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| Login and Registration |
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Have you registered? Seriously, you must register in order to log in. If you have registered and are not banned and you still cannot log in then check and double-check your username and password. Usually this is the problem; if not, contact the board administrator -- they may have incorrect configuration settings for the board.
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You need to register in order to post messages, but not to view them. However, registration will give you access to additional features not available to guest users such as definable avatar images, private messaging, emailing to fellow users, etc. It only takes a few minutes to register so it is recommended you do so.
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If you do not check the Log me in automatically box when you log in, the board will only keep you logged in for a preset time. This prevents misuse of your account by anyone else. To stay logged in, check the box during login. This is not recommended if you access the board from a shared computer, e.g. library, internet cafe, university cluster, etc.
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Don't panic! While your password cannot be retrieved it can be reset. To do this go to the login page and click I've forgotten my password. Follow the instructions and you should be back online in no time.
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First, verify that you actually completed the registration process. Did you provide a valid email address when you registered? If so, did you respond to the verification email that was automatically sent to you at the email address you provided?If you didn't, that's the problem. In order to complete your registration, you must respond to the verification email using the instructions provided. We apologize for any inconvenience, but - in order to reduce the possibility of rogue users abusing the site by posting spam - we require this two-step registration process to be completed.
If you did not receive the account activation email, please first check to ensure that your email client did not mis-file the email as 'junk'. If you are certain that you both provided a valid email address, and you have not received your activation email, please contact one of the moderators('goblins'). Be sure to provide the username and email address that you used to register, so that we can verify that it's really you.
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The most likely reasons for this are: you entered an incorrect username or password (check the email you were sent when you first registered) or your account has been deleted for some reason. If you suspect that your account has been deleted, ask yourself 'When was the last time I posted anything here?' Periodically, we will purge inactive users to reduce the size of the database. If we have removed your user account for inactivity, you may register again.
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| User Preferences and settings |
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First of all, only registered users may change their settings here. If you are registered, you can use the link that will appear at the top of each page (once you are logged in) labeled Profile. Once on the profile page, you may change any of your available settings that appear. Note that not all settings are changeable, and that some settings (such as the controls to customize the display of your username) are only availabe to users that are very active in the community.
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By default, the forum pages are set-up to display perfectly on a full-screen, 1024 x 768 pixel window. If your monitor is using a lower resolution than that, you'll see a horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of your window that will enable you to scan the entire page width here.
However, if you're a registered user here, and you happend to have a monitor capable of displaying much higher resolution displays, we've provided you with an optional override to the default page setting. To change your preferred screen resolution, simply visit your profile page, and update the settings for your monitor resolution.
Trust us, our forums rock at 1280 x 1024 and higher!
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The times are almost certainly correct; however, what you may be seeing are times displayed in a timezone different from the one you are in. If this is the case, you should change your profile setting for the timezone to match your particular area, e.g. London, Paris, New York, Sydney, etc. Please note that changing the timezone, like most settings, can only be done by registered users. So if you are not registered, it's high time you do! 8)
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If you are sure you have set the timezone correctly and the time is still different, the most likely answer is daylight savings time (or summer time as it is known in the UK and other places). The board is not designed to handle the changeovers between standard and daylight time so during summer months the time may be an hour different from the real local time.
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While we try to be as international as possible, it's not always possible to include every language in the translation tables. So, while the default language used on this board is English, if your native language isn't available, we can extend the website to include your language ... if you're willing to volunteer to do the actual translation. Contact a goblin for details.
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If you want to have a forum icon displayed next to your username, the best way to do that is to post, post, post! Forum icons are awarded automatically to our most prolific users in each forum on the first of each calendar month. If the forum has multiple posting icons, then they are intended to represent increasing levels of activity in that forum. For example, in any of our movie forums, a bronze reel is awarded to users that have posted enough content to be recognized as more than just occasional posters. Similarly, the silver and gold reels are awarded to movie posters who go above and beyond the call of duty over a longer period of time. Note that virtually all poster icons are forum specific. That means that, should you earn an icon in one forum, it will not automatically follow you to other forums within our website.
There are, however, special poster icons that are reserved for our moderators ('goblins') and, on rare occasion, a fanatical content poster who has proven commitment, loyalty, and devotion to our website over a very long period of time. Anyone with a posting icon next to their username should be held in very high regard by all users, as these devoted posters represent the best of the best at hardcoreforum.com.
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Our forums are designed to recognize and honor the most prolific posters that contribute content to the community. All of the forums here have an 'automatic' icon awarding system enabled, although not all of the forums actually have posting icons available to be awarded.
