wouldn't it be cool if we could post u-tube videos or if we can how do you do it

At this time you can only post links within the forums. But they have made it where you can put a video on your profile. It may be something they do in the future but not at this time.

Site Mod
Kristi

Welcome, and this is what you do brah:

"I'm pleased to announce that we've added a bunch of new bbcode formatting options to the forums. You can now change the color and font size of your text. You can also insert images into your posts, and make links active with the url tag. Here's a list of the bbcodes we currently support:

Bold face:
Bolded text makes Bolded text

Italic:
Italicized text makes Italicized text

Underline:
Underlined text makes Underlined text

Monospaced text:

Monospaced text

makes

Monospaced text



Insert image:
makes

Links:
http://www.google.com makes http://www.google.com
and
takes you to Google makes takes you to Google

Colored text:
Red makes Red, most standard color names will work. Hex color codes like color=#123456 are also supported.

Font size:
Big text makes Big text. Options are small or big, or a number from 8 to 20 for the font size in pixels.

Uploading a YouTube video to your Mingle2 profile:

1) On your YouTube page, open the video you wish to embed.
2) Just below the video (and below the video title) click "share."
3) On the subsequent page, click "embed." (Note: some embed
links may be disabled.)
4) A dialogue box will open, with the embed link inside.
Copy the code.
5) On your Mingle2 account page, click "edit profile."
6) Click "about" and paste the link into the blog dialogue box.
7) At the bottom of the page, click "update my profile."

A word about videos. We will allow YouTube music videos. Any
video, leading to inappropriate content will be promptly removed,
and actions may be taken.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON BBCODES

We hope you will enjoy these new formatting features. However, we ask you to follow the following guidelines:

URL links that are being used to promote other websites will be removed immediately. No advertising or self-promotion is allowed on the mingle2 forums, and posters who violate this rule will be suspended or banned.

IMG links that link to controversial/disturbing/offensive images will also be removed immediately and the poster will be suspended or banned. No nudity, obscene gestures, suggestive photos, or images of illegal activities are allowed. Images must be PG-13, NOT rated R or X. We will be very strict on this policy, and violators will be treated harshly.

Please use the new codes IN MODERATION. Users who abuse the new codes by using them excessively in an annoying posting style will be warned and could lose their privileges to use the codes or post on the forums at all. We'll be somewhat lenient on this, but we just don't want people abusing the codes to make very difficult to read/annoying posts. Please be polite in your use of the codes.

Most of the new codes will work in your mail messages as well. However, the URL and IMG codes will NOT work in mail messages. This is because we are concerned that spammers and other bad users will abuse the codes, and that they will be more difficult for us to police in mail messages. The other new codes, like font size and color, will work fine.

Thanks everyone! Hope you are all enjoying the site."

a lot of music lovers out there,,would help recruit new members when they know they can post/watch others posted youtube videos

and while i am at it, how about a persons age and location under their picture so we know if is worth it to click on and look at a persons profile when they post (nothing worse than living in jacksonville fla & seeing a post someone made that you like so you click on their profile only to see they live in sacramento ca).,,,just a few tweeks to make it more user friendly

being able to post/watch others posted videos would deff. broaden the visitors chances of staying around, instead of just seeing slow moving forums

We do understand that there are more options that many would like to see. Admin does take all suggestions within consideration. It may be something within the future but not on the agenda for the moment.

For those that want to post links to music they can do that just not the video's at this time within the forums.

Also as far as links they must be within the guidelines of the Forum Rules.


Site Mod
Kristi