Third Annual BF betleH Tournament

Contents

Getting started

Register
Logging In
Logging Out
Forgot Password

Your Profile

Profile Overview
Edit Profile
Contact Information
Options
PM Preferences

Posting

Create a new thread
Post a reply
Emoticons
YaBBC

Personal Messages

Personal Messaging

Getting started

Register

Since this forum is powered by YaBB, registering an account is so simple, you'll be chatting in no time!

Step 1: In the menu above, you will see items titled "Home", "Help", "Login", "Register", etc. Click on "Register".

Step 2: On this new page, you will see a form where you can choose your username, password (if the administrator allows) and enter you email address. Fill in the boxes with your information.

Step 3: Check the ratio button to agree to the User Agreement.

Step 4: Click on the "Register" button at the bottom of the page.

That's it! The administrator may require you to validate your account before you can post. If this is the case, an email will be sent to you containg your password. Now you're ready to log in and post!
^

Logging In

Now that you've registered an account, it's time to sign in.

Step 1: In the menu above, you will see items titled "Home, "Help", "Login", "Register", etc. Click on "Login".

Step 2: On this new page, you will see several options.

Username - Enter in the name you registered with.
Password - Type in your password.
Logged in For - Choose how long you would like to stay logged in for.
Forgot Password - If you can't remember your password, click this button to have it resent. (Full directions below)

Step 3 Once you have everything filled out, click the button in the form titled "Login".

Congratulations! You are now ready to participate in our community! Note, if you do not see the "Login" button in the menu, you may already be logged in. This can happen on some boards set up for instant registration.
^

Logging Out

When you are done posting, it is a good idea to log out of your account so others using your computer will not have access to your information. To do this, find the menu item titled "Logout". Once you click this button, YaBB will log you out of your account and you must log in again if you wish to post.
^

Forgot Password

If you have forgotten your password, YaBB can resend it to the email account your registered your account with.

Step 1 In the menu above, you will see items titled "Home", "Login", "Register", etc. Click on "Login".

Step 2 On this new page, you will see a button titled "Forgot Password". Click this button.

Step 3 A new page will load with a single box. Enter your username or the email address you registered with.

Step 4 Click the button titled "Send".
^

Your Profile

Profile Overview

YaBB allows you to fill out a profile which tells people about you. You can have your name, age, instant messenger information, personal avatar, and more!

Step 1: To change your profile, click the "Profile" option in the forum menu above. This will bring you to the View Profile page.

Step 2: On your View Profile page, you will see a special link titled "Modify". Click this link.

Step 3: For security reasons, you will then be asked to enter your password. Do so, then click "Confirm Password".

You now have access to all of your account settings and options for this YaBB, divided into four sections: Edit Profile, Contact Information, Options and PM Preferences. For details on each of thise, please read on below.
^

Edit Profile

The Edit Profile section gives you quick access to your basic profile settings for you account on this YaBB forum.

Password
If you wish to change your password, you may do so by filling in this box. It is highly recommended that your password be at least 6 characters and use a combination of letters and numbers.

Verify Password
In order to change your password, YaBB needs to know that you'll remember it. You can do this by entering your new password again in this box.

Name
This is your Display Name. This is the name everyone will see throughout this YaBB.

Gender
Optional. If you wish others to know your gender, you may pick "male" or "female" from this drop-down box.

Birthday
Optional. If you would like others to see how old you are and have a special icon in your profile on your birthday, please enter it in DD (day), MM (month), YYYY (year) format.

Location
Optional. Filling in this box will display where you live, where your from or anything else you choose.
^

Contact Information

If you would like other members of this YaBB community to be able to contact you, this section will allow you to provide this information in your profile.

Email
This must be a valid email address. It is used for system notifications such as a forgotten password.

Hide Email from Public
Check this box if you do not want other YaBB community members to view your email address. Note, this does not hide it from Admins.

