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| Why should I register? [Click herer to register] |
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Some functions of the forums are restricted to registered members. Here are some of those functions:
Registration is free, however, you must agree to certain rules before registering. During the registration process, you will also need to choose a username and enter a valid email address. According to the forums settings, you will either have to choose a password or a randomly generated password will be sent to you by email. We will not send advertisement or SPAM to your email address and it will not be distributed to any third parties. You can choose whether or not you want to allow other members to send you emails in your user cp. |
| How can I modify my profile? [User CP] |
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It is important that you keep your profile up to date. Always check if your email address is a valid one. Apart from your username, you can edit any field in your profile. The username you register with is the one you will keep forever. If you have a very good reason, you can also ask the Administrator to change your username. You can edit your profile here. |
| What is the signature for? [User CP] |
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Once you are registered, you can make your personal signature. This is a short piece of text displayed at the end of your posts. You can choose the option to add your signature to all your posts. If your signature is set, the forum will add it automatically to all your posts. You can create or edit your signature with the help of the Signature Editor. |
| How can I have an image under my username? [User CP] |
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Those small images are either called User Image or Avatar. They are displayed under your username in all your posts. You can select the avatar you like the most or the one which best matches your personality. |
| How can I search the forums? [Search Forums] |
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You can search for a username or for keywords, in the whole posts or just in the subjects, by date and within specific forums. To use this function, click on the "Search" button on top of every pages. You can only search forums to which you have access rights - you cannot search private forums unless the Administrator has given you the necessary rights. |
| Can I email other members? |
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Yes! To email another member, you can search for the member
in the Members List,
or click the This will usually bring you to a page with a form where you can enter your message. Once you are done writing your message, press the "Send" button and your email will be sent. If you can't find the "email" link or button in the member's post or in the Members List, then the member has selected that he doesn't want to receive emails from other members. |
button in any of the member's posts.| How can I use the members list? |
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The Members List contains a list of the 100 registered members with the most posts and with at least one posting of this forum. |
- Are there any codes I can use to format my posts?
- What are smilies?
- Quick BBCodes buttons and clickable smilies
- How can I start polls?
- What are post icons?
- How can I edit my posts?
- What are moderators?
- Why are some words censored in my posts?
- What is email notification?
- What do the different abbreviations mean?
| Are there any codes I can use to format my posts? |
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Depending on the settings of this forum, you can use either HTML or EasyHTML to format your messages. However, Administrators usually deactivate the use of HTML and decided to use EasyHTML only. EasyHTML has the advantage of being easy to use, and of being immune to javascript and layout interruptions. Every time you are composing a new message, it will be indicated whether or not HTML and/or EasyHTML are allowed. If HTML is allowed, please pay attention to the correct syntax or the Moderators will have to edit your post. EasyHTML is a lot like HTML, but only certain functions are allowed: hyperlinks, images, bold, italic and some other text formatting functions. |
| What are smilies? |
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Smilies are small graphics you can use to express feelings, e.g. a joke or embarrassment. For example, if you have posted a sarcastic comment, instead of writing 'I was joking' you can use the 'wink' smilie. If you have used emails or chats in the past, then you probably already are familiar with this concept. Some standard codes or strings are automatically converted into smilies. For example, the code :) is turned into a smiling face. To more easily understand smilies code, turn your head on the side and use your imagination: You can see that :) represents two eyes and smile. For a complete list of the smilies used in this forum, click here. Sometimes you don't want the smilie code in your post to be transformed into images. In this case, when you are posting your message, you must check the 'Deactivate smilies in this post.' box in the options. |
| Quick BBCodes buttons and clickable smilies |
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These buttons allow you to quickly and easily add EasyHTML to your messages. You simply need to click the button you want to use and then enter the text you want to format. There are two different editing modes: Normal and Enhanced Mode. If you are using the Normal mode, pressing a button will open a popup asking you to enter the tet you want to format. It will then insert the EasyHTML at the last position of your cursor in the text area. If you are using the Enhanced mode, pressing a button will insert the opening tag for this EasyHTML at the end of your message. Once you are done typing the text and want to close the tag, press the close current tag button (alt+c). In enhanced mode, you can also insert another tag in the current tag, and then press the close all tags button (alt+x) to close all the open tags. Note: the 'close tag' buttons only close tags inserted using the code buttons. To use the clickable smilies, you simply need to click the one you wish to insert in your message, or press the more button (if it exists) to view the complete list of smilies. |
| How can I start polls? |
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You can create a poll for your thread. This is how it can be done: Creating a Poll To add a poll when posting a new thread, click the link where it says "Start poll". This function allows you to ask a question and indicate a few possible answers. The other members can then vote for the answer they prefer and the results will be shown in the thread. Participating in a PollTo participate in a poll, select the answer for which you would like to vote and press the "Vote" button. Participating in a poll is optional. You can vote for any answer available, or not vote at all. |
| What are post icons? |
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You can use posticons in new threads and posts and. Posticons are small graphics you can use to express the emotion or content of your message. |
| How can I edit my posts? |
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To edit or delete one of your post, you simply need to click the After you have edited your post, a note, notifying other members that you have edited your post, will be displayed. Administrators and Moderators can also edit your post. |
image in the appropriate post.| What are moderators? |
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Moderators supervise certain forums. They use their administrative powers to delete or edit unwanted messages. Moderators for a certain forum were usually normal users who were especially useful and experienced in the subject of that forum. |
| What is email notification? |
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In a thread, you can choose to be notified by email if someone else posts a message in this thread. If you wish to receive notifications, you simply need to add the thread to your favorites by clicking the link on top of the thread. If don't want to receive any notifications about a thread anymore, you can either deactivate the option by clicking the link in the thread anothertime. |
| What do the different abbreviations mean? |
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The most important abbreviations are listed here. Naturally, they are not only used in forums, they are also used everywhere on the internet:
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