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#1 2008-08-05 15:50:13

mletreat
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ITopic: Welcome New Users!

Welcome to the Scratch Forums. 

Below are several ways to get started with Scratch:

- - Check out the Getting Started reference guide, tutorial videos and Scratch Cards from the Scratch site's Support page here:
http://scratch.wik.is/Support
These materials include many examples that show you how to animate, play sounds, move sprites and more.   

- - You can download other people’s projects you can look at their code.
To learn how their projects were created.  To download other people's projects from the website click "Download this project" (on the right side of the screen) on any project that you visit.

- - Ask questions on the forums.  Here is a forum where you could post questions:
Topic: Coding hotline. if you need help coding just ask and we'll help
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7857

- - A book about Scratch is available on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Scratch-Programming-Teens-Jerry-Ford/dp/1598635360

- - A diagram of the Scratch screen is available here:
http://scratch.mit.edu/files/ScratchDiagram.pdf

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#2 2008-08-05 15:52:33

mletreat
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

And here are several links to helpful forum topics and project galleries to help you get started:

Helpful Forums
- - Share your projects and ideas in the Show & Tell Forums:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewforum.php?id=12

- - Ask questions about projects in the All About Scratch Forums:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewforum.php?id=6

- - View and share demo projects in the Useful Demos of Scratch Features & Functions:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=532

- - Share the first project you ever made in the My first project! Forum:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8665

- - Make suggestions for improvements for Scratch in the Suggestions Forums:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewforum.php?id=13
- - Report problems you are having with Scratch in the Troubleshooting Forums:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewforum.php?id=9

- - Read tips from Lanie (our newest forum moderator) on how to participate online:
Topic: Tips for You & Your Scratch Account
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=6555

- - Learn about how other’s started in Scratch in these two forums:
Topic: What's YOUR Scratch Story?
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7086
Topic: The first thing I did when I started Scratch was...
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7891

- - Find answers to your uploading project questions:
Topic: Trouble uploading projects?
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=1004



Helpful How-To Projects & Tutorial Galleries
Topic: Tutorials
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7845

How To Gallery
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/18126

Scratch Tutorials Gallery
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/8697

Tutorial Warehouse Gallery
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/23090

Tutorialz Gallery
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/21613

Become a Master of Scratch: Tutorials By Newareagle
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/26072

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#3 2008-08-05 15:58:13

mletreat
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

And here is some helpful information on how you can participate online:

- - Share projects and seek feedback by participating in a Critique Group:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7317

List of Critique Groups:
(NEW!)The Critique Group for Begginers hosted by thelasthorizon
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/26981
(NEW!)Publishing Periodicals hosted by Lanie
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24779
(NEW!)Racers and Scrollers Hosted by joeisawesome http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24920
(NEW!)Ultimate Feedback hosted by joeyman
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24926
focussed on feedback hosted by Colkadome
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24568
Scratcher's hosted by Dan01
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24528
Tutorial Critique Group hosted by joeyman
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24147
(Full) Challenge Group hosted by bigB
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/23951
Beginning Game Design hosted by Bluestribute
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/23844
The Group for Everyone hosted by soccerisawsome
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24237
Great Games Guild hosted by Daniel_Krasnove
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/24292
Critters Café hosted by ashbr1
http://scratch.mit.edu/galleries/view/23836

- - Help categorize projects:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8246#p59226
and here
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7763

- - Suggest projects to feature on the Home Page:
    Topic: Propose projects to get featured (experimental)
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7339

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#4 2008-08-05 15:59:30

mletreat
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

And finally, here are some great websites offering resources for Scratch...

- - Find sprites for your projects here:
Spriters Resource: http://www.spriters-resource.com/

- - Find sprites, scripts, sounds, & tutorials collected by JSO, ihaveamac and adriangl here:
Scratch Resources: http://resources.scratchr.org/

- - Find video tutorials and resources for students and teachers on the following websites:
http://www.kidslike.info/scratch_comput … _tutorials (comparison of sites)
http://learnscratch.org/
http://www.redware.com/scratch/       
http://www.soe.ucsc.edu/~karplus/tech_club/
http://mywebspace.wisc.edu/dhawk/scratch/
http://www.scratched.co.nr/

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#5 2008-08-05 16:01:09

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

i will delete my post so that it will look better  smile

still.....nice job,i hope that new users will enjoy this....and be able to find it

actually, after looking at this i have just learned alot even though i have ben on scratch for like 4 months  smile

Last edited by theshapeshifterage (2008-08-05 16:03:11)

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#6 2008-08-05 16:16:09

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

I thin kit should be a whole different forum- like show & tell and FAQ, entitled "Welcome New Users!".


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#7 2008-08-05 17:05:39

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

Nice! Glad to see you took Paddle2See's suggestion to heart!

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#8 2008-08-05 17:09:31

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

Greatjob! That must have took some work!

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#9 2008-08-06 11:27:51

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

This is wonderful, New users wont be disappointed ^_^

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#10 2008-08-07 05:11:01

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

Thank you mletreat!

