Technical question about this forum

[david-us.livejournal.com]

Since I'm kind of new here, I have a couple questions:

1. It seems the only time I have menu options for "bold", or "italics", or inserting "links" is when a NEW post is made. Whenever I respond to a post in an existing thread, those options do not exist. 

2. Sometimes I make a typographical error in a post and I want to go back and fix it. The only time the option to "edit" is offered is on the first post that initiates a thread. But responses within the thread seem to be uneditable.

Am I missing something?

Thanks! 

Comments

[heilkitty-ru.livejournal.com]

1. try to learn HTML a little
2. AFAIK, it's like this everywhere in the LJ

[david-us.livejournal.com]

1. I do know some HTML. And I will use it from now on when necessary. But I just found it curious that there are shortcut options when making an original post but subsequent posts.

2. And yet, I have seen notes on other individual's posts that state that the post was "edited." I'm wondering - "How did they do that? I don't see an EDIT option."

[khathi.livejournal.com]

Comment editing is available for paying subscribers only. Upgrade your account to paid type -- and you'll be able to edit comments too.

[avoider.livejournal.com]

You can edit your response if you have the paid account and nobody replied to your response yet.

[david-us.livejournal.com]

Ohhhh ...

Thanks!

[flameaside.livejournal.com]

are we on a forum?)

[wolk-off.livejournal.com]

It's not a standalone forum, it's Livejournal.com. Learn_Russian is just one of thousands of LJ communities. Most advanced options in LJ work only for paid users.

Nobody can prevent you from using HTML tags, though; that's how you add formatting to your comments, not only initial posts. There are also specific LJ tags; for example, if you wanted to make a link to the community default page, you would not type <  a href="http://www.livejournal.com/community/learn_russian/" >LINK< /a >, but rather just use the < lj-comm="learn_russian" > tag.