Tagging users

[Gavin]

No not that sort of tag we are not criminals!

I thought I would do a series of posts on varying functions of the site. This one being about tagging a user!

So you are now able to tag users, this is very helpful if you want to get a members attention or want to draw a member In to a current discussion. Members who are tagged will get a notification to let them know, and a link to the post they are tagged in.

So for example I could say @mark m check this post out, I am explaining to members about tagging users and sorry I keep tagging you!!!!

Mark will now get a notification he is tagged here and come take a look. So that is another helpful use at times if you feel a mod or me need to see something, tag us. Although I would preffer you used the report system.

So how do we tag a user then? Its simple all you do is use the at symbol then start trying the users name, you will then get a list of users pop up. Click the one you want and your done. For example. @usernamehere

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[Smurf]

@Smurf

 

[Smurf]

well I had to try to tag myself but for some strange reason it did not work

 

[Smurf]

@Gav and @Smurf did you get this?

 

[Gavin]

You don't get alerts for tagging yourself as far as I know @Smurf

 

[Smurf]

Well now you know for sure as I've just proved you can't tag yourself and you can't edit your post to tag someone either too /emoticons/biggrin.png

 

[Smurf]

I have responded @Gav

 

[Gavin]

So you have @Smurf! So I am now editing my post to see if I can still tag @Smurf

 

[Gavin]

Seems you can tag when editing a post.

 

[Smurf]

When I tried it did not work if text is after the name you want to turn into a tag @Gav

 

[Gavin]

Oh so you mean if I wrote @Smurf but then went back into this post to add the @ before your name to create the tag?

 

[Smurf]

Yes @Gav

 

[Gavin]

So I just want into that post added the @ and it looks like it tagged you. You may need to add the @ symbol then delete the last letter of the name to trigger pop up box of names. I didn't need to do this though @Smurf.

 

[Smurf]

Gav I will have another go now

 

[Smurf]

Whilst editing the post above to put an @ before gav I removed the v, typed the v back in got the popup so selected your name but once done all the text after "I will have another go now" disappeared @Gav

 

[Dodger]

@idiot

Nope don't work none of H's usernames appeared hahahahaha

 

[Gavin]

Lol @Dodger! Hmm I am not sure why your having this issue @Smurf all seems to work fine for me.

 

[Dodger]

Ok it does work I'm here lol.

 

[Smurf]

I did wonder how to tag someone so now I know @Gav .

Thanks for your op as will come in very handy /emoticons/wink.png