This should help new users a lot! Now link to it from the support wiki  big_smile

A little note:
You might want to give credit for the resources website to ihaveamac and adriangl too - they are also administrators and they help me soooo much  smile

I don't know if they are helpful, but I have some video tutorials here (http://resources.scratchr.org/pages/tutorials.php) too.

Joren


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#11 2008-08-08 19:14:06

mletreat
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

JSO wrote:

Thank you mletreat!

This should help new users a lot! Now link to it from the support wiki  big_smile

A little note:
You might want to give credit for the resources website to ihaveamac and adriangl too - they are also administrators and they help me soooo much  smile

I don't know if they are helpful, but I have some video tutorials here (http://resources.scratchr.org/pages/tutorials.php) too.

Joren

Good suggestions Joren - Thanks for the link, I added ihaveamac and adriangl to the credits and will look into adding a link to the support page  smile

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#12 2008-08-09 13:54:07

HighSchoolMusical911
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

hiii ive been on scratch 4 a long time, but not on the forums so I guess im new  wink


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#13 2008-08-10 10:04:17

coolstuff
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

HighSchoolMusical911 wrote:

hiii ive been on scratch 4 a long time, but not on the forums so I guess im new  wink

Welcome to the forums!

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#14 2008-08-10 11:34:15

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

Hi mletreat. i noticed the link of how to correctly categorize (Tag) your projects, and i made a post about the same thing about a week or two ago, and i wnated to show you it. Heres the link: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7763 Thanks!


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#15 2008-08-13 01:55:01

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

newareagle wrote:

Hi mletreat. i noticed the link of how to correctly categorize (Tag) your projects, and i made a post about the same thing about a week or two ago, and i wnated to show you it. Heres the link: http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/viewtopic.php?id=7763 Thanks!

Thanks! I will add this to the post  smile

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#16 2008-08-15 09:01:38

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

Jskrasnove wrote:

Helpful things For new Scratch members. All thought up by jskrasnove. Tips and stuff thought up be me-jskrasnove.

jskrasnove wrote:

First lets start off with forums.below this is listings of what you can do in a Topic and comment.

Topic & postings:

1.Quotes


To make a quote just do this:
   [quote = ur name here] type what you want here. { / quote] But, remember to do
   it with NO spaces. make sure you fill in ur name here with yuor username. and
   make type what you want here whatever you would like to say.

Topics & i think posts too :
 
1.Adding Scratch Blocks:
To add Scratch Blocks to your post, type  [ blocks ] before you start and [ /blocks ] at the end of the blocks.
Click a category below, then click the block you want to add. Then fill in the blank spaces in the text box above.

^< was from scratch. a scratch block is this----- <play sound[
^< make sure when you put a scratch block with the block codeing that there is  NO
    spaces or it won't work.

Text color:

The following tags change the appearance of text:



[ b]Bold text[/ b] produces Bold text
[u ] Underlined text [/u ] produces Underlined text
Italic text produces Italic text
[ colo r=#FF0000]Re d text[/color] produces Red text
[color =blue ]Blue text[/ color] produces Blue text

___________________________________________________________________
Links and images

scratch wrote:

You can create links to other documents or to e-mail addresses using the following tags:



Scratch Forums produces Scratch Forums
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/ produces http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/


If you want to display an image you can use the img tag.

http://www.punbb.org/img/small_logo.png produces

that is what scratch said.

_______________________________________________________
you want to quote someone, you should use the quote tag.

   

James wrote:

This is the text i want to quote.

produces a quote box like this:

James wrote:
This is the text i want to quote.

If you don't want to quote anyone in particular, you can use the quote tag without specifying a name.

   

This is the text i want to quote.

produces a quote box like this:

This is the text i want to quote.

Code
When displaying source code you should make sure that you use the code tag. Text displayed with the code tag will use a monospaced font and will not be affected by other tags.

   

Code:

This is some code.

produces a code box like this:

Code:
This is some code.
Nested tags
BBCode can be nested to create more advanced formatting. For example:

    Bold, underlined text produces Bold, underlined text


Smilies
If you like (and if it is enabled), the forum can convert a series of smilies to images representations of that smiley. This forum recognizes the following smilies and replaces them with images:

    : ) and = ) produces   smile
    : | and = | produces   neutral
    : ( and = ( produces   sad
    : D and = D produces   big_smile
    : o and : O produces  yikes 
    ; ) produces   wink
    : / produces   hmm
    : P produces   tongue
    : lol : produces   lol
    : mad: produces   mad
    :rolleyes : produces   roll
    : cool: produces   cool

Make sure there is NO spaces.


Scratch Blocks
To add Scratch Blocks to your forum post type [blocks] before the blocks that you want to add and [/blocks] after. In between [blocks] and [/blocks] type in the name of the block you want to add as listed below.


