[GUIDE] Fhearghus's forum guide for dummies

2.2 messaging and notification

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This part of the settings is meant to allow you to chose what notifications you receive, who you would like to mail you, ...
You can select if you would like to receive a private notification if anyone replies to any of your threads or posts.
You can select the option to receive a email ( on the email account you used in your profile ) as notification if anyone replies to any of your threads or posts.
You can select to save any of your sent messages and the replies to it so you can keep track of anything important discussed in mail.
You can select to get a notification if someone quotes you in their post.
You can select to get a notification if someone visits your profile page ( the page itself only shows the last visitors, so if you get many visitors this might come in handy ).

2.3 Thread Display Options

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Select the options to show / hide your forum signature, avatar and images.
Select how you see threads ( old to new , new to old )
Select the number of post shown per page.
Select which threads stay visible and how long.

2.4 Date and Time Options

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You can select the time stamp of your posts by selecting the timezone here, this means you can either select your own timezone or set it to UK-server time ( GMT ).
Note: there is a forum issue where automatically detect DST settings will fail, so if you see that your local time is incorrect it is possible you need to set this manually everytime DST changes

You can select the start of your week by selecting the day you prefer.

2.5 Miscellaneous Options

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Here you can select your editing options on how to post messages on the forum.
You'll find the option to change the ability to attachment uploads.
You can select your preferred language settings.

Note: keep your settings basic if you are not used working with more advanced options.

3) edit ignore list

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If for any reason you need / want to ignore a user ( making him/her unable to contact you )
you can use this function to add any user name and click " okay "

Note: this will not work on moderators or bluebite staff ( community manager, gamemaster )

Networking

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Networking has 2 options for you to select.
1) friends and contacts
2) event reminders

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Add a username here to add as contact / friend.

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Get a list of the events you selected a reminder for here.

Miscellaneous

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Here you can find ( if any ) your list of attachments.

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Forum overview

Now that you finished setting up your account ( profile ) and settings to your preference, lets have a look at what the forum looks like.

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As you can see it's kind of a big place.
Lots of area's with space for almost everything related to settlers.
The forum on thesettlersonline.com provides space for the 3 UK servers.
Most areas and sections are for all 3 of them, but there is also a server based section that allows players to discuss topics
that are only related to the players on their server ( guild recruitment, discussions and marketplace ).
As the guide continues you will be able to find every thread, the correct place for your " new " thread, the rules on our forum
and how to create / remove / update threads, posts you made.
it's important you read up on our forum rules before creating a thread ( this forum is moderated ) as it will save you lots of work
to alter / delete / move anything you posted.

Note: GUILD RECRUITMENT posts can only be posted in " world forums " under your specified server and only 1 thread per guild is allowed.

Top control bar

The top control bar ( navigation bar ) allows you to quickly move to the requested info ( thread ).

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It's divided in 7 menus and provides you with a search bar with advanced search option.

1) New posts: click this menu to get a list of all the latest posts on the forum.
2) Private messages: click this menu to go to your inbox / outbox menu on your profile page ( you need to be logged in ).
3) FAQ: click this menu to go the frequently asked questions page, where you have the option to select out of 3 menus or use the search option to find an answer to your question ( see image below ).

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4) Calendar: click this menu to see birthdays, ... and other marked events of our community and the game ( calendar can be set to day, week, month, year )
5) Community: click this menu and select one of the 4 drop down menus in the list ( see image ) which will take you to your friendslist, group, album or the members list on our forum where you can find other players ( for example to add as friend ).

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6) Forum actions: click this menu and select one of the 3 drop down menus in the list ( see image ) to select to mark the forum read, go to your profile or go to your settings page. ( if you mark the forum read, no new posts will be shown till that point )

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7) Quick links: click this menu and select one of the 4 drop down menus in the list ( see image ) to go to forum leader list, contacts, subscribed threads list or to see who is online at that time.

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You can also use the search bar top right.
Type in a name, thread, part of a thread and click the magnifying glass or press enter.
You can also select the advanced search option ( see image ) and add more detailed info in your search.

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News and Announcements

First section of our forum.
The news and announcements section has 5 sub sections and is meant to keep you up to date on everything about the game.
You can find our forum, game and chat rules there and read all new announcements like the dev diaries, updates and game news.
It will provide you with news on limited offers and all news from the homepage can be read in detail here.
Maintenance and change log information can also be found here.

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