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[Abriel]

Chat-Avenue Forum Layout Guideline



Above you see a screenshot of what the homepage/main forum looks like (if you happen to be using a different skin such as ‘underground’ or ‘color theory’, expect the layout to look different). The skin (background) you see is called ‘#1 Chat Avenue’ and it is set as default. This is the picture that I will be basing my next few statements on. Ignore what you see in red for now.



The Forums
What you see on the left hand side is the actual forums, each of which are divided into seven different categories. Each forum is placed within the relevant category depending on its material.

The New/Old 'Speech Bubble' Symbol
The symbol you see on the left of the forums is a simple indication as to whether the relevant forum is marked as ‘read’ or not. What does ‘marked as read mean’? It means that it doesn’t notify you (by the bold title) that someone has made a new reply or someone has created a new thread. If you mark a particular forum as ‘read’ you will notice how the titles are ‘regular’ rather than being bold. To mark the forum as ‘read’, double click the icon and it will turn navy blue.

The Threads
When you click one of these Forums you will notice a numerous amount of threads on the left hand side. The thread titles in bold is just an indication that a reply has been made and it hasn’t yet been viewed by you. To view a thread just click a topic (on the left hand side).

Right Side of The Home/Main page
On the right hand side you will see a thread title in bold adjacent to a particular forum with a username underneath it. The thread you see is the most recently updated (with a new post), and the person responsible underneath it.

The Small White Arrow Pointing Right
Click this arrow to be directed to the last post.

The Double Arrow Pointing Up
Use this feature to hide a list of forums.


Please keep in mind that some of the points I have mentioned above may not apply for the different skins.





Replying, Quoting & Multi-quoting

Replying without posting/talking to anyone specific -
To reply to a thread simply click the ‘post reply’ button either at the top or bottom of a thread. To preview your reply click ‘preview post’.

Quoting -
‘Quoting’ means to talk/post to a specific person.
Go to the relevant post and at the bottom right hand corner click ‘quote’. Type in your message and click ‘submit reply’.

Multi-Quoting -
Multi-quoting means to quote a number of people.
Click the button on the bottom right hand side of ‘quote’ on the relevant post and you’ll notice it turns red. Click as many as you want depending on who you want to quote, then click “reply”.

[Jenna]

USER ACCOUNTS
User accounts will not be deleted just because you've decided you don't have the will power to stay away from this wonderful place.

The million threads you make and pms you send will not help either.
So basically if you don't want to use your account, delete your info from your profile/signature/whatever and just don't sign in again simple.

[Abriel]

Deleting Visitor Messages/ Dealing with harassing users

You have the option to delete your own visitor messages to do this you can click the box located on the top right of the message you want to delete.

The message will then have a black background, then scroll to the bottom of your visitor messages on the bottom RIGHT

There will be a drop down box that says delete messages click the box next to it that has a number ( the number indicates how many messages you have checked and highlighted) the messages will then be deleted.


To get the offender to stop

There are a couple ways:

1. Put the user on ignore. Go to their profile under their name it says Add to ignore list click that, then confirm adding him/her on the next page by clicking yes or no. his/her posts may come up on your vm but you wont see them. Note: mods may have certain rules about the ignore option so please check with your admin before using this option.


2. To set your wall as semi private go to SETTINGS then go to profile privacy then go to the drop down box next to visitor messages and click it to say your contacts. that way only the people on your contact list will be able to see and post you vm. note: if you have him/her as a contact you must un friend him/her for this to work.


A special thanks to Miss Tori, Krass, K'lee, Cali chic and Aquilla, we used as much as we could from the old thread.

[Abriel]

This is a quick guide on how to disable reps:
Settings> My Account> General Settings> Reputation Level: tick 'Hide Reputation'> Save

Ta da done!