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Please note that seperate registration is required for the forums and gallery, this is for security purposes.Using the Forums:
Glossary of Terms:
- Internet Forum: is a place were users from across the internet can have typed disscussions. Discussions are catorgisted into topics (called threads) and people can post replys to previous messages much like a series of e-mail replies except everything is publically visible.
- Post: is a message posted by a person in a discussion
- Topic or Thread: is a group of several posts about one subject. The number of posts will increase as more people contribute.
- BB-Code: is the basic code used for formatting messages. BB-code like most computer codes has to have an opening and closing command. For example: [b]Salterns Sailing Club[/b] would produce Salterns Sailing Club. This is because [b] starts the instruction for bold text and [/b] stops the instruction. Anything between the two commands will be formatted as bold text. - Don't worry you don't need to know this.
Navigating the Forums
The forums are split into several different areas. "News", "General Discussion" & "Memory Bank".
Each area contains a number of topics under discussion. To view a topic simply click on the title. Topics are ordered in oldest => newest so to see the latest message you will have to navigate to the last page.
Forum FrontpagePosting a Message
Posting a message is rather similar to writing an e-mail except the interface is slightly different and it doesn't just go to one person but is visible to anyone who looks at the thread.
How to post a message/reply
- If you are not already logged into the forum, log in now by filling out the login form below the main menu or if you aren't registered click "register" and fill out the registration form.
- When viewing a topic/thread click "New Topic"
- Type your message in the large box that appears. You can use the interface above the large box just as you would in Word or an e-mail to format the message with underlines, italics, bold text etc... You can also add "smilies" to your message - these help to portray your emotions when writing a message. It also helps prevent a joke being missunderstood as serious etc...
- Preview your message by pressing the "Preview Post" button. This will display your message as it will be shown to other users. You can change your message in the large box below the preview panel. To update the preview just press "Preview Post" again.
- Press "Submit Reply" when you are happy with your message.
The posting interface is quite like Microsoft Word.Creating a new topic/thread
Posting a thread is just like posting a message except it's the first post in a new thread.
How to post a new thread (first message on a new topic)
- When viewing a board click "New Topic"
- Type your message in the large box that appears. You can use the interface above the large box just as you would in Word or an e-mail to format the message with underlines, italics, bold text etc... You can also add "smilies" to your message- these help to portray your emotions when writing a message. It also helps prevent a joke being missunderstood as serious etc...
- Preview your message by pressing the "Preview Post" button. This will display your message as it will be shown to other users. You can change your message in the large box below the preview panel. To update the preview just press "Preview Post" again.
- Press "Submit Reply" when you are happy with your message.
Using the Gallery:
Introduction
The gallery is divided into 3 albums "Children in Need 08: Commodore Reunion", "Post-2000 Photos" & "Pre-2000 Photos". As the names suggest the last two album are designed to roughly seperate the "digital age" photographs from the old film photos. Please don't feel that you have to abide strictly to what goes into those two they're only a guide.
Gallery FrontpageHow to Register
To be able to comment on photos and add new ones you need to register. This is a seperate process to the forums and the details don't need to be the same
- First click "Register" which is located in the top right of the Gallery/
- Fill out the details requested in the form and click the button at the bottom labelled"Register".
- You will be sent an e-mail confirming you own the e-mail address you entered. Click the link in the e-mail to finish the process.
Gallery FrontpageAdding a Photo: Simple Method
- First open the album you want to put your photo(s) into
- Click "Add Items"
- Click the "Browse" button next to the white box under "File"
- Navigate to to photo you want to upload as you would normally then click open.
- Enter a caption if you wish
- Repeat the process in the next two boxes if you want to add more than one photo. You can click "More Upload Boxes" if you want to add more than two using this method.
- Then press "Add Items"
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