28DL Report Posting Guide
1.) Getting Started
Click on the 'Post Thread' button towards the top right of the window.
2.) Title and Thread Type
Give it a title and select the thread type from the drop down menu. You have basic formatting tools at your disposal to align and change fonts etc.
Report titles should consist of Site Name - Rough Location - Date
eg
Big Ben - London - Jan 2020
or
Angel of the North - Gateshead - August 2019
3.) Writing the Report.
A report consists of a few mandatory things; history, a little bit about the explore on the day and some photos. See Survival Guide for more info.
This is a excellent example of a first Report.
This would also be a good time to have a look at the Noteworthy Reports section to see some really amazing ones.
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4.) Photo's
1024 x 768px is a good resolution. Anything larger may be auto-resized by the forum software.
To add some photos click the 'Attach Files' button - This will open up a standard file window.
5 - 15 photo's is the usual for a report.
Once you have selected your photo's click on 'OK' to upload them to the forum and the page should look like this.
You may now click 'Insert All - Full Image' button to add all the photos in one go or you can click the individual button next to each photo to do it one by one.
*** IMPORTANT: IF YOU DO NOT CLICK THE INSERT BUTTON YOUR PHOTOS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE THREAD ***
5.) Other Options
You can set other options like create a Poll or add Tags here.
6.) Publishing
Once you are finished you can click the 'Preview' button to see how it looks, if all is well then click the 'Post Thread' button and away you go!
1.) Getting Started
Click on the 'Post Thread' button towards the top right of the window.
2.) Title and Thread Type
Give it a title and select the thread type from the drop down menu. You have basic formatting tools at your disposal to align and change fonts etc.
Report titles should consist of Site Name - Rough Location - Date
eg
Big Ben - London - Jan 2020
or
Angel of the North - Gateshead - August 2019
3.) Writing the Report.
A report consists of a few mandatory things; history, a little bit about the explore on the day and some photos. See Survival Guide for more info.
This is a excellent example of a first Report.
This would also be a good time to have a look at the Noteworthy Reports section to see some really amazing ones.
-
4.) Photo's
1024 x 768px is a good resolution. Anything larger may be auto-resized by the forum software.
To add some photos click the 'Attach Files' button - This will open up a standard file window.
5 - 15 photo's is the usual for a report.
Once you have selected your photo's click on 'OK' to upload them to the forum and the page should look like this.
You may now click 'Insert All - Full Image' button to add all the photos in one go or you can click the individual button next to each photo to do it one by one.
*** IMPORTANT: IF YOU DO NOT CLICK THE INSERT BUTTON YOUR PHOTOS WILL NOT APPEAR IN THE THREAD ***
5.) Other Options
You can set other options like create a Poll or add Tags here.
6.) Publishing
Once you are finished you can click the 'Preview' button to see how it looks, if all is well then click the 'Post Thread' button and away you go!
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