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Guidelines
Registering:
Yes, registration is required.
Registration is free and only takes a few minutes. The only required fields
are your Username, which may be your real name or a nickname, a Password, your
first and last name, and a valid e-mail address.
The information you provide during registration is not outsourced or used for
any advertising by Miami Valley Community Online. Please read our privacy
policy for more details.
If you believe someone is sending you advertisements as a result of the
information you provided through your registration, please notify us
immediately.
Smilies:
You've probably seen others use
smilies before in e-mail messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are
keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile 
or a frown  .
This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical
representation when it is inserted between brackets []. Here are the
smilies that are currently supported by Miami Valley Community Online:
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smile |
[:)] |
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big
smile |
[:D] |
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cool |
[8D] |
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blush |
[:I] |
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tongue |
[:p] |
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evil |
[}:)] |
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wink |
[;)] |
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clown |
[:o)] |
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black
eye |
[B)] |
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eightball |
[8] |
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frown |
[:(] |
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shy |
[8)] |
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shocked |
[:0] |
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angry |
[:(!] |
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dead |
[xx(] |
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sleepy |
[|)] |
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kisses |
[:X] |
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approve |
[^] |
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disapprove |
[V] |
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question |
[?] |
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Creating a Hyperlink in your message:
You can easily add a hyperlink
to your message.
All that you need to do is type
the URL (http://www.mvco.us/), and it will automatically be converted to a URL
(http://www.mvco.us/)!
The trick here is to make sure
you prefix your URL with the http://, https:// or file://
You can also add a mailto link to
your message by typing in your e-mail address.
This Example:
admin@mvco.us
Outputs this:
admin@mvco.us
Another way to add hyperlinks
is to use the [url]linkto[/url] tags
This Example:
[url]http://www.mvco.us/[/url] takes you home!
Outputs This:
http://www.mvco.us/
takes you home!
If you use this tag: [url="linkto"]description[/url]
you can add a description to the link.
This Example:
Take me to [url="http://www.mvco.us/"]Miami Valley
Community Online[/url]
Outputs This:
Take me to Miami
Valley Community Online
This Example:
If you have a question [url="admin@mvco.us"]E-Mail Me[/url]
Outputs This:
If you have a question E-Mail
Me
How to format text with Bold, Italic, Quote,
etc...
There are several Forum
Codes you may use to change the appearance of your text. Following is
the list of codes currently available:
Bold:
Enclose your text with [b] and [/b] . Example: This is [b]bold[/b]
text. = This is bold text.
Italic:
Enclose your text with [i] and [/i] . Example: This is [i]italic[/i]
text. = This is italic text.
Underline:
Enclose your text with [u] and [/u]. Example: This is [u]underline[/u]
text. = This is underline text.
Aligning Text Left:
Enclose your text with [left] and [/left]
Aligning Text Center:
Enclose your text with [center] and [/center]
Aligning Text Right:
Enclose your text with [right] and [/right]
Striking Text:
Enclose your text with [s] and [/s]
Example: [s]mistake[/s] = mistake
Horizontal Rule:
Place a horizontal line in your post with [hr]
Example: [hr] =
Font Colors:
Enclose your text with [fontcolor] and [/fontcolor]
Example: [red]Text[/red] = Text
Example: [blue]Text[/blue] = Text
Example: [pink]Text[/pink] = Text
Example: [brown]Text[/brown] = Text
Example: [black]Text[/black] = Text
Example: [orange]Text[/orange] = Text
Example: [violet]Text[/violet] = Text
Example: [yellow]Text[/yellow] = Text
Example: [green]Text[/green] = Text
Example: [gold]Text[/gold] = Text
Example: [white]Text[/white] = Text
Example: [purple]Text[/purple] = Text
Headings:
Enclose your text with [hnumber] and [/hn]
| Example:
[h1]Text[/h1] = |
Text
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| Example:
[h2]Text[/h2] = |
Text
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| Example:
[h3]Text[/h3] = |
Text
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| Example:
[h4]Text[/h4] = |
Text
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| Example:
[h5]Text[/h5] = |
Text
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| Example:
[h6]Text[/h6] = |
Text
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Font
Sizes:
Example: [size=1]Text[/size=1] = Text
Example: [size=2]Text[/size=2] = Text
Example: [size=3]Text[/size=3] = Text
Example: [size=4]Text[/size=4] = Text
Example: [size=5]Text[/size=5] = Text
Example: [size=6]Text[/size=6] = Text
Bulleted List:
[list] and [/list], and items in list with [*] and [/*].
