Bahamas Traveler Forum Help
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Select a Topic
On most boards you as a casual user will only be able to select a topic. To do this browse through the list of topics and find one which interests you. The topic is a base decleration of the content within but does not limit it. To chose a topic simply click on the Link that interests you.Add a new Topic
To add a new topic most of the time you will need to be the board administrator and have the validation password. If it is a free for all board then anyone can create a new topic. To do this you click on the Add Topic button located at the top and bottom of the topic list page. This will present you with a form to fill out. There will be a password entry if the board is controlled by the system administrator. If this is the case and you would like to have a topic added E-mail the admin with your suggestion. If there is no password entry then it is a free for all board. To add a topic simply give it a name which is a short discription of the topic. Enter a more complete explantion of the topic contents in the Topic Discription space. Then try and select a discriptive directory to create for the topic and its messages. If you select one which has allready been used simply click back on your browser and try another. Once the topic has been created you will be automattically returned back to the topic list page.
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On the main topic page you sould be displayed a list of messages allready posted. To view any of these posts simply click on the link.
If there are no messages listed on the page then it is a new topic and no messages have been posted yet, or the system administrator has removed all of the previous messages.
To make a new post you must click on the New Post button. This will display you with a fill out form. On this form you need to enter your E-mail address, name or a nickname,
your message which can be as long as you want. The message will automattically wrap if you are using Netscape 2.0 or better. If not you will have to hit return from time to time otherwise your message might look funny.
You must also enter a Subject. This is the content of your post very similar to an E-mail or newsgroup Subject. This is only necessary on a new post. The Subject will be carried over on all replies.
The URL section is optional. If you enter a URL in this section your name will be a click to view it link in the final message.
This is good if you wish to link your web page to your message. Hypertext markup entered in the
message section will be stripped.
Reply Posts
When you are viewing a posted message you will see a reply to this message button. Clicking on this will
pop up a fill out form which will enable you to reply to the original post. You will not be able to change
the original subject but you may change or remove the original message which will be poped up in your
message window. To remove it simply highlight it and hit your delete key. This will remove it and leave you a blank window fot your message.
You will also notice that there is a follow up section. When viewing this section there will either be an open folder, a closed folder, or nothing. If there is nothing then there is no replies to this message. If there is an open folder then there are multiple replies to this message. ie. this message has a reply and the reply also has a reply and maybe even more.. A closed folder represents a reply to this message which has no replies itself. Clicking on these links will allow you to iew the replies. If there is nothing in this section then this message is the end of the thread.