RIU User Guide & FAQ 2019

sunni

Administrator
Staff member
Front Page Basics.

At the top (sorta left) hand bar you'll have 3 options
Forums/ What's New / Members all three have drop down links that are explained by clicking what they mean

Top right is user interface you have your name, which drops down into options like your preferences, avatar, profile page etc.

Your inbox (these are your private messages )

Your bell which is your notifications

Search feature for the website.

Underneath on every page you'll have a lighting bolt with new posts next to it, clicking this will bring you to new activity on rollitup with additional clickable links to new profile posts etc.

On every page next to new activity you'll also have the option to post a new thread. Prompting you to pick a specific sub forum location for your topic.

On the right hand side you’ll also see staff members, and new profile posts

On the main center page you'll find the forums list.


Reactions.
The like button has gotten an upgrade you can hover over with your cursor to react or hold down the like on mobile

Page Jumping
This is slightly only the mobile issue on mobile, when you see the pages you can hold down the number and a box will pop asking which number page you;d like to jump to otherwise on PC first 5 or so should be there.



How to Change your Avatar
click your name on the top right hand corner and hover over your avatar portrait and click the edit from there you are prompted to upload a new avatar!

How to post a thread.
On each page you can click the post thread button found on right hand side which prompts you to pic a forum location or you can go to each specific forum you want to post to and click post thread.
Follow the format of the page to post a thread.
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How to post photos
Photos can be done by attaching files or inserting images
Insert image is the little picture in the text box locations.
Click it and it’ll ask to insert an image.
Attaching an image can be found when you are in a new thread post or under the text box when replying to a thread click attach images and it’ll pop up your computer's file
Once uploaded on PC you can actually use the square guideline box to make your photos smaller or larger but slide adjusting with your mouse.
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Uploading a video
We do not support all video functions however you will click the 3 dots next to the happy face found in your reply box , from there it shows which videos we support and you may enter in the copied link
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How to quote a user or reply
By clicking the Reply button found underneath the users whose post you want to reply to, the reply box will be filled with the user's quote coded for you. Should you want to multi quote several users in a thread you will just click the reply button to each user you wish to reply to and quote. The system will auto put in all quoted material for you until you are ready to type.


Your name top right
Underneath your name you'll have a variety of options

Your News Feed: This people you follow or follow you their content what they are liking commenting etc.

Your Content: Your actual content

Account Details: basic privacy settings, your info , where people can contact you another place to change your avatar,
Right hand side has passwords, privacy , signature change who you are ignoring etc.

Signature **note if you are a new user to riu you will be unable to change your signature until you are established as a member this can take time** This is where you have the ability to upload a signature

Password & Security how to change your password

Privacy Who can view your profile, who can view your blogs, and who shows if youre offline or online

Preferences : What you get alerted to

Connected Accounts: This is really dumb idea dont connect your personal facebook or twitter to rollitup

People you Ignore, should you find a member irritating or annoying, or someone you simply do not like we have a function that allows you to block all their content, please use it it works well

Following: people you follow much like instagram or twitter.

Log out - logs you out of riu

Update your status : Much like a personal status on most social media.

BookMarks This is a new feature you can bookmark a thread by going to a specific thread and clicking the little ribbon looking bookmark on the top right and it should appear here.
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The Email/ Your /Inbox ( box top right)
These are your personal messages *note new users cannot access this feature yet * click start a conversation to privately message someone

FAQ

Q.
someone is posting what you feel is malicious content , spam or otherwise not acceptable on the forum what can you do?

A By hitting REPORT POST found slightly under the users post it will bring up a box with your report reason
than the mod staff is alerted to the reported content from there we choose whether or not it should belong

Q. I cant access, likes, inbox, signature or other content I just get "no permission"
A This is because you are too new of a user, if you are an older user prior to 2014, however still get this message it is because you did not exceed the useage that xenforo allows for permission prior to the switch from vbulletin to xenforo.
Become active, talk with people, post, make friends read threads eventually you will get permission. This is so we limit our spam on rollitup

Q I cant edit my post or delete my thread why?
A Users are only allowed a maximum of 72 hours before they can edit a post, should you need a post deleted please contact an admin or mod, or make a thread in support we will be happy to assist you can also report your own threads and explain what you need done.

