Director
03-24-2007, 11:56 AM
User Name Display in Message Posts
At the top of every message is the name of the user that posted that message. If you click on that name, a drop down list will be displayed:
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This gives you quick asscess to functions/features specifically for this user.
You can:
View the user’s profile.
Send a Private Message (PM) to that user.
Send Email to that user (if the user has entered an email address in their User Control Panel and has allowed emails to be sent).
PM's are private messages that are sent from and read from this Forum. Each PM resides here on our server and each user must log in to this system to view/read their PM's.
Emails are private messages that can be sent from this forum, but go to the system the user has set up for their own email messages. They do not reside on this system and they do not need to log in to this system to view/read email messages.
Find and view all messages entered by that user on the Forum.
Add that user to your Buddy List.Next to the user’s name you’ll see a colored disk/circle. This is the online/off line indicator. It allows you to see whether the user is currently logged onto the system or not.
A dark blue disk/circle means the users is off line:
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A bright green disk/circle means the user is currently logged onto the Forum:
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Alternately, if you place your mouse over the disk/circle a tool tip will pop up telling you whether the user is online or off line.
At the top of every message is the name of the user that posted that message. If you click on that name, a drop down list will be displayed:
5
(Click pic to for a larger view)
This gives you quick asscess to functions/features specifically for this user.
You can:
View the user’s profile.
Send a Private Message (PM) to that user.
Send Email to that user (if the user has entered an email address in their User Control Panel and has allowed emails to be sent).
PM's are private messages that are sent from and read from this Forum. Each PM resides here on our server and each user must log in to this system to view/read their PM's.
Emails are private messages that can be sent from this forum, but go to the system the user has set up for their own email messages. They do not reside on this system and they do not need to log in to this system to view/read email messages.
Find and view all messages entered by that user on the Forum.
Add that user to your Buddy List.Next to the user’s name you’ll see a colored disk/circle. This is the online/off line indicator. It allows you to see whether the user is currently logged onto the system or not.
A dark blue disk/circle means the users is off line:
6
(Click pic to for a larger view)
A bright green disk/circle means the user is currently logged onto the Forum:
7
(Click pic to for a larger view)
Alternately, if you place your mouse over the disk/circle a tool tip will pop up telling you whether the user is online or off line.