FAQs:
1 Forums, signatures, profiles

Guide to posting

The main forum page (Forums) shows a list of categories, forums and subforums. When you click on the category you then see a list of topics (aka threads) within each category. Within each thread are individual posts from members. You have the option to start a new thread or reply/add to an existing one. (see below)

Forum icons:

  • A light coloured forum icon means a thread you have already read.
  • A dark coloured forum icon indicates a thread with unread posts.

Your profile info, signature etc.

At the top of the page in the main navigation bar (on the right), you will see your name. This links to your account settings and profile area. Click on your Name to see what your profile looks like to others.

You can create a signature that will appear under your posts. For new members the signature is limited, but once you have more posts you can increase its contents and add links etc. These restrictions help to deter spammers and freeloaders.

In account details you can set some email options, upload an Avatar image that will display by your posts, add a profile banner that shows as an image at the top of your profile and supply details about yourself which will appear in your profile.

Under Privacy and Preferencesyou have access to more forum settings

I am just posting a couple of answers to very frequently asked questions as most people don't read the FAQs (or need to in many cases). For more detail please do read the Forum Guide.

Why can't I post links?
Members automatically get the permissions to post links after a certain number of approved posts (5). This is to deter spammers. We are happy to manually override that for anyone who contacts us.​
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How do I post images?
Drag and drop from your computer desktop, or for mobiles/tablets click on the image icon and browse to your photo library.​
What happened, Suddenly the text editor icons are grayed out?

This means you accidentally went into code editor mode. To revert you need to click on the [ ] icon. On smaller devices this may be hidden under the vertical three-dot menu on the right.​

How do I post a video/audio
Just paste the Youtube/Vimeo/Soundcloud URL into the message. It will automatically embed a player.​
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How to start a PM (aka Conversation or PC). Two ways:
  1. Click on the recipient's avatar, then on the Start Conversation button
  2. Click on the envelope icon in top navigation bar, then click on Start Conversation
To delete a conversation click on Leave​

Why has my post been deleted?

This could be for any number of reasons:​
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It may have been deleted due to being against forum rules (e.g. offensive, short meaningless ,posts etc.). Or it may have just been moved to a more suitable forum. Sometimes threads get merged when two threads are about the same topic. ​
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Or else off topic posts can get moved to the off topic forum. This does not always happen, usually it happens when an off topic post triggers enough follow-up posts to warrant being moved out of a current thread if it causes that thread to become less than ideally focussed on the topic.​
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