Practically speaking, in most user-contributed content forums, icons are awarded automatically based on your recent posting history. However, our movie forums are competitive, and the posting icons in all of these forums are set-up to reward only the top-10 posters from the previous calendar month. In these forums, the top three posters from the last full calendar month will receive a 'gold' reel icon for the entire current calendar month. Similarly, the 4th - 6th place posters from the last month will receive 'silver' posting reels this month, and the 7th - 10th place posters receive 'bronze' posting reels.
So, in the movie forums, you may have a gold reel this month, and drop to a bronze reel next month (or to no reel at all!) depending on your posting activity this month and how it compares to the activity of the other posters that you are competing with for the reels.
Also, keep in mind that each forum has its own posting icons, so it's entirely possible to be a gold reel in one movie forum, a silver reel in another, and unreeled in all other movie forums at the very same time!
Like everything we do here, posting reels (and other posting icons) have been created and set-up to foster an enjoyable experience for all of our users. It's part of what makes our community special! ;)
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Avatars are displayed next to the posters username in any topic or reply they submit, provided that the user is registered, has logged in, and has an active avatar image selected in their profile. Registered users may select from any of the predefined avatars in the library we provide, or you may choose to upload your own to our server (image file size contraints are enforced), or you may provide a link to an image file hosted on a remote server. To enable the use of an avatar in your user account, simply click on the Profile link at the top of any page, scroll down to the Avatar area of the profile, and activate your avatar using any of the three alternatives described above.
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Three words: post, post, post! Every time you post something here, whether a topic containing content or a simply 'thank you' reply, you are awarded poster points for your post. Your rank is determined by the number of poster points you have accumulated by posting. Naturally, posts containing content receive significantly more poster points than a reply with no content in it. Also, our website is designed to allow posts in different forums to receive different levels of poster points, based on the expected content in each post. And, while posting will almost always result in an increase in points, and a subsequent increase in rank once you've achieved the next threshold, it is possible to have points removed for certain posts, such as requests for fills, new content, and help. In these forums, replys are generally favored, as the users that post the replys are the ones actually providing the content in these forums, and therefore, the reply posters are the ones that earn the points.
However, it is important to note that you should not abuse the board by posting unnecessarily just to increase your rank. Doing so will usually result in having your posts removed, which will decrease your point total and associated rank.
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Sorry, but only registered users can send email to people via the built-in email form (if the admin has enabled this feature). This is to prevent malicious use of the email system by anonymous users.
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| Posting |
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Easy -- click the relevant button on either the forum or topic screens. Note that you must be a registered user to post any type of message here.
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Unless you are the board admin or forum moderator, you can only edit or delete your own posts, and then only for 10 minutes after posting. If you are able to edit a post, you may do so by clicking the edit button that appears when viewing the post.
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To add a signature to a post you must first create one; this is done via your profile. Once created, you can check the Add Signature box on the posting form to add your signature. You can also add a signature by default to all your posts by checking the appropriate radio box in your profile. You can still prevent a signature being added to individual posts by un-checking the add signature box on the posting form.
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Creating a poll is easy -- when you post a new topic (or edit the first post of a topic, if you have permission) you should see a Add Poll form below the main posting box. If you cannot see this then you probably do not have rights to create polls. You should enter a title for the poll and then at least two options -- to set an option type in the poll question and click the Add option button. You can also set a time limit for the poll, 0 being an infinite amount. There will be a limit to the number of options you can list, which is set by the board administrator
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As with posts, polls can only be edited by the original poster, a moderator, or board administrator. To edit a poll, click the first post in the topic, which always has the poll associated with it. If no one has cast a vote then users can delete the poll or edit any poll option. However, if people have already placed votes only moderators or administrators can edit or delete it; this is to prevent people rigging polls by changing options mid-way through a poll
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Some forums may be limited to certain users or groups. In general, if you can access a forum, you can post in it, provided that you have registered.
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Only registered users can vote in polls so as to prevent spoofing of results. If you have registered and still cannot vote then you probably do not have appropriate access rights.
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Only registered users can rate a post, and only those posts containing content can be rated. If you have registered and logged in, you will find the controls for rating a post in the left-hand column while viewing the post. If you cannot find the controls, you cannot rate the post, it's as simple as that.
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| Formatting and Topic Types |
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BBCode is a special implementation of HTML. Whether you can use BBCode is determined by the administrator. You can also disable it on a per post basis from the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML: tags are enclosed in square braces [ and ] rather than < and > and it offers greater control over what and how something is displayed. For more information on BBCode see the guide which can be accessed from the posting page.
