In order to log into the board as a user, you must register a username. To do this, click the small Register link at the top, right of any page.
You will then be taken to the registration information form. Fill out each of the required fields, and any of the optional fields you like. The required information appears in the image below. Required fields are Username, E-mail Address, Password and Confirm Password, and the Confirmation Code. Password and Confirm Password ask you simply to type in your password twice, to prevent typos. The Confirmation Code is case sensitive, so if you see capital letters, they must be entered as Capitals. If you are unable to read the confirmation code, or have other issues registering, please contact webmaster@parkinson.org, provide your desired Username and Password, and we can complete the registration process for you.
When you register, you must specify an email address. All email from the board to you will be sent to that address. Important: After registering, you must check your email and click the activation link there before you may log in. If you do not receive the email for whatever reason, please contact webmaster@parkinson.org, and we can activate the account for you.
In order to post, you must log in. To log in, you must use the login link at the top, right corner on every page to be taken to the Login Page.
After loggin in, you will be taken to the page you were previously using, but will now be able to post and change your profile. If you are not logged in and attempt to do anything that requires a login, you will be taken to the login screen. After you log in, you will be taken to the page you were attempting to go to before logging in. Things that require login include changing your profile, and posting to forums.
You will be taken to a form to enter your username and email address. A new password will be created, and sent in an email to you. When you receive the email, you need to click the new password activation link. The new password activation link exists so that if someone else enters your information into the Forgotten Password form, your current password will remain intact. After you have activated your new password, you may log in with it. You may change your password to what you like in your profile. For more information, see Profile Settings below.
When you post a new topic or post a reply, you are taken to the posting form, where to enter your post. NOTE: Please keep in mind that on the moderated forums such as Ask the Doctor, your post will not be publicly visible until it has been approved and moderated.
Subject - The subject of your post. If this is a new post, the subject is required, and it will be the name of the topic. If the post is replying to another post, the subject is not required, but may be added, and will be shown at the top of the post.
Message Body - The Message body is a large text area where the body of your post is input. Plain text is the only thing allowed in this text area, but special formatting, links, images, etc. may be added through the use of BBCode (see below).
BBCode - BBCode allows you to add special formatting to your posts. If you would like to disable BBCode in your post, check the box next to Disable BBCode in this Post. For more information, see BBCode below.
Signature - You may add a signature to your post. To do this, check the box next to Attach Signature. You may change your signature by editing your profile. For more information, see Profile Settings below.
Reply Notification - When you post, you may be interested in knowing when that topic is replied to. If so, you may check Notify me when a reply is posted. For more information, see Watching Topics below.
Sticky/Announcement - To make a post into an Announcement or a Sticky Topic, look to the bottom of the posting form. There are radio buttons at the bottom that will allow you to set the post as Normal, Sticky or Announcement. These options will only be visible to a user for the top post in a topic, and only if they have permission to make Announcements and Sticky topics.
Polls - To add a poll, look to the bottom of the posting form. These options will only be visible to a user if they have permission to make Polls.
Announcements
Announcements are a special type of topic. In the View Forum page, Announcements appear above all other topics (at the top of the forum). Announcements will also appear on every View Forum page. To make a topic into an announcement, simply select the Announcement radio button on the posting form. The top post of a topic must be specified as Announcement for the topic to be an Announcement.
Sticky topics are a special type of topic. In the View Forum page, Sticky topics appear above all other topics except for Announcements. Sticky topics only appear on the first View Forum page. To make a topic sticky, simply select the Sticky radio button on the posting form.
Polls are a special type of that allow community members to vote on an idea or issue. Polls can only be made from the top post in a topic.
Poll Question - This is the subject of the Poll, the question that is being answered by the poll. The poll question appears at the top of the topic, above the poll options. This is required for the poll.
Poll Option - Poll Options are the possible answers to the poll question. To add poll options, type the option into the text field and click Add Option. To have a valid poll, at least two options must be offered.
Run Poll for - Number of days to run the poll for. After the specified time has passed, the results of the poll are displayed in the topic, and no one else may vote.
