Forum FAQS

♥K'lee · 11-26-2007, 02:58 AM

Welcome to Chat-Avenue Forums!!

This thread is a guide through all the features and everything else you need to know about forums. If, after you've been through the entire thread you still have a question then feel free to contact a Moderator/UM/Admin.

Have fun posting.

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Moderator applications.

What Not to Do
DO NOT make moderator application/request threads.

What Do I Put in My Chat Moderator Application/Request?
When sending an application/request, be sure to include your age, gender, and location, a few reasons why you would make a good moderator and any extra information. Eg: How long you have been frequenting the chat room you wish to moderate, what times you are able to moderate the chat room.

Who Do I Contact to Become a Moderator?
All Moderator requests must be made in PM to the respective Room Admins.
Click the red name along side the chat room you wish to moderate. This will take you to the profile of the chat room administrator, on the bottom left hand side you will see private message click it to send a private message to them.

Cat = Adult Chat Admin

Mikey. = Sports Chat Admin

sarahlynn= Music Chat Admin

Aly. = Dating Chat Admin

Laurenn = Girls Only Chat Admin

Dark Vamp = Teen Chat Admin

PhillyStorm = Gay Chat Admin

Mariah = College Chat Admin

purplerose = Singles Chat Admin

Shadow. = Video Games Admin

Proud Of Who I Am = General Chat Admin

~erin_me~ = Kids Chat Admin

Who Do I Contact to Become a Forum Moderator?
If you would like to become a forum moderator, private message Jenna with the forum you would like to moderate and a reasons why.

Who do i contact to become a Chat Room Administrator ?
To apply to become a room administrator private message the chatmaster with the reasons why you think you would be a good room administrator.Only the applications accepted will be replied to.
Chatmaster

Forum Moderators
On each forum if you scroll down, on the right hand side you will see a list of moderators who moderate the forum. The names in green deal with that forum ONLY, or maybe a few others. The names in purple are called Universal Moderators, this simply means that they have the advantage of dealing with every forum on the site - they do NOT deal with the chat rooms.

List of name colours found under the 'Moderator' section and what they represent:
- Red - Chat Room Admin/Universal Moderator (UM)
- Purple - Universal Moderators
- Green - Forum Moderator
- Pink - Forums Admin
- Blue - Chatmaster/Administrator

If you need to make a comment or have any questions regarding the threads of a particular forum you need to pm any of the names under "Moderators".

Universal Moderators:

Cat, Chicksta, Hudson, Jenna, Laurenn, purplerose, Mariah, Mel, Red Venus Moon, ~erin_me~

A full list of every moderator on the site can be found here.

Gabriel · 11-26-2007, 03:04 AM

For new members who would like a signature or avatar (the picture under your name), continue reading.

Signatures

Firstly, find an image you would like to use and save it (right click the image, and hit 'save image as' in a folder you'll remember it, usually 'my pictures'). Then go to an image hosting site such as but not limited to:

ImageShack - http://imageshack.us/
File size limit: 1024 KB
File types allowed: gif, jpg, jpeg, png, swf (Flash)
Duration: Images that have not been accessed in over a year will be deleted.
ImageVenue - http://www.imagevenue.com/
File size limit: 1.5 MB (1,500 KB)
File types allowed: jpg
Duration: Hosted images not accessed for one year will be deleted from their dedicated server.
xs.to - http://xs.to/
File size limit: 1.5 MB (1,500 KB)
File types allowed: .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .png, .bmp, .tif, .tiff
Duration: We delete files that don't receive at least 1 (one) hit per month.
Big Hosting - http://www.bighosting.net/
File size limit: 1 MB (1,000 KB)
File types allowed: Aarj, avi, bak, bcc, bin, bmp, bpp, cfg, class, conf, cue, dcu, doc, eps, exe, gif, gz, gzip, hlp, ini, iso, jar, jpg, jsp, lisp, log, mid, midi, mov, mp3, mpg, ogg, pas, pdf, pic, png, ppt, ps, psd, rar, swf, tar, tif, txt, wav, xls, zip
Duration; choices: 1 day, 1 week, 2 weeks, 1 month, 1 year, as long as possible.
Image Web - http://www.imageweb.info/
File size limit: 1999 KB
File types allowed: gif, jpg, png, bmp, swf, pdf, zip
Duration: Images that have not been accessed in over 3 months will be deleted.
Putfile - http://putfile.com
File size limit: 10MB (25MB if you join)
File types allowed: .jpg, .gif, .png, wmv, .mpg, .mov, .asf, .asx, .mp4, .3g2, .mp3, .mid, .wav, .midi, .swf
Duration: uploaded files will be deleted after 24hours. (longer if you make a FREE account)

Personally I use www.photobucket.com, although it requires you to make an account (free of charge).

