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--- forum_help [2022/11/19 20:58] – created melon
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-Welcome to MelonLand Forum, powered by Simple Machines® Forum (SMF) software!
+====== MelonLand Forum Help Center <3 ======
-SMF® is the elegant, effective, powerful and free forum software solution that this site is running. It allows users to communicate in discussion topics on a given subject in a clever and organized manner. Furthermore, it has a number of powerful features which end users can take advantage of. Help for many of SMF's features can be found by either clicking the question mark icon next to the relevant section or by selecting one of the links on this page. These links will take you to SMF's centrally-located documentation on the Simple Machines official site.
+This is the forum help centre; a guide and a good place for all things help-related!
+  * [[forum_community_guide|Community Guide]] - A guide for new forum members! (__Start here__)
+  * [[bbcode|BBCode]] - Cheatsheet for frum BBCodes when making your posts!
+  * [[forum_css|Profile CSS]] - Help and guides for custom styling your profile!
+===== Have you lost your login details? =====
+You can use the password reset page on the forum, however, if you have issues please email **webmaster@melonking.net**!
+===== Why is the forum closed on Mondays? =====
+The forum is closed on Mondays, you will be unable to access the forum on that day! This is partly to give everyone a break (especially moderators), but also to act as a reminder that it's not good to always be online and connected - it's good to step back and appreciate the time we have. If you send a message or make a post as the forum is closing the post won't be lost, it will be there when the forum reopens!
+The forum closes at Midnight UTC ([[swatch_time|@999]]) on Tuesday and opens again 24 hours later at @999 Monday!
+===== Moderation and Forum Staff =====
+If you are interested in getting info about staff or moderation on the forum check the links here!
+  * [[forum_staff|Forum Staff]] - Who is a moderator on the forum and how are they appointed?
+  * [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?topic=839.0|How to report issues?]] - A link to the forums issue reporting guide.
+If you have a more personal issue you can send a [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?action=pm;sa=send;u=1|pm to a staff member]]; if you have a more general issue you can open a discussion on the [[https://forum.melonland.net/index.php?board=1.0|Forum Discussion]] board!
+===== More Help Links =====
+The MelonLand forum runs on SMF (Simple Machines Forum) which is an OpenSource forum software; they have some great documentation on their wiki too, so please feel free to view their topics:
   * [[https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Registering|Registering]] - Many forums require users to register to gain full access.
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   * [[https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Personal_messages|Personal Messages]] - Users can send personal messages to each other.
   * [[https://wiki.simplemachines.org/smf/Memberlist|Memberlist]] - The memberlist shows all the members of a forum.
-For more information about how to use SMF, please see the Simple Machines Documentation Wiki and check out the credits to find out who has made SMF what it is today.