardner, 1997, May 20

1 Reload required here, too! by Kenny@gapdev.com, 1997, May 20
2 When is reload really required? by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, May 20

84 Reply default Subject line by Dave K., 1997, Jun 03

1 No reply default - on purpose by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, Jun 05
Re: Disagree: No reply default - on purpose by dkup@mindspring.com, 1997, Jun 06

87 How to reply , 1997, Jul 02

1 Use email by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, Jul 03

104 Viewing the message to which you're replying by Ted M. Young, 1997, Aug 13

1 Quoting, Viewing, and Annotating by liberte@hypernews.org, 1997, Aug 15
make it an option? by bd@dragontree.com, 1998, Aug 19

130 Bad Query by Jake, 1997, Sep 26

157 Sending messages to multiple boards by Magnus Rydin, 1996, Apr 22

1 Not yet by Daniel LaLiberte, 1996, Apr 22

Hmm. by Magnus Rydin, 1996, Apr 22

158 Java and HyperNews , 1996, May 28

159 How to edit.. , 1997, Jan 15

160 Why does my name have to posted? , 1997, Jul 21

161 How to get my answer to someone else's question numbered and listed under that question in a forum menu? by Jeff Lane, 1998, Jan 09

1 Question Answered by dmfields@concentric.net, 1998, Jan 29

170 Revised format when entered in chosen forum by Jeff Lane, 1998, Mar 05

1 Sounds like old HyperNews by liberte@hypernews.org, 1998, Mar 05

171 Editing a message , 1998, Mar 08

1 Preview should have shown you how it will look by liberte@hypernews.org, 1998, Mar 08

172 Fill the Email Address , 1998, Mar 10

1 Providing a different Email address by liberte@hypernews.org, 1998, Mar 11

179 Moving the add.gif Icon by Bob Connors, 1998, Apr 15

1 Re: Question: Moving the add.gif Icon by liberte@emancholl.pair.com, 1998, Apr 16
Re: Question: Moving the add.gif Icon by bobsie@orphanage.com, 1998, Apr 16
HyperNews becoming a news reader by liberte@hypernews.org, 1998, Apr 20

181 How do I Respond using E-Mail by Jordan DeLong, 1998, Apr 17

1 Re: Question: How do I Respond using E-Mail by liberte@emancholl.pair.com, 1998, Apr 18

183 Anyone know how to Respond using Pine? by Jordan DeLong, 1998, Apr 27

186 Suggestion by Sherwin Gooch, 1998, May 09

1 Forward with your browser or via HyperNews? by liberte@hypernews.org, 1998, May 09

192 Proplems with Adding a Message by Bob Connors, 1998, May 19

1 I'm having the same problem, adding a message by dt.ogilvie@newark.rutgers.edu, 1999, Mar 09

200 How do I Paste text into a message? by Joan, 1998, Jun 06

1 Depends on the browser and window system by liberte@emancholl.pair.com, 1998, Jun 09

201 Where is my mistake? , 1998, Jun 08

205 How to add a generic comments data base by Ron Previty, 1998, Jun 20

207 problem adding message by sharonj, 1998, Jul 03

208 Cannot add a message using email as UserID with built-in security by Mark Ohrenschall, 1998, Jul 09

210 user able to add HTML to title , 1998, Jul 18

1 <HTML> in titles & more? ... maybe via email or direct posting by liberte@hypernews.org, 1998, Jul 18

213 Has any one tried HyperNews with UNICODE by Srinivas Annam, 1998, Aug 02

216 mathematics in hypernews by Franco Bagnoli, 1998, Sep 14

221 PROBLEM WITH THE DATE , 1998, Sep 30

1 Dates are stored in GMT by liberte@emancholl.pair.com, 1998, Oct 01

224 "Get form args" by alan doree, 1998, Oct 20

1 "Get form args" error means there is a bug by liberte@emancholl.pair.com, 1998, Oct 21