Ordered Alpha
List: [list=a] and [/list=a],
and items in list with [*] and [/*].
Ordered Number
List: [list=1] and [/list=1],
and items in list with [*] and [/*].
Code:
Enclose your text with [code] and [/code].
Quote:
Enclose your text with [quote] and [/quote].
Moderators
Moderators control individual
forums. They may edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums. If you have
a question about a particular forum, you should direct it to your forum
moderator.
Cookies
These Forums use cookies to
store the following information: the last time you logged in, your Username
and your Encrypted Password. These cookies are stored on your hard drive.
Cookies are not used to track your movement or perform any function other than
to enhance your use of these forums. If you have not enabled cookies in your
browser, many of these time-saving features will not work properly. Also, you
need to have cookies enabled if you want to enter a private forum or post a
topic/reply. You may delete all cookies set by these forums in selecting the
"logout" button at the top of any page.
Active Topics
Active Topics are tracked by
cookies. When you click on the "active topics" link, a page is
generated listing all topics that have been posted since your last visit to
these forums (or approximately 20 minutes).
Editing Your Posts
You may edit or delete your own
posts at any time. Just go to the topic where the post to be edited or deleted
is located and you will see an edit or delete icon (  )
on the line that begins "posted on..." Click on this icon to edit or
delete the post. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum
Moderator or the forum Administrator. A note is generated at the bottom of
each edited post displaying when and by whom the post was edited.
Attaching Files
For security reasons, you may
not attach files to any posts. However, you may cut and paste text into your
post.
Searching For Specific Posts
You may search for specific
posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and
particular forum(s). Simply click on the "search" link at the top of
most pages.
Editing Your Profile
You may easily change any
information stored in your registration profile by using the
"profile" link located near the top of each page. Simply identify
yourself by typing your Username and Password and all of your profile
information will appear on screen. You may edit any information (except your
Username).
Signatures
You may attach signatures to
the end of your posts when you post either a New Topic or Reply. Your
signature is editable by clicking on "profile" at the top of any
forum page and entering your Username and Password. NOTE: HTML can't be used
in Signatures.
Censoring Posts
The Forum does censor certain
words that may be posted; however, this censoring is not an exact science, and
is being done based on the words that are being screened, so certain words may
be censored out of context. By default, words that are censored are replaced
with asterisks.
Lost Password
Changing a lost password is
simple, assuming that e-mail features are turned on for this forum. All of the
pages that require you to identify yourself with your Username and Password
carry a "lost Password" link that you can use to have a code
e-mailed instantly to your e-mail address of record that will allow you to
create a new password. Because of the Encryption that we use for your
password, we cannot tell you what your password is.
Can I be notified by e-mail
when there are new posts?
Yes, the Subscription
feature allows you to subscribe to the entire Board, individual Categories,
Forums and/or Topics, depending on what the administrator of this site allows.
You will receive an e-mail notifying you of a post that has been made to the
Category/Forum/Topic that you have subscribed to. There are four levels of
subscription:
- Board Wide Subscription
If you can subscribe to an entire Board, you'll get a notification for any
posts made within all the forums inside that board.
- Category Wide Subscription
You can subscribe to an entire Category, which will notify you if there was
any posts made within any topic, within any forum, within that Category.
- Forum Wide Subscription
If you don't want to subscribe to an entire Category, you can subscribe to a
single forum. This will notify you of any posts made within any topic,
within that forum.
- Topic Wide Subscription
More conveniently, you can subscribe to just an individual topic. You will
be notified of any post made within that topic.
Each level of subscription is
optional. The administrator can turn On/Off each level of subscription
for each Category/Forum/Topic.
To Subscribe or Unsubscribe from any level of subscription, you can use the
"My Subscriptions" link, located near the top of each page to manage
your subscriptions. Or you can click on the subscribe/unsubscribe icons (  )
for that Category/Forum/Topic you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to/from.
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