How to be a Good Member and Other Guidelines AKA The Newbie FAQ

This is a work-in-progress and always will be. Things can and will be added or changed.

Table of Contents

         -Forum Picture Guides
-Things to Know When Posting
-Chatroom
      -Contacting the Admins/Mods of this Forum
         -The Cookie Mini-FAQ
-The Censor Guide
-Random Questions

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Toolbar Picture Guide:

1. Don't post things that have already been posted or questions that have already been answered. Use the Search Bar (in RED), check the FAQ, and read the Rules.

2. In BLUE we have the "My Messages" Tab. That tab contains all of your P.M.s (Personal Messages)

3. In YELLOW we have the "Arcade" Tab. Here you can play games for fun and try and set the high scores for various games.

4. In ORANGE we have the "News" section. Here will show various announcements and tidbits from the staff at PalmPixiForum.com.

5. In LIGHT BLUE we have the "Show unread posts since last visit." and below it we have the "Show new replies to your posts." Both are useful links to see the new posts in the forums.

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In-Topic Picture Guide (Part A)

1. In LIGHT BLUE we have your username. In this example I have used myself.

2. In YELLOW we have the "Administrator" or "Moderator" Titles. The custom titles will also be in this area.

3. In RED we have the post-related titles. The more posts you have the more advanced the title. At 1000 posts you will be able to become your own category. Just message me and I will make it happen!

4. In BLUE we have the "stars". These are not changed by custom titles but are changed by post-related and Admin/Mod titles.

5. In PINK we have the "Cookies" total. Look farther down in the topic for the Cookie Mini-FAQ.

6. In ORANGE we have the post count. The amount of posts you have.

7. In BROWN we have your custom avatar. You change this by clicking on the profile button.

8. In WHITE we have your custom motto or saying. Also accessed in the Profile section.

The three smaller buttons from left to right are: View Profile, Email, and Personal Message.

-With the "View Profile" button you can see any users' details.
-The email button will open up a message with the user's email in the "to" area.
-The personal message button composes a p.m. with the user selected in the "to" area.

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Things to Know When Posting

Codes

There are several helpful 'codes' you can use when posting. First off is making a hyperlink into a word.

So instead of posting a link http://www.PalmPixiForum.com/index.php. You can post it as a word, Palm Pixi Forum.

1. Type your link or paste it onto your post. We will use the home page as our example.

Code:

http://www.PalmPixiForum.com/index.php

2. Highlight the link and press the hyperlink button shown here:

It should look like this now:

Code:

[url]http://www.PalmPixiForum.com/index.php[/url]

3. Replace the second bracket, ], with an equal sign, =. Like so:

Code:

[url=http://www.PalmPixiForum.com/index.php[/url]

4. Add the bracket, ], back in right before the [/url]. It should look like this:

Code:

[url=http://www.PalmPixiForum.com/index.php][/url]

5. In between the brackets, looks like this ][, you add in your text. The final thing will look like this:

Code:

[url=http://www.PalmPixiForum.com/index.php]Palm Pixi Forum[/url]

How To Double Quote in One Post

So you are in a topic and you want to reply to two separate posts in one post. You want to quote both of those posts but are unable. Here is how you do it.

First, right click on one of the "quote" buttons. There should be an option, "Open Link in a New Tab". Select that.

You should have two tabs open now, one with a post box in it, and one with the topic. In the topic tab, left-click the "quote" button of the other post you wanted.

There still should be two tabs opened, both with post boxes showing.

Copy the quoted text from one of them and paste it to bottom of the other. You can now close the tab which you copied the text from.

In the remaining post box, there should be two separate quote boxes when you post/preview. You can type in between the quote boxes if you would like.

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Chatroom

The chatroom button can be found on the toolbar. You can use these rooms to chat instead of having to post.

If you want to ask a question in the forums then you can link the chat and say which room you are in to discuss it.

You can make your own forums but I believe they will be deleted without much activity.

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Contacting the Staff

If you have questions for any mod or admin, send them a p.m. and they will get back to you. Be patient, we have real lives and it may take longer than you would hope. If we haven't answered your p.m. in a few days, feel free to send it again.

Also, know that the admin "Palm Pixi" is the head honcho in the technical area of the site. Questions about adding features to the forums or other similar questions should be directed toward him. Please be especially patient as he has other forums to tend to.

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The Cookie Mini-FAQ:

-Cookies are the karma system used on these forums. If you see someone do a good job and helping out the forums, click the "[Give]" button (not pictured). If you see someone not following this guide then click the "[Take]" button (not pictured).

-NOTE: You are not giving a member one of YOUR cookies. You are giving someone a cookie from the "cookie jar". Same with "taking" a cookie. If you take a cookie, it does NOT get added to your cookie count. It gets put back into the "cookie jar" or it is thrown into the trash. xD

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The Censor Guide

The newly-implemented censor will eliminate offensive words.

Trying to bypass the censor will result in a one week ban as found in the rules. I don't expect this to be a problem, just keep things appropriate.

Offensive words include racial slurs, swear words (Not all) and other inappropriate words.

If you think a word should be censored, or are concerned about what words are considered inappropriate, send me a P.M. You can use the guide to figure out to do that! Grin

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Random Questions

Q. I want to be a mod!! How?

A. If you want to be a mod just follow this guide. Be a good member, show that you are a good contributor to the forums, and if we need a mod, we will message you. Messaging us will help us know you are interested but we can't promise anything.