AltTox Forum Tutorial |
| Last Updated: January 25, 2010 |
|
Registration:
- Registration is not necessary for reading forum postings, but is required for posting a message (either responding to someone else’s message or starting a new message thread)
- Click on "Enter Forum" in the AltTox Forum area of the AltTox home page, or enter http://forums.alttox.org in your web browser
- Click on "Register" in the top navigation pane
- Complete the simple registration form, check "I Accept", and hit the Register button at the bottom of page (keep a record of your user name and password)
- Await an email confirming registration and click the activation link found within
- After clicking the activation link, you will be taken to the forum and asked to enter your password.
- You will now be logged in and able to fully utilize the forum
Logging In:
- Registered users must be logged in before being able to post messages
- Users can log in for various session lengths or, when using their own computers, may prefer to be logged in "permanently" so that they will automatically be logged in when returning to the forum
Posting a new comment:
- Click on any of the listed message threads to see the initial posting and the replies to that posting
- To start your own message thread, select "New Topic"
- Add a descriptive subject line so that other readers will understand the content of your comment
- Type your message
- Brief messages can be composed directly in the Forum but users may find it more convenient to compose longer messages in a word processing program and then cutting and pasting the text into the message body field
- Click "Preview" and then click "Submit"
Posting a response to an existing comment:
- To respond to existing message threads, click on the appropriate title, and select the "Reply" button
- Post your comment
Uploading attachments:
- While in the screen to compose your message, click the "+" next to "Additional Options..." (below the message body field)
- Click the "Browse" button and locate the file you want to upload
- Make sure the file is a .doc, .gif, .jpg, .mpg, .pdf, .ppt, .png, .txt or .zip
- When your message is ready, click "Post"
Other options:
- To receive e-mail notifications of new topics ONLY in the forum, select the "Alerts" button
- To receive notifications of new topics AND replies in the forum, select the "All Alerts" button
- To receive notifications of replies to specific topics within the forum, you must be within the message when you hit the "Alerts" button
- Browse other forum buttons for additional functions
|
|
