Thanks to Helen for drafting these for me...

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What are the different ranks on the forum?
0 = Newbie Poster
50 = Trainee Poster
200 = Keen Poster
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1000 posts = Persistent Poster
2000 posts = Super Poster
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6000 posts = Compulsive Poster
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20000 posts = Accomplished Poster

Great job Helen and Lisa.

i have a signature question ... i had a signature ready to go, it was 253 characters and it told me it was too long. so i edited it down a little, maybe shaved about 10 characters off, and it told me it was still too long. i can't edit it down any further. why won't it accept the signatures, when they're under the limit?

There was a Crossing Jordan board, and now there's not, which confused me royally when I went looking for it again, lol.

Hi, I'm sure this is a silly question but when you post do you have to check off one of the three options below the message box? If I don't check off either Disable BBCode, Disable Smilies or Notify me I get an error. I usually check off the Disable BBCode but is this correct?

Thanks
Val

thanks lisa for the info keep up your great work

I never click any of them when I post, mainly because I'm computer dumb and don't even know what they do! But all my posts have been fine so far.

Lisa will probably be able to answer this but I can't find anything on how long this system allows your sign to be or even if you can change it. I'll make sure Lisa knows you asked though.

thanks, ang. i appreciate it! it's really frustrating, because i have tried and tried to edit it down and it just won't budge, it keeps telling me it's too long.

in your profile it says it can be 255 characters, that's where i found the info.

LOL I'm not a computer person either. I just would get an error saying I didn't pick a code . Anyway I just added my signature and that seems to have cleared everything up because there is a box for that and it's checked off.

Thanks for the info!

Postman

Thanks for the info !

The site owners are reconfiguring some of the board topics/categories so things might be moving around a bit more.

Is there a limit in how big images in signatures can be or is it just as long as the "signature line does not break the decorum of this site."?

^^I was wondering the same thing.

it's currently a 300 character limit.. and images are enabled.. but if people start abusing it, we might have to change the settings.

Thanks for the intro

I was wondering how can i change my username, plz

Hi. I was wondering how do you become a moderator?

did you not see this? http://www.mediablvd.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=1588

No I am sorry I didnt. Thanks.

You can't. If you want to use a different username, you have to register a new account.

Can someone please explain to me what is happening with fanforums?

Check this thread

The only way I can log in is if I click the 'Log me in automatically' box, which I don't really want to do because I'm on a shared computer.

If I don't click it, it just keeps refreshing the Log in page but doesn't let me log in

Sorry, I was going to post a question but I should have read the posts above. Whoops!

You might check to see that the time and date set on your computer are correct. It sounds like a cookie problem.

The time and date are right. Thanks anyway. I'll investigate my cookies

Question: How many pages can a thread get to before it's closed? Or is it unlimited?

We're not giving a specific page count at the moment to start new threads - sort of playing it by ear - moderators on each board will decide!

Oh okay. Thanks for the quick reply!

Is it OK to post pix directly from Crashdown on this board, or is that still a problem?

I have a signiture question. I've seen other posters that have moving avitars in thier sig line butI can't figure out how to do it.

Those moving pictures are animations, you can make them with several programs. Check the Fanart and Avatars board for more info.

Thanks, Sabrina

I just posted my question on the fanart and Avatars board. I don't want to make an avi I just want to post some I already have in my signiture line. When I try to upload them to imagestation I have to change them from gif to jpeg and then it just shows up as the first frame of the avi instead of the moving frames

You can post images from Crashdown to media blvd. Just not to other message board sites. ...... (Or should be able to soon...) we are still sorting out some domain issues with that site I believe

Thanks!

Why does it always take me at least 10 tries to log in...and when I think.."hey, maybe I forgot my password"...I try to get you to send me a new one, and It says that my email adress is not the one connected to my log in name?


claudia

Probably a problem with your cookies. Try to delete them, it should be ok then.

Oh about your email adress, which one is connected to it according to you? And have you changed your email adress lately?

I don't know how to delete cookies.

I have had the same email adress for the past two years, and it is the same one as in my profile. I can't believe that it would be attatched to a different one...

Hi! I have several questions,if someone could please help me, I would be so grateful Thanks a lot!!

