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FAQ
Connection and Recording

Why can't I connect me? 
Why don't I need to register me? 
Why am I disconnected automatically?
How can I prevent that my name of user appears in the list of the users on line? 
I lost my password
I was registered but do not can connect me! 
I was recorded in the past, but do not can any more connect me?

Preferences and parameters of the Users
How can I change my preferences? 
The hours are not correct! 
I changed the time zone and the hour is always incorrect! 
My language is not in the list! 
How can I show an image below my name of user? 
How can I change my row? 
When I click on the bond e-mail of a user, one asks me to be connected! 

Publication
How can I poster a subject in a forum? 
How can I publish or remove a message? 
How can I add a signature to my message? 
How can I create a survey? 
How can I publish or remove a survey? 
Why can't I reach a forum? 
Why can't I vote in a survey? 

Working and Types of Subjects
What is BBCode? 
Can I use the HTML? 
What is Smilies? 
Can I poste Images? 
What is the Advertisements? 
What is Post-it? 
What is the locked Subjects of discussions? 

Levels of the Users and Groups
Who are the Administrators? 
Who are the Regulators? 
What is the user groups? 
How can I join a user group?
How can I become the regulator of a user group?

Private Messages
I cannot send private messages! 
I continue to receive not-desired private messages!
I received an abusive e-mail or of Spamming of somebody on this forum! 

Abuse question

Who do I have to contact in connection with the questions of abuse or legality relating to this forum? 

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CONNECTION AND REGISTERING
Why can't I connect me? 

Were you registered?  More seriously, you must be registered in order to connect you.  Were you banished forum (a message is posted if you are it)?  If so, should contact the Webmaster or the administrator of the forum to you to discover the reason of it.  If you were registered and that you are not banished and that you cannot still connect you, check and verify again your name of user and password.  It is generally from there that the problem comes, if that still does not function, contact the administrator of the forum, it may be that the forum was badly configured. 
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Why have I not need to register me?

You can not need some, it is to the administrator to decide if you need or not to register you for poster of the messages on certain forums.  However, the recording will give you access to non-available additional functions for the guests such as the choice of an image misadventure, a private transport, the sending of e-mail to friends, the inscription with a user group, etc.  The registering takes only a few moments, it is thus recommended to do it. 
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Why am I automatically disconnected ? 

If you do not notch the box to connect yourselves automatically to each visit when you connect yourselves, the forum will only keep you connected for one pre established period.  This makes it possible to avoid an abusive use of your account by someone else.  To remain connected, notch the box by you connecting, this is not recommended if you reach the forum by using a divided computer, ex:  library, cyber cafe, university, etc.
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How can I prevent that my name of user appears in the list of the users on line? 

In your profile, you will find an option Hyde his presence on line, if you choose Yes, you will appear only at the eyes of the administrators or yourself.  You will be counted like an invisible user. 
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I have lost my password! 

Do not panic!  If your password cannot be found, it can on the other hand be re-initialized.  With this intention, to go on the page of connection and click on I forgot my password, then follow the instructions and you to you reconnected in one nothing time should be able. 
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I was registered but do not can connect me! 

Firstly, check that you entered correctly your name of user and password.  If they correctly be entered, then there are two possibilities.  If support COPPA is activated and that you clicked on the bond I have less than 13 years at the time of the recording, then you will have to follow the instructions which you received.  If it is not the case, then perhaps that your account needs to be activated?  Certain forums require that all the new recordings are activated, either by yourself, or by the administrator before being able to connect you.  When you were recorded, a message should have taught you if activation is necessary or not.  If you received an e-mail, then follow the instructions which are there, if you did not receive it, then are you of course that the address e-mail which you provided during the recording is valid?  One of the reasons for which activation is used, it is to reduce the chances to see users to misuse the forum anonymously.  If you are sure that the address e-mail whom you provided is valid, then try to contact the administrator of the forum. 
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I was registered in the past, but do not can any more connect me?! 

The most probable reasons for this problem are:  you entered a name of user or incorrect password (check e-mail which was sent to you when you were registered) or the administrator removed your account for some reason.  If you are in the last case, perhaps whereas you did not post anything?  It is usual for the forums to remove periodically the accounts of the users not having posted anything in order to reduce the size of the data base.  And you in the discussions imply try to still record you. 
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PREFERENCES AND PARAMETERS OF THE USERS
How can I change my preferences? 

All your preferences (if you are recorded) are stored in the data base.  To modify them, click on the Profile bond (generally in top of the pages, but that can not be the case).  This will enable you to change all your preferences. 
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The hours are not correct! 

The hours are certainly correct, however, which you can see is the hours posted in a time zone different from your.  If it is the case, should change your preferences in your profile to you by choosing the time zone which is appropriate to you, ex:  London, Paris, New York, Sydney, etc.  Please note that to change the time zone, as the majority of the other options can be only carried out by the recorded users.  Therefore, if you are not recorded, it is the good hour to make it, if you forgive the pun! 
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I have change the time zone and the always incorrect hour east! 

