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Registration and Profiles
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Why should I register?
In order to fully utilize the abilities of this forum you are required to register as a member. Registration is free, and allows you to do the following:
- Post new threads
- Reply to other peoples' threads
- Edit your posts
- Receive email notification of replies to posts and threads you specify
- Send email messages to other members
To register, you will need to specify a username and password, and a valid email address. More information concerning registration may be found here |
How can I change the information in my profile?
It is your responsibility to keep the information in your profile up-to-date. You should especially ensure that your email address is kept current. You can alter any of the fields in your profile, except your username. Once you have registered your username, it becomes yours for life. In extreme circumstances, you may request that the administrator change your username, but he or she will require a very good reason to do so.
To view and/or maintain your profile, look for the link titled 'My Profile" on the Bulletin Board page |
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What is the signature for?
After you have registered, you may set your signature. This is a piece of text that you would like to be inserted at the end of all your posts, a little like having headed note paper.
You will have the option to include your signature on any posts you make. If you have specified a signature in your profile, then the forum will automatically append your signature to any messages you post.
You can set your signature by editing your profile. Just look for the 'My Profile' link within the Bulletin Board, then click 'Edit Profile' |
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I lost my password, what can I do?
Click the 'Login' link located at the top-right of any page, enter your username, then click the 'Password Reminder' button. An email will be sent with instructions to access the site. |
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How do I get a picture under my username?
These small images are called Avatars. They are displayed below your username on all posts that you make. You may upload a custom image for your Avatar by visiting the 'My Profile' page. |
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Can I search the forum?
Absolutely... You can search for posts based on username or word(s) in the post, and only in particular forums.
To access the search feature, click on the "search" link at the top-right of the forums of most pages. |
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How do I rate a thread?
You may find a small menu of stars located ast the top-left of thread pages which allows you to 'rate this thread' with a number between 1-5.
Casting a vote for threads you view is entirely optional, but if you think that the thread is superb, you might rate it as a 5-star thread, or if you think that it's unspeakably dismal, you might choose to rate the thread with a single star.
Once enough votes have been cast for the thread rating, you may see a set of stars appear with the title of the thread in the thread listings. These stars reflect the average vote cast, and can allow you to quickly see which threads are worth reading if you are on a very busy forum with a lot of threads.
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Can I send email to other members?
Yes. You can send an email to another member from within their profile page, which can be accessed by clicking that member's name.
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Reading and Posting Messages
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How do I report profanity, harassment or general misuse of the forums?
Within each post there is an ' |
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What Are Moderators?
Moderators oversee specific forums. They generally have the ability to edit and delete posts, move threads, and perform other manipulations. Becoming a moderator for a specific forum is usually rewarded to users who are particularly helpful and knowledgeable in the subject of the forum they are moderating.
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Why have some of the words in my post been blanked?
Certain words may have been censored by the administrator. If your posts contain any censored words, they will be blanked-out like this: *****.
The same words are censored for all users, and censoring is done by a computer simply searching and replacing words. It is in no way 'intelligent'. |
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What are smilies?
Smilies are small graphical icons which you can insert into your messages to convey an emotion or feeling, such as a joke or embarrassment. For example, if you entered a sarcastic comment, rather than type 'that was a joke', you could simply insert the 'wink' smilie.
If you have used email or internet chat systems, you will probably be familiar with the concept of smilies already. Certain combinations of text characters are converted into smilies. For example,:) is converted into a smiling face. To understand smilie codes, tilt your head to the left and look at the text: you will see that :) represents two eyes and a smiling mouth.
Smilies may be added to posts by clicking the desired icon from the menu along the right-hand side of the post page. |
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