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Billiards Forum FAQ and Help

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Billiards Forum Features

Why Require Registration?

In order to fully utilize the abilities of the Billiards Forum, the administrators require that you register as a member. Registration is free, and allows you to post new threads in the Billiards Forum, reply to other people's threads with answers and expertise, edit your own posts for a brief period of time, receive email notification of replies to your posts and threads you specify, and send private messages to other members. To register, you will need to specify a username and password, and a valid email address. Entering your email address will not leave you open to spam. The administrator has configured the Billiards Forum to send you the final part of the registration process by email, so ensure that the email address you provide is valid and working. If you are under the age of 13, the administrator insists that a parent or guardian provide consent before allowing you to complete the registration process.

How Do I Add, Change, Upload and Avatar?

The little 80px by 80px images displayed under each post are called avatars. As a forum member with a registered account, you can edit your avatar.

Avatars are displayed in your profile, below your username on all posts that you make, and in private messages you send.

You can find your avatar administration page by clicking the "edit your profile" link at the top right hand side of this page, entering your password, and then clicking on the "edit your avatar" link. On the avatar administration page you will find three options:

  1. Upload An Avatar - You can upload an image to your personal upload directory for use as your billiards forum avatar.
  2. Link to External Avatar - You can specify the URL for and external image you wish to use as your billiard forum avatar.
  3. Choose A Pre-Defined Avatar - The administrator has provided a selection of images that can be used as your avatar.


Please note that we do not allow the use of copyrighted images for avatars.


About the Billiards Forum Web Site

Who Owns the Billiards Forum?

The Billiards Forum is privately owned and is based out of Eastern Canada. All other inquiries about ownership of the Billiards Forum site and it's features can be sent via private message to the administrator. (garyrobar)

General Forum Help

Registering for Billiards Forum

Registration is not required to view current topics on the Forum; however, if you wish to post a new topic or reply to an existing topic registration is required. Registration is free and only takes a few minutes. The only required fields are your Username, which may be your real name or a nickname, and a valid e-mail address.

The information you provide during registration is not outsourced or used for any advertising by Billiards Forum.If you believe someone is sending you advertisements as a result of the information you provided through your registration, please notify us immediately.

Billiards Forum Smilies

You've probably seen others use smilies before in e-mail messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical representation when it is inserted between brackets [ ].  Here are the smilies that are supported by Billiards Forum:

smile[:)]
big smile[:D]
evil[}:)]
wink[;)]
tongue[:p]
shocked[:o)]
heart[h]
approve[^]
sad[:(]
world[w]
clock[cl]
bulb[b]
drink[d]
coffee[co]
cash[$]
rain[r]
television[tv]
phone[ph]
 




cue tip[ct]
rack[r]
chalk[ch]
1 Ball[1]
2 Ball[2]
3 Ball[3]
4 Ball[4]
5 Ball[5]
6 Ball[6]
7 Ball[7]
8 Ball[8]
9 Ball[9]
10 Ball[10]
11 Ball[11]
12 Ball[12]
13 Ball[13]
14 Ball[14]
15 Ball[15]
 

Creating a Hyperlink in your message

You can easily add web links to your billiards forum message. All that you need to do is type the full URL (http://www.billiardsforum.info/), and it will automatically be converted to a hyperlinked URL in your Billiards Forum post. The key is to make sure you prefix your URL with the http://, https:// or file:// protocols. You can also add a mailto link to your message by typing in your e-mail address. Remember, Billiards Forum Rules prevent commerical linking of any kind. Here are a few examples...

This Example: mail@mail.com      Outputs This: mail@mail.com

Another way to add hyperlinks your billiards forum post is to use the [url]...[/url] tags. Just wrap them around the destination URI. Please note that all links leading to sites outside of the Billiards Forum will have the nofollow tags applied automatically.

This Example:  [url]http://www.billiardsforum.info/[/url] takes you home!
Outputs This:   http://www.billiardsforum.info/ takes you home!

You can also insert appropriate anchor text when creating hyperlinks in your Billiards Forum posting. You must use the following forum code convention to insert anchor text [url="URL"]...anchor text...[/url] in order to add the anchor text to the link. This works with mailto links as well.

This Example:  Take me to [url="http://www.billiardsforum.info/"]Billiards Forum[/url]
Outputs This:   Take me to Billiards Forum
This Example:  If you have a question [url="mail@mail.com"]E-Mail Me[/url]
Outputs This:   If you have a question E-Mail Me

You can make images become hyperlinks as well, by simply wrapping the [url="URL"]...[/url] tags around the [img]...image_url...[/img] tags. Please remember to use images sparingly, as they can slow down the loading of the Billiards Forum pages.

This Example:  [url="http://www.billiardsforum.info/"][img]/uploaded/garyrobar/grobar.jpg[/img][/url]
Outputs This:
Billiards

How to format text with Bold, Italic, Quote, etc...

