NoManches wrote:I know I mentioned some of these before and got answers but want some clarification on how people who don't use the bot keep track of things. Maybe I can use the "progress bar" on my signature like other people have done, but I don't even know how to do that.
There's a lot of people better suited to answer your questions, but I'll give it a go:
1. Non-bot tracking:
You may want to set up some kind of spreadsheet or database with your progress and update it as you go. At least one member did this last time, and he seemed satisfied with the results.
IMHO you need a reasonable level of discipline to do this (and it takes most of the group experience motivation away). Expugnator (the person I recall doing this) has one of the best logs in this forum and he's a tough act to follow anyway. But, hey: if it tickles your fancy...
2. Progress bars:
2.1. Go to the top right-hand corner of any page in the forum and click on your username
2.2. Select "User Control Panel"
2.3. Click on the "Profile" tab (second from left)
2.4. Click on "Edit Signature"
2.5. Fill the empty box with the following text (without the spaces inside the brackets*):
[ progress=SC Spanish books ]0/100[/ progress ]
[ progress=SC Spanish films ]0/100[/ progress ]
2.6. Click on "Submit" (right-hand side button under the box)
2.7. Repeat to update (0/100 » 1/100 » ...)
N.B.: You may use other descriptions, a different ratio, etc. I use pages (5000) and minutes (9000) instead of books (100) and films (100), as I find it to be a more accurate measure of my progress.
Have fun!
* Whenever I wrote without the spaces on this post, it would just draw the boxes