Formatting Your Comments

• Making your text Bold
• Using Italics in your comments
• Using the teletype style in your comments
• Using the strikethrough in your comments
• Adding a link to your comment

Saving Files

• Saving pictures to your hard drive
• Saving movies to your hard drive

The OZ Glossary of Terms

• DOW
• DYW
• OFF

Troubleshooting

• 'Comments' link is missing
• Comments link says [updating]
• Missing archives
• Can I erase or update my comment?
• When I comment, sometimes I double post

Making Your Text BOLD

You'll need to use the <b> and </b> tags around the text that you want to make bold.  The <b> starts the bold, the and </b> closes it, so you can return to regular text.

Here is how to make your <b>text bold</b> within your comment.

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Here is how to make your text bold within your comment.

Using Italics in Your Comments

You'll need to use the <i> and </i> tags around the text that you want to italicize.  The <i> starts the italics and </i> ends it, so you can return to regular text.

Here is how to <i>italicize the text</i> within your comment.

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Here is how to italicize the text within your comment.

Using the teletype style in your comments

First of all, what IS the teletype style?  It's a little-used way to format text so that the text isn't formatted proportionately.  Letters like 'l' and 'i' use up less space on a line than 'O' or 'L'.  With teletype, all letters use up the same amount of space on the line.

The first line is regular text, the second line is using teletype.

Speedskating is exciting
Speedskating is exciting

Many people use teletype to make pictures.  The first set is regular text, the second is teletype.  

  ___   ___
 /   \ /   \
|     V     |
 \         /
   \     /
     \ /
      v

  ___   ___
 /   \ /   \
|     V     |
 \         /
   \     /
     \ /
      v

See how much nicer the second one is?

You'll need to use the <tt> and </tt> tags around the text that you want to use as teletype.  The <tt> starts the teletype and </tt> ends it, so you can return to regular text.

Here is how to <tt>use teletype</tt> within your comment.

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Here is how to use teletype within your comment.

Using The Strikethrough in Your Comments

You'll need to use the <s> and </s> tags around the text that you want to format with the strikethrough.  The <s> starts the strikethrough and </s> ends it, so you can return to regular text.

Here is how to <s>strikethrough the text</s> within your comment.

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Here is how to strikethrough the text within your comment.

Adding a Link to Your Comment

Sometimes you may want to add a link to another picture or webpage within your link.  To create this link, you'll need to use the <a href="http://www.websiteaddress.com"> and </a> tags around the description of the location you want to link to.  The <a href=> starts the link and </a> ends it, so you can return to regular text.

Here is how to link to <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">Yahoo</a> within your comment.

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Here is how to link to Yahoo within your comment.

As you can see, you don't see the address in the second line.  That is because the address is held within the tags, and Yahoo is between the tags.  If you wanted it a little more obvious that it is a link (in the comments, links are underlined), then format your links like this:

Here is how to link to <a href="http://www.yahoo.com">http://www.yahoo.com</a> within your comment.

will look like:

Here is how to link to http://www.yahoo.com within your comment.

Saving Pictures to Your Hard Drive

This is probably what the OZ is best known for, its awesome pictures of Apolo.  If you want to save the pictures so you can see them without having to be connected to the internet (or to use them to make a collage for your desktop wallpaper), just follow these steps.  If you're planning on saving a lot of Apolo pictures, you may want to create an Apolo folder on your machine.

1. Put your pointer over the picture. 
2. Click on your right mouse button (i.e. right click). You should get a menu popup. One of the choices SHOULD be 'Save Picture As'. Choose that option.
   
   
   
   
3. You'll then come up with a 'Save As' window. The filename will be in there already, in the 'File Name:' line.  In this example, the file name is '021102b'
   
   
   
   Pay attention to the name of the folder in the 'Save In:' area.  In this case, it's being saved into the 'My Documents' folder.  If you click on the down-pointing arrow, you'll be able to choose another folder/ location to save the file.
   
   
   
   
4. Click on 'Save'.  This will save the file to your hard drive.
5. There are a couple ways to locate the file on your machine

1. Chances are, if you go to Start/Documents, it should be one of the documents listed there - in this case, '021102b'.  When you choose it, it will open up with whatever program you have set to open up pictures by default.
   
   
   
2. Another way is to search for the file.  Go to Start/Find/Files or Folders.
   
   
   
   Once you get the search screen, type in your file name (the name of the file that was in the 'File Name:' area) and choose your C: drive. (if you have more than one you can choose your other drive, or all drives, but chances are, it will be in your C: drive).  In this example, we're looking for '021102b'.  Click on 'Find Now' to being the search.
   
