How to Use YorkieTalk
 

How to Use YorkieTalk

YorkieTalk was created for the love of Yorkies. The founder wanted to learn more about their care and wanted to allow people to share stories, pictures, and knowledge about this wonderful breed. YorkieTalk membership has grown over the years, and so has the site. Learning to navigate it can be a bit overwhelming for some. Here are some tips to get the most out of YorkieTalk.

We have many different forums, the General Forum is the busiest, and this is where you can post a thread introducing yourself to other members. General Yorkshire Terrier Discussion. To see all the forums visit the Index page: YorkieTalk Index Page. As you can see, there are many different forums that include such things, as "Sick and Injured," "Health and Diet," "Grooming" and many others. One overlooked forum is the YorkieTalk "How–to Guides", this forum has many threads, on how to do specific things on YorkieTalk, such as uploading pictures, or personalizing your profile page. YorkieTalk How-To Guides.

To start a new thread, go to any of the appropriate forums, and look at the top of the page and you will see on the far left, the words, "New Thread," (See picture for details.)
Attachment 264852 Just click on the words "New Thread", and you will be taken to a place to write your message. Don't forget to title your thread, and press, "Submit new thread."


The little picture that is posted next to someone's name is called an "avatar"; this is different than the "profile picture" that is posted on your profile page. To upload a picture to use as your avatar, look at the top left hand side of the page, and you will see the words, "User CP," (See picture for details)
Attachment 264853 Click on the words, "User CP" and it will take you to your "control panel" where on the left hand side of the page, you will see such options as "edit avatar" and "edit profile" picture." Click on one of these, and it will give you instructions on how to proceed, and also, the file limits of the pictures.

A word about blogs; this is a feature that allows you to write a specific story or something that you think is interesting or valuable to others. It's more like a diary, and blogs are not meant to be used as the place where you introduce yourself to others, or ask questions, to do this, please use the appropriate forums as you will be able to get a better response. If all else fails, just click on someone's avatar, and it will take you to their profile page, where you can ask them for more help. Welcome to YorkieTalk!

I decided to join Yorkie talk because all of my friends think that I am crazy with my yorkie. They tell me that I treat him like he is a baby. But, he is my baby and I love him..

thanks for the information...I could never really figure our how to use everything on here...so I could never really fully participate, but only add a few comments here and there...I will definitely try to get in there now...
thanks again!!

This was a great thread with lots of informative tips. Thanks Nancy. :thumbup:

Please only posts comment on how to use Yorkietalk on this thread, there are other forums to post your questions about other topics.

Thanks for your help! I am new to YT and yes it seems overwhelming a lot to go through- but now I feel somewhat at ease that I will figure it out shortly. I am soo happy to be part of this yorky family!
Denise

Glad you joined, always nice to meet another yorkie lover!

happy to stumble and find a treasure yorkietalk.com you help can someone help me to find a post listing protein dog food that i would be able to get free sample for my two yorkie. i believe it was 04-04-2011

Check out our diet forum: Yorkie Health & Diet - YorkieTalk.com Forums - Yorkshire Terrier Community. The first thread is about companies that will send free samples. Also, feel free to ask a food related question on that forum. Welcome to YorkieTalk!

Timeout
 

What is the length of the timeout feature? I get very frustrated trying to reply to a thread only to find that I have timed out before I finish my post. Do you recommend that I use a word processor to compose my postings and then copy and paste to the forum? :confused:

I've never even noticed the timeout feature. I'll forward your question to admin, and maybe they can answer you. The word processor is a good idea, you will have unlimited time if you do it that way.

The timeout period is 15 minutes, so if you have not done anything on YorkieTalk in the past 15 minutes, the site thinks you are "inactive". For longer posts, we do suggest you save what you write either in a Word or text document, just in case.

Not sure if this is where I ask this, but here goes. I am a newbie and just tried posting a response to the general discussion forum. I think it was entitled NEWBIE and was posted by Patti H about getting her puppy and socializing it with her yellow lab. When I tried to post my response it said that it had to be approved by an administrator. Would you know why? I have posted already with no problems.

