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Registration & Login
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Why do I need to Register?
You are required to create an account in order to post messages to forums,
and in some cases reading other user’s posts; most configurations will
allow for reading messages without requiring registration. The forums
also supports anonymous posting and the administrator may configure
some forums to allow anonymous/guest posting. To take advantage of all
the features the forums offer, such as setting your own avatar,
tracking post counts, emailing users, private messages, access private
forums, and many other features you will need to have an account. It only takes
a few seconds to register, and it is recommended that you do so.
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How do I Register?
To create an account you will need to visit the Registration page and
complete the form for creating a new account. Here you will specify
details including your name, gender, current position, institution, country,
biographical information, a username, and email address.
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I have a Username and Password, How do I Login?
After successfully registering you should have a username and password.
You can then visit the login page and enter your username and password
to login to the forums.
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User Profile & Settings
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What is a Profile?
A profile is information about your account that controls how you view
information in the forums. This includes details about posts you’ve
contributed to, personal information you wish to share such as your web
address or weblog address, as well as, settings that control how you
interact with the forums such as, themes, time zone, and many other
settings.
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Why do I want to set my time zone?
Once the forums know what time zone you are in, they will display all dates and time relative to your time zone.
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How do I set my avatar?
If avatars are enabled by the administrator, you will see an avatar
section when viewing your profile. From here you can complete the forum
to name the avatar you wish to use, either by uploading an avatar or by
specifying a URL to your avatar. You will also need to enable your
avatar for it to be displayed with your posts.
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I just posted a message, how come I don’t see it?
A forum may or may not be moderated depending upon how the forum has
been configured. After posting a message in a moderated forum you may
receive a message stating that the post is awaiting moderation. Once
the moderator(s) approve your post, your post will become visible. The
moderators may choose to move, edit, or delete your post to ensure that
the post is topical to the current forum.
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What is the ‘XML’ icon at the bottom of a forum?
The XML icon is linked to the RSS feed for the forum. RSS is used to allow other applications to subscribe to forums posts.
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User Groups & Permissions
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What are Permissions?
Permissions control what you are or are not allowed to do while
browsing the forums. When using the default views for the forums, the
permissions are displayed in the lower-right corner of every page (where
permissions are applicable). The permissions you are granted control
all aspects of your view within the forums.
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What is a Forum Role?
A forum role is a grouping of common users for the purpose of assigning
permissions. In addition to common permission assignment, a forum group
can also be used to display an image for a user in that group. Forum
roles make the job of administering and moderating the forums easier
since users can be assigned to roles, and then permissions can be applied to
forums based on those roles.
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