WebAssist Community Forum-Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions
Posting and forum access Anyone registered with WebAssist and logged in to the forums can post. You don't need to be logged in to read or search the forum messages. Log In Select Login on any forum page, enter your WebAssist username and password and click the Login button. After you've logged in, you'll notice a link to your User Profile in the main navigation where you can specify an avatar URL, a public email address for the forums, a signature and more. Please note: If you're logged in to the main WebAssist site, you'll need to log in again to post in the forums. Member signup Would you like to join our forums? Just go to the Registration page, enter a unique username and password along with a valid e-mail address, then press the Register button to receive a confirmation e-mail with a link to confirm your email address and activate your account. User Profile After you've logged in, you'll notice a link to your User Profile in the main navigation to a page where you can specify an avatar URL, a public email address for the forums, a signature and more. Passwords Forgotten your username or password? No problem. Select the Forgotten password link and enter your valid e-mail address to receive an e-mail with your log in details. Full Text Search You can easily search all of our forums with the Search links you'll find at the top of each page. If you need more control over what you're searching for, select the Advanced Search button on the Search page. Auto-delete You can remove your own messages for any reason if your not satisfied with them. You must be logged in with a valid username and password before you can do this though. Group Administrators can remove posts by others but that is only done as a last resort to maintain the integrity of our forums. Get Notified Using email notifications. Our news and forums server supports sending you email notifications of any new messages you might be interested in. Follow the instructions below to set up a notification for new messages in a particular group or a particular thread. Getting notifications for a group or forum. Select the "Alerts" link at the top of any group's base page and enter your valid email address in the text box, then press "OK". You will receive an email with additional information. Getting notifications for a thread. Follow the same instructions as above from the Topic page for the thread you wish to be notified about. You will receive an email with additional information. Having problems? If you don't receive your confirmation email shortly after sending your request, make sure you have entered your correct email address (without any spam-protecting alterations) and try again. News Readers Use your favorite newsreader! For the News Server use www.webassist.com. Consult your newsreader's Help pages for information about where to enter your username and password if you've already signed up online and received them. You can practice posting in the "test" newsgroup included specifically for this purpose, if you like. Forum Codes There are some special codes available to add emphasis to parts of postings. News Readers can also use the special display codes but only users of the web forums will see the resulting graphical "Smilies". These are implemented by utilizing the following standard keyboard character sequences: Grin: <G> or <g> Happy: :-) or :) or =) Unhappy: :-( or :( Wink: ;-) or ;) Single words can be highlighted (some News Readers may see these too), by using these methods: italics - place a forward slash ("/") at the beginning and at the end of a word: /italics/ underline - place an underscore ("_") at the beginning and at the end of a word: _underline_ bold - place an asterisk ("") at the beginning and at the end of a word: bold* X-Face Avatars are allowed up to 80 pixels in height by 80 pixels in width. The forum also converts these to X-Face images for newsreaders. If you don't know what "X-Face" is, review the text at the Online X-Face Converter. (Objectionable avatars are subject to immediate removal from these forums and newsgroups.)

Frequently Asked Questions

Posting and forum access

Anyone registered with WebAssist and logged in to the forums can post. You don't need to be logged in to read or search the forum messages.

Log In

Select Login on any forum page, enter your WebAssist username and password and click the Login button. After you've logged in, you'll notice a link to your User Profile in the main navigation where you can specify an avatar URL, a public email address for the forums, a signature and more.

Please note: If you're logged in to the main WebAssist site, you'll need to log in again to post in the forums.

Member signup

Would you like to join our forums? Just go to the Registration page, enter a unique username and password along with a valid e-mail address, then press the Register button to receive a confirmation e-mail with a link to confirm your email address and activate your account.

User Profile

After you've logged in, you'll notice a link to your User Profile in the main navigation to a page where you can specify an avatar URL, a public email address for the forums, a signature and more.

Passwords

Forgotten your username or password? No problem. Select the Forgotten password link and enter your valid e-mail address to receive an e-mail with your log in details.

Full Text Search

You can easily search all of our forums with the Search links you'll find at the top of each page. If you need more control over what you're searching for, select the Advanced Search button on the Search page.

Auto-delete

You can remove your own messages for any reason if your not satisfied with them. You must be logged in with a valid username and password before you can do this though. Group Administrators can remove posts by others but that is only done as a last resort to maintain the integrity of our forums.

Get Notified

Using email notifications. Our news and forums server supports sending you email notifications of any new messages you might be interested in. Follow the instructions below to set up a notification for new messages in a particular group or a particular thread.

Getting notifications for a group or forum. Select the "Alerts" link at the top of any group's base page and enter your valid email address in the text box, then press "OK". You will receive an email with additional information.

Getting notifications for a thread. Follow the same instructions as above from the Topic page for the thread you wish to be notified about. You will receive an email with additional information.

Having problems? If you don't receive your confirmation email shortly after sending your request, make sure you have entered your correct email address (without any spam-protecting alterations) and try again.

News Readers

Use your favorite newsreader! For the News Server use www.webassist.com. Consult your newsreader's Help pages for information about where to enter your username and password if you've already signed up online and received them. You can practice posting in the "test" newsgroup included specifically for this purpose, if you like.

Forum Codes

There are some special codes available to add emphasis to parts of postings. News Readers can also use the special display codes but only users of the web forums will see the resulting graphical "Smilies". These are implemented by utilizing the following standard keyboard character sequences:

Grin: <G> or <g>
Happy: :-) or :) or =)
Unhappy: :-( or :(
Wink: ;-) or ;)

Single words can be highlighted (some News Readers may see these too), by using these methods:

italics - place a forward slash ("/") at the beginning and at the end of a word: /italics/
underline - place an underscore ("_") at the beginning and at the end of a word: _underline_
bold - place an asterisk ("*") at the beginning and at the end of a word: *bold*

X-Face

Avatars are allowed up to 80 pixels in height by 80 pixels in width. The forum also converts these to X-Face images for newsreaders. If you don't know what "X-Face" is, review the text at the Online X-Face Converter. (Objectionable avatars are subject to immediate removal from these forums and newsgroups.)