BBCode is a system that will allow you to format your posts in special ways. The BBCode system uses tags in a way nearly identical to HTML. The primary difference between BBCode and HTML is that BBCode uses square brackets [ and ] instead of angle brackets < and >. For a more detailed description of how BBCode works, click the small BBCode link on the lower left corner of the Posting Form. You may also go to http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/faq.php?mode=bbcode.
Here is a list of sample BBCode and its output:
[b]Bolded Text[/b]: Bolded Text
[i]Italicized Text[/i]: Italicized Text
[u]Underlined Text[/u]: Underlined Text
[color=red]Red Text[/color] or [color=#FF0000]Red Text[/color]: Red Text
[size=24]Bigger Text[/size]: Bigger Text
[quote]This cheese is delicious[/quote]: 
[quote="The Cheese Man"]This cheese is delicious.[/quote]: 
[code]if ($cheese == "tasty") { return true; }[/code]: 
[list][*]Cheddar Cheese[*]Limburger Cheese[*]Cottage Cheese[/list]:
- Cheddar Cheese
- Limburger Cheese
- Cottage Cheese
[list=1][*]Cheddar Cheese[*]Limburger Cheese[*]Cottage Cheese[/list]:
- Cheddar Cheese
- Limburger Cheese
- Cottage Cheese
[list=a][*]Cheddar Cheese[*]Limburger Cheese[*]Cottage Cheese[/list]:
- Cheddar Cheese
- Limburger Cheese
- Cottage Cheese
[url=http://www.parkinson.org]Visit parkinson.org![/url]: Visit parkinson.org! (Link URL: http://www.parkinson.org)
[url]http://www.parkinson.org[/url]: http://www.parkinson.org (Link URL: http://www.parkinson.org)
[email]no.one@domain.adr[/email]: no.one@domain.adr
[img]http://www.parkinson.org/NETCOMMUNITY/view.image?Id=434[/img]: 
Again, for more info, see http://www.phpbb.com/phpBB/faq.php?mode=bbcode.
Quoting messages allows you to include other's posts in your own. It is useful for showing that you are replying to a post, or part of a post.
To quote all of someone's post, look at the top right corner of their post and click Quote. This will take you to the posting form, and will allow you to reply to the post. It will also automatically add the appropriate BBCode to your post to quote the post you are replying to.
The proper syntax to quote a post is:
[quote="<name to quote>"]<text to quote>[/quote]
<name to quote> is the source of your quote, and <text to quote> is what you are quoting. So to quote the user Cheese Man saying "Power the behold of cheese."
[quote="Cheese Man"]Power the behold of cheese[/quote]
For more information, see the BBCode section above.
Editing posts allows you to go back and fix errors, remove incorrect information, or add new information to your posts. To edit a post, look at the top right corner of your post and click Edit. You will be taken to the posting form to edit your post, and then click Submit to enter it into the database. If you edit a post after it has been replied to, a small message will appear at the bottom of it indicating how many times it has been edited, and when and by whom the last edit occurred.
To delete a post, click Edit and check Delete this Post. Click Submit to finish deleting the post. You may not delete a post if it has been replied to (i.e. it is not the last post in the topic).
Searching
The Discussion Corner Forums have a search system that will allow you to find topics you are interested in. To get to the search page, click the small Search link at the top of any page.
Search for Keywords - You may search for words in the content of topics. Enter the words to search for into the text field.
If you select Search for any terms or use query as entered, then topic containing ANY of the words you entered will be displayed. You may use the AND, OR, and NOT operators to indicate which words you want to search for. Use AND to indicate that multiple words MUST be found. Use OR to indicate that a word is optional/alternate. Use NOT to indicate that a word should not be present in the topics displayed.
If you select Search for all terms, only topics containing all of the words in the query will be displayed. Selecting this option has effects comparable to using Search for any terms or use query as entered, with the AND operator between each term.
You may use the asterisk(*) wildcard character to broaden your search. The asterisk will match any number of characters. So *cheese* will match cheese, cheesewheel, wheelcheese, or wheelcheesewheel. Likewise cheese*fudge will match cheesefudge, cheeseyfudge, or cheese597fudge.
