hpohio Forums

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hp-ohio Forums

• Quick Overview

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How to Sign Up

• When you first open the forums (http//hpohio.prob
  oards18.com) look at the very top of the screen.
  There will be two links, one for Login and one
  for Register.
• Click on the Register link.
• This will bring you to a page to fill out your
  username, password, email, birthday, and the
  terms of agreement.

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How to Sign Up Cont

• Username
• Pick a name that is easy to remember, you can
  always change your display name later on if you
  decide on another name. For instance, my
  username is admin but my display name is
  Generalmanda
• Password
• Choose a password with a minimum of 6 characters.
• Email
• This email will be sent your Activation Code
  (very important!) and it will also be emailed
  when the admin uses the boards to email all
  membership.
• Hide Email
• If you do not want your email displayed in your
  profile (viewable to all members) click yes.
  Your address will still be visible to the admin.
  
• Birthday
• Put your correct birthday, you can always choose
  to hide this information.
• Show Age
• If you would like to keep your age hidden, choose
  no. Your age will be visible to the admin.
• Security Check
• Enter the letters/numbers you see in the image.
• Terms of Agreement
• Read through the agreement and if you agree,
  select I agree and hit the CREATE ACCOUNT
  button!

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How to Sign Up Cont

• After choosing to create an account you will be
  brought to a screen that says an activation code
  has been emailed to you.
• When the code arrives to your email, log into the
  forums and you will be prompted to enter the
  code.
• Hit the Activate Account button.
• Your account will now go into the queue to be
  approved by a staff member. Usually this will
  only take 24 hours. If you dont receive an
  approval (via email) in a reasonable amount of
  time, please email webmaster_at_hp-ohio.com
• Once you receive your approval message via email,
  you may log back into the forums and use all of
  the functions open to members. Details on use of
  the board are on the next slides.

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Follow the link or return to the log on page if
you have it open
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The Front Page

• When you first log on, youll be on the main page
  of the forums. This will show you
• If you have any new Personal Messages
• A list of all of the top level boards and who has
  posted last in it (each has a description and who
  their moderators are.)
• The forum statistics
• Posts
• Last updated
• Number of registered
• Who is online currently
• Who has a birthday

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Personal Message Alert
Bread Crumb Trail of where you are in the forum
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Board Category
Latest Post author and thread
Board Name
Board Description and Moderators
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Board Categories and Boards

• The forums have 7 board categories
• General
• Contains announcements, a suggestion board, the
  moderators board, and convention announcements
• The Entrance Hall
• An introduction to hp-ohio, helpful hints for
  using the board and working with the group, The
  Sorting where you can introduce yourself, and
  rules for the group/board. There is a lengthy
  description here about each board and what should
  be posted where.
• Commons
• Discussion boards for the books, movies, fandom,
  organizing our monthly huddles, organizing other
  meet-ups, shipping, etc. Each one has its own
  board.

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Board Categories and Boards Cont

• Fan Creations
• Post fanfic, fanart, or recommend fanworks to
  everyone else.
• Wizarding World
• This category is broken up by geographic area so
  people in Dayton can talk to those near by, or
  Columbus can post other events local to them,
  etc. It also contains the Ohio Quidditch League
  board, SPEW and Nanowrimo for people who
  participate in that.
• Messr. Reed's Tokens For All Occasions
• For submissions and discussions of the cafepress
  shop.
• Cupboard Under the Stairs
• Archived threads and boards.

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Breadcrumb Trail

• The Breadcrumb trail at top of the boards shows
  you where you currently are, and how deep into a
  topic.
• Each title is a link that will let you go
  backwards easily.

Front Page
Board Category
Sub-Board
Board
Thread
Page of Thread
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Introduce yourself!
Board and group rules, board descriptions
Monthly Huddle discussions/planning
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Talk to other Dayton folks!
All things Quidditch planning games, practices,
equipment and uniforms
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Info Center

• Last Updated Topic
• Clicking here will take you to the thread that
  was last updated. You will see the entire
  conversation chronologically.
• View the latest 10 posts
• Clicking here will take you to the last 10 posts
  made. They will not include the conversations or
  threads they pertain to, just the post.
• Birthdays
• Who is online
• It will show members, staff and guests
• Newest Member
• Number registered

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Sub-boards

• Some of the top level boards will contain
  sub-boards
• These relate to the overarching board, but
  warrant having their own board due to scale or
  amount of information.
• E.g. there are large event sub-boards within the
  Harry Huddles board. Each have their own sets of
  threads or discussions. That way they dont get
  mixed up in the other information.

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Marcon Sub-board, used to plan our participation
in MARCON.
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Threads/Discussions
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First Post inside a thread
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Post a reply to the thread using the Quick Reply
method at the bottom of the page
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Post a reply to the thread using the regular
Reply method by clicking reply at the bottom
right of a post. This gives you more editing
options to your post.
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Quick Reply Vs Regular Reply

• Quick Reply
• Good for time restraint or if you want to make a
  very simple reply
• No html unless you type it in yourself
• Regular Reply
• Gives you text font/size/color options easily
• Smilies inserted by clicking
• Message icons (exclamation points, etc)

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Poll with discussion
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Polls

• Members can create Polls within boards or
  sub-boards.
• Used to vote on dates for events, themes for
  huddles, or like the example for shirts or
  costumes.
• Polls can be voted on and then the results can be
  discussed within the same thread.
• Created can lock a poll when complete.