Forums 101 - posting, accounts, basics

[azflycaster]

The staff of AirForums consists of a team of moderators who are volunteers. Their job is to keep the forums running smoothly by assisting members and if needed, enforcing the rules of the forums. The moderators may warn, suspend or even ban a member who has continually violated the rules of the forums. These disciplinary actions are extremely rare and are done with a consensus of the moderator team. You can view a compete list of our site staff here.

The bottom of the portal page displays a list of members who are currently logged onto the forums. The moderator’s names are listed in bold. If you need assistance, feel free to contact any of the moderators. If you see a post that you find objectionable, use the “Report Post” option under the posters information on the left side of the screen. This option will generate an alert to all members of the moderator team.

The AirForums Staff would like your time on the forums to be a positive experience. Let us know how we can help.

[Janet]

Rivets are displayed below your screen name in your avatar block. If you have chosen to show a custom user title, it replaces these rivets. To change this:
Click on User CP on the upper nav bar.

> edit your details
> scroll down to find optional information section
> custom user title
> scroll and hit save
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Rivets Earned

Here is the breakdown on earning the rivets that appear below our user names. This is just a fun way to see who has the most posting action.

New Member (0 posts)

1 Rivet Member (5 posts)

2 Rivet Member (20 posts)

3 Rivet Member (100 posts)

4 Rivet Member (250 posts)

Rivet Master (500 posts)

[Janet]

The Thanks button is a nice way to show agreement or appreciation for a good post.

Each time you click the thumbs up icon (located in each post), the author of the post receives a point. You have the opportunity to leave a comment as well, which the post author can read.

You can access your own thanks comments in your user cp (click on user cp on the upper nav bar) and the last 30 or so will be displayed in the center section of the page under "Latest Thanks received" You can also see stats about how many times you've been thanked.

There is a meter in your public profile viewable by others, that also conveys information about the number of times you've been thanked.

[Janet]

To upload or change an avatar:

An avatar is the little picture displayed below your user name in the profile box on the left side of every post. You may use a forums avatar or upload your own custom avatar. Avatars are limited in size to 80 x 80 pixels or 100 KB (whichever is smaller) and contributing members may load avatars that are 120 x 120 pixels.

To choose a forum-standard avatar:
1. Click user CP (control panel) on upper blue tool bar.
2. Click edit avatar on left side menu.
3. Select the avatar you desire for the available pictures and click the selection dot below the picture.
4. Click save changes.

To upload a custom avatar: Choose a picture you like that is stored in your computer. Resize the picture to meet the size requirements above using a photo/image editor or camera software. Images that are too large will fail to load and you will receive and error message.

1. Click user CP (control panel) on upper blue tool bar.
2. Click edit avatar on left side menu.
3. Scroll down to the "Custom Avatar" box and click the "use Custom Avatar" button.
4. Click Browse button. A file menu screen will appear and you can choose the avatar file to be loaded. The file name should appear in the "upload an avatar from your computer box".
5. Click save changes.

[Janet]

You may change title under Username in profile box (next to every post). Rivets are displayed by default under your user name but you may choose to add text. This text will replace your rivets and rivet status. Keep the text brief so that it fits on the line allotted for this purpose.

1. Click "user CP" (control panel) on upper blue tool bar.
2. Click "edit profile" on left side menu.
3. Scroll down to "Optional Information" and enter desired text in the" Custom User title" box.
4. Scroll down to bottom of page and click "Save Changes"

[Janet]

There are a couple of ways to search the forum. If you have a question we recommend that you search before posting. There's a fair chance that we have a several posts about your topic of interest.

The Forums search tool found on the upper blue nav bar is fairly easy to use and really quick. Our search tool searches for key words and you have a choice to search for threads or posts. Consider using the advanced search function to narrow down your choices. You must be logged into the forums to use the search tool.

Google search: We have an embedded google search available. Check out the drop down menu under search to find this tool.

[Janet]

You can embed a YouTube video (provided it's on topic) in a post. Just copy the url of the video from your browser address line and paste it into your post. The video will display when you make the post.

YouTube - The Greatest Pink Show on Earth