Book of How To

1. If not, register and login (anyone are welcome to join).
   
2. First thing to do after login...
1. click "my account" (on left hand side)
   
2. change to the bluemarine theme (if you like)
3. To enable email notification:
   
1. goto my notify settings
1. enable notify status
2. turn on "notify new content" or "notify new comments" (if you like)
3. Create contents by
1. click "write a story"
2. select a category
3. post
4. You can also post in the forums
5. Or you can also create a blog
6. click "member list" to see if you are an editor (it's assigned automatically by # of post, didn't work very well now)
   

Change your theme

This forum is relatively new...

I'm not that familiar with the features yet.

But do post comments if you find some problems... I'll try to figure it out.

One interesting feature is you can switch to your own theme.

How to comment?

The simple rules are:
Reply to post, your comment will start a new comment topic.
Reply to comment, your comment will appear under the replied comment (like a thread of conversation).

Did you notice a "reply" link under each comment? So you can actually reply to a specific comment without losing the thread of conversation.


It's easier to read when new comment appears on the top. But I also think it might confuse new users. So I have changed the order, now the new comment will appear at the bottom (except when you reply to a comment).


All the post appears in the front page (except forum topics). With the newest one always on the top.

New posts can also be found under the contents navigation menu (depends on how you classified your post).

How to post a story

Very simple...



1. Login first
2. select "write a story"
3. select a category
   
   Do post

How to send private message

You have to allow someone else to send private message to you.

And it's not really a private message, it goes to your email box (without them knowing your email).

Here's how to allow others to send message to you:

• Log in
• goto my account
• select "EDIT" tab
• check the personal contact form
• The sender won't know the email of the receiver
• but the reciver will know the email of the sender
  

How to upload your avatar

To load avatar,


1. login
2. select "my account"
3. select the "edit" tab
4. Use "Upload Picture" to upload your avatar (limit to 85x85 30kb)
5. You can only upload picture from your computer
6. You can't type a url into the box
7. After done, goto the bottom page and click the save button.
   

What is RSS feed?

You might be wondering what does syndicate means?

You see sites around with the little orange RSS or XML icons like

That means you can subscribe to that site, and reading it only when there's new stuff in there.

How to subscribe to a site?

If you are using Firefox, you will see a little orange icon on the lower right hand corner of your browser's status bar. You can click on it to subscribe. Simple. News will come to you whenever the site is updated.

If you want, you can also download a news read, like sharpreader (http://www.sharpreader.net/)  or greatnews. It works on most of the news site. You can even subscribe to a Google news search.