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forum
Topics :
Access to the forum and how to register
When do I get an email from the forum?
How can I contact another forum user?
Access to the forum and how to register
You don't need
to register, anyone can read all posts, write new posts, or create new topics. Nevertheless
we recommend registering as forum user because being
registered offers a variety of advantages.
- only you yourself can
write posts using your user name. Nobody else can post using your name (no
trolling).
- you are relieved from
entering a security code when posting.
- you can re-edit your own
posts after posting them.
- you can delete your own
posts.
- you can write mails to
other registered users.
- you can upload pictures
to the forum server.
- you are entitled to the
occasional Newsletter of the forum.
In order to
register click on Register in the top menu of the forum. Choose a user
name (just a single word, no blanks) enter your email address and the displayed
security code. Your password will be mailed to you, including instructions how
to confirm your registration.
Important: Your email address will be kept
strictly confidential. It is not visible for other users and is used by
Reading posts
Our forum is
organized in several boards. When you click on one of those boards, e. g. on
"
In the above
example you are reading the first post of the topic "Tried NA ....ready
for surgery". The first post created this topic, that's why topic and post
have the same title. If a topic has many posts, they will extend over several
pages and an additional page index will show you on which page you are.
If you want to
switch to a different topic you can click e.g. in the navigation line on
Login
Once you
registered you can log in by clicking on Login
and entering
you user name and password. By the way, you are not required to log off when
leaving the forum. You will stay logged in (but your Internet Security might
spot a tracking cookie).
What can I do if my login doesn't
work?
Please note that user name and password are case sensitive. If that
doesn't work and you are confident that you are using the right user name and
password then please notify the board administrator (his name is displayed on
the forum start page and indicated by a blue A . Clicking
on his name opens a mail capability.
I forgot my password!
Click on Login and then on Lost password. Your password
will be emailed to the email address stored in My profile. If you previously
deleted your email address from My profile (that's possible though not
recommended), then you are lost. But you still can either ask the forum admin
to enter a valid email address into your profile or you can re-register under a
different name.
Writing posts
Responding to a post
If you want to
respond to a post you have two possibilities: you can either just add your post
or you can additionally cite the post to which you want to respond
specifically. Clicking on Answer will append your post to the other
posts of this topic. Clicking on the New/Answer button of a specific post will
create an answer that cites this post.
If you want you
can also edit the cited post, e.g. shortening it if it is too long.
Important: To avoid harvesting of email
addresses we recommend not including immediately readable email addresses in
your posts.
Finally you need to enter the security code (we need this to avoid spamming). This code is generated on the fly and consists of capital letters and digits. Example:
Clicking on Confirm will finally publish your
post. You might also Preview
it first.
Creating a new
topic (thread)
If you want to create a new topic (thread) select the respective board and the list of topics. Then click on New topic.
Then continue
as with writing a post. The new topic will have the same name as your post.
Editing and deleting your own posts
You need to be
logged in to edit your posts and your post must have been written by you, i.e.
you must have been logged in when writing this post. To edit your existing post
click on the button with the pencil. After you confirmed your edits the last
editing date will be displayed at the bottom of your post. You can edit a post
as often as you want.
You can delete
your own posts by clicking on the Delete button on the left side of your post.
Formatting
Generally it is
sufficient to just type in your post but occasionally you might want to
emphasize something or add e.g. bullets. That's where the BB Code comes into
play. It's a little bit fuzzier than in usual text editors but it does the
job. For formatting your text click on the according BB code and then enter
your text between the start and end command of the BB code. That may sound more
complicated than it actually is. Here are a few examples.
To write
something in bold first
click on "[b]" and you will get in your text field something
like "[b][/b]". Now enter your text in between (the cursor is already
placed there). After confirming your post e.g. "[b]quite simple[/b]"
will turn into quite simple.
You can also
combine BB codes. "[color=blue][b]quite simple[/b][/color]" will be
displayed as quite simple.
The most
sophisticated BB code is probably the bullet listing. [list] will create
the three lines shown in the top part of below picture. You can then expand
them e.g. to the bottom text.
BB code overview
- U = underline
- I = italic
- B = bold
- COLOR = text color (red
, blue, black, green, yellow). The color function by default uses
"black". Substitute
"black" with "red", "blue",
"green", or "yellow".
- Center = centers the text.
- IMG = to include a
picture in your post. You need to insert the full web path to this
picture, including the picture's name, a directory path won't suffice.
- URL = link to a web
page. The forum software can recognize URLs and convert them into links
automatically.
- EMAIL = Email address
- PHP = don't use it
- LIST = bullet listing as
described above.
Don't be afraid
of using BB code. It's fairly simple and you can preview the result anyway (or
edit your post if you are writing it as a registered user).
Including pictures
in your post
Not registered
users can use the BB code IMG to include a link to a picture in their post. The
picture will then be displayed as part of the post. You need to specify the
full path to your picture, including the name of the picture file, and the
picture must reside on a publicly and permanently available Internet server.
For registered users our forum
offers the possibility to upload their picture to the forum server as described
below.
1. write your post
2. click on Attachment (below the text entry box)
3. select your picture on your computer
4. click on "Upload"
5. enter the security code as usual and confirm.
Note that pictures must be in jpg or gif format and the size mustn't exceed
500 k.
Searching the forum
Searching is
one of the really useful features of our forum. You can quickly search through
vast amounts of posts to find those that refer to what you are looking for. To
start searching click on Search in the menu on the top of the forum. Enter
your keyword(s). When entering more than one keyword, the search result will
show posts that contain both
keywords. A sequence of keywords or string cannot be defined, i.e. the “…”
that are familiar from Google search, won’t work here. Select which board
you want to search (default is the full forum which may take a little longer).
You might also search for posts from a specific user.
Above search will find all posts from the Ledderhose board that contain both words, radiotherapy AND results. The search results will be displayed as a list. By clicking on a specific
post you can read this post. You can return to the list and select another post
for reading by using the navigation of your browser and return to the previous
page.
When do I get an email from the forum?
When ...
·
... you
registered.
·
... someone answers to a topic and you had ticked
"E-mail notification of responses to this topic".
·
... the forum admin sends a newsletter.
·
... another registered user sends you mail via the
forum's mail function (see below).
How can I contact another
forum user? - The forum's Messaging System
Registered users can use the forum's Private Messaging System to contact other registered users while keeping email addresses confidential. To send a message click on "Private Messages" in the top menu. The click on "Send Message", select the receipient (by searching it), add a message title, and write your message in the text box. Finally click on the Send button.
If you have received a message this will be indicated on the top menu, i.e. once you logged into the forum "Private Messages" will appear in bold and show the number of received messages. If you want to be alerted by email whenever you have a new message you can set this in My Profile in the "Settings" form.
Alternative
: the left side of every post shows the author's user name (of registered users). Clicking
on that name opens the profile of this user. This form also offers sending of a message.
Guest book
You can add comments into the guest book of other users. This feature is
so rarely used that we don't encourage using it.
How can I change my password?
The forum
generates your initial password but that's typically quite difficult to
remember. For changing your password login with your initial password, then go
to My profile and select Change password .
No more
newsletters
Occasionally
we, i.e.
Deleting your
account
If you don't
want to be a registered user anymore (why not, maybe you want to reconsider?)
you can delete your account. Login at the forum, go to My profile and
select Delete account. You are required to enter your password one last
time.
Last edited on 08 Mai 2010 .