Cookies
This bulletin board uses cookies to
store the following information: the last time you logged in, your username and
password, voting in polls, and your preferred "topic view", if you set it in
preferences. These cookies are stored on your browser. No cookies are used to
track your movement or perform any other function other than enhance your use of
the bulletin board. If your browser does not support cookies, or you have not
enabled cookies on your browser, many of these time-saving features will not
work properly.
Attaching Files
For security reasons, you may
not attach files to any posts. You may cut and paste text into your post,
however, or use Forum Code to provide hyperlinks to
outside documents.
Searching For Specific Posts
You may search for
specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date
range, and
particular forum(s). Just click on the "search" link at the top of
most pages. Note: announcements are not included in the search returns.
Announcements
Announcements are one-way
communications from either a forum moderator or a bulletin board administrator.
No one may post replies to these announcements. If you want to talk about
specific announcements, you will have to create a new topic in the appropriate
forum.
Censoring Posts
The bulletin board
administrators have the power to censor certain words that may be posted. This
censoring is not an exact science, however, so certain words may be censored out
of context. Please realize that the censoring, if any censoring is being
performed, is being done by a computer based on the words that are being
screened. Words that are censored are replaced with asterisks.
Removed
Posts
The forum administrators and moderators reserve the right to edit, remove,
or close a topic at their discretion with or without explanation.
Lost User Name and/or Password
Retrieving your
username and password is simple. All of the pages that require you to identify yourself with
your username and password carry a "lost password" link that you can
use to have your username and password emailed instantly to your email address
of record.
Email Notification
If you create a new
topic or reply to an existing topic,
you have the option of receiving an email notification every time someone posts
a reply to that topic. Just check the email notification box on the "New
Topic" forum when you create your new topic, if you want to use this
feature.
Smilies
You've probably seen others use
smilies before in email messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are
keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile :) or a frown :(.
This bulletin board automatically converts certain smilies to a graphical
representation. For example, if you type :o in your BB post, it will
automatically be converted to 
- a shameful face. The following smilies are currently supported:
However - use these images sparingly. Excessive use in the same message will
be removed from the Forums. Doing this repeatedly could result in membership
status being suspended.
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:)
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smile
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:(
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frown
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:P
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tongue
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;)
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wink
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:cool:
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cool
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:rolleyes:
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rolleyes
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:eek:
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eek
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:mad:
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mad
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What are moderators
Moderators are the Forum Managers for each forum. There is no
limit to the number of forums a single user can moderate. While Moderators do
not have access to user account information and cannot change permissions for
any particular users they have complete control over their respective forum(s).
A Moderator's word in their forum is final. Along with Moderator Status comes the ability to perform the
following functions :
Deleting
Messages / Purging All Messages
Closing conversation
threads
Prohibiting identified Usernames from
posting
Requiring a password to post in their forums
Banning abusive
users
How can
you contact a Forum Moderator
You can
either leave a posted message in their forum or send a message to their email
address which is posted in their forum.
