Profile!

Preferences

- Allow members to contact me by email : Select by a website form to keep the usual way, or by client email software if you want the other members to contact you using their software (Outlook Express, Mozilla Thunderbird, etc...).
If you select no, this icon : won't be displayed when a member looks at your profile.

- Hide your online status : If you select yes, you will appear as a Hidden member in the Who Is On Line.
Please note that the administrators are able to see the hidden members, and so can the moderators
Note: However, you will appear in the "Members connected during last 48 hours"

- Always notify me of replies : Select yes to receive an E-Mail when a reply is posted in a topic you are participing to (this mail is often considered as spam by some mail adresses (like Hotmail for exemple).

- Pop up window on new Private Message : If you select yes, a new window will open as a pop up when you receive a PM (the pop-up window will open if you are on the forum only).

Important :Some web browsers prevent the pop-ups from appearing.

- Always attach my signature : Check this box if you want to add automaticaly your signature at the bottom of each of your posts, or only at the bottom of some of the posts (by checking the box Attach my signature when replying to a post).

- Always allow BBCode, HTML, Smilies : As for the signature, you can choose to activate these options for all of your posts, or only for some of them.

- Board Language : You can choose here in wich language the forum will be displayed (except for the members' posts, and the sections' names, of course)

- Timezone : Here you can set the time of your country, wich will be displayed in posts

- Date format : Here, you can choose from the menu the diplay format of the date on the forum.

- Upload Avatar from your machine : If the picture you want as an avatar is on your PC, simply click on browse, and then select the image on your PC.
Its width can be no greater than 150 pixels, the height no greater than 200 pixels, and the file size no more than 20 KB.

- Upload Avatar from a URL : If you find the perfect image on a website, all you have to do is to copy the image's adress, and then paste it in the blank.
Its width can be no greater than 150 pixels, the height no greater than 200 pixels. Beware of images wich are under copyright.

- Link to off-site Avatar : The same as before. The only difference is that the image's height and width can be greater than 150*200 pixels. Choose this option if the avatar you want is an animated gif.
Beware of images wich are under copyright.

- Select Avatar from gallery : You can also choose an image from the forum gallery, if you don't want to browse the web to find one.

Watch Topics

Here will be displayed a list of all the topics you have decided to "watch" (useful to see quickly if there are answers to the topics that seem interesting to you)

To watch a topic : While reading the topic, all you have to do is to check the box Watch this topic for replies, located above the quick reply box (to the right )



To stop watching a topic : You can do that from your profile, or by checking the box Stop watching this topic while reading it