ICQ
If you have an ICQ account, you may enter your UIN here.

AIM
If you have AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), you may enter your user name here.

YIM
If you have Yahoo! Instant Messenger, you may enter your screen name here.

MSN
If you have an MSN Messenger address, you may enter it here.

Google Talk
If you have Google Talk, you may enter your address here.

Website Title
If you have a website, you can enter the title here. This will be the text the URL (below) will attached to.

Website URL
Here you can enter the URL to your website. Note, this must be a full URL. (i.e. include http:// )
^

Options

The third section of your YaBB profile allows you to edit forum settings that related to your account.

Personalized Picture
YaBB allowes you to define a small picture (called an avatar) that will display under your name next to your posts. This forum has a number of avatars already installed and you may pick one from the list. If you have your own avatar, please see the option below.

I have my own pic
If you have your own avatar and would like to use it on this YaBB, you may enter the URL here.

Personal Text
This is a small line of text that will display under your avatar.

Signature
Your signature is displayed at the bottom of every post you make.

Preset Time Format
This option allows you to change how the dates and time are presented to you throughout this YaBB community.

Preset Time Format
This option allows you to change how the dates and time are presented to you throughout this YaBB community.

Custom Time Format
You may also create a custom time format using the special codes here.

Time Offset
Since your time may be different from the server, you can enter your correct time zone to adjust it correctly.

Template
If the webmaster of this YaBB has other templates installed, you may choose one from this box.

Language
Here you can select the default language for this community.
^

PM Preferences

The final section of the profile gives you the ability to customize how you view and receive private messages from other community members.

Ignorelist
This function allows you to ignore other members and prevents you from viewing any private messages they send. Additionally, you may disable all PMs by entering a *

Notify by e-mail:
If you would like an email when a members sends you a private message, this options allows you to enable that feature.

PM Popup shows PMs in new Window?
If you have PM Popups enabled, checking this box will open your PMs in a new window. Otherwise, it will load in the current one.

Enable Personal Message Popup?
Checking this box will display a small popup window to notify you of any new private messages.
^

Posting

Create 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.
^

Post 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.
^

Emoticons

Emoticons are a fun way to express your emotion in your posting. They can help you indicate whether you are joking, happy, sad, or a variety of other things. Each YaBB emoticon uses standard chat-style key-strokes, so it requires nothinking on your part.
^

YaBBC

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

What is YaBBC?

YaBBC is a set of tags based on the HTML language. It allow you to add formatting to your messages in the same way as HTML does, but have a simpler syntax and will never break the layout of the pages you are viewing.

Most YaBBC tags can be wrapped round text, by first highlighting the text, and then clicking on the YaBBC button with the desired formatting.


	URL, Link
	Syntax:	[url]http://www.yabbforum.com[/url]
	Result:	http://www.yabbforum.com
	Syntax:	[url=http://www.yabbforum.com]YaBB Forum[/url]
	Result:	YaBB Forum
		Type URL and text: www.yabbforum.com YaBB Forum Highligth all of it: `www.yabbforum.com YaBB Forum` Click the button: YaBB Forum
		The [link] YaBBC tags work in the same manner as the [url] tags, with the exception that the [link] tag (there is no insertion button for this tag) will open the clicked link in the present window, whereas the [url] tag opens the clicked link in a new window.

	Ftp
	Syntax:	[ftp]ftp://ftpdom[/ftp]
	Result:	ftp://ftpdom

	Insert Image
	Syntax:	[img]www.your-domain.com/on.gif[/img]
	Result:

	Insert Email
	Syntax:	[email]myname@domain.com[/email]
	Result:	myname@domain.com
	Syntax:	[email=myname@domain.com]Click to email me[/email]
	Result:	Click to email me
		Type mail-addr. and text: myname@domain.com Click to email me Highligth all of it: `myname@domain.com Click to email me` Click the button: Click to email me

