Torley Linden

Friendly greetings Aerrin, an awesome welcome to Second Life. These Residents have said it! Sometimes I parody the infomercial style since it's so familiar — but at the core of it all is being human with a sense of humor, reflective of my sense of wonder about Second Life, which it sounds like you're beginning to experience, too. And I always wish to share that as a Linden Lab employee, I'm a real person with a personality and feelings like you... not a robot. I once tried an experiment where I used a deliberately boring ("conventional robot") voice in some videos. Let me see if I can find... oh yeah, . That wasn't even the most monotone/sedate one... you should've heard the feedback on those.In any case, if you prefer a more "neutral" approach, we do have written instructions for many things in our Knowledge Base. We've actually just moved to this new community site, so pardon us while dust settles. Thank YOU for sharing! P.S. Wall-E rocks, Ben Burtt is an amazing sound designer.

Rhonda Huntress wrote: Clonefighter wrote: Im pretty new, so I havent really developed a look for my avatar yet, though currently, its not me at all. Clone! Welcome to Charlie Foxtrot ... umm, I mean the new forums! As you can see, a lot of picking an avatar is deciding what you want to been seen as. Even if you pick a straight up human you still have to choose size, style, ethnicity or even gender. And then there are people like Torley that refuse to choose! If you need help, ideas, being pointed in the right direction or even just want to know if something is possible, feel free to ask. Actually, please ask. We love to help. And it can keep you following a money pit that some roleplay resources can be. It's like ice cream/gelatto for me: if offered the option, why not try all the flavors? (Which relates to your signature. I must be a pretty extreme monk, then.) Although I gravitate more towards some forms than others — and pink and green (initially, full-on neon but I've been experimenting with subtle palettes) is almost always a constant.

Venus, big thumbs-up for green eyeshadow too. It's woefully underused! But I figure, if it's good enough for Kristen Bell of Veronica Mars fame, it's good enough for me! So, HERE'S MY SMILE

Cerise Sorbet wrote: LOLWUT? I herd u liek memes I look forward to a master compilation of all of these amusing-yet-dubious ranks. Hey, this is a fun way to get guise to learn how to upload images to da new system, amirite? Thanks Irene Muni for pointing me back here and MY HOW IT'S GROWN

@WolfBaginski Yeah, we've checking to see if we can actually modify or add explanatory text to the button name so it stands out more — seeing how many Residents asked for it on the last system. You're welcome!

@Darrius Excellent points. (1) I notice you asked earlier where the official help is for using this system. Look for Community Help in the top-right of many pages. For your specific curiosity, see the Images section: right now, you can only upload images to your personal gallery here. For security reasons, we don't allow linking to images already on the web (like Flickr). (2) I've run into that and it definitely looks like a bug. I'll report it. @Jack42 Cheers mate! @Void I've been glad seeing this in early use. Thank you for sharing!

Friendly greetings back to ya! I don't have global thread deletion permissions on this new system (YET) but I've already pinged other Lindens about this so our new moderation team can take it from there and KILL SPAM.

What an awesome exibition that grows more vibrant each day! Thanks for the guide, Suella, I've floated (stickied) this topic because it's broadly useful + fun. I'm also going to continue revising my badge as I learn the system better, thanks to tips like the ones within!

Right on, thanks for the tip, Suspiria!

@George Your encouragement is appreciated! Speaking of listening to customers, in response to hot Resident requests, I just did my first two posts on the new Tips and Tricks blog: [QUICKTIP] How to View Threaded Forum Posts [VIDEO] Macros Save You Time with Frequently-Used Text and Images

