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Fan Voice© FAQ

Do I have to be registered to use Fan Voice?
You must be registered in order to post or reply to topics. You may read all posts as a guest. To register, just click Register and fill in the appropriate information.

How do I login?
To log in to Fan Voice, click Log in. Then enter your name and password and click Log In.

What do I do if I forgot my password?
To reset your password, first click Log in and then "forgot your password?". Follow the directions in the email that is generated to the address you entered when you registered.

What are forums?
Forums are discussion areas that allow members to share ideas, opinions and information quickly and easily. Organized by topics in an easy-to-follow format, forums are designed so you can quickly locate information, find other knowledgeable members and participate in conversations. Fan Voice has standards of conduct that explain the rules of posting; please familiarize yourself with the rules prior to posting.

How is forum content organized?
The content is structured as follows:
  • Categories: A category is a collection of forums or other categories. Categories organize forums into a tree structure so that members can find discussions more easily.
  • Forums: Forums are the areas where individual discussions take place as a listing of topics.
  • Topics: Topics (also known as "threads") are the discussions, consisting of one or more posts displayed as a list, or in a tree structure of posts and their replies.
  • Posts: Posts are the individual discussion contributions made by community members.
  • Replies: Replies are posts made in response to other posts, and are organized in a flat, tree or threaded mode.

    How do I create a topic or post a reply in the forums?
    To start a new topic, choose the appropriate forum and click Post New Topic. Type your topic header in the subject line and type your text in the message box. Before you submit your post, you can spell check your text by clicking Spell Check. When you are satisfied with the text, click Preview to see how your post will appear when published. Or you can post without previewing by clicking Post.
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  • To post a reply to a topic, click the Reply icon next to the post to which you would like to reply. If you want to respond to specific text from the original post, click Quote Original to add the text from the original post to your new text.
  • Edit options: You will see an edit icon in any post that you authored. Editing privileges may be restricted to a certain timeframe or limited to any posts that have not yet received a reply. Any edited post will display a time-stamped 'edited' notation.

    What is a profile?
    Profiles are personal publishing spaces for information that members want to share with Fan Voice. To view all your own contributions to Fan Voice, log in and click your own username.

    What is a photo album?
    A photo album is a collection of pictures with captions describing them. To start your own photo album, go to My Profile and click Create My Photo Album. In some communities, you can comment on a picture.

    How do I set my profile and view other member profiles?
    To create or update your profile, click edit profile. Fill in your updated information and click Update at the bottom of the page.
    To view the profiles of members who have posted in Fan Voice, click their member names wherever you see them as links. You can also use the search feature to locate their member names. You can elect to "ignore" a member's posts by clicking Ignore Member in the member's profile or in the member information area of any post the person has authored.

    How do I search Fan Voice?
    From just about any page of Fan Voice, click Search and type your term(s) into the search box, selecting where you'd specifically like to search by choosing from the Content drop-down menu, and clicking Go. You can also search by specific member name, and date ranges.

    What does subscribe mean?
    A subscription notifies you via email when a content area that interests you is updated. Similarly, you can subscribe to any content added by a specific member.
    To add an item to your subscriptions list, click Subscribe at the top of the page. Clicking on Unsubscribe ends the subscription (and cancels the email notifications you may have set). After 30 days, inactive subscriptions automatically expire (unless you elect to cancel the expiration in your subscriptions list in your Preferences). To see your current list of subscriptions, click 'My Subscriptions'. Click 'My Preferences' to change or update how often your receive email notification on each of your subscriptions.

    How can I format the text of my posts, replies and comments?
    To format text (bold, italics, underline, etc.), you can use the format buttons (in enabled in Fan Voice) in the posting view. Type your message and then highlight the word(s) you want to format; then click the appropriate button. Small bits of code indicate the formatting, such as in this example: "This is [b]bold[/b] text, and this is [i]italicized[/i] text" text" will appear as "This is bold text, and this is italicized text" in your post. To insert a smiley face, first click the smiley button and then the expression you want to use.

    How do I check the spelling of my posts, replies and comments?
    To check your text for proper spelling, click Spell Check on the post screen. If our Spell Check dictionary doesn't recognize a word in your text, the unknown word will appear in a box. You can correct it yourself by typing over what is displayed. If the dictionary has any suggestions, they will appear in the suggestion box. To choose one of the suggestions, select it and click Change.
    When you finish checking your text, click Post Message to save your changes and post the text with your spelling corrections. If you want to continue editing text, click Go Back or Edit to return to the posting area. Fan Voice administrator may or may not elect to allow edits of your own posts after they are published. If allowed, you will see a pencil icon next to the post where it appears in the list.

    What are ratings?
    Ratings: You may elect to rate a member, or particular content with 1-5 stars.

    What are RSS feeds?
    If RSS feeds are enabled in Fan Voice, you may click the RSS link on any page to copy the code required to regularly add any new content as it is posted, making it available to via your RSS reader software.
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