Passionate Plonker
Group: Administrator
Posts: 275
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Joined: 13/01/2007
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My Controls - your personal control panel
When you click on the bolded 'My Controls' link (located at the top right), it will display 'Your account summary' and 'Your messenger summary'. You will also notice 'Your personal note pad'. This enables you to store anything you like, viewable to only you.
On the left hand side, you will see several sections:
Messenger- Compose New Message - Here you can compose your PM to send to another member. Choose the member from your address book or type in the member's name. Next enter a message title, then add what you want to say. If you want to keep a copy in your Sent Items folder, ensure that there is a tick next to 'Add a copy of this message to my sent items folder'. You may also choose to 'Track this message?' which let's you know when that member has read the message. Lastly, you can choose to Send, Preview or Save the message to send later.
- Go to Inbox - This is where your Personal Messages (PMs) are received. You can also jump to the Sent Items folder or another if you have created another folder (more on that later). You can also move your messages or delete them.
- Sent Items - This is where the PMs which you have sent are stored. You can jump to another folder, move your messages or delete them.
- Edit Storage Folders - Here you can add or remove custom folders. By default, 'Current Virtual Directories' will list 'Inbox' and 'Sent Items'. You may add folders, perhaps for different buddies, then once you have finished with your PM's, move them to it. This would make using the archive feature easier (see below).
- PM Buddies/Block List - for adding members to your address book and choosing which members, if any, you will not allow to PM you.
- Archive Messages - The archived messages will be compiled into a single file and emailed to your address as an attachment of your choice. Simply select the folder you want to archive and choose the options for archiving you'd like. You will be sent an email with an attachment of the messages you have archived, in HTML format or importable MS Excel datafile.
- Saved (Unsent) PMs - These are messages which you have chosen to send later. You can choose to open the message for editing and sending. You can also delete it without sending by putting a tick next to the message and then pressing delete.
- Message Tracker - If you selected 'Track this Message' when you composed the message, you can see if the member has read the message. You can choose to stop tracking the message. There is also the ability to see unread messages which you can delete before the member reads it.
Subscriptions- View Topics - View the topics to which you have subscribed. Here you will find topics, seperated by forum, to which you have either: started or replied to (if you have set this to happen in 'Email Settings' - covered later) or you clicked 'Track this Topic' whilst viewing a topic. You have the ability to stop tracking individual topics or all topics by putting a tick in the appropriate area and clicking on 'Unsubscribe'.
- View Forums - View the forums to which you have subscribed. Here you will find forums, seperated by category, which you have clicked 'Subscribe to this forum' whilst viewing that forum. You have the ability to stop tracking individual forums by clicking 'Unsubscribe' or you may stop tracking all forums by clicking on 'Unsubscribe from all forums'.
Personal Profile- Edit Profile info - Optional information you can provide including contact options. Simply enter the information you want to provide to be viewable by other members.
- Edit Signature - A personal signature to be displayed underneath your posts. Enter some text and/or use the [ IMG ] tag to display a picture. Please keep your signatures small. Ideally a signature should not be bigger than a couple of lines.
- Edit Avatar Settings - For a personal avatar (image) which will be displayed under your member name in a post. You can either choose from the list of 'Pre-installed avatars' or you may upload or link to your own avatar on your own server space.
Options- Email Settings - Privacy Settings: You may choose to allow other members to email you or not, and also choose whether you wish to receive updates from the Forum Administrator. NOTE: At no stage will your email address be able to be seen by other members, unless you email them back. Board Preferences: Here you can choose to receive a copy of the first post when tracking a topic, receive an email if a member has sent you a PM, or be automatically subscribed to a topic that you have started or replied to (you will receive only one email per topic until you visit that topic again).
- Board Settings - Here you may customise your time zone, adjust for daylight savings, choose to view signatures, images and avatars, have a pop up window displayed if you receive a PM, use 'fast reply' if it is available, or choose how many posts will appear per page and how many topics will show per forum.
- Skin and Languages - Translation and altering the look of the forums. At present there is only the English language installed and there is only one skin available. When (or if!) skinning is enabled by InvisionFree, you will be able to choose from a variety of skins.
- Change Email Address - This is self explanatory. If you change your email address, you will be sent an email to your new address and you will need to validate your account again.
- Change Password - For the security minded. Not necessary unless you wish to change your current password. You will need to enter your old password and then type in your new password twice.
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Posted: Thu 19th April, 2007 - 09:50
