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--- forum_community_guide [2023/03/04 03:24] – [Drafts :~)] melon
+++ forum_community_guide [2025/10/11 17:37] (current) – GlitchyZorua
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 ====== Community Forum Guide! ======
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+**This page documents an Melonland Policy**
+It describes a widely accepted standard that all users should normally follow.
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 This guide will help you understand how the forum works and how to make the most of it.
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 Forums have four levels of organization:
-  * **Categories**: These are the overall themes that group the boards together. For example, the category "World Wide Web" contains boards related websites and life online!
+  * **Categories**: These are the overall themes that group the boards together. For example, the category "World Wild Web" contains boards related websites and life online!
   * **Boards**: These are like rooms, where you can find topics related to a specific subject.
   * **Topics**: These are the talking points or threads that anyone can create. For example, the topic "How did you come up with your username?" is a question that invites replies from other users.
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 ==== Keeping the forum usable for others :-[ ====
-Forums are early web technology and there are a few things to be mindful of.
+Forums are early web technology so its important to be mindful that this forum will not automatically format your images so that they load quickly like Discord will. Please resize your images so they are not too big before posting them on the forum! - You will also need to be able to host your own images to display on the forum! You can use image hosting services like imgbb or imgbox - however, these services are not recommended as they have previously burned people and deleted images.
+==== Quotes :~O ====
+You can quote others using the quote, multi-quote or select quote features! Multi-Quote allows you to quote multiple people in a single post! If you select the text of someone else's message you can create a select post.
+**An important note:** If you are quoting a big post; its bad etiquette to include the entire post in your quote; please edit your quotes down to just a sentence or two ~ this avoids spamming up threads and the forums storage ^^ You can also use @ mentions to more generally respond to someone.
+==== Moving a topic! ====
-This forum will not automatically format your images so that they load quickly like Discord or Facebook will. Please resize your images so they are not too big before posting them on the forum! - You will also need to be able to host your own images to display on the forum! You can use an image hosting service like Imgur or your own site, which I recommend.
+If you think your topic is on the wrong board thats not an issue. You will see a "move" button at the top or bottom of the topic page; just click it to move your topic to the correct board!
 ==== Drafts :~) ====
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 ===== Managing Your Profile :-D =====
-To edit your profile, you need to click the **Profile** icon on the top right corner of the page. You will then be able to change your avatar, signature, personal text, and more. You can also click the "Ultimate Profile" tab to add an About Me, Interests and even theme your profile with CSS!
+To edit your profile, you need to click the **Profile** icon on the top right corner of the page. You will then be able to change your avatar, signature, personal text, and more. You can also click the "About Me / Profile" tab to add an About Me, Interests and even theme your profile with [[forum_css|CSS]]!
 ==== Set default style for your posts ====
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 The forum has a gift system ; click **View Gifts** on anyone's profile, to view them. Gifts are a fun way to reward people for things they have done (E.g. someone might give you a gift if you write a particularly good response to their topic). You can also delete gifts you don't want on your own profile with the delete button (this is fine to do)
-**To give a gift:** You must be a full member (100+ posts) then click view gifts on someones profile, you'll find an upload a gift form which lets you upload any image that is 32x32px or less.
+**To give a gift:** You must be a full member (60+ posts) OR be a [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?topic=1201.0|forum donator]], then click view gifts on someones profile, you'll find an upload a gift form which lets you upload any image that is 32x32px or less.
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+===== Ignoring unwanted boards =====
+Sometimes there will be boards that do not interest you on the forum! If you find a board is uninteresting you can select the [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?action=profile;area=ignoreboards|Ignore Boards Options]] tab on your profile and select boards to ignore; this will hide most posts and topics from this board.
 ===== Pick a new forum theme =====
-The forum is in dark mode high-contrast by default, there is also a light mode low-contrast made by [[user:cinni|cinni]], you can switch to it by selecting **Look & Layout** on your profile page; then look for the Theme selection area at the top of the page.
+The forum is in dark mode high-contrast by default, there is also a light mode low-contrast made by [[user:cinni|cinni]], the newspaper (readability) theme, and a low power theme called MelonLand98 for older computers. You can switch themes using the quick icons on the bottom left; however you can also select a default theme by going to [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?action=profile;area=theme|Look & Layout]] on your profile page; then look for the Theme selection area at the top of the page.
 ===== Making the forum suit you :-} =====