Once you have uploaded your image for your signature, it should give you a link to it. Most sites will give you multiple links for it, including a direct link, HTML link, and one that includes tags. This last one is the one you want. Copy and paste (highlight it and hit 'copy' using a right click, or just ctrl + c at the same time to copy, then right click and click 'paste' or hit ctrl + v at the same time to paste) this into your signature using your control panel where it says 'Edit Signature' at the top left. So it should look like this.

[IMG]http://<<< Your URL>>>[/ IMG] (no spaces though in yours)

After this is done you can hit 'preview signature' to see if you got it right, and if it isn't showing up or you're having some sort of problem, re-examine what you did, and if you can't figure out the problem on your own then, and only then post a thread in the Technical Support forum asking for help, and be as detailed as you can about your problem. If we don't know what's wrong, we can't fix it. Simple enough.

Size Of Signatures

As a rough guide signatures should in total be no more than about 640 X 800 pixels. Keep in mind other members when you are doing this, as some are on dial up and it can really slow down their page if there are too many large images. If you're on dial up, you probably know what I mean. Just be courteous.

Avatar

For an avatar, go to your control panel, then select 'edit avatar' on the left side. Then select custom avatar and hit 'browse' to browse any file in your computer for an avatar. Or you can copy and paste the URL into the box where it asks for this, by highlighting the URL of your avatar and pasting it in the box. Either right click once you have the URL highlighted, or hit CTRL + C. CTRL + V will paste it in the box. Or if you right click you can select paste.

♥K'lee · 11-26-2007, 03:07 AM

Private Messaging

To private message another member!

There are several ways of doing this you can click the private message
button (top right hand corner of your main forums page)

This will take you to your message inbox, on the left hand side you will see private messages click on send new message. Then type or copy and paste the name of the person you wish to private message, enter a title then write your message. When you have finished click on submit message.

If the member you wish to contact is online click on their name under the whats going on? heading (bottom of the main page of forums) This will take you to their profile where you can click on private message on the bottom right hand side.

You can also click on the quick links button you see in the picture above (top right hand corner of your main forums page)then click private messages this will also take you to your inbox.

To add a picture to your message add it the same way you would add a picture to your signature.

calichic · 11-27-2007, 09:11 PM

ABOUT THE TOOL BAR

USER CP

This is the user control main panel. Here you can view your private messages along with reputations from other members. It shows you if the rep was good or bad, the post and thread involved, the date, the member’s name and the comment they have left for you.

Settings & Options panel:
Here, you can edit your:
- Signature (Images and/or text automatically displayed at the bottom of each of your posts.)
- Email and password information
- Profile (Avoid being too detailed here.)
- Options (Includes privacy settings, message notification, display, date & time and other miscellaneous options.)
- Avatar (Your customized picture displayed in the upper left-hand corner of each of your posts.)
- Profile Picture (Alternate picture displayed on your user profile.)

Private Messages panel:
- List Messages (View private messages you have sent and received.)
- Send New Messages (Compose and send a private message.)
- Edit Folders (Organize your messages into folders of your choice.)

Subscribed Threads panel:
- List Subscriptions (Lists the threads you have marked for future referral.)
- Edit folders (Customize your subscription folders.)

Miscellaneous panel:
- Event Reminders (Lists notifications of special upcoming forum events.)
- Buddy/Ignore Lists (Highlight your friends or block the posts of people you do not want to see.)
- Attachments
- Secret Admirer Report (Receive an emailed list of those you have admired, unmatched admirations of you and matched admirations.)

FAQ
Answers to the most commonly asked questions appear here.

MEMBERS
This page lists the names of all registered members of Chat Avenue forums. You may view their profiles, personal message them and email them from this page.

ARCADE
Contains all the games Chat Avenue has to offer. Also, keeps score and list all the winning members for that game!

CHAT
You can access Chat Avenue’s chat rooms by clicking here. A drop-down menu with a list of available rooms will appear. Select the room you wish to chat in.

If you have trouble accessing the chat room or it will not load, you may need to download Java Virtual Machine. (Download here: http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp ) Follow the instructions to download and install. Then restart your computer.

GALLERY
Contains pictures of chat and forum moderators.

CALENDAR
Provides a list of registered members' birthdays.

NEW POSTS
Lists the most recent forum posts.

SEARCH
Find threads and/or posts based on criteria you specify (keyword, member, etc.)

QUICK LINKS
A drop-down menu of shortcuts to access frequently-used toolbar features.

