The Forum Rules/Guidelines

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The Forum Rules/Guidelines:
Do not post links to any kind of porn.
Do not post malicious links (spyware, viruses, loads of pop-ups...).
Do not spam.
Do not advertise your eBay auctions/new site/news forums/etc - put it in your signature instead.
Do not abuse/'flame' other forum members.
Do not troll/bait forums/members and cause arguments.
Do not discuss illegal activities such as software and music piracy and other intellectual property violations are not allowed (e.g don't link to sites that support piracy).
Do not post any affiliate or referral links, or post anything asking for a referral.
Do not make multiple threads about the same thing across several forums.
Do not post in all caps or in 'massive' writing.
Do not post e-mail addresses (for your sake, not ours).
Do not post anything directly or indirectly racist, sexist...
Do not bump old threads without good reason.
Try not to 'Double' post, edit your last post instead.
Try not to have avatars that are massive (file size).
Try not to derail threads.
Try to post threads in a relevant forum.
Try to find a thread that answers your question before making a new one.
Try to post in a thread that is currently active (and relevant to the post you want to make).
Try to have a relevant thread title.
Try to read the post completely before replying.
Try to keep offensive language to a minimum.
Try to be nice!


How do I...

...Add an avatar?
1. Go to your profile.
2. Scroll to the bottom of the page.
4. Put an image URL in the "Link to off-site avatar" box (Click).
5. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Submit'.

...Host an image?
Here are a few sites that will host your avatar/picture for free:
Image Shack.
Photo Bucket.

Notes:
Please try to resize the picture you're going to use so it's a) Not massive (file size) and b) Looks better

...Have a signature?
1. Go to your profile.
2. Find the "Signature" box and type there (Click).
3. Scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Submit'.

Notes:
You can not have an image as a signature.
There is a 255 character limit.

...Search the forum?
Click "Search" at the top of the forum, or use this link.

Notes:
Using quote marks (" ") will search for that exact phrase. Putting a 'minus' sign before a word will remove it from the search, so for example if I were to put 'Xbox, -PS3, -Wii' It would only bring up posts/threads with 'Xbox' in.

...Set the forum Clock? It's wrong!
1. Go to your profile.
2. Scroll down to the 'Preferences' section and find 'Timezone' (Click).
3. Set the clock to your time.
4. Scroll to the bottom of the Page and click 'Submit'.

...Send a Private Message (PM)?
1. Locate a post of the person you want to send a PM (you can search for their username or just find one of their posts).
2. To send a PM from one of their posts click the 'PM' button at the bottom of their post (Click).
OR:
2a. Find their profile and click on the 'PM' button (Click).
3. Give the PM a subject and type a message into the 'Message Body' box.
4. Click Submit.

...Read private messages?
1. If you have a PM you will get an email, inside the email will be a link to your inbox.
1a. On the side bar it shows your Avatar, underneath this is 'X Messages', click that to go to your inbox.
1b. At the top of the forum there is a navigation menu (e.g Forum Index | Search | Memberlist...) the last option will take you to your inbox.

...Create a poll?
1. When you create a topic at the bottom of the page will be the option of adding a poll (Click).
2. Type the question into the 'Poll Question' box.
3. Type an answer into the 'Poll Option' box.
4. Click 'Add Option'
5. In the new (blank) 'Poll Option' box type another answer.
6. Repeat steps 3-5 for as many answers as you need (there is a maximum).
7. In the 'Run poll for' box enter how many days you want the poll to run for. Leave it as 0 for the poll to be 'never-ending'.
8. Click Submit.

...Edit posts?
1. Find the post you want to edit.
2. Click on the 'Edit' button in the upper right corner of the post (Click).
3. Edit the post then click 'Submit'.

...Mark all topics read? The forum icon stays Yellow/Orange.
1. Scroll to the bottom of the forum, just above and to the left of the 'Who's Online' section there is a 'Mark all topics read' Link.
2. Click it to 'Mark all topics read'.
3. To mark all topics read in a specific forum, go to that forum and look to the right of the page. Just above the 'Last Post' section will be the 'Mark all topics read' link.

...Raise my Kudos? What are Kudos?
They are forum/site levels, the more you use the site (reading articles, posting) etc they will go up. They mean very little really.

...Post a link?
You create links by using BBcode, to make a link use this: