Keowee Anglers Bulletin Board - User Guide
The following information is for Keowee Anglers Bulletin Board users. It explains the common user functions that are needed to use the Board.
Note: The software controlling this Bulletin Board is … phpBB3.1.2 … you may see references to this software within some documentation.
Registering on the Keowee Anglers board
The first step in using the board is to register as a user. Click the registration link located in the upper right of the board’s main screen.After clicking the Register link, the terms and conditions of registering will be displayed.You must accept them to proceed. After accepting the terms and conditions you will see a screen where you will fill out your registration detail. This is what you should expect to see on the registration page.
Figure 1. The Keowee AnglersRegistration Page
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Select a username of your choice and enter your e-mail address and your desired password. You can also select your timezone and language(note: British English is the only Language option).
Below the registration form you will see a graphic with some odd-looking characterscalled a Visual Confirmation…an image with distorted letters and numbers.
Figure 2. The Visual Confirmation Graphic
This is an example of a visual confirmation code you will see.
You must then type these characters into the adjacent box to confirm your registration. This is to ensure that you are a legitimate user (as opposed to a spamrobot performing an automated registration). Simply enter the characters you see into the Confirmation Code field. If you cannot understand thedistorted characters click the refresh button to get a new set of characters. After you have typed the confirmation characters click the “Submit” button to complete your registration.
You should then receive a confirmation screen showing that your registration was successful and you may proceed to log in to the bulletin board.
Login to the Keowee Anglers’ Bulletin Board
After completing the registration process you will need to log into the system in order to read or post entries on the bulletin board. Either from the registration confirmation screen or the main bulletin board screen, click the “Login” link in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
You should then see the login screen. Enter the username and password that you provided in the registration process and click the “Login” button.
The lower part of this screen shows the registration form. It is provided in case anyone selects the login link but has not yet registered. Ignore this form if you have already registered.
After logging in you will be taken to the main bulletin board screen where you will be able to read or post a topic.
Posting to the Keowee Anglers’ Bulletin Board
Posting questions, messages or comments is the primary purpose of this bulletin board. The board has a tiered structure composed of Forums and Topics.Forums describe a group of related Topics.On the main screen you will see several forums that are available … e.g. General Club Information, Want Ads, Fishing – Tips & Techniques. (Note: more forums will be added as needed)Each of these forums has at least one topic associated with it. For example the General Club Informationforum has a topic labeled “Using this Forum”.
There are two main types of posts you can make … a topic or a reply. A topic can be any comment, question or message you wish to post for other club members to view. Any member can then post a reply to that topic.
To post a topic or a reply, click on the name of the appropriate forum. A screen should appear showing you all the topics (posts) for that forum. It also contains a “New Topic” button. Selecting this button will take you to the ”Post A New Topic” screen … see below.
Figure 3. Posting Form
The screen presented while creating a new topic.
Enter a descriptive name for your topic (post) and then add the content of your topic in the large text box provided. Click the submit button to complete your posting. You should then receive a confirmation screen that your post was submitted successfully. Note that your post will not be available for other club members to view until after the bulletin board monitor has approved the post. This is to prevent inappropriate material from being posted. After your post is approved others (as well as yourself) will be able to reply.
At the bottom of the post screen are several optional check boxes that are available. Checking the Notify me when a reply is postedbox will cause the system to send a notification to your email address indicating that a reply to your post has been submitted.
To reply to a post select a forum and you should see all the topics associated with that forum. To reply to a specific topic select the name of the topic and a screen containing the topic detail will appear. The screen also contains a “Post Reply” button. Click this button and you should see the “Post a Reply” screen … similar to the “Post a New Topic” screen. Add your reply and click the “Submit” button to post your reply. Once again you should see the confirmation screen saying that your post must be approved by the moderator before it is visible.You can have more than one reply to a specific topic. Simply select the topic and follow the above process to add your reply.
For examples of a posted topic and replies select the Want Ads forum and then the “Boat / Motor For Sale” topic. You should see the details of the topic and the associated replies.
A special forum exists for members to request additional forums be added to this bulletin board … “Request Additional Forum”. Submit a topic here to request that a new forum be added to the bulletin board.
For questions or comments on this bulletin board contact the club webmaster at .