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Rotorway Forums Features + Guides - Jared Hartzell - 12-20-2025
This thread contains a list of special Rotorway Forums features and quick guides on how to use the features.
Special Features:
Events Calendar — In the top right menu of the forum, you can find rotorway-specific events to attend! Posting new events will require admin approval.
Awards System — Earn awards to display in your profile and posts! Most rotorway events, giveaways and competitions will come with awards.
Awards System — Earn awards to display in your profile and posts! Most rotorway events, giveaways and competitions will come with awards.
- Awards can be viewed in the Awards page (located in the upper right, next to the Calendar).
- You may customize the whether or not your awards are displayed and in what order on the "My Awards" page. A maximum of 16 awards can be displayed at a time.
- You may request certain awards (such as ones for attending events) in the Awards page. Other rewards you may not be able to request.
- If making a request, you should provide evidence of attendance. However, the event hosts should send a list of forum members after the event is over and you will earn the award automatically as long as you're on the roster!
Media System — Our media system includes easy-to-use buttons for video and image upload with embedded code integration. This allows us to have unlimited images and videos!
Dark Mode — Our forum has a dark theme available that's easier on the eyes! At the very bottom right corner of the website, select Default and switch it to "Dark Theme" to try it out!
Private Messaging System — Our forum has a traditional style private messaging system found in User CP with generous inbox limits ranging from 250 to 500 messages depending on your account status. You can delete old messages to restore space. If this limit is not enough, it may be raised in the future as activity increases. Please be aware that all private messages are inaccessible and encrypted to anyone but the sender/receiver, including administrators and moderators. If you receive spam from a user or threatening messages, please submit a report to Administrators or Moderators with evidence, we cannot review these messages in our system. In fact, there is no code created to have the ability to view private messages since we value user privacy and transparency here. All your messages are safe and secure.
Private Messaging System — Our forum has a traditional style private messaging system found in User CP with generous inbox limits ranging from 250 to 500 messages depending on your account status. You can delete old messages to restore space. If this limit is not enough, it may be raised in the future as activity increases. Please be aware that all private messages are inaccessible and encrypted to anyone but the sender/receiver, including administrators and moderators. If you receive spam from a user or threatening messages, please submit a report to Administrators or Moderators with evidence, we cannot review these messages in our system. In fact, there is no code created to have the ability to view private messages since we value user privacy and transparency here. All your messages are safe and secure.
Autosave Feature — Our forum has an autosave feature when making threads and replies. You don't need to worry about losing your effort when making longer posts if you disconnect. Upon reconnecting or revisiting the page, it will prompt you if you want to refill your autosave data, click yes if you don't want to start all over.
How do I upload pictures?
You can upload images a few different ways, depending on the desired result! Our forum limit is 32 MB per image.
Recommended Method to upload images:
- Click the "Add thumbnail image to post" button in the bottom left corner under the text editor.
- Drag and drop the image.
- Ensure "Don't autodelete" is set, so the image remains online indefinitely!
- Done!
Alternative Methods to upload images:
If you wish to add a full-scale image to a post you should follow these steps:
- Click the "Add full-size image to post" button located to the right of the "Add thumbnail image to post" button.
- Locate the file you wish to upload and click "Open."
- Done!
If you wish to add an image from another website URL, you should verify it is legal to do so. Then, follow these steps:
- Located the URL of the image you wish to post by copying the web address (CTRL+C) or by right-clicking the image and selecting "copy image link."
- Click the add image button located above the text editor, to the left of the Omega (special character) symbol.
- Paste your URL and then hit OK if the preview looks good.
- Done!
New Image Resize Feature Added (12/28/2025): You can now resize images directly in the text editor by clicking on the image and adjusting the size with one of the four red corner buttons. By default, the aspect ratio is locked. If you want to resize the image in free-form style, hold the SHIFT key down before you start resizing.
How do I upload videos?
How do I upload videos?
Simply use the "Upload video to YouTube" button in the bottom right corner underneath the text editor.
This will require signing into your YouTube account and the videos will automatically be uploaded under your YouTube account as an unlisted category.
This forum defaults to unlisted category to ensure the general public will not see your videos on YouTube without a direct link.
This will require signing into your YouTube account and the videos will automatically be uploaded under your YouTube account as an unlisted category.
This forum defaults to unlisted category to ensure the general public will not see your videos on YouTube without a direct link.
Alternatively, you can still upload your own videos on YouTube separately and insert them in a post or thread by following these steps:
- Upload your video to YouTube.
- Copy your YouTube video link/URL. (It should look something like: "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PYfWmGVz5Q")
- Press the insert video button located above the text editor.
- Ensure video type is set to "YouTube" and paste your video URL there.
- Press OK. You will see text with special tags, this is normal and you're done! Finish your post and you will see the video.
How do I upload documents or files? Like PDF or Excel spreadsheets?
You can upload accepted document types with a few different methods.
Recommended method to upload documents:
- Click and drag your document to the attachments section located at the very bottom of the text editor page, this is only shown in FULL EDITOR MODE. Quick reply mode will not show the drag and drop file attachment box in order to save space. It will say "Click or drop some files here to upload..."
- Done! Alternatively, you can also click that box and manually find your file and click "Open."
Note: Rotorway Forums does not allow images or videos to be uploaded in the Attachments section to keep data usage to a minimum, as these files are stored directly on our server.
Alternative methods to upload documents (especially larger ones):
- Find a suitable file upload host website (such as Google Drive, Dropbox, or OneDrive).
- Upload your file there and find the shareable download link.
- Copy and paste the download link in the text editor. (It should be a web address).
- Done!