If you are sure to have chosen the good time zone and that the hour is always different, the most probable answer is the passage to the summer-time.  the forum was not designed to manage the change between the hour of winter and the summer-time, therefore during the summer, the hour will be shifted one hour compared to the real standard time. 
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My language is not in the list! 

The most probable reasons for this are that is the administrator did not install your language on the forum, or that that is to say somebody did not translate this forum in your language yet.  Try to ask to the administrator of the forum if it can install the pack language for which you require, if there does not exist then smell you free to create a new translation.
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How can I show an image below my name of user? 

There can be two images under your name of user when you read messages.  The first is the image associated with your row, generally they take the shape of stars or of blocks indicating how much of messages you made or your statute on the forum.  Below this one can be a named larger image misadventure, which is generally single or personal to each user.  It is to the administrator of the forum to activate the misadventures and to choose the way in which the misadventures will be available.  If you cannot use a misadventure, that will want to then say that the administrator in decided thus, you can contact it for him to require the reasons of them (we are sure that they will be good!). 
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How can I change my row? 

Usually, you cannot directly change the title of a row (the title of a row appears under your name of user in the subjects of discussions and your profile according to the topic used).  The majority of the forums use the rows to indicate the number of messages which you posted, but also to identify certain users, ex:  the regulators and administrators can have a specific row which is clean for them.  Unnecessarily want not poster on the forum with an aim of raising its row, you will probably find a regulator or administrator which will lower you simply the account of your total number of messages. 
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When I click on the e-mail link of a user, one asks me to be connected! 

Afflicted, but only the recorded users can send e-mail to people via the e-mail form integrated into the forum (if the administrator would have activated this functionality).  This, to avoid the malevolent use of the e-mail system by anonymous users.
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PUBLICATION
How can I poster a subject in a forum? 

Easy, click on the suitable button either on the page of the forum, or on the page of the subject.  You could need to record you before being able poster a message, the rights which are available are listed for you on the bottom of the page of the forum or the subject (the list You can poster of new subjects, you can vote, etc.)
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How can I publish or remove a message? 

With less than you are the administrator or regulator of the forum, you can only publish or remove your own messages.  You can publish a message (sometimes only after one certain time after it is posted) by clicking on the Editor button message concerned.  If somebody already answered your message, you will find a small piece of text below your message while turning over to read it, indicating the number of times that you published it.  This small text will not appear if nobody answered, it will not appear either if a regulator or an administrator publishes the message (they should leave a message explaining what they modified and why).  Please note that a user cannot remove a message once that somebody answered there. 
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How I add a signature a my message? 

To add a signature to a message, you must initially create one of them, while going in your profile.  Once created, you can notch the box Attach its signature during the composition of a message to add your signature.  You can also add your signature to all your messages by notching the suitable box in your profile (you will be able to always prevent from attaching your signature to a message in particular by stripping the box Attach his signature during his composition). 
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How can I create a survey? 

To create a survey is easy, when you post a new subject (or publish the first message of a subject, if you have the right of it) should see a part Add to you a survey in the form below the part Poster a new subject (if you do not see it, it is that you probably do not have the right to create surveys).  You must enter a title for the survey and at least two options (to define an option, enter its name the fields suitable then click on the Add button the option.  You can also define a limiting date for the survey, 0 is an infinite survey.  There is a limit for the number of options which you will be able to establish, this limit is fixed by the administrator of the forum). 
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How can I publish or remove a survey? 

As for the messages, the surveys can be only published by the postor of origin, a regulator or an administrator.  To publish a survey, click on the button ' Editor' of the first message of the subject (it always has the survey associated with him).  If nobody still voted, you can then remove the survey or to publish any option of the survey, on the other hand, if a person already voted, only the regulators and administrators will be able to publish it or remove it.  This to avoid with people faking the surveys by modifying the options in the middle of the duration of the survey. 
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Why can't I accede to a forum? 

Certain forums can limit the access to certain users or groups.  To see, read, poster, etc you must have a special permit, only the regulator and the administrator of the forum can grant this access, you can contact them if you want it. 
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Why can't I vote in a survey? 

Only the recorded users can vote in a survey (in order to avoid the faking of the results).  If you were recorded and that you cannot still vote, then you probably do not have the suitable rights of access. 
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WORK AND TYPES OF SUBJECTS
What the BBCode? 

BBCode is a special implementation of the HTML, the activation of the use of BBCode is determined by the administrator (you can also decontaminate it on a message in particular during his composition).  BBCode in itself is similar to the HTML style, the beacons are contained in hooks [ and ] in the place of < and >, and offer a better control on the way in which something must be posted.  For more information on BBCode, see the guide, accessible since the form from publication. 
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Can I use the html? 