Motion      Looks      Sound      Pen      Control      Sensing      Numbers      Variables


Motion

    <move( produces 

    )steps> produces     

    <turn cw( produces 

    <turn ccw( produces 

    )degrees> produces     

    <point in direction( produces 

    <point towards( produces 

    <go to x sad  produces 

    )y sad  produces     

    <go to[ produces 

    <glide( produces 

    )secs to x sad  produces     

    <change x by( produces 

    <set x to( produces 

    <change y by( produces 

    <set y to( produces 

    <if on edge, bounce> produces 

    <x position> produces 

    <y position> produces 

    <direction> produces 



Looks

    <switch to costume[ produces 

    <next costume> produces 

    <say[ produces 

    ]for( produces     

    )secs> produces     

    <think[ produces 

    <change[ produces 

    ]effect by( produces     

    <set[ produces 

    ]effect to( produces     

    <clear graphic effects> produces 

    <change size by( produces 

    <set size to( produces 

    )%> produces     

    <size> produces 

    <show> produces 

    <hide> produces 

    <go to front> produces 

    <go back( produces 

    )layers> produces     



Sound

    <play sound[ produces 

    ]and wait> produces     

    <stop all sounds> produces 

    <play drum( produces 

    )for( produces     

    <play note( produces 

    <set instrument to( produces 



Pen

    <clear> produces 

    <pen down> produces 

    <pen up> produces 

    <change pen color by( produces 

    <set pen color to( produces 

    <change pen shade by( produces 

    <set pen shade to( produces 

    <change pen size by( produces 

    <set pen size to( produces 

    <stamp> produces 



Control

    <when green flag clicked> produces 

    <when[ produces 

    ]key pressed> produces     

    ]clicked> produces     

    <wait( produces 

    <forever> produces 

    <repeat( produces 

    <broadcast[ produces 

    ]and wait c> produces     

    <when I receive[ produces 

    <forever if> produces 

    <if> produces 

    <end> produces 

    <else> produces 

    <wait until> produces 

    <repeat until> produces 

    <stop script> produces 

    <stop all> produces 



Sensing

    <mouse x> produces 

    <mouse y> produces 

    <mouse down?> produces 

    <key[ produces 

    ]pressed?> produces     

    <touching[ produces 

    <touching color[ produces 

    <color[ produces 

    ]is over[ produces     

    <distance to[ produces 

    <reset timer> produces 

    <timer> produces 

    <loudness> produces 

    <loud?> produces 



Numbers

    (( produces 

    )) produces 

    <+> produces 

    <-> produces 

    <*> produces 

    </> produces 

    <pick random( produces 

    )to( produces     

    <( produces 

    )> produces     

    <<> produces     

    <=> produces     

    <>> produces     

    << produces   

    >> produces   

    <and> produces 

    <or> produces 

    <not> produces 

    <mod> produces 

    <abs( produces 

    <round( produces 



Variables

    <change{ produces  <change{  }by(

    }by( produces 

    <set{ produces 

    }to( produces 

    <{ produces 

    }> produces


A lot of things by scratch. I hoped you learned some By me. Jskrasnove.
Visit my other One thats really helpful by searching:

Keyword: Game listings
Auother:jskrasnove

Thanks for reading! Hope you have a nice day knowing about scratch. Also,
Please comment!


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#17 2008-08-16 12:42:57

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

hi i'm new to the forum is there any rules i sould know


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#18 2008-08-16 12:47:32

Bluestribute
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

popothebird wrote:

hi i'm new to the forum is there any rules i sould know

Yes:

Don't spam
Post in the right place (you can ask where if you need to)
No inappropriate stuff. Remember- kids use this site
Don't be mean

This is one of the most user friendly forums I have been too. Feel free to ask around, people will help

Last edited by Bluestribute (2008-08-16 12:49:00)


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#19 2008-08-17 05:15:10

popothebird
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

thanks that helped lots i tryed to add you as my friend so if you don't get it then can you try and add me  big_smile


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#20 2008-08-17 06:43:49

HighSchoolMusical911
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

hey popothebird


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#21 2008-08-17 07:47:36

popothebird
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

yo high school musical911 how you get the pics


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#22 2008-08-17 13:16:05

katj
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

HighSchoolMusical911 wrote:

hiii ive been on scratch 4 a long time, but not on the forums so I guess im new  wink

hi where u get  pics
<pen down>

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#23 2008-08-17 15:19:06

HighSchoolMusical911
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

popothebird wrote:

yo high school musical911 how you get the pics

go to your profile, then under personality, get links to images, then do [img]imageurl[/img]
if you mean where, I got them from iconator

Last edited by HighSchoolMusical911 (2008-08-17 15:20:14)


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#24 2008-08-18 07:31:05

popothebird
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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

HighSchoolMusical911 wrote:

popothebird wrote:

yo high school musical911 how you get the pics

go to your profile, then under personality, get links to images, then do imageurl
if you mean where, I got them from iconator

thanks thats helped


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#25 2008-08-18 14:49:14

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Re: ITopic: Welcome New Users!

yeah sry that wasnt that good cuz it changed it 2 a link, but it tells u, go here:
http://scratch.mit.edu/forums/help.php#img


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