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Registering a User Name

Register Overview

When you visit The VillageofRomeoville.com Forums, you will want to register your user name. This allows you to keep the same identity while posting on the forums. You can also keep track of your post count, fill out a profile, and receive instant messages.

Registering

When calling up The VillageofRomeoville.com Forums in a browser you will see a menu across the top which should have images for "Home", "Help", "Search", "Login", and "Register". Click the image that says "Register". You will be taken to a screen where you can select a user name and provide your user information. You will also need to supply a valid email address so that a temporary password can be sent to that address to the allow you to proceed to login. Once logged in, you can change your password accordingly.

Logging In/Out

Logging In

Once you have registered, or if you are returning to The VillageofRomeoville.com Forums, you can easily login to the site. In the menu bar on the forum you will find an image that says "Login". If it says "Logout" you are already logged in. This can happen if you've already logged in before and chosen to have the forum remember who are you are. This places a cookie on your system. Once you choose "Login" you will be prompted for your user name and password. If the combination is correct you will enter the forum.

Logging Out

If you are done browsing the forum you may decide to logout. Perhaps you share a workstation with someone else, in this case you would want to log out of the forum upon leaving. When you are logged in you will see "Logout" in the forum menu, select this and the forum will log your user name out.

Forgot Password

If you're trying to login to the forum but you forget your password or have lost it, you can retrieve it using the lost password tool. On the login screen, just below the Login button, it says "Forgot password?" click this to be taken to the forgot password form. Enter your user name on this screen and press the Send button. Your password will be sent to the email registered to that user name.

Your Profile

Profile Overview

The VillageofRomeoville.com Forums allows you to fill out a profile which tells people all about you. You can have your name, age, instant messenger information, personal images and more.

Editing Profile

To change your profile, once logged in, click the "Profile" option in the forum menu.

Profile Options

  • Custom Title
    A unique title or nickname that you may commonly be referred as.

  • Real Name
    Real or displayed name.
    Example: John Doe

  • Email Address
    This must be valid to register, as your initial access password will be sent to this address.
    Example: me@mydomain.com

  • Gender

  • Birthdate
    Your birthdate, in MMDDYYYY form. The birthday is only used to ensure that you are old enough to register on the forum.
    Example: 07 31 1981

  • Location
    Your current location. Example: Romeoville, IL.

    Web site title and Web site URL
    Enter a title and URL if you would like a link to the Web site contained in your profile. For example, your home page, the Web site of an organization your are involved with, etc.

  • ICQ / AIM / YIM
    ICQ = This is your ICQ number.
    AIM: This is your AOL Instant Messenger nickname.
    YIM: This is your Yahoo! Instant Messenger nickname.

  • Personal Text
    This text will appear under your image in your profile.

  • Personalized Picture
    Here you can choose from a plethora of pre-made images (commonly referred to online as "avatars"), choose "(no pic)" or link to an image you have uploaded else where in the Web. Please note that your image you are linking to has to be gif or jpg and 100 x 100 pixels or less - or it will be resized!

  • Time Offset
    This is a + or - number to add or subtract to the current time showing on the forum.
    Example: Forum time shows 13:28, but your time is 14:28. Time Offset would be +1

  • Signature Signatures are shown at the bottom of each of your posts. This is a very brief message, quote or list of urls's that you may type in. Forum code (as outline below) is allowed in your signature. Please keep your signature brief, as only 300 characters are allowed.

Posting

Creating a new thread

In order to start a discussion on a subject, you must create a thread, you can do this by clicking the start new thread button on the board index page.

Posting a reply

To reply to a post, you can click the post a reply button at the top or at the button of the table. If you want to insert a quote to which you are replying, you can click the quote button of the post.

Special Code

For obvious reasons standard HTML code cannot be used in posts. Instead you are allowed the use of "YaBB Bulletin Board Code" (YaBBC) in posts. YaBBC is similar to HTML, but safe and standardized for bulletin board use.


Instant Message

The VillageofRomeoville.com Forums is about community and communication. And there are plenty of ways to communicate: Posting on the boards, Instant Messaging, E-mail, ICQ, AIM and YIM. Of course, all methods of communication are only available to members.

Instant Messaging

While e-mail is a good way to correspond privately with members, it has several drawbacks: You must open your e-mail application to write and send the message; the recipient must open his/her e-mail application; check his/her mail and your message will mixed in with all the other mail and it can take sometimes several minutes to an hour for mail to reach the recipient.

As an alternative to e-mail, The VillageofRomeoville.com Forums offers a faster, more private method. Instant Messaging on the boards provides instantaneous delivery to the recipient's Private Mailbox. The mail is sent and received entirely through The VillageofRomeoville.com Forums, so neither you nor the recipient have to open another program or leave the forum. Instant Messaging also gives both the sender and recipient greater privacy: No one's real e-mail address is revealed. Instant Messages show only the handle and name of both parties.

If a recipient isn't online, Instant Messages wait in the member's IM box until the next time s/he logs in and manually reads and/or deletes them. Instant Messages is a self-contained, highly private e-mail system.




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