To increase the speed and decrease the overhead of the search utility, only words may be searched for. Phrases (such as "cheese wheel") may not be searched for, except by their component words. The minimum size for words is four characters, and the maximum size is twenty characters. Any non-alphanumeric character (e.g. white space and punctuation) is a word boundary.
Search for Author - You may search for posts by post author. Simply enter the author's username into this text field. You may use the asterisk(*) wildcard in author's names to broaden your search. Again, the asterisk will match any number of characters.
Forum - Select the forum you wish to search in, or All available. To search multiple forums, search by Category.
Category - Select the category you wish to search in, or All available.
Display Results as Posts - Search results will be displayed as a list of the posts. Part of the post that matches the query will be displayed, and the search terms highlighted. For each post there is a link.
Display Results as Topics - Search results will be displayed as a list of Topic titles. For each topic there is a link to the forum it is in, the topic itself, and the author of the topic.
Search Previous - This dropdown box will allow you to specify the maximum age of posts to display as results of the search. There are also radio buttons here that will allow you to search only the body of posts, or the subject (title) of the posts as well.
Sort by - This will allow you to specify how search results are organized. You may sort by Post Time, Post Subject, Topic Title, Author, or Forum. The sort may be in ascending or descending order alphabetically (or chronologically where appropriate).
Return first - When Display Results as is set to Posts, this dropdown box will allow you to control how much of the post is displayed in the search result.
Watching Topics
You may subscribe to topics in phpBB 2.0.0. When a topic you are subscribed to is replied to, an email will be sent to the email address that your username is registered to. The email will contain a link to the topic that has been replied to. You will only receive one email per topic until the next time you log in to the board.
To subscribe to a topic, look at the lower left corner of the Topic View page. Click the small Watch this topic for replies link.
Additionally, if you post or reply to a topic, you may check Notify me when a reply is posted to subscribe to a topic.
To unsubscribe from a topic, look at the lower left corner of the Topic View page. Click the small Stop watching this topic link.
Alternatively, you may look at your notification email. At the end of the email (right above the signature) there is a link that will unsubscribe you from the topic.
Profile Settings
To edit your profile, click the small Profile link at the top of any page.
You must be logged in to edit your profile. To make changes to your profile, change the values on the form and click Submit at the bottom of the page.
Username - Your username on the board, the name you use to log in. You may change this name if you need to.
Email - The email address your account is registered to. All emails from the board to you will go to this email address. You may change the email address if you like. If you change your email address and the board is using User activation, then you will need to activate your changed email address. You will be sent an email (to the new address) with an activation link if this is the case. If you do not receive the email, please contact webmaster@parkinson.org.
Password - The password you use to log in. If you change your email address or password, you must enter your current password. If you are changing your password you will need to enter the new password twice to verify it.
Fields in the Profile Information are self-explanatory.
Always show my Email Address - If Yes a link to email you will appear in your profile. If set to No, the link will not appear.
Hide your online status - If Yes you will not be visible to normal users.
Always notify me of replies - If Yes then the Notify me when a reply is posted checkbox on the posting form will be checked by default. You may still uncheck it each time you post.
Notify on new Private Messages - If Yes an email will be sent to your registered email address each time you receive a private message.
Pop up window on new Private Messages - If Yes you will see a pop up window notifying you of new Private Messages you receive while browsing the forums.
Always attach my signature - If Yes then the Attach signature checkbox on the posting form will be checked by default. You may still uncheck it each time you post.
Always allow BBCode - If Yes then the Disable BBCode in this post checkbox on the posting form will be unchecked by default. You may still check it each time you post.
Board Language - Selects the language of board messages/text. Any text from other users or administrators is unaffected.
To have the board time show correctly, please select your time zone. The time in our system does not work with Daylight Savings Time, so if you have Daylight Savings Time, add 1 to your GMT modifier. So if you are in GMT-5 and have DST, you will need to set your time zone to GMT-4.
Questions?
If you have any questions, please send an email to webmaster@parkinson.org, and we'll be happy to answer them for you.