Forum notice
Dylan has done
a great job in setting up our NBCC forum system. This will be different from the Yahoo! system we are
currently using. In the Yahoo!
system all members of the Yahoo! group receive all messages. In the new forum system, only members
who have joined the forum will get the messages. It offers a lot more security. And the message is not the actual message – it is only
a notification message that someone has posted a message on the forum.
Here is how it
works:
1.
Go to: http://nashbcc.org/forums
and click on ‘Register’ in the upper right hand corner of the page. You will be asked to input some
information: user name (give
yourself one), email address (the one you gave us when you joined the club), a
password(again – give yourself one) and then name and address. Then the authentication code (the usual
scrambled letters in a box). Then
hit submit.
2.
Dylan will
verify that your email address matches what we have on file and you will be
sent a verification email to the address.
3.
Once you are in
the forum, click on the words: ‘Board Index’, or wait a few seconds and you
will be redirected to the main page.
4.
Once there, you
will see a list of forums. Pick
the one that best suits your topic and click on it to enter that forum.
5.
Once there, you
will see a button labeled ‘Newtopic’.
Click on that and you will be sent to the message board where you can
post your message. When entering a message, make sure you take 15 seconds to do
so, then click on submit to post your message. If you do not take 15 seconds, you will get an error
message. If you get the error
message, coumt to 15 and click submit again. (This appears to be a bug).
6.
Your message
title will show up on a list on the forum page you selected.
7.
To reply to a
message, click on the message title and you will be directed to the message
where there is a button labeled ‘Postreply’.
8.
Click on that
and you will be directed to the message board. Enter your reply as in Step 5.
9.
To be notified
of new messages to a forum, you must subscribe to the forum – this is
done by clicking on the words ‘Subscribe forum’ in the lower left hand corner
area of the forum page. You will
then be notified of new posts to the forum.
10. If you want to follow a particular topic
within a forum, you must subscribe to the topic as you did to the forum
itself. Once you pull up a
message, this is done by clicking on the words ‘Subscribe topic’ in the lower
left hand corner area of the message page. You will then be notified of new posts to the topic
11. If you do not
subscribe to a forum or topic you will not see any notifications of new
postings to the forum or topic.
12.When someone enters a message the
notification email will look similar to this:
From: NBCC.Forums@nashvillebritishcarclub.org
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2008 09:09:55 -0500
Subject: Topic reply notification -
"Current status"
To: dylan2976 <dylan2976@gmail.com>
Hello dylan2976,
You are receiving this notification
because you are watching the topic,
"Current status" at "Nashville
British Car Club Forum". This topic has
received a reply since your last visit.
You can use the following link to
view the replies made, no more
notifications will be sent until you visit
the topic.
If you want to view the newest post made
since your last visit, click the
following link:
http://www.nashvillebritishcarclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5&p=11&e=11
If you want to view the topic, click the
following link:
http://www.nashvillebritishcarclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5
If you want to view the forum, click the
following link:
http://www.nashvillebritishcarclub.org/forum/viewforum.php?f=2
If you no longer wish to watch this topic
you can either click the
"Unsubscribe topic" link found
at the bottom of the topic above, or by
clicking the following link:
http://www.nashvillebritishcarclub.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5&unwatch=topic
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Thanks,
NBCC
Hope this rather long
instruction is understandable. We
will post it on the website as well as mail a copy to everyone in the club.
Good luck,
Andy and Dylan