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No. BBCode is reserved for use in the body of a post. If you accidently try to use BBCode in a post subject line, you'll receive a notification of the specific problem when you try to submit the post. In the event that you receive this notification, simply remove the offending BBCode from the subject line and submit the post again.
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No. All necessary post formatting can be done by using BBCode.
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Smileys, or Emoticons, are small graphical images which can be used to express some feeling using a short code, e.g. :) means happy, :( means sad. The full list of emoticons can be seen via the posting form. Try not to overuse smileys, though, as they can quickly render a post unreadable and a moderator may decide to edit them out or remove the post altogether.
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Sometimes. We have a limited subset of smilies available that can be used in a post subject line. Usually, these include the smilies that are shown in the brief smilie display window visible when using the editor to make a post. If you accidently use a smiley that we do not allow in a subject line, you'll receive a notification of the specific problem when you try to submit the post. In the event that you receive this notification, simply remove the offending smiley from the subject line and submit the post again.
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Images can indeed be shown in your posts. However, there is no facility at present for uploading images directly to this board. Therefore you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.some-unknown-place.net/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor to images stored behind authentication mechanisms such as Hotmail or Yahoo mailboxes, password-protected sites, etc. To display the image, insert the BBCode 'img' tag inline in your post body, or use the BBCode insertion button provided on the post editor.
Note that we do enforce certain image size constraints to keep the page formatting viewable, but - in the event that your image exceeds our size limits - our forums will automatically scale down the image size for presentation in your post, and will also make the image clickable so that users that so choose can view your image in a new window at full scale resolution.
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Announcements contain important information and you should read them as soon as possible. Announcements appear at the top of every page in the forum to which they are posted.
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Sticky topics appear below any announcements in viewforum and only on the first page. They are often quite important so you should read them where possible. As with announcements, only the board administrator and moderators can post sticky topics.
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Locked topics are set this way by either the forum moderator or board administrator. You cannot reply to locked topics and any poll contained inside is automatically ended. Topics may be locked for many reasons.
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| User Levels and Groups |
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Administrators are people assigned the highest level of control over the entire board. These people can control all facets of board operation which include setting permissions, banning users, creating usergroups or moderators, etc. They also have full moderator capabilities in all the forums.
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Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) whose job it is to look after the running of the forums from day to day. They have the power to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally moderators are there to prevent people going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.
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Usergroups are a way in which board administrators can group users. Each user can belong to several groups (this differs from most other boards) and each group can be assigned individual access rights. This makes it easy for administrators to set up several users as moderators of a forum, or to give them access to a private forum, etc.
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To join a usergroup click the usergroup link on the page header (dependent on template design) and you can then view all usergroups. Not all groups are open access -- some are closed and some may even have hidden memberships. If the board is open then you can request to join it by clicking the appropriate button. The user group moderator will need to approve your request; they may ask why you want to join the group. Please do not pester a group moderator if they turn your request down -- they will have their reasons.
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Usergroups are initially created by the board administrator who also assigns a board moderator. If you are interested in creating a usergroup then your first point of contact should be the administrator, so try sending them a private message.
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| Private Messaging |
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There are three reasons for this; you are not registered and/or not logged on, the board administrator has disabled private messaging for the entire board, or the board administrator has prevented you individually from sending messages. If it is the latter case you should try asking the administrator why.
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In the future we will be adding an ignore list to the private messaging system. For now, though, if you keep receiving unwanted private messages from someone, inform the board administrator -- they have the power to prevent a user from sending private messages at all.
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We are sorry to hear that. The email form feature of this board includes safeguards to try to track users who send such posts. You should email the board administrator with a full copy of the email you received and it is very important this include the headers (these list details of the user that sent the email). They can then take action.
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| Chat Room |
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Registered users may access the chat room by clicking on the Chat link that appears at the top of every page here. You must be logged in to see find the link, and, as with everything else around here, you must first register before you can log in. Basically, if you can't see the link, you can't use the chat room.
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No. The username you registered with will become your nic in the chatroom. You cannot override this (we wouldn't want someone else using your board username while chatting!), so please don't try.
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In the future we will be adding an ignore list to the private messaging system. For now, though, if you keep receiving unwanted private messages from someone, inform the board administrator -- they have the power to prevent a user from sending private messages at all.
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We are sorry to hear that. The email form feature of this board includes safeguards to try to track users who send such posts. You should email the board administrator with a full copy of the email you received and it is very important this include the headers (these list details of the user that sent the email). They can then take action.
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