• Why can't I log in?
• Why do I need to register at all?
• Why do I get logged off automatically?
• I've lost my password!
• I registered in the past but cannot log in anymore!

• How do I change my settings?
• The times are not correct!
• I changed the timezone and the time is still wrong!
• How do I show an image below my username?
• How do I change my rank?

• How do I post a topic in a forum?
• How do I edit or delete a post?
• How do I add a signature to my post?
• Why can't I access a forum?

• What is BBCode?
• Can I use HTML?
• What are Smileys?
• Can I post Images?
• What are Announcements?
• What are Sticky topics?
• What are Locked topics?

• Who are Administrators?
• What are Moderators?
• How do I become a Usergroup Moderator?

• I cannot send private messages!
• I keep getting unwanted private messages!
• I have received a spamming or abusive email from someone on this board!

• Who wrote this bulletin board?
• Why isn't X feature available?
• Whom do I contact about abusive and/or legal matters related to this board?

1- Please check the memberlist to ensure that you have successfully registered. You can access this under the menu "community".
2- If you have previously been banned from this board, a message will be displayed. If so, you should contact the webmaster or board administrator to find out why.
3- If you have registered and are not banned and you still cannot log in then please contact the administrator through "contact us".

You can browse the website without signing in. However, registration will give you access to additional features not available to guest users such as uploading art for artists, participating in the forum or other community activities, etc. It only takes a few minutes to register so iwe recommend that you do.

If you do not check the Log me in automatically box when you log in, the board will only keep you logged in for a preset time. This prevents misuse of your account by anyone else. To stay logged in, check the box during login. This is not recommended if you access the board from a shared computer, e.g. library, internet cafe, university cluster, etc.

Don't panic! While your password cannot be retrieved it can be reset. To do this go to the login page and click I've forgotten my password. Follow the instructions and you should be back online in no time.

The likely reasons are: you entered an incorrect username or password (check the email you were sent when you first registered) or the administrator has deleted your account for some reason. If it is the latter then perhaps you did not post anything? It is usual for boards to periodically remove users who have not posted anything so as to reduce the size of the database. Try registering again and get involved in discussions.

All your settings (if you are registered) are stored in the database. To alter them click the Profile link (generally shown at the top of the home page). This will allow you to change all your settings.

The times are almost certainly correct; however, what you may be seeing are times displayed in a timezone different from the one you are in. If this is the case, you should change your profile setting for the timezone to match your particular area, e.g. London, Paris, New York, Sydney, etc. Please note that changing the timezone, like most settings, can only be done by registered users.

The most likely answer is daylight savings (or summer time as it is known in the UK and other places). The board is not designed to handle the changeovers between standard and daylight time so during summer months the time may be an hour different from the real local time.

In the memberlist, there may be two images below a username when viewing posts. The first is an image associated with your rank; generally these take the form of stars or blocks indicating how many posts you have made or your status on the forums. Below this may be a larger image known as an avatar; this is generally unique and personal to each user. You can load a representation of yourself through your profile.

In general you cannot change your rank (ranks appear below your username in topics and on your profile depending on the style used). Most boards use ranks to indicate the number of posts you have made and to identify certain users. For example, administrators may have a special rank. Please do not abuse the board by posting unnecessarily just to increase your rank -- you will probably find the administrator will simply lower your post count.

Easy -- click the relevant button on either the forum or topic screens. You may need to register before you can post a message. The facilities available to you are buttons at the top right hand corner of the forum screen (the New Post)

Unless you are the administrator you can only edit or delete your own posts. You can edit a post (sometimes for only a limited time after it was made) by clicking the edit button for the relevant post. If someone has already replied to the post, you will find small text below the post when you return to the topic that lists the number of times you edited it. This will only appear if no one has replied. Please note that users cannot delete a post once someone has replied.

To add a signature to a post you must first create one; this is done via your profile. Once created you can check the Add Signature box on the posting form to add your signature. You can also add a signature by default to all your posts by checking the appropriate box in your profile. You can still prevent a signature being added to individual posts by un-checking the add signature box on the posting form.

Some forums may be limited to certain users or groups. To view, read, post, etc. you may need special authorization which only the administrator can grant, so you should contact them.

BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can use BBCode is determined by the administrator. You can also disable it on a per post basis from the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. For more information on BBCode see the guide which can be accessed from the posting page.

No, we have disallowed this function.

Smileys, or Emoticons, are small graphical images which can be used to express some feeling using a short code, e.g. :) means happy, :( means sad. The full list of emoticons can be seen via the posting form. Try not to overuse smileys, though, as they can quickly render a post unreadable and the administrator may decide to edit them out or remove the post altogether.

Images can indeed be shown in your posts. However, there is no facility at present for uploading images directly to this board. Therefore you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.some-unknown-place.net/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor to images stored behind authentication mechanisms such as Hotmail or Yahoo mailboxes, password-protected sites, etc. To display the image use either the BBCode [img] tag or appropriate HTML (if allowed).

Announcements often contain important information and you should read them as soon as possible. Announcements appear at the top of every page in the forum to which they are posted. Whether or not you can post an announcement depends on the permissions required, which are set by the administrator.

Sticky topics appear below any announcements in viewforum and only on the first page. They are often quite important so you should read them where possible. As with announcements the board administrator determines what permissions are required to post sticky topics in each forum.

Locked topics are set this way by either the forum moderator or board administrator. You cannot reply to locked topics and any poll contained inside is automatically ended. Topics may be locked for many reasons.

Administrators are people assigned the highest level of control over the entire board. These people can control all facets of board operation which include setting permissions, banning users, creating usergroups or moderators, etc. They also have full moderator capabilities in all the forums.

Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) whose job it is to look after the running of the forums from day to day. They have the power to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally moderators are there to prevent people going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.

Usergroups are initially created by the board administrator who also assigns a board moderator. If you are interested in creating a usergroup then your first point of contact should be the administrator, so try dropping them a private message.

We have enabled private messaging only between a member and the administrator. All discussions should be held in the forum pages so that everyone can benefit from it.

In the future we will be adding an ignore list to the private messaging system. For now, though, if you keep receiving unwanted private messages from someone, inform the board administrator -- they have the power to prevent a user from sending private messages at all.

We are sorry to hear that. The email form feature of this board includes safeguards to try to track users who send such posts. You should email the board administrator with a full copy of the email you received and it is very important this include the headers (these list details of the user that sent the email). They can then take action.

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This software was written by and licensed through phpBB Group. If you believe a feature needs to be added then please visit the phpbb.com website and see what the phpBB Group has to say. Please do not post feature requests to the board at phpbb.com, as the Group uses sourceforge to handle tasking of new features. Please read through the forums and see what, if any, our position may already be for features and then follow the procedure given there.

You should contact the administrator of this board by filling in the contact form under "contact us".

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