231 How do I create an HTML tag? by ex Parte, 1998, Dec 10

233 Trouble when sending a message , 1998, Sep 14

1 i fail to send it yesterday please pardon me by hakim, 2004, Apr 25

241 THE SENSORIMOTOR STAGE OF DEVELOPMENT by miranda kathrein, 1999, Jan 15

1 Wrong forum by liberte@emancholl.pair.com, 1999, Jan 15

245 Question about Posting PDF Files by Judy, 1999, Jan 26

1 Posting files is not yet supported by Daniel LaLiberte, 1999, Jan 26
Any news since jan 1999? by Giuseppe, 2002, Jul 08

251 error message when some people try to post but not all by Michelle, 1999, Apr 02

1 Browser problems - no known pattern yet by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Apr 05

268 hypernews problem on AOL by JT, 1999, Jun 01

1 AOL browser problems when posting messages by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Jun 01

2 AOL and HyperNews problem by jtsmith@webteam.net, 1999, Jun 02

1 AOL browser caching bugs by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Jun 02

273 Why disable the "URL" format option? by Michel GOUGET, 1999, Jun 23

1 URL for message still available via hnrc configuration by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Jun 27

278 I cant view the message board unless in admin mode by tom, 1999, Jul 30

281 Thanks and Feature Requests by B. Kritzberg, 1999, Aug 31

1 Autoquoting and auto-Re-titles are not so great by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Aug 31
Your point is taken, but I have more. :) by blake@wkgroup.com, 1999, Sep 01
Adding quoting will be a nice challenge for someone by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Sep 01
Everything's purring, now by blake@wkgroup.com, 1999, Sep 01

282 can I save my work? by Clare Isaac, 1999, Aug 31

1 Save it by editing off-line by Daniel LaLiberte, 1999, Aug 31
2 re save work satellite dish network directv direct tv , 2003, Dec 07

288 Suggestion: Add mention of membership to this forum by Ken Tanaka, 1999, Sep 10

1 Membership may be required - good point. by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Sep 11

290 File .responseNum is often lost real count of message and start from zero. by VOG, 1999, Sep 20

1 Probably a file locking problem. by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Sep 21

294 How to quote the orginal text when follow up an article by Alan S H Lam, 1999, Oct 06

1 Quoting is problematic by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Oct 06

295 Can we list the article in reverse order? by Alan S H Lam, 1999, Oct 06

297 How to insert images in a message by Stephen Lim, 1999, Oct 19

298 no pedo accesar el hipernews , 1999, Oct 19

302 posting midi files by Dan, 1999, Nov 12

1 Re midi files satellite dish network directv direct tv , 2003, Dec 07

307 Only Part of URL converted to link by Mark, 1999, Dec 10

1 Older HyperNews doesn't recognize all URLs properly by Daniel LaLiberte, 1999, Dec 11

308 How do I track down an anonymous poster.... by Clint, 1999, Dec 12

1 Admin can check the log file by liberte@hypernews.org, 1999, Dec 13

309 Uploading files , 1999, Dec 21

1 Uploading files is a significant feature by Daniel LaLiberte, 1999, Dec 22

324 Italics by Jeremiah Moorhead, 2000, Feb 25

325 How to start an original message by Jim Irwin, 2000, Feb 21

1 Post in the right forum, either a reply or at the top level by Daniel LaLiberte, 2000, Mar 03
3 satellite dish tv cable vision , 2003, Dec 07
4 Can anyone help me on posting a message it never will let me log in by Ronda Harvey, 2005, Apr 13

326 too complicated by Ana Salguero, 2000, Mar 05

327 to add structures by Gabriele Demuth-Eberle, 2000, Mar 14

1 Images, or special HTML by Daniel LaLiberte, 2000, Mar 14
When will be images uploading available? by Jaime Ventura, 2002, Mar 03

333 Problems with posting under a different regsitration. by Greg, 2000, May 23

1 Cookies or long-lived browser by liberte@hypernews.org, 2000, May 23

382 Automatic E-mail? by Koen, 2001, Mar 28

388 Email subscription sends out to subscribers in HyperText when a messege is posted in HTML. by Michael, 2001, Jun 01

407 Problemas t�cnicos by Gabriel Osnaya Vargas, 2002, Jul 02

410 Posting sounds? by geezer, 2002, Aug 08

461 ??? on trying to post any where. by Ronda Harvey, 2005, Apr 13

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