So here it is in a nutshell, several rules of internet - etiquette:

1. It’s ok to disagree with others, but do be respectful. Calling names, using vulgarity and or just being plain argumentative is unproductive. If you can’t offer a decent rebuttal, keep your thoughts to yourself. Simply antagonizing someone to keep a thread active is counterproductive.

2. Focus on our commonalities, not our differences… Only by focusing on what brings us together and not in what separates us can we truly stand shoulder to shoulder; UNITED in our "fight" to get our country back.

3. Typing in all caps is tantamount to shouting, whether in e-mails, posts or chat. A message may be perceived wrong when the reader thinks they are being yelled at. Using all capitals may also get you banned from most chat rooms, as it is considered rude.

4. Don’t forget, everything you write is on display for the world to see. If you don’t want to the world knowing something, don’t post it.

5. Remember to take a breath before hitting “reply”. People tend to become courageous behind their keyboards. Please, it only takes a few words to change what you meant to said into something you wish you hadn’t. Be considerate of others and recognize that you may have to agree to disagree, as we will not always see eye to eye on everything.

Where shall I post this?

A general good rule of thumb is that blogs are meant to be more of opinion based essays or informative commentary. Forums should be used for short information sharing, or sharing links that you find and wish to tell others about. We can all organize better, and have a more productive site if we work together. Look to see if there is a current thread about the topic you are discussing, rather than creating a new one. It will make the website far more useful, and your information won’t get lost among the masses. Use the categories within the forums appropriately, rather than posting it all over the place. We realize that you want to get your information out to everyone, but please understand that it makes it easier to find if you organize it well.

Also, at the bottom of every forum discussion and blog when you are creating it you will find “tags”. By adding your search terms here, other members will be able to search and find the information you are wishing to share. If you can’t find a Forum Topic that covers what you wish to share, please contact the Technical Team for assistance.

General Internet Security

Please remember that the internet is a vastly open world of its own. Please do not share your personal information on any site you participate with. Your email addresses and phone numbers as a general internet rule should only be exchanged via your inboxes.

“Remember not only to say the right thing in the right place, but far more important still, to leave unsaid the wrong thing at the tempting moment.” – Benjamin Franklin

 SOME BASIC COMPUTER INTERNET HOW TO'S

HOW TO COPY and PASTE
1. Find the area you want to copy and then while holding down your LEFT mouse button, highlight the area you want to copy (let go of the mouse button when you finish highlighting).

2. Push ctrl + C at the same time on your keyboard OR push the RIGHT side mouse button and click on "copy".

3. Put your mouse cursor in the area you want to paste what you have copied and push ctrl + V on your keyboard at the same time OR push the RIGHT mouse button and click on "paste". You should see what you copied in that area.

HOW TO POST A LINK TO ANOTHER PAGE
Sometimes you might want to include a link to another PTBAM page in your blog, forum, group, etc. Or even once in a while onto chat so that someone can be directed to the page on the internet you are looking at.

1. Look at your internet web browser (i.e. Internet Explorer) and find the long block at the top that holds the URL, or internet web address, of the page in question. Click on it to highlight it. While highlighted Push ctrl + C at the same time on your keyboard OR push the RIGHT side mouse button and click on "copy".

2. Put your mouse cursor in the area you want to paste what you have copied and push ctrl + V on your keyboard at the same time OR push the RIGHT mouse button and click on "paste". You should see the URL that you copied in that area.

HOW TO ADD A LINK TO A YOU TUBE VIDEO
1. Select the video you wish to upload to your blog, or other area on PTBAM

2. Highlight the entire video URL from the address bar and copy it using directions above.

3. Add the URL by pasting using the directions above.

HOW TO EMBED A YOU TUBE VIDEO
Embedding a video takes a viewer to the original internet location where it is actually published.

1. Locate the video you wish to embed.

2. View the 'About This Video' section, and copy the code from the 'Embed' box using the directions above. You may also obtain the code from the 'Embed HTML' box on the 'Edit Video' page if the video is yours.

3. Paste the code into your blog, etc. to embed it, using the directions above.