When you are new sometimes your posts need to be approved prior to posting. I believe there are "keywords" that make this happen. When you post count gets high enough it will stop. :)

Thank you megansmomma! I was just worried that I had done something wrong.

Thank you
 

I have been a member since November and since I am not very computer savvy I did not know how to post. This "how to " information should be more prominent on the site.
Thanks again

Well, I'm really glad you found it and learned to post. :) I'm not that computer savvy either, that's why I wrote a sticky every time I learned how to do something!

Thanks for your imput! I've now made this thread a sticky so it will be featured at the top of the How to Use YorkieTalk forum.

Markus here! - First timer!!
 

hello there, I decided to enjoy Yorkie Talks becuase of my frineds as well. I just bought a lovely small yorkie boy from a lovely lady in Sherwood Park alberta- Samyra .
My little bo is 2 lb at 4 months old!
Loving ever minute of this new journey!!!

YorkieTalk is very informative and helpful. Thanks all.

You're welcome and welcome to Yorkietalk!

Looking for a yorkie puppy in Oklahoma
 

I am brand new to Yorkie Talk so may not be doing this correctly or posting in the correct place, so please forgive me. We recently lost our precious little 9 year old Yorkie and are beginning the search for a Yorkie puppy. I looked yesterday and was so disheartened by all of the places that seemed legit on the internet but when I arrived, turned out to really be puppy mills. Does anyone know of some reputable, honest Yorkie breeders in Oklahoma, or even nearbyby? I would so appreciate any suggestions of where to look.

Hi and welcome to Yorkietalk. I'm so sorry you lost your baby, but I'm really glad you understand the importance of finding a reputable breeder. One who not only treats her breeding dogs well, but also understands the problems with the breed and does health testing on her breeding dogs. I always recommend the breeders who belong to the mother club the YTCA. These breeders are breeding for the right reasons, and often have gorgeous dogs that can’t make it to the ring for one reason or another, but make wonderful healthy pets. There are a couple of members who live in Oklahoma. Yorkshire Terrier Club of America About The Club Best of luck in finding your new baby. I think it's really important to always visit the home in person, so you will know you aren't buying from a puppy mill.

Good Afternoon,
I decided to join the yorkie talk because i love yorkies. I have a female yorkie named Regina Rae and she is my baby i love her to death. Looking forward to learn all i can .
thanks,Georgia

Hi i am new to Yorkie Talk and also am finding it a little difficult getting around. But there is help here and I'm sure I will learn. I love what I have seen so far.
I have a question and hope its ok to write it here.
Once I have logged in and am replying to someones post.or writing my own ..I write my message and when I

click post quick reply or post..my post disappears..I have no idea where it went if anywhere and the sign in box appears and saids I must sign in when I already did. is this the same question as above and means its 'timed out'? I didnt know that existed? Also I am never sure if my post did go through so I don't write again and nothing happenes? Confused! thank you.. Ave

Yes, I think that's the same thing as timed out. If it posted, you should see it on the thread. One thing you can do is click, "Stay connected" when you sign in. I never sign out. Also, if you are writing a long reply, it's a good idea to write it in word processing and just copy and paste the reply on the message board. It's awful losing those long replies!

I do the same thing lol

Lol, I've lost a few "brilliant" replies! :D

Thank you for your reply and helpful info. half the time I don't know where to find my original posts to carry on with??:( Ax

I remember having this problem, :p there are two ways to find the threads you have responded to. First way is to go to you home page, called your profile page, http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/member.php?u=13858 and look under "statistics". You find all the threads you created and all the posts you\'ve made. The second way to find your posts will be to go to "Use CP". This is located in the blue strip at the far left. Click on that http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/usercp.php and you will see all the threads you are subscribed to. If someone has posted after you, it will show up on that page. If you see no threads you are subscribed to, you might want to go to this page: http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/pro...do=editoptions and look for "Default Thread Subscription Mode". There are many choices, and you can even have email notification if you want. I choose "No email notivacation", my box got too bogged down, but I still can go to "user CP" and see all the threads I\'m subscribed to.