Q I found a bug on the website where do I post?
A Please post in support so we can get the problem fixed!

Q I need a thread moved to the proper location
A You can contact a mod or report your thread /the thread in question

Q My connection to a proxy or tor is NOT allowing riu to function properly help!?
A Not all tors or proxies are compatible with xenforo software, it is best you try a different, however we take user security as a top priority and you should feel safe using our forum without but we understand if you dont, that being said we cannot be a troubleshooter for a program that isnt ours

Q Do you have a rollitup app
A We did it can still sometimes be found in the play store / apple store it wont allow you to buy it sorry.

Q do you have tapatalk
A As of 2015 tapatalk no longer supports rollitups version of xenforo sorry!

Q Can I do a giveaway or contest?
A No , currently we do not support any contents or giveaways done by users as it can cause us legal troubles however you are welcome to for bragging rights

Q Delete my account ?
A We do NOT delete accounts on rollitup we can however ban your account

Q How to change my user name?
A We do not allow user name changes

Q What does well known member, active member or new member mean?
A It justs a way to show whos been here longer it is not necessarily a ranking or position of growing powers

Q What does the pair of glasses me next to a thread
A means you are watching the thread
 
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sunni

Administrator
Staff member
photos will be updated when theyre live on site .// edit photos fixed
 
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gr865

Well-Known Member
When I try and post a pic it says it is too large. Have not been told that before, what size do they need to be to post?
 

sunni

Administrator
Staff member
When I try and post a pic it says it is too large. Have not been told that before, what size do they need to be to post?
Our photos are currently not working we’ve just gone live and photos usually have issues for the first 24 hours
 

ToFarGone

Well-Known Member
Sucks that you can’t jump ahead pages you have to keep hitting next. Otherwise like the layout
 

Lucky Luke

Well-Known Member
@sunni Any word on my Picture question as yet? Also when quoting someone i cannot seem to click and highlight their text to isolate the parts im replying to. I have to manually click and backspace and thats slow and annoying. Is there another way of doing it? (sorry I'm not tech savy).

Also ur spell check is very American... Colour and Gaol is English...
 

sunni

Administrator
Staff member
@sunni Any word on my Picture question as yet? Also when quoting someone i cannot seem to click and highlight their text to isolate the parts im replying to. I have to manually click and backspace and thats slow and annoying. Is there another way of doing it? (sorry I'm not tech savy).

Also ur spell check is very American... Colour and Gaol is English...
as Far as I can tell it does not strip data
As for the spell check I dunno I’m at the mercy of the software itself and since it’s an American company who puts out xenforo they make their spell check to their Origins sorry

I’ll look into the highlighting tho what are you on pc or what?
 

Admin

Administrator
Staff member
@sunni Any word on my Picture question as yet? Also when quoting someone i cannot seem to click and highlight their text to isolate the parts im replying to. I have to manually click and backspace and thats slow and annoying. Is there another way of doing it? (sorry I'm not tech savy).

Also ur spell check is very American... Colour and Gaol is English...
Spell check I believe is done through your browser
Pictures should all be working are you finding some that are not loading, we have set the upload limit to 15mb
 

Lucky Luke

Well-Known Member
as Far as I can tell it does not strip data
As for the spell check I dunno I’m at the mercy of the software itself and since it’s an American company who puts out xenforo they make their spell check to their Origins sorry

I’ll look into the highlighting tho what are you on pc or what?
That's a bummer not striping data. I'm on a lap top. Shame an American company doesnt'include the small variations in English, but that's another topic.
 

Lucky Luke

Well-Known Member
Spell check I believe is done through your browser
Pictures should all be working are you finding some that are not loading, we have set the upload limit to 15mb
No dramas with loading pics.
If i go to highlight and delete the above quote where u say "spell check should be done through your browser" to reply solely to your pictures comment i cannot.
 

Lucky Luke

Well-Known Member
Like that?
yes, like that, but i was going to delete that bit and reply to the other.....what am i missing (please dont say brain, please done say brain)? Did u highlight and delete and if so did u just use the left click button like we have always done? Just wont work for me.
 
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