Help for new members

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Welcome to our forum


As you noticed you are required to state your birth date when you join this forum. This is to comply with federal rules. Must be 18 or older to be a member.

Upon registering you will receive by e-mail a password. Use this password to log-in for the first time. Then go to the Profile section- (located on the top bar) and change your password to one you prefer.

While in the Profile section you may click on the box beside your birth date which will keep it secret. If you choose to keep it public it will appear to the left of each of your posts.

Another option in the Profile section is keeping your e-mail private. I recommend this. The up-grade will prevent spamming by robots, but anyone who is a member will have access.

I hope you enjoy being a member of this forum and we are glad you joined us!!

[Hope]

More Profile Section

Other things you can do in the profile section .

1) You can select a cartoon character to use as a signature tag. This will appear below your board name to the left of your post. If desired, you can use one of your own. You must host these images yourself and they cannot be bigger than 100 x 100 pixels. Subject matter must be in compliance with the rules of the board.

2) You can also add a comment to your signature tag e.g. "don't mess with the rules" that appears below the cartoon on the left. These will need to be brief and comply with the rules of board.

3) At the bottom of each post you can include a text-link to your web-site, a saying, etc. Again these must comply with the rules of the board. These need to be in UBBC format-please read the message below. I am currently allowing small banners.

4) You can also list your messenger, home page and ICQ addresses. This is optional.

5) At the top of the profile page you will see a text link that allows you to modify your personal information at any time. You will also see "bookmarks" text link. This is a notification system for new posts on a subject you are interested in. You have the option of no notification, e-mail or private message whenever there is a new post.

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Replying to posts

To reply to a post click on the "reply" button that you will find on the bar of the top post to the left or you can go to the bottom of the post where you will find a quick reply box. If you want to start a new topic, click on "new thread" .

When you are replying to a post or creating a new thread you will be sent to a new page with a blank window for typing your post.

The first box you will see is the subject box. Try to make it relevant to your post.

You can also create a message icon by clicking on the arrow and choosing one of the icons. This is found below the subject box.

The buttons above the post box allows you to add images (hosted yourself), URL links, change text color, size, etc. These are written in UBBC-Universal Bulletin Board Code-for more information about UBBC please see below.

A spell check is found below the post box.

If you want to know if someone responds to your post than click the bookmark box below your post.

If you post a message and then decide you want to change it you can modify a post by clicking on the icon in the upper left corner of your message . In the same location is an button that will permit you to delete your post if desired.

The quote button is used when you want to quote someone else's message within your post.

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UBBC codes

B

TEXT

makes text Bold
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I

TEXT

italic
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U

TEXT

underlines
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S

TEXT

strike-through
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[glow=green,2,300]G[/glow]

[ glow=red,2,300]TEXT[/glow ]

[glow=red,2,300]Glows[/glow]
Note: can choose the color and brightness
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[shadow=red,left,300]D[/shadow]

[ shadow=red,left,300 ]TEXT[ /shadow]

[shadow=yellow,right,300]Shadow[/shadow]
Note: can choose color, direction and intensity
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M

TEXT

scrolling text
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Preformatted text

TEXT

This is for scripts and other codes you want to share
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Align left

TEXT

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Align center

TEXT

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Align right

TEXT

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Arrow button=hr

[ hr]

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Black A=font size

[ size=2 ]TEXT

[/size][/pre] Can choose how large you want your letters
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Red A=font face

[ font=Verdana ]TEXT

[/font][/pre]
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Font color

[ color=red ]TEXT

[/color][/pre] Chooses color of font
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*

 / me 

Creates/me .
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the arrow

[ blockquote][ /blockquote]

Creates a blockquote where the words are aligned to the center

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World=URL

[ url]http://www.myplace.com[ /url]

www.myplace.com
OR

[ url=http://www.myplace.com]My Place

[/url][/pre]
My Place
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Picture=image

[ img]URL

[/img][/pre] Place link to image between tags.
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Envelope=e-mail

[ email]e-mail address[ /email]

[e-mail]
OR

[ email=[e-mail]]e-mail[ /email]

e-mail
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Tables

[ table][ tr][ td][ /td][ /tr][ /table]

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Table columns

[ tr][ /tr]

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Table Rows

[ td ][ /td]

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Sup

[ sup]Text[ /sup]

E=mc²
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Sub

[ sub]Text[ /sub]

H₂0
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Typewriter

[ tt]Text[ /tt]

typewriter print
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#=Insert code

[ code]Code here [ /code]

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Quote

[ quote]Text[ /quote]

Four score and seven years ago

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Lists

[ list][ *][ *][ *][ /list]

Each * is an item on the list
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If hand-coding you will need to take out all extra spaces in the code.

[Hope]

More about messages
At the top left of each message is an icon you can click if you wish to bookmark that topic.

At the bottom right of each message you can choose:
Send message to a friend
Print the message

At the bottom right you will also find a forum jump that will allow you to change to another board without going to the home page.

On the far left is small icons of folders. This indicates new, old, sticky etc. topics. See the pink box at the bottom of the home page for the meanings of these icons.
Please note: if you have not open a topic in 30 days the board will appear with a new icon. At the bottom of the message board to the right you will find an icon that states mark as read. This will mark all topics as read.

In the near left column: The first thing you will see is the name of the poster. Clicking on the name will take you to their membership page.

Next will be any warnings-If their is any problems with your sigs or post I will try to contact you by e-mail or private message first. If no response, I will post as a message with your posts.

Stars: This is a program set up by Pro-Boards. The number of stars you have is based on number of posts. Below this is rank. Rank is from "New" to "Pro". At the current time I am not going to change this.

Sig tag: Cartoon character and small quote. Chosen by member.

Contacts: You will see a variety of symbols indicating the member has provided a home page, messenger service, e-mail, or ICQ. This is optional whether a member wants to provide this information. The final icon is for private messaging. This allows you to communicate privately with another member.

Other icons: You may also see a pink icon=female or blue=boy and the age of the person if provided.

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Top Bar

At the top of the message board to the right of the title you will see your tag name and a notice stating if you have messages. These are private messages sent by members and any new posts to a topic you have bookmarked (if you choose this option in the profile section)

Clicking on the messages text link will take you to another page. At the top of the page is four icons. New messages, out box(messages you have sent), back-up (Pro-Boards will allow you once every thirty days to back-up your old messages), and preferences (you can choose the option of being e-mailed or have alert box appear every time you have a message).

Buttons

Help will take you to Pro-boards help page.
Search is the boards search engine.
Members list all the members and information they provided
Calender allows any member to post a date-e.g. holiday and will permit you to leave a note about the event. Click on the box to read any messages.
Profile this is where you go to change the information about you.

Hopefully this will answer most of your questions. If you have any-please ask.

[Hope]

Free Image Hosts

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Image Cave
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