You can change your personal information easily by using the 
link located at the top of each page. Any changes you make to your profile
will take effect immediately after you hit "OK" or "Apply".
You may notice there are other options at the top of the "My Profile" page. These options (within My Control Panel) allow you to customize the forum according to your own preferences.
You can customize the forum display to suit your needs (threaded tree style, flat style, or simplified flat style), edit your personal profile, choose/upload an avatar for yourself, or link/upload your own profile photo! In addition, you can add a signature and have it displayed within your posts.
With our latest release, you can adjust the forum time zone by setting the difference (in hour) between the local and the server time. In addition, you can increase the browsing speed of the forum by checking on the options of “Don't Show: Image / Member's Avatar / Smiley Faces in posts”.
2.5.1.1. My Avatar
The avatar system allows forum members to select an avatar (a small image) from the list, or to upload their own image to use as an avatar.
To select an image from our avatar collection, please click on the “Click to choose avatars” link located in My Profile page. Once you click on the link, a window called "Click on the avatar you like”, will pop up and show you a list of all the avatars to choose from.
Or, if you wish to upload your own image, you can do so by clicking on the “Upload my picture” link. A pop-up window will appear for you to upload the image from your local hard disk drive.
Once you have selected or uploaded an avatar, remember to scroll to the end of the page and click on "OK" or "Apply" button to have the effect taken place immediately. The avatar image will be displayed next to your posts in the forum. For example:
You may notice that your avatar image is also displayed in your Member Profile. If you would like to have a different image for your member profile, you can set up your profile photo by un-checking the box called “Use your avatar as Profile Photo” in My Profile control panel. Once you un-check the box, you will be able to assign another image as your profile photo. This option is for your public profile only, and has nothing to do with your identity in your message. You can either specify a link to your profile photo or upload a photo to the forum (see below).
2.5.2.
My Inbox (Private Message System)
All Private Messages are stored in" My Inbox". This function allows you to send private messages to other members in the forum. It works just like your everyday e-mail system. You have the ability to send, to read, to create/edit/delete folders, to move messages between folders, and also to delete unwanted messages.
Of course, you can send private messages to multi-recipients at once by inputting their user names (separated by comma) in the recipient textbox, or simply checking the box beside their name from your address book (discussed in 2.5.4) and hit "Send Private Message".
Please note that some members may disable the private message system (editable in My Profile), or put you in their "block list". In these cases, you won't be able to send PM to them.
2.5.2.1. PM Status
"PM Status" bar at the bottom of the My Inbox page lets you know how many messages you have stored and whether you have reached the storage limit. Once your PM folders are full, you won't be able to take PM anymore. If this happens, simply delete some old PM's to free up the space.2.5.2.2. Checking PM Read Status
When you are sending private messages, you can check the box called "Save a copy to sent folder?". This function allows you to store messages you sent, and to check whether your messages have been read by the recipients or not.To check the PM Read Status, simply go to your "Sent" folder, and click on the recipients' names. A window, "Checking PM Read Status", will pop up and show you the result of the read status.
With our latest release, you can choose to “Always save PM to sent folder” (editable in My Profile), so you don’t have to check the box of "Save a copy to sent folder?" every time you send private messages. (see below)
My subscription allows you to track the activity of a thread or a forum. By subscribing to a forum or thread, you will be notified through e-mail once there is a post. The notification e-mail contains a link to the newly posted message, and you can just click on it to view the new message.
To subscribe to a forum or thread, simply click on
Subscribe located right below your login status, and the forum will take you to the subscription control panel for further customization. This page allows you to review your subscription, and you can also remove any subscription you no longer need.
My Address Book stores all the members you have added to your contact list. This function works side by side with private messaging system. When sending PM's to a group of users, you can bring up "quick address book" for easy access to your contacts. You can even block any member you don’t like into the "Block list". Like My Inbox, here you have the ability to create/edit/delete groups, and to move members between these groups.
There are two ways you can add members to your personal address book. For example, in Member Profile, right beside the member name there is a
icon which you can click on to add him to your address book. Or, you may also add members to your contact list/block list from the Member List interface (discussed in 2.3).
"Online Buddy List" allows you to view members in your address book who are currently online. You can either send them private messages
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