LOG OUT
Sign out and exit Chat Avenue forums.

Aquilla · 11-30-2007, 03:53 PM

You will need Java to access the chat rooms.

Follow this Link:

http://www.java.com/en/index.jsp

Java is updated automatically if you have administrator privalidges on your PC, If not you will need to get Admin access.

If in doubt about your Java Status, click on the above link, and you will be advised..

Look out for the huge, Blue Button 'VERIFY JAVA VERSIONS', after any downloads. Click on it!

Also, if you have a slow PC, clear, Cookies, Cache, Browser history etc..

PM me if you have any problems, or post in the TECH FORUM.

Candescence. · 05-09-2008, 06:53 PM

Upgraded Guidelines

Profile Outlay
As you can tell Chat-Avenue Forums has recently been upgraded so that means there are new features at play. If you are currently a member you will notice that when you click a friends profile the whole layout has changed. The visitor message box is displyed on the left hand side of the page and underneath is where the comments will be, if you don't have comments then nothing will be displayed.

On the right hand side to this you will see five boxes. These are:
Mini Statistics - This gives you brief information about the user.
Friends - This box displays how many friends a user has. (for more information about this see below)
Albums - This is where your picture albums will be placed. (for more information about this see below)
Group Memberships - This part allows you to create a group where you're able to invite others. (for more information see below)
Recent Visitors - This shows you who has viewed your profile.

Friends
The new upgrade gives you the opportunity to add friends. There are a few ways that you will be able to achieve this. These are:
1) Click the persons profile, look on the right hand side and you'll see this:

- Click 'befriend (users name)' to add someone. A message will then come up confirming your choice.
- Click 'show all friends' for a complete list of the users friends.

2) To add a user to the list, enter their name into the empty text box and click either 'Contact' to add them to your list, or 'Friend' to also send a friendship request. The person will then recieve a friendship request so that they have a chance to approve or deny it.

How To Find This
Click your User Control Panel (User CP. Top left hand corner, next to FAQ) > look under 'Networking' for 'Contacts & Friends'.
This is part of what you will see:

Deleting/Breaking Friendships
1) Untick any one of the boxes associated with the users' box.

Or...

2) When viewing the full list of friends (as explained above), you'll see an option to 'break friendship'.

Social Groups
Social groups are groups that members are able to join. You can base your group on anything you see fit, it's completely up to you as long as it's appropriate. Warning: If your group is found to be based on something inappropriate it is likely to be deleted.

How To Create A Social Group
Go to your 'User CP' > under 'Networking', click 'Social Groups'.
Once you've done this you will see every other social group that others have created. Scroll down to the bottom and you'll come across the 'Create a New Group' option. Choose your group type, enter the title, name and group description. You will then be able to create a group.

Adding Pictures To Your Group
Click your profile > your social group name > look for 'group pictures' > follow the on screen prompts

Inviting Users To Your Group
Click your profile > your social group name > scroll down > click 'Pending & Invited Members'

Now that you're informed in regards to Friends and Social Groups go and have fun with them!

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More info to come.

**Krass** · 05-09-2008, 06:53 PM

Creating an Album and Uploading Pictures

Go to your User CP located at the top of the page:

Look to your control panel and look under networking. Click "Pictures and Albums":

You will now see the Album page, click one of the two options to add an Album.

Now you'll be taken to a page where you can name your Album and describe it.

[IMG]http://i27.tinypic.com/2qa8c9d.png[/IMG

Once you hit submit you will be taken back to the same page, only this time you'll have a brand new spangly album! Click on your spangly new Album, Now click: "Click here to upload pictures!"

Now you'll be taken to a screen where you can upload your images, surprise surprise.

Once uploaded you'll be taken to the edit images section, where you can do cool things:

Congratulations! Now you can upload images and make albums!

**Krass** · 05-09-2008, 06:54 PM

Sending Visitor Messages!

To send a visitor message you have to go to a members user page. You can do this by clicking on their name when the post or on the online users list,

it will take you to their profile.

Once you have clicked on a member you will be greeted with a dialogue box, you can click the go advanced button for more customisation options, including changing the colour of your font.

The view your conversation link allows you to view your conversation with another member without the other messages included. The report button is used to report spam, offensive messages and abuse of the Vistor Message system.

Congratulations! You can now post visitor messages!

**Chicksta** · 08-13-2008, 08:39 AM

Blogs.

Firstly click on 'Blogs' now you will see the page for Blogs.

Making your own Blog:

To post your own Blog, look on the left hand side and you will see 2 small boxes they will be titled "Blogs' Statistics" and "Options"

Under 'Options' you will see 'Post to your own Blog'; click on that and it will take you to a new page where you will make your Blog.

