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 Registering |
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if you wish to post a new topic or reply to an existing topic 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, and a
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| Creating a Hyperlink in your message |
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You can easily add a hyperlink to your message.
All that you need to do is type the URL (http://www.clinicaveterinaria.org/forum/), and it will automatically be converted to a URL (http://www.clinicaveterinaria.org/forum/)!
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 email address.
This Example:
ale@clinicaveterinaria.org
Outputs this:
ale@clinicaveterinaria.org.
Another way to add hyperlinks is to use the [url]linkto[/url] tags
This Example:
[url]http://www.clinicaveterinaria.org/forum/[/url] takes you home!
Outputs This:
http://www.clinicaveterinaria.org/forum/ 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.clinicaveterinaria.org/forum/"]Clinica Veterinaria . org - La salute del cane e del gatto[/url]
Outputs This:
Take me to Clinica Veterinaria . org - La salute del cane e del gatto
This Example:
If you have a question [url="ale@clinicaveterinaria.org"]Email Me[/url]
Outputs This:
If you have a question Email Me
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| Moderators |
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Moderators control individual forums.
They may edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums.
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| Cookies |
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You may delete all cookies set by these forums in selecting the "logout" button at the top of any page.
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| Active Topics |
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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).
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| Editing Your Posts |
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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 a 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.
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| Attaching Files |
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For security reasons, you may
not attach files to any posts. However, you may cut and paste text into your post.
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| Searching For Specific Posts |
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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.
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| Editing Your Profile |
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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).
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| Signatures |
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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.
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| Censoring Posts |
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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. Words that are censored are replaced with asterisks.
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| What is COPPA |
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The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule apply to individually identifiable
information about a child that is collected online, such as full name, home address, email address,
telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the
child. The Act and Rule also cover other types of information -- for example, hobbies, interests
and information collected through cookies or other types of tracking mechanisms -- when they
are tied to individually identifiable information. More information can be found
here.
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| Getting Your Own Forum |
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The most recent version of this Snitz Forum can be downloaded at this Internet web site.
NOTE: The software is highly configurable, and the baseline Snitz Forum may not have all the features this forum does.
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Frequently Asked Questions