For a quick overview of forum basics, please see the Help Documents.

• Have you registered? Only registered users are permitted to post. To register, click the “register” link at the login box. Registration is quick and easy, and you’ll have full access to Club English.
• Are you logged in? If you have registered on a previous occasion, you’ll have to log in to start a new session.

A forum is an online community, and like any other community, there are benefits and privileges to joining the community. Registration with Club English gives you an account with posting privileges. You’ll also have other perks, such as being able to set preferences, have a profile, and subscribe to threads.

A forum is like a bulletin board, or an online discussion group. It is a community where people can post questions and discussions, called threads.

To post a question or a discussion:

1. Select the category and forum you want to post in.
2. At the top of the forum page is a button labeled “New Thread” – click on this to post.

At the top of the thread page is a button labeled “New Reply” – click on this to reply.

If you want to quote part or all of someone else’s posting, click on the button with a green plus (+) sign at the bottom of the post (on the right-hand side) that you want to quote.

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To edit your post, click on the “Edit” button at the bottom of the post you want to edit.

To delete your post, click on the button with a red X at the bottom of the post you want to delete.

A PM is a “private message.” It is a way to have private communication with another user.

To send someone a PM:

• If you’re viewing a user’s post, you can click on the “PM” button at the bottom of their post on the left-hand side.
• Click on their user name. This will take you to their profile page, where you can see their Contact Details. Click on the link that says “Send X a private message.”

Reputation is a way to acknowledge whether someone’s post was helpful. Reputation can be positive, negative, or neutral. If someone posted something that you found helpful, informative, etc., you could give him positive reputation. If someone posted something that violated forum rules or was rude, etc., then you could give him negative reputation.

To give someone reputation, click on the button that has a green plus (+) by a icon of a person. This button is located at the bottom of the post on the left-hand side.

Click on the “Lost Password?” link and follow the instructions.

Click on the link “User CP” found at the top of the page, underneath the navigation menu. This will take you to your User Control Panel, where you can modify your personal information. Use the menu on the left-hand side to locate the item in your profile that you wish to change.

Yes. When you edit your User CP, you have the option of including a picture. Click on the picture icon to enter a URL for your signature picture.

Basically, how many stars a person has under his username depends on how many posts that user has contributed to Club English. The more you post, the more you can move up in rank. The number of posts also determines what user title will be displayed between the stars and the names. There are several levels:

• Newcomer – 1 star. Newcomers are people who have just registered, and made fewer than 2 posts.
• Neophyte – 2 stars. Neophytes have made at least 2 posts but fewer than 50 posts.
• Follower – 3 stars. Followers have made at least 50 posts but fewer than 100 posts.
• Regular – 4 stars. Regulars have made at least 100 posts but fewer than 250 posts.
• Devotee – 5 stars. Devotees have made at least 250 posts but fewer than 750 posts.
• Denizen – 6 stars. Denizens have made at least 750 posts.