	Flash
	Syntax:	[flash=width,height]flashname[/flash]
	example:	[flash=150,30]http://www.your-domain.com/yabbchelp.swf[/flash]
	Result:	Flash location (150 x 30): http://www.your-domain.com/yabbchelp.swf

	Insert Table - Column - Row
	Syntax:	[table][tr][td]text example[/td][/tr][/table]

	Horizontal Rule
	Syntax:	[hr]
	Result:

	Teletype
	Syntax:	[tt]text example[/tt]
	Result:	`text example`

	Insert Code
	Syntax:	[code] <script language="Javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello YaBB 2!") //--> </script> [/code]
	Result:	Code: <script language="Javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello YaBB 2!") //--> </script>

	Insert Quote
	Syntax:	[quote]Hello YaBB 2[/quote]
	Result:	Quote: Hello YaBB 2

	Insert Edit
	Syntax:	[edit]Hello YaBB 2[/edit]
	Result:	Edited: Hello YaBB 2

	Superscript
	Syntax:	text [sup]example[/sup]
	Result:	text ^example

	Subscript
	Syntax:	text [sub]example[/sub]
	Result:	text _example

	Marquee
	Syntax:	[move]text example[/move]
	Result:	text example
	Timestamp
	Syntax:	[timestamp=1121602762]
	Result:	Jul 17^th, 2005, 7:19am

	Bold
	Syntax:	[b]text example[/b]
	Result:	text example

	Italicize
	Syntax:	[i]text example[/i]
	Result:	text example

	Underline
	Syntax:	[u]text example[/u]
	Result:	text example

	Strikethrough
	Syntax:	[s]text example[/s]
	Result:	~~text example~~

	Highlight
	Syntax:	[highlight]text example[/highlight]
	Result:	text example

	Font Face
	Syntax:	[font=Courier New]Font Courier New[/font]
	Result:	Font Courier New

	Font Size
	Syntax:	[size=14]Font Size 14[/size]
	Result:	Font Size 14

	Preformatted Text
	Syntax:	[pre] this it preformatted text [/pre]
	Result:	this it preformatted text

	Left Align
	Syntax:	[left]text example[/left]
	Result:	text example

	Centered
	Syntax:	[center]text example[/center]
	Result:	text example

	Right Align
	Syntax:	[right]text example[/right]
	Result:	text example

	Insert List
	Syntax:	[list][]Item 1[]Item 2[/list]
	Result:	Item 1 Item 2
		You can create 2- or 3-level list structures by nesting lists.
	example:	[list][]Item 1[list][]Item1a[]Item1b[/list][]Item 2[list][]Item2a[]Item2b[/list][/list]
	Result:	Item 1 Item1a Item1b Item 2 Item2a Item2b

	/ me
	Syntax:	/me loves YaBB 2
	Result:	* loves YaBB 2

Personal Messages

Personal Messaging

YaBB is about community and communication. And there are plenty of ways to communicate: Posting on the boards, Personal Messaging, E-mail, ICQ, AIM and YIM. Of course, all methods of communication are only available to members. An exception is when the Forum Staff decides to allow guests to post on the boards: in this case all unregistered users are NOT allowed to do is viewing the Member List and sending Personal Messages to members.

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, YaBB offers a faster, more private method. Personal Messaging on the boards provides instantaneous delivery to the recipient's Private Mailbox. The mail is sent and received entirely through YaBB, so neither you nor the recipient have to open another program or leave YaBB. Personal Messaging also gives both the sender and recipient greater privacy: No one's real e-mail address is revealed. Personal Messages show only the handle and name of both parties.
If a recipient isn't online, Personal Messages wait in the member's PM box until the next time s/he logs in and manually reads and/or deletes them. YaBB Personal Messages is a self-contained, highly private e-mail system.
^

	Welcome, Guest. Please Login or Register. Oct 31^st, 2024, 11:34pm Hosted by Xavier Fleet Yards Competition website Last 10 posts