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Post by twyrch on Dec 11, 2005 12:24:16 GMT -5
hey i was just looking at the members list by letter then I noticed that some people are not alphabetical (tegid is with the "C's" and Cynanmachae is with the "F's") That causes me confusion as well... but the problem comes when people change their Usernames. For instance.... Cynan originally signed up under the name FantasyFan. Tegid originally signed up under the name of Cephas. So in the member areas, it shows the member under their original name. If you look at their profiles, you will still see the original member name in their profile.... or at least, I do...
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Post by kg00ds on Dec 21, 2005 21:28:03 GMT -5
I see both names on my computer.
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Post by luv1another on Feb 8, 2006 23:31:31 GMT -5
hi I saw in the rules we arnt supposed to put copyright stuff on this forum. arnt a lot of pictures copyright? also how do we know what is copyrighted? with a site I mod on they allow a percentage of copyrighted material which is under what is allowable by the law would that pertain to this site as well or are we just not supposed to put anything up that belongs to anyone else at all? just curious I don't want to be breaking the rules in my first week of being here
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Post by luv1another on Feb 9, 2006 5:08:59 GMT -5
another stupid question are all the moderators admins etc listed someplace? or how can I tell who the mods/admins are?
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Post by twyrch on Feb 9, 2006 12:36:51 GMT -5
hi I saw in the rules we arnt supposed to put copyright stuff on this forum. arnt a lot of pictures copyright? also how do we know what is copyrighted? with a site I mod on they allow a percentage of copyrighted material which is under what is allowable by the law would that pertain to this site as well or are we just not supposed to put anything up that belongs to anyone else at all? just curious I don't want to be breaking the rules in my first week of being here That's a good question. The "spirit" of the rule is to maintain honesty and artist integrity. You'll notice that my sig contains copyrighted images from Michael Bonnell... however, these are freely distributed from his website and I'm not direct linking to them. I believe we simply want to keep people from taking pictures, poems, stories... etc and either claiming it is their own work or ripping it off a site without permission. Freely distributed images, poems and stories wouldn't fall under this rule, IMO. However, I do try to discourage direct linking, whenever possible.
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Post by twyrch on Feb 9, 2006 12:39:17 GMT -5
another stupid question are all the moderators admins etc listed someplace? or how can I tell who the mods/admins are? At the top of your screen, you'll find [members] between Search and Calendar. Click on Members, then click on Staff Members. That will show who is listed. Our titles are defined below our names and I know we had a thread about the title names at one point in Gen. Discussions, but that was a while ago.
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Post by luv1another on Feb 10, 2006 8:39:12 GMT -5
thankyou for the helpful replies twyrch
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Post by luv1another on Feb 14, 2006 10:42:21 GMT -5
umm ok another stupid question... is the box where you guys talk to each other at the bottom of the screen a shoutbox? if so how do you use it?
or is it the chat and you have to go through the chat icon at the top?
maybe in the skin I am using the text doesnt show up under it to say what to do or something :shrug:
I did write something and clicked tab but it said I had to have a username or something :shrug:
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Post by Tegid on Feb 14, 2006 12:55:42 GMT -5
Yes, the tagboard is a shoutbox, if that's the name you're more familiar with. The latest 20 entries stay there for anyone to see, unlike a chat, where you'd miss anything that was posted while you were not in the chat. The tagboard is read from bottom to top, with older entries dropping off the bottom. There are two small boxes up above the message area. You must fill in the upper box (Name) in order for the message to post in the tagboard. (Request: And it really would be good if you'd use your SRL name there, for our sakes, like you see others doing.) You need not fill in the second box (URL or Email) -- most of us don't. But if you do, it makes your Name in the tagboard into a link.
The chat icon at the top takes you to another page where a chatroom opens up. The chatroom is not compatible with all browsers or computer configurations. What you say there can be read only by someone else who is there at the same time. What some people, like dinadan, have done is announce on the tagboard that they are going into the chatroom for a while in case anyone else wants to drop by. If you do something like this, it would be helpful if you included the time (and timezone) in your tagboard message.
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Post by DanTheMan on Feb 14, 2006 12:59:46 GMT -5
The 'username' is any name really, but preferably your name you use here. And it's open to anybody, even if you're not logged on at the moment.
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Post by Dred on Feb 14, 2006 14:08:46 GMT -5
What you have already heard is correct but I'll give you some friendly advice not to use another person's name. That can cause trouble and we don't want that.
Have fun.
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Post by luv1another on Feb 14, 2006 21:36:06 GMT -5
thanks guys and dred naww I wouldnt use someone elses name .... at least if I knew someone was using it...I can't not use it if I didnt realise someone else already used it LOL hmm I think I confused myself there :doh:
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Post by luv1another on Feb 26, 2006 9:06:48 GMT -5
ok just wondering about the coloured names... I see someone asked how to get them once but there isnt any update here on the other board I am on everyone has normal names and only mods, AA's, admins and owners have coloured names... thats what confused me when I got here I thought everyone with a coloured name was a mod LOL so how do we get pretty coloured names?
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Post by twyrch on Feb 26, 2006 13:01:53 GMT -5
ok just wondering about the coloured names... I see someone asked how to get them once but there isnt any update here on the other board I am on everyone has normal names and only mods, AA's, admins and owners have coloured names... thats what confused me when I got here I thought everyone with a coloured name was a mod LOL so how do we get pretty coloured names? In the Forum News and Announcements area, there is a thread called Prizes which tells people how much KARMA they need to reach the fancy new features.
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Post by luv1another on Mar 10, 2006 1:28:29 GMT -5
another question how many pm's are we allowed in our in box before it stops recieving them LOL I don't see a limit..or maybe I am just blind LOL anyway just wondering
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