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Title: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: IluvBarnabas on September 18, 2006, 10:50:32 PM
Forever I have been trying to find a forum to talk about Dark Shadows and at last I have found it! :)

As you can tell from my user-name my favorite character is Barnabas, but I do love the other characters as well.... :)

I can never get enough Dark Shadows....I nearly all the DVD collections...I am in seventh heaven...

Great to see there are many other fans out there.... :)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Bette on September 18, 2006, 11:49:47 PM
Glad you have found your way to the Board. Welcome.  [wavey]

This IS the place to talk about Dark Shadows, thanks to Midnite and MB.  :-*

Enjoy.

Bette
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: TERRY308 on September 18, 2006, 11:59:39 PM
Hi and welcome ILuv Barnabas.  You will love this site.  Midnite and MB DO a great job.
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Pansity on September 19, 2006, 12:21:34 AM
Welcome to the board, ILuvBarnabas.  What everyone else said.  You will love this place -- the best DS conversation on the net, bar none! [wave]

[bigok]
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Jackie on September 19, 2006, 12:48:09 AM
Welcome to the board!!  There are many places you can go on this board for great conversations about DS and some places for laughs too.  Check out the Caption This area for some laughs from very creative fans.
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Midnite on September 19, 2006, 01:00:02 AM
Welcome, IluvBarnabas!   [hello]
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Teresa on September 19, 2006, 01:06:53 AM
Good to meet you! :)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: arashi on September 19, 2006, 01:19:13 AM
Welcome to the Boards!
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 19, 2006, 01:34:26 AM
So glad you found us, IluvBarnabas - and I'm really looking forward to seeing many posts from you.  :)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: IluvBarnabas on September 19, 2006, 02:10:49 AM
Thanks everyone for the warm welcome. :)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Gerard on September 19, 2006, 03:47:25 AM
Welcome, I [love9] Barnabas!  So good to have you here!  We're fun!

Gerard
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Sunny_Collins on September 19, 2006, 04:27:25 AM
Welcome, welcome, IluvBarnabas!  :)

It's wonderful to meet another Dark shadows fan, and especially one who loves Barnabas as much as I do!  ;D
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: MagnusTrask on September 19, 2006, 06:09:22 AM
Hi!

I'm a man of pulse-pounding, rapid-fire action, not words.
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Josette on September 19, 2006, 07:18:03 AM
Welcome, IluvBarnabas!!  There ARE other boards, but this is the best!!  Glad you found us.  :)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Annie on September 19, 2006, 08:19:33 AM
Hi Iluv Barnabas and welcome to our DS Family so good to meet you.
                                Love Anne
            :-*
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: CastleBee on September 19, 2006, 01:06:26 PM
Welcome to the board IluvBarnabas!  I've been posting on this and other incarnations of this board for many a long year now and I it has been a joy.  The people are funny, friendly, caring and extremely creative types.  The mods are top notch and, of course, the topic of conversation couldn't be better!  Hope you stick around - the more the merrier!
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Amanda on September 19, 2006, 08:16:51 PM
Welcome to the board, IluvBarnabas!  Nice to meet you. [thewave]
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: rainingwolf on September 19, 2006, 11:53:56 PM
Glad to meet another newbie! Hope you enjoy it as much as I have! [clap]
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Elmont on September 20, 2006, 01:06:33 AM
Welcome ILB...
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: CyrusL on September 20, 2006, 07:47:38 PM
A warm welcome, Iluvbarnabas.  [knockwood]
I bet you have both Majestic figures of Mr. B, dont'cha. ( I do, and I love'em!)

Michael ;D  
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: BuzzH on September 20, 2006, 08:05:10 PM
A warm welcome, Iluvbarnabas.  I bet you have both Majestic figures of Mr. B, dont'cha. ( I do, and I love'em!)

I just got my 1795 Barny on Monday, whoohoo!  And I also got DS The First Year, it's gorgeous!  VERY professional looking.  ;)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Midnite on September 20, 2006, 08:54:32 PM
IluvBarnabas,

It's wonderful to see you posting!  Your Newbie status will be behind you in no time.

If you've looked over your posts on the boards (accessible on your profile's main page), you'll have noticed that spoiler boxes, and in at least one case a spoiler icon, have been added to your posts so as to not "spoil" the mystery of plot points for visitors who haven't yet seen the particular episodes.  MB explains how to create the spoiler boxes in this post on the Testing 1, 2, 3, board:

Re: Update on Spoilers

... For now people need to type the two spoiler tags in their posts on their own:

Code: [Select]
[spoiler]spoiler text and/or image(s)[/spoiler]...

The spoiler icon has been added since then and can be found in the dropdown menu under Message icon.

Please feel free to practice using the spoiler codes in that topic, and the Testing 1, 2, 3 board is available to practice other codes as well.  The Help section is your best resource for learning other Bulletin Board Codes.  Thanks!  :D
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: IluvBarnabas on September 22, 2006, 05:09:00 PM
Thanks Midnite!

Yeah I have noticed about the spoilers box....good idea....anyone watching the show for the first time won't have to worry about reading what happens in the story before it happens.
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: BuzzH on September 22, 2006, 06:18:45 PM
The spoiler icon has been added since then and can be found in the dropdown menu under Message icon.

Question though, I found the spoiler alert tag, but how do you *apply* it to what you want to hide?  I ususally just do the spoilers the old-fashioned way by typing you know what on either end of what I want to hide, but if there's a easier way!  ;)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Mysterious Benefactor on September 23, 2006, 04:17:01 AM
Unfortunately, there isn't an easier way to do spoilers right now. Back when we were using YaBBSE, I'd added a button to the posting page to automatically add spoiler tags to posts/PMs. But I haven't been able to find the time to make new buttons and to add the code for them to the new scripts since we've switched from YaBBSE to using SMF. And since we'll soon be switching from SMF 1.0 to 1.1, I'm not going to bother at this point to add any new buttons/code until after the switch. So, for the time being we simply have to add the spoiler tags on our own.  ;)
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: jennifer on September 24, 2006, 11:56:52 PM
Welcome i luv Barnabas :)

jennifer
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Lydia on September 25, 2006, 01:37:16 AM
Welcome, IluvBarnabas!  I've been enjoying reading your posts.
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Midnite on September 27, 2006, 09:17:18 PM
Yeah I have noticed about the spoilers box....good idea....anyone watching the show for the first time won't have to worry about reading what happens in the story before it happens.

It seems you've misunderstood; the moderators would like for you to be the one to use spoiler code.  Your posts may be spoiling plot points before a mod can edit them, but the bottom line is that it's your responsibility.
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: IluvBarnabas on September 28, 2006, 02:29:09 PM
Oh I am sorry! Thanks for telling me.
Title: Re: Hi, I am a newbie to these boards...
Post by: Midnite on September 28, 2006, 07:36:23 PM
Okay, last time I'm asking.  Get thee to the Testing board and please learn how to add spoiler code.  I've otherwise enjoyed your comments immensely and wouldn't want to see your posting privileges restricted to the Testing board.