   
   
   You should come up with a result set that has the file that you downloaded.  Doubleclick on the the file to open it.
   

Saving Movies to Your Hard Drive

Often the OZ will post movies.  To save bandwidth, it's asked that you download these movies to your hard drive instead of watching it directly from the OZ.

1. Put your pointer over the movie link. It should turn a lighter orange when your pointer is over it.
2. Click on your right mouse button (i.e. right click). You should get a menu popup. One of the choices SHOULD be 'Save Target As'. Choose that option.
   
   
   
   
3. You'll then come up with a 'Save As' window. The filename will be in there already, in the 'File Name:' line.  In this example, the file name is 'RiteAidclip2.wmv'
   
   
   
   Pay attention to the name of the folder in the 'Save In:' area.  In this case, it's being saved into the 'My Documents' folder.  If you click on the down-pointing arrow, you'll be able to choose another folder/ location to save the file.
   
   
   
   
4. Click on 'Save'
5. Movie files are normally over 1MB, which means that dial-up connections may take a while to save it, but be patient, it's worth the wait.
6. Locate the file on your machine. Chances are, if you go to Start/Documents, it should be one of the documents listed there - in this case, 'riteaid_clip1.wmv'.
   
   

DOW

Dirty Older Woman

This is a term that describes the older, more mature fans of AAO.  You are considered a DOW if you are 25 or above.

DYW

Dirty Young Woman

This is a term that describes the younger fans of AAO.  The age range of the DYW is said to be under 25 years of age.

OFF

Ohno Force Field

A power emanating from Apolo that erases all non-essential data from the brains of those in close proximity. Most commonly manifests itself in the inability of fans to recall their conversations with Apolo.

'Comments' Link is Missing

If you refresh your screen (Internet Explorer users hit control+R on your keyboard) the comments should come back. The outage may sometimes last several minutes.

'Comments' Area Says [updating]

YACCS, the provider we use for out commenting, upgrades its servers every once in a while. Come back in a couple hours and the comments links should be back.

Missing Archives

There are two possibilities to explain missing archives.

1) If you don't see any archives links to the right where they usually are: Sometimes when pictures are much larger than your monitor's screen, the area where the comments are held are pushed to the right.  You should see a scroll bar at the bottom of your browser to scroll to the right to see the archive links.

2) If a particular week is missing from the archives list: The weekly archives are auto-generated by Blogger. From time to time, certain weeks may go missing from the archive due to bugs in the archive feature. All weekly archives are at all times available, however. You can find them by altering the archive URL in your browser window.

Example: Say the link for the week of 10/13 is missing from the archive list. Copy and paste an archive URL for another week and just change the date to match the week you want to see.

In this example, we'll start with the URL for week of 10/20: http://www.ohnozone.net/2002_10_20_oarch.html
Change the 20 to 13, and you have the URL for week of 10/13:
http://www.ohnozone.net/2002_10_13_oarch.html

Can I Erase or Update My Comment?

Nope.  Sorry.  You'll just have to proofread your comment before clicking on submit!

When I Comment, Sometimes I Double Post

That's because you've hit the submit button more than once. (Hey, we've all done this in our eagerness to post!) There may be times when you click submit on your comment and it gives you an error page, rather than refreshing the comment box to include your comment.  Sometimes, this means that your comment did not go through, and you need to repost your comment.  Sometimes, it means that your comment DID go through, but it just couldn't refresh the comment box correctly.  Here's the best way to avoid double posting, yet make sure that your comment still goes through.

1. Chances are, when you come up to that error page instead of the comment, if you hit the back button (or hold down the ALT key on your keyboard, then hit your keyboard's left arrow) then you should return to your post as it was before you this submit.
2. Copy what you have in the comment box.  To copy, highlight all the text you have in the 'Comments:' section.  Click your pointer before the very first word of your comments, then hold down your left mouse button and drag it to the end of your comments.  You should see the whole thing highlighted.  Let go of your mouse button, and make sure that everything is still highlighted.  Then, on your keyboard, hold down the Ctrl key and hit C (Ctrl+C).  You'll see nothing happen, but your comment will be held in memory.
3. Refresh the comment box.  Either hit the refresh button on your browser, or hold down Ctrl+R.  Once you do this, look and see if your post made it.
4. If not, the go to the bottom to the comment box (which should be blank now), and click in the box to put your cursor in there.
5. On your keyboard, hit Ctrl+V, and it will paste your comment in there.
6. Hit submit comment and cross your fingers that it goes through!