Both, creating and editting of topics are done thrugh the same child window. Note that should you be editting a topic, fields in the window will be filled in. The window is divided into a number of tabs, explained below:
Topic
Log
Issues
Fix
Results
Post Preview
User name: | Self explanatory. The username will be used to create the topic window as well as the title of this window. |
Topic link: | This is the web address for the topic in question. This address is used when the "Open Webpage" button is clicked. |
Buttons: | These are all self explanatory. They carry out the same functions as described in the topic section. |
This tab contains a blank text box in which a helper can store a user's log. No log format is required. The text box offers a right-click menu to aid the helper in sorting out issues with the log (explained further down). The context menu options are shown below:
Create Issue from Selected: | Creates a new issue, and adds the selected text to the "Evidence from Log" section of the issue. |
Add Selected to Issue: | Appends the selected lines from the log to an already existing issue. |
Cut/Copy Paste: | These are all self explanatory. |
Replace with clipboard: | Replaces the selection with what is already stored on the clipboard. |
Copy to Clipboard: | Copies the selection to the clipboard |
DeWordwrap HJT log: | If a HJT log has been posted with wordwrap enabled, this function can be used to de-wordwrap it, thus making it easier for the helper to read. |
Copy to notes: | Copies all the data in the logs window to the notes window and spaces each line out. This can be used should the helper need to annotate the log. |
The issues tab can be used to store a list of problems that need to be addressed before a user can be described as 'clean'. Data can be taken from logs (using the log tab's right-click context menu), or added manually as per the helper's needs. The first line of the "What is it?" text box is displayed in the issues list. The buttons on the left are all self explanatory.
The fix tab enables the helper to put together a post which will be automatically be rendered ready to be copied and pasted. Helpers add speeches that have been created using the canned speech database function. The buttons on the left are self explanatory. The "Up" and "Down" buttons can be used to rearrange the selected fix. Note that if multiple fixes have been selected, the "Up" and "Down" buttons will only affect the top-most selected fix.
The entire current fix list can be saved into the fix history section by clicking the "Add to History" button.
Once a speech has been selected and added, any fields or comboboxes will be displayed promting for the helper's input. Another feature can be accessed by using the 'Request Logs' button. This allows the helper to add additional logs that are not normally part of the speech as part of the final list of logs to be posted. Note that pressing the "Clear" button will also clear all additional logs added through the "Request Log" function.
The speech history section is present on this window. The speech history allows you to store your previously set fixes that were posted to the user. This allows you to monitor your fix progress, and helps with clean-up procedures that take place once the infection has been removed. The fixes can be added directly for the fix tab. You have a choice of deleting a certain fix or clearing the entire window.
Few things to note:
1. Only fix names are placed into the history. Custom fields such as scripts
will not be saved and fixes cannot be recovered once they are removed from the
main fix window.
2. Selecting a certain speech in a fix set and pressing delete will cause the
entire fix set to be deleted, not just the specific speech.
There is also a notes section present in this window for storing small pieces of information such as operating system information.
This tab is a non-editable text box that displays the final fix for the helper. The right-click context context menu allows the helper to carry out a number of different functions in a single click. Those are explained below:
Copy Selected Text: | Only copies the text that has been selected from the results tab to the clipboard. |
Copy to Clipboard: | Copies the entire contents of the results tab to the clipboard. |
Copy and Open Link: | Copies the entire contents of the results tab to the clipboard and opens the thread link. |
Copy, Open, Close: | Copies the entire contents of the results tab to the clipboard, opens the thread link and then closes the user's topic window. |
Copy, Open, CloseWait: | Copies the entire contents of the results tab to the clipboard, opens the thread link and then sets the topic to a CloseWait status. |
Copy, Open, Stale: | Copies the entire contents of the results tab to the clipboard, opens the thread link and then sets the topic to a Stale status. |
Copy, Open, Completed: | Copies the entire contents of the results tab to the clipboard, opens the thread link and then sets the topic to a Completed status. |
A list of logs to be posted are automatically apprended to the bottom of the results box. These are obtained from the Canned Speech Database itself. The formatting for this list of logs can be editted using the Global Settings.
This tab is a non-editable box that displays a preview of the post. It uses a BBCode to HTML parser to convert any code into a working, viewable HTML page, which allows helpers to quickly review their fix and spot errors in their fix. The preview function previews the post as of IPBoard 1.3. Currently, there are no plans to upgrade this to IPBoard 3. This feature can recognize and correctly parse the following BBCode tags:
Bold | [b][/b] | Unordered Lists | [list][/list] | |
Underline | [u][/u] | Ordered Lists | [list=1][list=i][list=a][/list] | |
Italics | [i][/i] | Code box | [code][/code] | |
Superscripts | [sup][/sup] | Quote box | [quote][quote=""][/quote] | |
Subscripts | [sub][/sub] | URL tags* | [url=""][/url] | |
Allign Left | [left][/left] | Font colors | [color=""][/color] | |
Allign Center | [center][/center] | Font face | [font=""][/font] | |
Allign Right | [right][/right] | Font size | [size=""][/size] | |
Indent | [indent][/indent] | Images | [img][/img] | |
Horizontal Line | [hr] | Emails | [email=""][/email] |
*Note that the BBCode to HTML parser will also automatically covnert lone URL's to links
Please note that line breaks are not represented accurately in the parser, so posts may seem a lot more spread out than they really are. If such a problem exists with this, or any other function with the BBCode to HTML parser, please email fai@aommaster.com with details.