Although we permit guests to read our posts, we recommend registering for membership with the Forum because many of the most useful features only become available to you when you do so.

Read on for details of how to register and use the Forum - See left for Forum rules.

The Main menu appears on every page and contains five options.

Home - which takes you back to the Board index.

Help - which brings a guide similar to this entry.

Search - which allows you to search the forums for whatever you're looking for.

Login - which allows you to login if already registered.

Register - which allows you to Register

Once you've registered and logged in, however, the Main menu will look a little different as follows:

Home

Help

Search

Profile - make changes to your Profile settings.

My Messages - takes you to personal message area

Members - lists forum members

Logout - allows you to logout

The WM TECH SUPPORT name at the top of each page always links back to the main forum page.

If the Forum Category is collapsible, clicking the Category name collapses or expands the forums in a category, enabling you to see the Category name but not see the forums within the Category when collapsed.

The New Posts and No New Posts icons in the leftmost column show registered members whether there have been any new posts to the Board since they last read it. By clicking the New Posts button, a registered Member can view all of the latest unread posts of that board. 

The Mark as Read button enables registered members to mark all posts in the entire Forum as 'read'. This will clear the list of posts in the Unread Posts section.

The Notify button enables registered members to subscribe to email notification of replies to topics in this board.

The New Topic and New Poll buttons are for starting new topics and polls, as described in the posting article.

The Subject, Started by, Replies, Views and Last Post links enable you to sort the columns by these parameters (with Last Post also toggling between descending and ascending order as indicated by the little arrow).

The Topic subject links to the start of the topic, with extra links for subsequent pages and new buttons to take registered members straight to their first unread Post of the topic.

Double clicking on the topic subject column will allow you to edit the title of the topic straight from the message index, as long as you have quick-moderation enabled in your profile and that you have permission to edit your own posts.

Where the Topic has been started or last replied to by a registered member, clicking their names link to their respective profile.

The Jump to menu provides a convenient quick method of navigating the forum. It will allow a user to quickly "jump" to any Board that they have access to view.

Often referred to as Threads/Topics are where you find the actual posted messages.

At the top of each Thread/Topic is the Navigation Tree at the top in a space-saving horizontal mode.

You'll also find Previous and Next links at the top of each thread/topic.

The Reply button enables you to reply to the topic.

The Notify button enables registered members to subscribe to email notification of replies to the topic.

The Mark Unread button enables registered members to mark the Topic as 'unread', which means that it will still be listed as new and can be effectively 'saved for later'.

The Send Topic button enables registered members to send a link to the Topic by email.

The Print button creates a simplified, printer-friendly rendering of the page.

The Quote button enables you to quote the post in your reply.

Modify and Delete options are normally provided to enable registered members to edit their own posts.

Report to Moderator enables you to report abusive or wrongly-placed posts to the Forum staff.

Logged indicates that the IP of the author has been logged.

(The actual IP is only available to Board administrators or those that have the permission to manage members of a forum)

If you've arrived at the Forum as a guest and wish to Register, you will be able to register by finding one of the Register links on the main menu or on Topic.

You may see a login screen headed by a warning about access being restricted to registered members, in which case you should either use the registration link provided on the login screen warning or select the Register link from the main menu.

When you reach the registration page, you will need to filll out details such as username, password, and email address.

Once registered you will be able to post in most sections of the forum.

You will earn higher forum recognition status from the number of posts you make.

Please direct any question not covered in this user guide to Queen Bud or Uncle Gus.