You should now have something like this up. Once you are done writing in your blog (make sure a Title is added) press 'Post Now' and your Blog is done! You also have the option to save the draft and you are able to Preview your Blog before you submit it in case there is any mistakes or something you need to add.

Viewing other's Blogs:

This is quite simple, all you need to do is go to Blogs home page, and you will see this once you click on it --

You will see "Recent Entries" and a list underneath that of the Blogs that have been posted. Click on the title to view which ever Blog you want to view and you're done!

You can find more Blogs by click on "Find More..." on the bottom of the list which will show you more Blogs.

* You can view/ and find peoples Blogs also by going to "Blogs' Statistics" and clicking on the number(s) next to it. For example:

(The number is underlined, not hard to miss).

Commenting other peoples Blogs:

Click on the persons title and then scroll down until you see "

Post a comment" and then click that.

Or you can post a quick comment by posting in the little box underneath.

You are able to comment your own blog by doing the above same thing.

Searching Blogs:

Go to the Blog page on the left hand side you will see the 4 boxes, in the 3rd one you will then see "Find Blog Entries" you can either put in text to find a certain Blog or do an "Advanced Search" if you want to find a Blog by title and or text or find a Blog by a user.

Your Blog - This is to view your Blogs that you have posted.
Mark this Blog Read - This will mark all entries in your Blog as read.
Blog Control Panel - Here you can edit preferences and permissions for your Blogs.

Candescence. · 08-15-2008, 07:08 AM

F A Q's

Q. Someone is harassing me, how can I stop their posts from being visible to me?
A. Use the ignore feature.
User CP > Edit Ignore List > Enter their exact username and click 'okay'.

Q. How can I turn my visitor messages off?
A. User CP > Edit Options > (look for the) Visitor Messaging (section) > Untick the box that says 'Enable Visitor Messaging'.

Q. How can I limit it so that only my added friends and moderators can send me a visitors message?
A. User CP > Edit Options > Visitor messaging section > Tick 'Limit usage of Visitor Messages to Contacts and Moderators'.

Q. What is a rep and how can I check it?
A. A rep is what someone chooses to give you if you make a good post. The full name is reputation points and this can be found in your User CP. You can give a good rep which consists of green boxes, or a bad rep which consists of red boxes.

Q. How do I give rep points out?
A. Click the scales icon on the bottom, left hand side of their post. You will then be greeted with a pop-up box providing you with the option to give a good or bad rep.

Q. I got banned from the Chat Room, what do I do?
A. If you were unjustly banned then pm the Room Admin listed in red, at the top of this thread.

Q. How can I report someones post?
A. Locate the triangle at the bottom left hand corner of their post, click it and follow the on screen prompts.

Q. Why do people have orange names and how can I get one?
A. People who have orange names are called 'premium members'. To obtain this you need to donate a small amount to the site. For more in depth information click here.

Q. Why do people have plus signs next to their name on the main Forum Page?
A. Members who have plus signs are added to your friends list. It's just a simple and fast way to identify who is on your friends list.

Q. I've posted in Are You New, Games, and Everything Else forum, why doesn't my post count increase?
A. Your post count doesn't increase because people have taken advantage of this to simply raise their post count. As a result, the post count for these three forums have been disabled.

Q. How can I change the Forum Skin?
A. Go to your User CP, scroll down to the bottom section called 'Miscellaneous Options' and click the drop down box.

Q. My post/thread has been deleted, why?
A. If your post/thread was deleted it's because it was found to be inappropriate, irrelevant, you've been advertising goods, etc.

Q. What is an infraction and how can I check them?
A. An infraction is a form of a punishment for inappropriate actions within the forum - it is only used as a last resort. If you receive three it will result in a ban. To check these go to your profile and click the tab labeled 'Infraction'.

Q. Can I give out an infraction as a normal member?
A. No, only a Moderator/UM/Admin/CM can give these out.

Q. Will I be notified if I receive an infraction?
A. Yes.

Q. I've just noticed a thread advertising goods or/and a thread containing inapropriate images, what do I do about this?
A. Contact a Universal Moderator (purple/pink name) or a Forum Mod (green name) via PM and provide a link to the thread.

Q. What are the age limits on the froums?
A. Only a few forums have an age limit, the rest are free for all ages. If you're over or under the age limit and still post in an age limited forum expect your post/thread to be deleted. Please take note of the age limits below.

Adult Forum age limit: 18+
Kids Forum age limit: 13-16
Teens Forum age limit: 13-19