Image sizes and types
Only upload images with small filesizes.
The smaller the filesize, the quicker and more assuredly the file will upload.
The maximum filesize depends on the quality of the connection.
Filesizes greater than 3M often fail on 3g.
Jpg, png and gif files are accepted.
My Account
The My Account link appears for registered users.
It is for setting these message defaults:
- Your Forum Name.
This is a public name which shows as the Artist/author.
It may be the same as your User Name, but it doesn't have to be.
- Whether your Forum Name is to be reserved.
If so, no one else will be able to use it, and you will only be able to use it while logged on.
- Whether readers can send you email from your message.
The email remains private, it is not revealed to the senders.
You may change these for individual messages.
Also, you may update your User Name, Password and Email through the My Account link.
Threaded messages
This messaging system allows you to read threaded messages.
A thread is a series of messages on a related topic.
It consists of an initial article and its replies, any and all of which may themselves have replies.
You have the option of reading messages by these threads, allowing you to follow the logical flow of the articles.
Articles sorted by threads are indented in the index to indicate which messages are followups to which other ones.
All messages which are replies to the same article will be indented to the same level.
Posting a followup
To post a followup to a message, click on the Followup link, then fill in the form.
Entering an email address
If you enter your email address, it will not be displayed in your message.
People will be able to send an email reply to you only through our system, and we will not reveal your email address to them.
We will not put you on any mailing list or distribute your email address to anyone.
Enter your email address only if you want people to have the option of replying to you by email.
Since no one will have direct access to it, you can safely use your real email address.
Do not use "munged" email addresses such as "aoluserREMOVETHIS at aol dot com" because no humans will see it.
Deleting the irrelevant portions of the original message
When composing a followup, the entire text of the original article will appear quoted in the composition area.
It is recommended that you only leave any relevant portions and delete the rest.
Most html is excluded
Messages may not contain html in general.
For example, If you type <FONT COLOR="red">,
that exact text will appear in the message, rather than the effect which was probably desired.
You can include a relevant URL in the appropriate field on the form if you want.
And, URLs within the text of your message will automatically be made into active links.
Do not enter something like <A HREF="http://www.nanday.com/">Go here!</A> --
instead, just enter http://www.nanday.com/ and the program will take care of turning it into a link.
Enter the full URL including http:// --
if you just enter something like www.nanday.com/ it will not be converted into a link.
Exceptions to excluded html
There are a few bits of formatting html which are allowed in your messages:
<B> </B> <I> </I> <U> </U>
| <B>Bold</B> |
Bold |
| <I>Italics</I> |
Italics |
| <U>Underline</U> |
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Registration
Everybody has full access to read and post messages.
No registration is required, but there is an optional registration.
Registered users gain the following benefits:
- You may choose to have your name and/or email address entered automatically whenever you compose a message.
(You may change or delete them for each individual message.)
- Your name may optionally be reserved, and no one else can write messages using the same name.
Note that you must be logged in to use your name if you've reserved it.
- You will be able to edit your messages after you have posted them.
You can edit your posts no matter what name you used when you composed them
(your reserved message name, a different name, or no name at all) as long as you were logged in when you posted.
It's best not to use the editing feature very often.
If you edit an article, people who have already read it as originally posted will most likely not see your edited version.
It's generally better to post a followup message instead.
Cookies are required to login to the message system.
You may read and post messages without cookies, but you cannot login.Editorial policy
All articles are subject to editing and/or deletion.
Any articles which are off-topic or offensive or abusive or commercial (unless relevant) are subject to deletion.
If you see such a message, please do not post a followup to it.
Instead, please use the Contact link at the bottom of the page to write to us, and we will investigate the offending article.
Responding by email
If the author of an article has provided an email address, you may reply to their message by email.
You will know when this option is available to you
because the author's name will be displayed as an active link rather than as black text.
You may click on the name to begin composing an email to the author.
In order to protect the privacy of the author, you will not see the email address of the recipient.
The text of the original message will appear quoted in the composition area.
It is recommended that you only leave any relevant portions and delete the rest.
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