There are several Forum Codes you may use to change the appearance of the text in your Billiards Forum posting.  Following is the list of codes currently available to Billiards Forum members:

Bold: Enclose your text with [b]...[/b]Example: This is [b]bold[/b] text. = This is bold text.
Italic: Enclose your text with [i]...[/i]Example: This is [i]italic[/i] text. = This is italic text.
Underline: Enclose your text with [u] and [/u]. Example: This is [u]underline[/u] text. = This is underline text.
Aligning Text Left: Enclose your text with [left] and [/left]
Aligning Text Center: Enclose your text with [center] and [/center]
Aligning Text Right: Enclose your text with [right] and [/right]
Striking Text: Enclose your text with [s] and [/s]
Example: [s]mistake[/s] = mistake
Horizontal Rule: Place a horizontal line in your post with [hr]
Example: [hr] =

You can control the color of the text quite easily with forum code. Be sure to close all code, and to use colors sparingly to enhance readability. The available colors are red, blue, pink, brown, black, orange, violet, yellow, green, gold, white, and purple. Simply enclose your text with [fontcolor] and [/fontcolor] to change its color.

Example: [red]some text[/red] = some text

You can control the size of the text quite easily with forum code. Be sure to close all code, and to use larger font sizes sparingly to enhance readability. The available sizes are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Simply enclose your text with [size=fontsize] and [/size] to change its size.

Example: [size=1]some text[/size=1] = size text
Bulleted List: [list] and [/list], and items in list with [*] and [/*].
Ordered Alpha List: [list=a] and [/list=a], and items in list with [*] and [/*].
Ordered Number List: [list=1] and [/list=1], and items in list with [*] and [/*].
Code: Enclose your text with [code] and [/code].
Quote: Enclose your text with [quote] and [/quote].
Images: Enclose the address with one of the following:
  • [img] and [/img]
  • [img=right] and [/img=right]
  • [img=left] and [/img=left]

Billiards Forum Moderators

Moderators control individual forums. They may edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums.

The Use of Cookies

These Forums use cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in, your Username and your Encrypted Password. These cookies are stored on your hard drive. Cookies are not used to track your movement or perform any function other than to enhance your use of these forums. If you have not enabled cookies in your browser, many of these time-saving features will not work properly. Also, you need to have cookies enabled if you want to enter a private forum or post a topic/reply. You may delete all cookies set by these forums in selecting the "logout" button at the top of any page.

Active Topics

Active Topics are tracked by cookies. When you click on the "active topics" link, a page is generated listing all topics that have been posted since your last visit to these forums (or approximately 20 minutes).

Editing Your Posts

You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. Just go to the topic where the post to be edited or deleted is located and you will see a edit or delete icon (EditDelete) on the line that begins "posted on..." Click on this icon to edit or delete the post. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum Moderator or the forum Administrator. A note is generated at the bottom of each edited post displaying when and by whom the post was edited.

Attaching Files to Billiards Forum Posts

For security reasons, you may not attach files, except for images, to any Billiards Forum posts. However, you may cut and paste text into your post.

Searching For Specific Posts

You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Simply click on the "search" link at the top of most pages.

Editing Your Profile

You may easily change any information stored in your registration profile by using the "profile" link located near the top of each page. Simply identify yourself by typing your Username and Password and all of your profile information will appear on screen. You may edit any information (except your Username).

Signatures

You may attach signatures to the end of your posts when you post either a New Topic or Reply. Your signature is editable by clicking on "profile" at the top of any forum page and entering your Username and Password. NOTE: HTML can't be used in Signatures.

Censoring Forum Posts

The Forum does censor certain words that may be posted; however, this censoring is not an exact science, and is being done based on the words that are being screened, so certain words may be censored out of context. By default, words that are censored are replaced with asterisks.

Lost Password

Changing a lost password is simple, assuming that e-mail features are turned on for this forum. All of the pages that require you to identify yourself with your Username and Password carry a "lost Password" link that you can use to have a code e-mailed instantly to your e-mail address of record that will allow you to create a new password. Because of the Encryption that we use for your password, we cannot tell you what your password is.

Can I be notified via e-mail when there are new posts?

Yes, the Subscription feature allows you to subscribe to the entire Board, individual Categories, Forums and/or Topics, depending on what the administrator of this site allows. You will receive an e-mail notifying you of a post that has been made to the Category/Forum/Topic that you have subscribed to. There are four levels of subscription:

  • Board Wide Subscription - If you can subscribe to an entire Board, you'll get a notification for any posts made within all the forums inside that board.
  • Category Wide Subscription - You can subscribe to an entire Category, which will notify you if there was any posts made within any topic, within any forum, within that Category.
  • Forum Wide Subscription - If you don't want to subscribe to an entire Category, you can subscribe to a single forum. This will notify you of any posts made within any topic, within that forum.
  • Topic Wide Subscription - More conveniently, you can subscribe to just an individual topic. You will be notified of any post made within that topic.

Each level of subscription is optional. The administrator can turn On/Off each level of subscription for each Category/Forum/Topic. To Subscribe or Unsubscribe from any level of subscription, you can use the "My Subscriptions" link, located near the top of each page to manage your subscriptions. Or you can click on the subscribe/unsubscribe icons (Subscribe UnSubscribe) for that Category/Forum/Topic you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to/from.

What is COPPA?

The Children's Online Privacy Protection Act and Rule apply to individually identifiable information about a child that is collected online, such as full name, home address, e-mail address, telephone number or any other information that would allow someone to identify or contact the child. The Act and Rule also cover other types of information. For example, hobbies, interests and information collected through cookies or other types of tracking mechanisms; when they are tied to individually identifiable information. More information can be found here.Opens In New Window or Tab

Getting Your Own Forum

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