Helpful Tips For The Forum

LorraineG — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:46:04 GMT

[b][u]How do I become a member of this forum?[/u][/b]

[i]Please follow these diagrams:[/i]

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* CLICK REGISTER

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* Type email address
* Enter username - (Must not be an email address or phone number)
* Enter password fields
* Make sure both boxes are ticked and submit
* Click Forum and you will now be logged in

* PLEASE NOTE - You cannot use an already registered email address to register again with a new username on the forum, you must use a different email address and you cannot use a username that is already registered also.

Please be aware that you must be a registered member of the forum to beable to purchase a Forum Badge from David and Lee, for more information go to: General Chat on Katherine when you login.

[b]CONTROL PANEL[/b]

[b][u]How to send a Private Message - PM?[/u][/b]

* Create New Message
* Click in 'Members Username' and type in first letter of username and so on, you should see a list of usernames and click the member you want or click on complete member list and do a search at the bottom of the Members page and click on PM.
* Add your subject
* Add description but not necessary
* Type your message
* Ensure 'Add a copy of this message to my sent items folder' is ticked and your message that you are about to send will be copied to your 'SENT' folder - if you don't do this it doesn't mean your PM hasn't been sent.
* Send Private Message

[b][u]How to delete Private Messages?[/u][/b]

* Click Inbox
* Tick the boxes on the last column, which is on the right of the messages that you want to delete
* Click the blank drop down menu below, click on 'Move to Deleted Items' and click 'With Selected'
* Click on 'Empty PM Folders'
* Look for 'Deleted Items' and tick the box that refers to 'Deleted Items' on the last column, which is on the right
* Click Empty Selected

Repeat above action for Sent Items too! It is important that you do this regularly as you'll not beable to send/receive PM's if you have 50 stored already.

(More Tips coming soon)

[u][b]Adding Avators and Signatures[/b][/u]:

[b][i]Go to:[/i][/b]

Control Panel
Edit Signature - Add the 'http picture link' and highlight it, click IFCode, scroll and click the link beside 'Image' - (IMG CODE) and then update your signature. (Max size is 450x150)
Edit Avatar - Upload image, browse, click your picture, open and update. (Max size is 100x100)

[u][b]Alternative Browser for Login Problems[/b][/u]

For any users having problems logging on, please try Firefox, so far this has been a 100% success on this forum. You can still use Internet Explorer as before on other sites.

http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/ie.html

Please let me know if you still have any problems.

[u][b]Formatting[/b][/u]

Have fun F o r m a t t i n g everyone

To use colours above just highlight over the writing, click on IFCODE and type in the colour code you want to use if you are familiar with colour coding.

[b][u]FONTS[/u][/b]

Arial
Arial Black
Arial Narrow
Comic Sans MS
Courier New
System
Tahoma
Times New Roman
Verdana
Wingdings (Wingdings)

[b][u]Posting A Picture On The Forum[/u][/b]

Click on insert image from your computer or a weblink or manually use the img / img code with brackets on the left from IFCode Shortcuts when you compose your post

http://twitpic.com/gzqvi

Images larger than 400 x 400 will be downsized.

Please respect copyright at all times and post the source that it came from for eg; Daily Mirror

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