"Hello,
I've been a Wetpaint user for 4 months now. I understand that not everyting will just 'click' for new users but I have noticed some very basic problems that are everywhere I turn. First of all, I am having rediculous amounts of problems with the formatting of the page when I type things. It appears that the site is incapable of saving any of my formatting. Tabs, Spaces, Returns, even the copy and paste formatting gets all messed up. At first I thought that perhaps it was due to the internet browser that I am using, but I have switched to IE 7 and that solved nothing. In addition to these problems I can't highlight text properly, my font selection doesn't always work, and tables that I create get garbled. I must be using the site incorrectly, but I'm not a computer illiterate so I am doubting that this is all intrinsically created. Finally, the page that I have created is worked on by a group, and there has not been a single person who has not had problems with the site. Any suggestions? And please, if you are just out to call me stupid, or to tell me to quit coming here, then I thank you in advance for your marvelous contribution. "

This question concerning formatting crops up repeatedly and the answer to it is always the same. All you need to do to retain formatting is to add a table comprising of 1 row, 1 column and to checkmark the field called "Fit To Page". Save it, reopen with the EasyEdit button click the cell (ignore the "Edit Cell" popup dialog box) and start typing. Or you can simply copy/paste from your word processor. That's all there is to it.

If you decide at a later date that you want to split the table into separate sections, you can right click the cell and choose "Add Column" and "Add Row". Then highlight the section of text you want to transfer to the other cell by holding down the left mouse button and moving the mouse over the text, then hit CTRL+X to cut it. Click the empty cell where you want to place it and press CTRL+V to paste it. All standard Windows commands!

I keep using the images shown in these screenshots to illustrate what you can do with tables, but they're a good example I feel: http://img88.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tableswp1.png
http://img361.imageshack.us/my.php?image=tablesappearanceyz8.jpg

The first link shows the table as it appears in editing mode while the second one shows the result. The table comprises of 7 rows and 5 columns.

To move the columns, click anywhere in the top of the table and you'll see a group of chequered blocks appear. Grab one of those with the mouse and then move it left or right. Anything written inside it will realign itself with the new dimensions.

For the color problem, choose one from one from this selection: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors
The hex code is shown in groups of two i.e. CD 5C 5C for "Indian Red". But you have to remove the spaces in between so that it becomes CD5C5C.

Hope this helps!

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"We prefer to keep our website open to view.. At the same time, we want to make sure that problem posters are not given the opportunity to post in threads after being banned. We would like to move our very large, very active, site here but unfortunately wetpaint appears to be lacking in this area. It is a deal breaker. Keeping the peace has a lot to do with what our site is all about. What we insist upon is the ability to screen applicants for approval before they are accepted for membership. People could apply for membership on an online form, indicating the reason they have an interest in joining. Their names and email addys they supply should then appear on a pending list visible to management only. We could get emailed notifications whenever someone applied for membership. When we click on the pending list we see the applicants responses.. We would then follow through in whatever manner works for us (possibly an email communication btw management and applicant) to ensure this is not a bad seed returning . When finished we would then go back to the pending list and click either accept or deny. Once we click accept, that person is instantly a member, and gets an automated email in confirmation.

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Yes, but how would you verify whether somebody is telling the truth or not? If I say I'm 25 yrs old when I'm really 64 (which I am), how will you determine that fact? You can't very well start asking people to provide a copy of their birth certificate before they'll be allowed to join now can you? The same goes for all the other bits of info they provide about themselves.

Internet cafe's abound these days, so even if you ban someone, they can obtain a free email address somewhere else and then log on via an Internet cafe if they're determined to hassle you. But my experience has been that most of them get bored and move on somewhere else once they realise that they're being ignored.

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