Friendly greetings! I'm delighted to see you, now that community.secondlife.com is live for your vibrant participation. (The old blogs.secondlife.com addy still works, and redirects.) If you're new to this site or even Second Life, check out "Welcome to the New Second Life Community Platform", and remember that Community Help is accessible from many pages. A bit about myself: I'm Torley Linden, and have loved being an intense part of Second Life since 2004. I believe that creative expression through your avatar is a self-empowering and healing benefit. Here's who I am today, yes I'm meditating: Ever since I started, I've had a passion for learning useful + fun facts and sharing them broadly so Residents of all experience levels can benefit: I observe that many "power user" tips are only perceived that way because they're obscure and not well-understood, and by making knowledge more accessible, you'll have a better experience. After all, how many times do you find yourself going: "I wish I knew that earlier!" That's one of the most popular things I hear. So I found myself constantly promoting these tips & tricks — hence YOU ARE HERE! It's been wonderful seeing you "early adopters" jump onboard community.secondlife.com and not only play with a variety of things, but also ask questions. For starters, if you've been perusing the My Settings area (there are a lot more options than the previous community platform), you may have wondered: What are macros? Simply put, macros let you easily copy-and-paste frequently-used blocks of text. It could be a catchphrase, a collection of useful links you often refer to... think of what you need most. So without further ado, here's a video to prepare you on how to use macros: Another thing I should call out... if you want to make richly-formatted macros but aren't comfortable with HTML coding: Enter the macro you want to see in a Rich Text field. (You can easily get to one by starting a question in Answers, but remember not to submit it through if you're just testing!) Click the HTML tab to see the code. Copy that code into the macro field on the Macros page. Scroll to the bottom of the Macros page and click Save Changes. I have a video that shows you exactly how to do this, too: But remember: styling should support effective communication, not distract from it. Related Osprey Thereian originally asked in the Answers section, "What are Macros in My Settings?" Using macros in private messages and posts - Official help article from Lithium, which powers community.secondlife.com And since we're still ultra-new-and-shiny, we've been hot out of the gate fixing various bugs. I'm aware we could use some more breathing space between headers, and bulleted/numbered lists aren't indented correctly. A gracious thank-you to those of you who helped me reproduce some of those bugs yesterday: quick fixes for image uploads, weirdly-spaced emoticons and more have already been done by our Community Platform gurus. Feel free to share your future findings in the Community Feedback forums! Is there an aspect of community.secondlife.com you're curious about? Chat with me in the comments!

Hot question answered up ahead! Some of you have been wondering how to switch your forum — and in general, discussion — view to threaded view, which is commonly used on other systems so you can track branched conversations. It's easy! When logged in, click My Settings. Click the Preferences tab. Click the Display tab underneath that. Select Show all posts in a topic. Scroll down and Save Changes. This video shows you precisely how: Like I mentioned in the video, I recommend having a web browser with two tabs open, so you can easily flip between making changes and seeing what effect they have. Many are self-explanatory but some require experimentation and giving yourself time to get used to changes. Learning by doing will help you grow more confident with community.secondlife.com! Our Community Platform team is busy scouring your early feedback and responding, so stay tuned for more need-to-know tidbits. What other hot tips about using our community platform would you like to see?

Additionally, you can selectively disable local lights attached to other avatars: Enable the Advanced menu. Select Advanced menu > Show Develop Menu. Uncheck Develop > Rendering > Render Attached Lights. @Knowl In a number of Viewers including the official Linden Lab one, you can check Viewer version under Help menu > About Second Life (or equivalent).

Linden Lab doesn't have any plans to bring "SLim" back the way it was. However, that doesn't preclude the value of us exploring "lighter" ways to access Second Life, especially with mobile popularity continuing to thrive.

*sings* We've only just begun...

UPDATE UPDATE! I just did a blog post covering macros comprehensively. -- I'M DELIGHTED YOU ASKED! Macros are a convenient way to paste frequently-used blocks of text. It may be an easier way instead of using an external program (like PhraseExpress on Windows or TextExpander on Mac). For example, if you find you're often repeating a set of instructions, you can put that in as a macro and give it a name. To insert a macro, click the Macros dropdown when you're editing a post. It'll only appear if you actually have one or macros. EDIT: Just saw Derek's answer... rock on! You may also wish to see Lithium's (that powers this community site) "Using macros in private messages and posts".

*applauds, smiles big*

GREAT use of a screenshot.

Nicola, thanks for bringing this up — I'm sad to hear you're having a sucky experience. With the launch of the new community platform today (the same one you're posting on), the Knowledge Base is being moved here, so check it out for the current Marketplace help articles. Here's an explanation of why. That means old wiki links like the ones you point out need to be redirected. I'll let the Marketplace & Documentation gurus know about your concern so they can connect the right stuff together!

Try now, Suspiria? Fritz Linden did a fix — I just tested it as you can see.

@Eli I'm not even going to touch that one. @Toxic Ah yes, I checked with Lexie Linden. Ability to add a YouTube video is at the Member role, see http://community.secondlife.com/t5/help/faqpage/faq-category-id/ranksroles#ranksroles

I'm not professionally affiliated with http://www.filterforge.com but it's a remarkable tool to make seamless textures. It's like a Swiss army knife of texture-tastic goodness, thousands of user-created filters available. I suggest giving the trial a go.

Cerise, I was just wondering when you were going to say that. AWWWW YEAH.

My badge hasn't been showing up reliably for myself as expected, either. I've raised this for the Community Platform team. Also, in my case, Lexie Linden noticed I didn't have Display your profile badge on your posts checked. So make sure to check that!

I asked Lexie Linden about this. Alternatively, and initially at least, you should be able to click Options (on the upper-right of your first message) and delete it. Otherwise, you may be in for a rollicking, Douglas Adams-influenced time.