1) How do I get the proper time, for my posts? I have looked into the other site,& it said something to do with "Day light savings time zone?" But I'm in the "Eastern" Time Zone,So, after I finsh this post, It will say like 5am, when really it's 1am. I even went into my Profile several times, to change it to -5 hours, but it doesn't seem to stick to that.

2) How can I change the colour of my postings?I remember seeing it, when the site 1st opened up, but I can't remeber where?

3) Also how do I change my posting writing Into :Larger Print"?

4) Last one!!! How can I get another "smiliey" over to this site, from the "Smiley .com site" & post some extra's after each posting here?
An exsample is: I have a site for more smiley emotiocons,& I would like to have the "Canadian Flag Smiley", on all my posts, on this board,I guess someplace after each posting, in with my "Quote",whichever is easier to do.

5) O.K. I lied, this is the last one.Promise!! Everytime I open up the smiley emotiocons( beside me here) It works only once( so I can post only one smiley) & then the next time(s) the screen here goes all "overlapping" & I can't even see if I've posted or, if it's gone through or not. Does this have to do something with "How much Ram,I've got"?in my computer?

Thanks, for listening,& helping me out!

The color and size of your post can be adjusted when you post a new message

The graphics problem probably has to do with how much graphic's memory you have..

where do you live.. and I will try to help you figure out time zone.

Ok, I'll try to explain to you how to delete your cookies. If it doesn't make any sense to you, just tell me, I'm on a Dutch computer so I have to translate some words. If you don't understand what I mean, I'll ask my lovely co-mod to help.

Go to Extra (Tools on a U.S. computer ) (Next to Help in your Internet Explorer) - Internet Options - Temporary Internet Files - click on the delete Cookies button - That's it.

About your email adress, which adress should be attached to it according to you? And if it's the same as on your profile, it should work. Please re-check your profile and if you're still having problems with it, feel free to post over here.

Good luck!

HeavyMetalQueen This might help: (Thanks to jilliek for posting this on another thread)

Quick reference:

GMT-12 Eniwetok
GMT-11 Samoa
GMT-10 Hawaii
GMT-9 Alaska
GMT-8 PST, Pacific US (Daylight Savings: GMT-7 PDT)
GMT-7 MST, Mountain US (Daylight Savings: GMT-6 MDT)
GMT-6 CST, Central US (Daylight Savings: GMT-5 CDT)
GMT-5 EST, Eastern US (Daylight Savings: GMT-4 EDT)
GMT-4 Atlantic, Canada
GMT-3 Brazilia, Buenos Aries
GMT-2 Mid-Atlantic
GMT-1 Cape Verdes
GMT Greenwich Mean Time, Greenwich
GMT+1 Berlin, Rome
GMT+2 Israel, Cairo
GMT+3 Moscow, Kuwait
GMT+4 Abu Dhabi, Muscat
GMT+5 Islamabad, Karachi
GMT+6 Almaty, Dhaka
GMT+7 Bangkok, Jakarta
GMT+8 Hong Kong, Beijing
GMT+9 Tokyo, Osaka
GMT+10 Sydney, Melbourne, Guam
GMT+11 Magadan, Soloman Is.
GMT+12 Fiji, Wellington, Auckland



Do you mean how you can change the board style? Go to profile, you can change it over there, but I would suggest you keep this one for now since the board styles aren't working the way they should at the moment. This will change in the future.


If you want to add a smilie under each post, go to Profile and add [img]url smilie[/url] to your signature. That's also how you can post smilies from other sites on this board. Just use [img]url smilie[/img] to add a smilie to a post. If you'd like to suggest a smilie for this site, please visit our Requests and Polls board, there is a thread over there where you can suggest smilies.

Hi there! Thanks so much,Sabrina & Lisa. I'll try this out shortly.Lisa, I live near Toronto, Ontario.So by the Chart Sabrina wrote down for me, I'm in the "Eastern" U.S. time zone.I'm just going by my "Rand McNally" map here. Thanks so much,for your help. Sabrina,thanks agian, I'm going to try this out, with my smilies.

I am already a registered user. Even after loggin in, I am unable to post in any of the boards, or start new topics, etc
What's up with that??

~Ash

the above post was me.. I think it's working now.. kinda..

~Ash

Ok good to know. If you're still having problems posting things, please let us know.

I am through with this site.....It takes me too long to log in, and I get incorrect responses back when I try to log in.

I like the site, but it is not worth 75,000 tries in order to log in


claudia

I PMd you claudia!