For how to use 'Messenger', see here
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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 and remember to click 'amend my profile' to save it.
To 'edit avatars and signatures' see here
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Subscriptions
At the top of every thread, is a button called Options. You can click on 'track this topic' if you wish to be notified by email or pm when there are new replies. You can also do this for each section of the forum, by clicking on 'subscribe to this forum'.
This section will give you an overview of all topics and forums that you have subscribed to.
• View Topics -
Here you will find topics that you have subscribed to.
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 -
Here you will find forums you have subscribed to.
You have the ability to stop tracking individual forums by clicking Unsubscribe or all forums clicking on Unsubscribe from all forums.
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Options
- Manage attachments
These are the pictures that you can upload into your posts. You have a maximum storage space of attachments of 100k. Once you have reached that limit, you can no longer upload images.
Here you fill find all the images you have ever posted and to free up some storage space, you can delete them here. - Manage ignored users
If you wish to not be able to view any members posts, you can put them on ignore here by putting their name into the boxes.
You can also remove someone from ignore here too. - Email settings
Privacy Settings - You can choose to have members to be able to e-mail you or not and if you wish to receive updates from the forums administrator.
Board Preferences - The 1st option is to receive a copy of new posts when tracking a topic.
With the 2nd option, you can choose to receive an e-mail if a member has sent you a PM.
The last option allows you to automatically be subscribed to a topic that you have started or replied to (you will receive only 1 email per topic until you visit that topic again). - Board Settings
You can customise the time zone in relation to where you live and also adjust for daylight saving mode.
The next options are to set if you want to be able to view signatures, images and avatars in posts aswell as being notified when you receive a PM (although you will see if you have any PM's at the top right of the page i.e "1 new messages" - Change Email Address
When you change your e-mail address, you will be sent an e-mail to your new address as you will need to validate your account again. If you do not validate it, you will not be able to post. If you do not receive a validation email, click on 'resend validation email' - Change Password
Although not necessary unless you want to change your current password.
You will need to enter your old password and then type in your new password twice.