This depends on the administrator who allows it or not, it has a complete control top.  If you are authorized to use it, you will go certainly accounts that only certain beacons function.  It is a safety measure to avoid with people misusing the forum by using certain beacons which could destroy page-setting or cause other problems.  If the HTML is activated, you can decontaminate it in a message in particular during its composition.
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What is are smilies?  

Smilies, or Emoticons are small images which are used to express certain feelings by using a small code, ex:    mean merry,: (  mean sad.  You can see the complete list of emoticons during the composition of a message.  Try not to use these smiley wrongly, because they can quickly make a message illegible and a regulator could decide to publish it and even to entirely remove it. 
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Can I poster of the images? 

You can show images inside your messages.  However, it is not possible currently to directly send your images on this forum.  You must thus create a bond towards your image stored on a public Web server, ex:  http://www.somewhere.net/my-image.gif.  You cannot create a bond towards an image stored on your computer (unless this one is a public Web server), nor an image stored on a waiter requiring an authentification, ex:  the boxes e-mail Hotmail or Yahoo, sites protected by password, etc.  To post an image, you can either use the BBCode beacon [ img ] or suitable beacon HTML (if you are authorized there).
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What are the advertisements? 

The Advertisements generally contain significant information, you should thus read them as soon as possible.  The Advertisements appear in top of each page of the forum in which it were posted.  To be able poster an advertisement depends on the required permissions, these permissions are defined by the administrator. 
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What is post-it? 

Post-it appear below the advertisements and only on the first page the forum.  They are often rather significant, you should thus read them as soon as you can.  As for the advertisements, it is the administrator who determines the permissions necessary for poster of Post-it in each forum. 
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What is the subjects of discussions lock? 

The locked Subjects are locked, either by the regulator of the forum or by the administrator.  You cannot answer the subjects of discussions locked and the surveys which are contained there are cease automatically.  The subjects of discussions can be locked for many reasons. 
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LEVELS OF THE USERS AND GROUPS
Who are the administrators? 

The Administrators are people who have the most level of control on all the forum.  These people can control all the facets of the forum, this includes the adjustment of the permissions, the banishment of users, the creation of user groups or regulators, etc.  They also have all the capacities of moderations on all the forums. 
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Who are the moderators? 

The Regulators are people (or groups of people) of which the goal is to take care of the respect of the payment and the correct operation of the forum every days.  They have the capacity to publish or remove the messages and to lock, unbolt, remove and divide the subjects of discussions in the forum where they moderate.  Generally, the regulators are there to avoid with people making out-subject or of poster of the messages not respecting the payment. 
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What are the users groups? 

The user groups is a manner for the administrator of gathering users.  Each user can belong to several groups (this differs from the majority of the other forums) and each group can see itself assigned rights of access.  This makes it possible to the administrator to manage easily various regulators of a forum, or to give to give them access to a private forum, etc. 
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How can I join a user group? 

To join a user group, click on the bond User groups in top of the page (can change according to the model of document), you will be able to then see all the user groups.  All the groups are not open, some are closed and others can have their invisible manpower.  If the group is opened, you can ask to join it while clicking on the suitable button.  The regulator of the user group will have to approve your request, it could require the reasons of you which push you to join the group.  Please not badger a regulator with group if it disapproves your request, it has its reasons. 
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How can I become the moderator of a user group? 

The user groups are initially created by the administrator, it also assigns a regulator there.  If you are interested by the creation of a user group, the first thing to be made will be to contact the administrator, try to leave him a private message. 
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PRIVATE MESSAGE 
I cannot send private message! 

It y three reasons for that:  you are not recorded and/or be not connected, the administrator decontaminated the transport deprived for the totality of the forum or the administrator prevents you from sending private messages.  If you are in the last case, you should address to you to the administrator to know the reason of it.
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I continue to receive not-desired private messages!

In the future we will add a black list to the system of private transport.  For the moment, if despite everything, you continue to receive not-desired messages, inform the administrator, it has the capacity to completely prevent a user from sending private messages.
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I have received an abusive e-mail or spamming of somebody on this forum! 

We are pained to learn that.  The e-mail function integrated into the forum includes safeguards to try to track the users who send messages of this type.  You should send an e-mail to the administrator with a complete copy of the e-mail which you received, it is significant so that this copy contains the headings (those provide a list of details concerning the shipper).  Then, the administrator will be able to take repressive measurements which will be essential. 
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Who do I have to contact in connection with the questions of abuse or relative legality with this forum? 

You should contact the administrator of this forum.  If you are not able to contact it, you should initially contact one of the regulators of the forum and ask them with which should make contact to you. Please note that the gggems.com does not have any control absolutely and cannot in no case to be related on the manner, the place or the person which use this forum. That is not absolutely used for nothing to contact gggems.com for a question of legality (slandering, etc.)  not having a direct relationship with the Web site gggems.com. If you make an e-mail for gggems.com in connection with third nobody of the use of this program, then you should expect an third-answer or not response of the whole.
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