Post by Lightstar on May 1, 2007 20:00:02 GMT -5
Registering or Technical Problems
"I cannot login!"
First, make sure you registered. Make sure Caps Lock is not on, as loging in is case sensitive. Also, make sure you are loging in with the name you used to register. (If you registerd as "violet" and renamed your account to "Violetstar" your login name is still "violet" not "Violetstar." If you still can't log in, send me a PM and I will look at your account. Please don't create a new one because it clutters the forum.
"I forgot my password!
Post as a guest or send me an e-mail at kdmitche@iupui.edu and I will modify your account with a new password.
"I never got the activation e-mail!"
Just let me know, and I shall send you a new temporary password via e-mail. You can then login and change it, if you wish.
"After I login, it says that I am not logged in..."
Make sure you check the box that says "Stay logged in for..." It can also log you out if you change your password or e-mail address. Let me know if you keep having problems.
To host a picture you have saved on your computer:
1. a) If it is in BMP format, download a program that converts BMPs (which take up loads of space) to GIF's (which load a LOT faster). Do a Google search and you can get free ones that are pretty useful!
1. b) Convert the BMP picture you saved into a GIF (or JPEG, wich also take up much less space than BMP's).
2. Sign up and/or login to a place like Photobucket, wich is a picture hosting site (try to avoid tinypic.com because the forum doesn't accept those for some reason for your avatars)
3. Choose to "Upload Picture from computer" and browse for the picture you want.
4. Copy the link they give you and paste it wherever you want!
To host a picture you found on the net:
1. Sign up and/or login to either Photobucket, Walagata, or any other picture hosting site (not tinypic.com - the forum doesn't accept those for some reason... at least not for your avatar pic)
2. Choose to "Upload Picture from URL" and paste the URL of the picture you want into the box.
3. Copy the link they give you (which is the url to your picture) and paste it wherever you want it! ;D
If for some reason your avatar won't show up, it is probably because it has spaces in the title, which are converted into %20. Whatever link you provide, it should not have %20 in it or it may not work.
Now, I have noticed that the forum does not support pictures from Tinypic.com when they are used in your avatars. In other words, if you are hosting pictures from there, don't, because they will not work here (you can use it for your siggy pics though. I haven't found a problem with that.
I hope I made sense. Please ask as many questions as you have because I want to be really clear with everything
Thats it! Feel free to ask any questions I missed in this FAQ