Groups, Stars, Status, and other features
Sept 19, 2014 10:49:01 GMT -8
Post by allurose on Sept 19, 2014 10:49:01 GMT -8
Here is a brief guide to some of the forum's features that you may not be familiar with. Can you think of anything else that should be added to the list?
Member Stars
Member stars are an easy visual reference that tells you whether a user has marketplace access or is an admin. The colors of the stars correspond to Groups (see next section). Member stars are also referred to as Member Ranks.
1 star: New Member (no marketplace access)
4 stars: regular Member (with Marketplace access, after 20 posts)
5 stars: Senior Member (after 100 posts)
Member Groups
Groups are a way of giving special titles to forum members. Certain groups have special privileges or purposes, and some are more fun or decorative. If more than one Group title applies to you, you may choose which one to display in your user control panel. We may add more groups later.
Admin: Administrator of the forum. Members must apply for consideration to be an admin. Admins have red stars.
Early Bird: for the first 50 people to join the forum! May only be assigned by an administrator. Early Birds have blue stars.
Contributing Member: for people that donate a banner or other time to the forum. May only be assigned by an administrator. Contributing Members have gold stars.
Doll Artist: for doll artists whose identity has been confirmed by a moderator. You may petition for this group title in your user control panel. An admin will then ask you to confirm your identity by sending an email from the email address listed on your website. Doll Artists have green stars.
Status
In your control panel, you may write a short status message which will be displayed under your avatar when you post. This is a great place to post the name of your doll company or doll clothing company if it's different from your username. Please keep your status short, no more than 3 lines.
ShoutBox
This forum has a public chat feature called the ShoutBox. The ShoutBox is located at the bottom of every forum page and can be used to chat publicly with other online members. We may leave the ShoutBox active all the time, or we may choose to only have it on special occasions, depending how people use it.
Username/display name
Proboards differentiates between your Username, which is what you use to login on all ProBoards forums, and your Display Name, which might be different for each ProBoards forum. Your Username and your Display Name may or may not be the same depending on what you wrote when you registered. If you are having trouble logging in, try using your email (even though it says Username, your email should work).
Member Stars
Member stars are an easy visual reference that tells you whether a user has marketplace access or is an admin. The colors of the stars correspond to Groups (see next section). Member stars are also referred to as Member Ranks.
1 star: New Member (no marketplace access)
4 stars: regular Member (with Marketplace access, after 20 posts)
5 stars: Senior Member (after 100 posts)
Member Groups
Groups are a way of giving special titles to forum members. Certain groups have special privileges or purposes, and some are more fun or decorative. If more than one Group title applies to you, you may choose which one to display in your user control panel. We may add more groups later.
Admin: Administrator of the forum. Members must apply for consideration to be an admin. Admins have red stars.
Early Bird: for the first 50 people to join the forum! May only be assigned by an administrator. Early Birds have blue stars.
Contributing Member: for people that donate a banner or other time to the forum. May only be assigned by an administrator. Contributing Members have gold stars.
Doll Artist: for doll artists whose identity has been confirmed by a moderator. You may petition for this group title in your user control panel. An admin will then ask you to confirm your identity by sending an email from the email address listed on your website. Doll Artists have green stars.
Status
In your control panel, you may write a short status message which will be displayed under your avatar when you post. This is a great place to post the name of your doll company or doll clothing company if it's different from your username. Please keep your status short, no more than 3 lines.
ShoutBox
This forum has a public chat feature called the ShoutBox. The ShoutBox is located at the bottom of every forum page and can be used to chat publicly with other online members. We may leave the ShoutBox active all the time, or we may choose to only have it on special occasions, depending how people use it.
Username/display name
Proboards differentiates between your Username, which is what you use to login on all ProBoards forums, and your Display Name, which might be different for each ProBoards forum. Your Username and your Display Name may or may not be the same depending on what you wrote when you registered. If you are having trouble logging in, try using your email (even though it says Username, your email should work).