Please Introduce Yourself! (Retired)

Hello new and old members alike! I’m Pineblossom, but you can just call me Pine 🙂 I’ve been on the blog since March of 2019, and I’ve loved every second on here. I love drawing, calligraphy, and creating OCs, and you’ll often find me on the Tavern, the Art page, and the Names page! Here, I’ve compiled a collection of tips and coding lessons (now complete with pictures!) to help you navigate BlogClan!

Ground rules:
– Make sure there isn’t a space between the coding and your text unless it is the link code (you’ll see what I mean)
– For emoticons, make sure there is always a space before and after the code. In the lesson, I’ll be putting a space for the same reason above 🙂
– Type it exactly as I do otherwise it won’t work that sounded like a threat
Alright, let’s begin!

ITALICS: <i>this will be italicized</i> it looks like this
BOLD: <b>this will be bolded</b> it looks like this
STRIKETHROUGH: <strike>this would be strikethroughed</strike> it looks like this
CODE LIKE WORDS: <code>this would look code-y</code> it looks like this
LINK: <a href=“your link here”>you would then click here for the link</a>
What it looks like: Click here for a cute kitty
QUOTE: <blockquote>your quote here</blockquote>

blockquote looks like this

FAKE LINK: <a>words blah blah</a> it looks like this

https://imgur.com/a/V8gN75g

For emoticons, do not put a space between the two symbols 🙂
🙂 Emoji- : )
😀 Emoji- : D
😛 Emoji- : P
🙁 Emoji- : (
😉 Emoji- ; )
Some other notes about BlogClan:
– BlogClan is kept safe and fun by a group of moderators called Blogteam. They moderate (check) your comments so that no one uses inappropriate words and also so that sensitive topics that might upset other people are kept to a minimum and have a warning before the comment. These people are Goldenfawn (often called Goldi), Birchfoot (Birchy), Cheetahspark (Cheetah, Cheeto), Rainshine (Rainie), Winterwhisper (Wint, Winter, Win), Viperfrost (Viper), Kat, Jayfrost (Jayie), Rosefur (Rose), Flowerstream (Flo), Iceflower (Icy), Emberdawn (Embix, Ember, Emb), and of course, Kate herself (Cakestar) (why did I just put everyone’s nicknames as well 😛 ). They’ll definitely be able to answer your questions best of all! Currently, you can’t become a mod, but applications open up every once in a while if the team needs any help.

– The current deputy and medicine cat of BlogClan are Icy and Embix. Their jobs are to keep the blog going smoothly, sorting out disputes, and welcoming new members like you might be! Elections are held every two years, and one was held very recently, so you can not have one of those positions right now 🙂 Try running in 2021!

– On BlogClan, you can have mentors/apprentices just like in the books. Your ranking is based on your age/grade in school:
Elementary School, 1st grade-5th grade, ages 6-12 – Kit
Middle School, 6th grade-8th grade, ages 11/12-13/14 – Apprentice
High School/College, 9th grade-the end of school, ages 13/14 to whenever you get out of school 😛 – Warrior
Out of school – Elder
You do not have to have a mentor or apprentice, they are just for fun (and minor bragging rights 😛 ). If you would like to look for one, head on over to the Allegiances Chat Page and ask to be on Cheetah’s list of available mentors and apprentices! Also, please stick to the role that you are supposed to be based on your age. Even if you want to be a warrior and you are apprentice aged, these rules are here for a reason and it would save Viper, the Allegiances Editor, a lot of work 🙂

– Secret pages are what they sound like, “secret pages” (they aren’t openly linked) that you can access and find with secret methods (hint: try clicking on some pictures!). Once you find one that has not been claimed or used, you can claim it by posting a comment on it saying “Claimed!”. Make sure you check that no one else has claimed it before you. Once you claim it, you can pretty much use it for anything! Lots of people use them for roleplaying, fanfiction, and games.

– On many places such as the official Name That Apprentice! and the Tavern, you have to press the blue reply button right below the main comment so that it is clear that you are replying to that person’s comment. It also keeps the pages from getting cluttered, as a new page is made every ten comments (not counting replies).

-Live Chat is a really cool thing, it’s that (currently) pink and blue box that you may see on the sides of pages (on large screens) or at the bottom (for small screens). You can create an account by putting in your desired name that you want people to see in the name box, clicking “Profile” in the bottom right corner and making an account. Live Chat is also moderated by Blogteam for the same reasons. Live Chat is currently under renovation, so you won’t be able to use it for a few more weeks. When it’s done, though, I’m sure it’ll be better than ever!

Yep, that’s all I can think of right now for BlogClan! Of course, there’s much more, but it’s always more fun to find it on your own 😛 Have fun exploring! I hope this helped 😀 Anyone can add on to this in the replies, as well as test the codes! Oof this took a lot of work 😛