Post by admin on Aug 23, 2010 14:18:56 GMT
As with every forum, there are many things for new members to get to grips with. To help all our new friends here on TEH, I have a rundown of details.
1) Usernames and Display Names
We have had a lot of people asking about the difference between usernames and display names. Your username can be anything at all, and your display name must be your chataracter name. EG: Your username could be sally and you use this ONLY TO LOG IN WITH. Your display name cannot contain the name 'Sally'. Your display name is what we all see and what we call you. EG: Laura Hodge. It's usually best to keep your username short and simple, something easy for you to remember.
2) PM and Email
For all of you that don't know, PM stands for 'Personal Message' and it words as a kind of on-site email service. You can PM someone by clicking the little envelope button underneath their avatar or clicking on their name and slicking 'PM this member'.
Email is something different and the only time we use it on TEH is when a member of staff send out a notification mass email. We advise that you hide your email adress so guests cannot spam your inbox.
3) Avatars and Signatures
Your avatar is your display picture or profile picture. I have taken the pre-made avatars away because, lets face it, they were pretty bad. You can have any avatar you want as long as it's a GIF or JPG/JPEG file and on the internet. You CANNOT load an avatar from your computer. As long as the avatar is appropriate and is 100x100 pixels or smaller, you can have it.
A signature is the text/graphic that you see underneath each post we type. Again, you can use any picture as long as it is a GIF/JPG/JPEG file and appropriate, and the same goes for text. We allow UBBC and HTML codes for your signatures. If you would like one made for you, please PM Samantha Jackson or Ylana Thomson, our Hraphics Squad.
Backgrounds
The background that you should have on your profile should be your house background. Usually, an Admin will change your background once you have been Sorted, but if we haven't got around to you yet, to change it you can click your name next to a post, or click 'profile' underneath the TEH banner at teh top of the screen, click 'modify profile' and scroll down until you see the drop down menu for changing your background. Remember to click 'modify profile' otherwise your changes will be lost!
1) Usernames and Display Names
We have had a lot of people asking about the difference between usernames and display names. Your username can be anything at all, and your display name must be your chataracter name. EG: Your username could be sally and you use this ONLY TO LOG IN WITH. Your display name cannot contain the name 'Sally'. Your display name is what we all see and what we call you. EG: Laura Hodge. It's usually best to keep your username short and simple, something easy for you to remember.
2) PM and Email
For all of you that don't know, PM stands for 'Personal Message' and it words as a kind of on-site email service. You can PM someone by clicking the little envelope button underneath their avatar or clicking on their name and slicking 'PM this member'.
Email is something different and the only time we use it on TEH is when a member of staff send out a notification mass email. We advise that you hide your email adress so guests cannot spam your inbox.
3) Avatars and Signatures
Your avatar is your display picture or profile picture. I have taken the pre-made avatars away because, lets face it, they were pretty bad. You can have any avatar you want as long as it's a GIF or JPG/JPEG file and on the internet. You CANNOT load an avatar from your computer. As long as the avatar is appropriate and is 100x100 pixels or smaller, you can have it.
A signature is the text/graphic that you see underneath each post we type. Again, you can use any picture as long as it is a GIF/JPG/JPEG file and appropriate, and the same goes for text. We allow UBBC and HTML codes for your signatures. If you would like one made for you, please PM Samantha Jackson or Ylana Thomson, our Hraphics Squad.
Backgrounds
The background that you should have on your profile should be your house background. Usually, an Admin will change your background once you have been Sorted, but if we haven't got around to you yet, to change it you can click your name next to a post, or click 'profile' underneath the TEH banner at teh top of the screen, click 'modify profile' and scroll down until you see the drop down menu for changing your background. Remember to click 'modify profile' otherwise your changes will be lost!
