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Layout Changes

-Choose this option if you want Gaia to look like it used to.

- Choose this option if you want Gaia to look the way the admins want it to.

will resize your avatar and puts it in a sidebar, which you can configure in the "Sidebar" tab.

resizes your avatar to the way it used to be, but doesn't initiate the sidebar.

enables hover navigation so that you don't have to wait until the intermediate page loads.

removes the A-Z Index at the bottom of pages.

Sidebar

To add content to your sidebar, type what you want into the box.
When you're done, press on

. Press CTRL+C to copy the text inside the box that pops up and paste it into the field marked "Sidebar HTML Code:"

To edit your sidebar's content, simply copy the HTML from the "Sidebar HTML Code" where you initially put in HTML, check the

box and paste your HTML into text area on top and uncheck the

box.

Logos

Refer to the Logo Help from the "Logos" tab for more information about the Logo Changer.

Formatting Tab

applies the default post style to your message. To set the default post style, select a post style from the "Post styles" list, and click the

button.

will prevent GaiArch from formatting your posts when you are editing them. Or else your post will get edited twice.

lets you have the quick reply function at the bottom of the thread.

allows you to add a new post style to your list.

removes the selected post style. It is greyed out when no post style is selected.

sets a post style as your default post style. Also will grey out if there is no post style selected.

will let you choose the Gaia post style you want to use. This will affect how your post will be displayed (In a bubble, in a thought bubble, in a shout bubble, on paper, with a frame, etc....). It is disabled when no post style is selected.

lets you rename the selected post style. Disabled if you do not choose a post style.

lets you add what you want for a header of your post. If a [/quote] tag is found in your post, it will be added after the last [/quote] tag found. It is disabled when no post style is selected.

allows you to edit the footer of your post. Also disabled when no post style is selected.

lets you change the way you want your post to be displayed. Disabled when there is no post style selected.

is all closing tags from your "Post style beginning BBCode tags:" box. Press on "Convert from beginning tags" to automatically convert the tags. Disabled when there is no post style selected.

allows you to save the changes to the selected post style. It is disabled when no post style is selected.

So just how do you work the message formatter?

It's so simple, no one gets it xD

Open up your GaiArch Preferences Window by clicking on the first button on the toolbar: or the button at the bottom right hand corner of firefox: .
When this window pops up, click on the Posting tab.
Now, click on the button.

Now, you should get something similar to this,with the exception of your Post Style name.

Now, as the default, it won't be much, but you can too change it around.

Here's a regular post about to be submitted:

Note: GaiArch applies the post style after you press Submit.

So a split second before your post is submitted, GaiArch will change it to model into your post style.

But obviously, you wanted to do something with your Message Formatter, so here we go xD Time to change some things up, eh? If you had some experience with Gaia's BBCode, you should have no problem with this. For those of you who don't know what it is, well, those are those tags that you have to put around certain words of your post to make them look pretty. And you can also add some smileys into your header/footer like the normal :ninja:/:pirate:/:whee:/etc ones from Gaia.

And those of you who know BBC, you should definitely not be here anymore, because if you are, and I find out, I'll give you that O.o look with a raised eyebrow.

Anyways, back on topic...See the Post Style Header box? That's what goes on top of your post. You can re-align the header's words/smileys/whatever you want to add in by changing the code around. It's best to play around in a post what you want your header to look like if you're not sure of how to do that in GaiArch.

What the Post Header box looks like:

Now do the same for the Post Style Footer BBCode box. Change it around, mess with it.

And then, there's your actual message you'll type in on Gaia before pressing submit. Want those to be trippy? Good for you, the default currently has the tags "[b][center][color=darkgreen][size=9]" which will turn your text small, bold, and a darkgreen-ish color. If you want it like that, fine. If you want to change it around, good for you too.

Now when you're done with your Post Style Beggining tags box (which is the textbox with the code for your message), just press the "Convert from beginning tags" and it will automatically help you do that.

Remeber to save it!!!

Press OK.

Refresh your page.

Go to the box or just press the usual "Post Reply" at the thread.

Type in your message and hit Submit. Wait a bit, and voila~

Posting Fixes Tab

replaces all [code:1] and [/code:1] tags by [code] and [/code] tags when the page loads, not when you hit . Obsolete.

replaces all backslashes by escaped backslashes ( \\ ), which, once parsed by Gaia, will be treated as a single backslash. That was confusing, wasn't it ? ^^;; All you have to know is that backslashes you put in your posts won't be eaten by Gaia. This modification is done when you hit .

will insert Gaia's emotes (From the left, classic panel) at the cursor's current position instead of the end of your message. If you haven't touched the text box yet, the emotes will simply be added at the end.

replaces all emotes by their URL, bracketted by [img] tags. Please note that this modification is applied when you hit , that's why you can still see standard emotes when you insert them.

will reset the post timer when you hit

is another obsolete option that would have fixed the ampersands.

Emoticons

Refer to the Emoticon's own help section in the "Emoticon" tab of smiley management.

URL Shortening

Refer to the "URL Shortening" tab for more information on shortening URLS.

Tips

Why is Firefox so slow?

Most of the time, this is not because of GaiArch. If you really think it is, try unchecking some checkboxes in the "Layout Changes" tab. If if it still slow, try unchecking some in the "Posting" tab. To get rid of all page modifications without losing your preferences, check the

checkbox below. Use this only as a last resort and remember to restart Firefox or else page modifications will still be applied.

How many emotes/logos/post styles can I add?

As many as you want ! ^-^

This page was created using slave labour. There was no harming of people xD Whoopee!