posted 04-17-05 07:21 AM EDT (US)
Welcome to the AoE3H Community Forum! Before posting, please read this guide to help you understand this forum, being friendly towards other forumers and the like. This guide was made with my experiences on HeavenGames which is over 7 years now, plus scouring and gathering information from other helpfull threads. First of all, the basics of the forum.
First of all, there are the main rules you have to obey when posting, otherwise you risk being banned. The rules can be found
Click on the "Register" link, found in the upper left corner of the forum. Accept the TOS (Terms of Agreement) and fill in your username and e-mail adress. After you click the register button, you'll receive an email with a password.
You can login now and start posting on the forums.
When logged in, click on the "My Account" link which is located in the upper left corner of the forum. Fill in your password and you'll go to the page where you can change any info you like, your password for example, or your location etc.
You can also edit your signature, anything regarding signatures can be found and asked
When you are logged in, you can see the profile pages of other members. They might include things about themselves, their e-mail address etc. To view someone's profile, click the Profile button, which is located right next to the Edit post button:
You can click them away when you're done viewing them. You have a profile page of your own too, the information in it depends on what you have filled in in your account options.
Skype is a peer-to-peer Internet telephony network which allows you to voice communicate with users all over the world. When the icon turns green, it means the person using that Skype account is online at the moment. If you want Skype as well, go to:
After you're done registering there, go to your account options and include your ICQ number. Save your page and a ICQ flower will be included in every reply/thread you post.
If you have your own website, you can make a small image link to it. Again, go to your account and fill in the "My website" field.
Save your page and every post will have your website link included in your replies/threads. The image link looks like this:
Mind that you are
If you created an account and logged in, you can begin posting replies in threads. If you feel like giving your comments or opinion on things, click the reply button, which is located in the upper-and-lower right corner of the page:
Click on it, and a new page with a text area will appear. Fill in your comments and click on the "Submit reply" button; or, if you like to preview your comments first, click on the "Preview Reply" button.
Creating threads is actually quite similar to posting replies. When logged in, click the "New Topic" button:
Like posting replies, a new page will open with a text field. But this time it will have an additional field, also known as the
Please mind that you are not allowed to spam in any way possible.
If you've made a mistake, or maybe put in a wrong link for example, you can edit your post by click on the edit button:
Click on this button, it's located underneath the Subject title, next to the date and time recording. The post/thread you created will open again, and you can edit anything you like, except the subject title. Also mind that when editing posts when the
You cannot change the title of any threads you have created, but if you make a mistake, a moderator may correct it for you if you ask
If you've been away for a while, and missed something out, or if you want to search for that ol' good informative thread, you can use the search feature which is located on the bottom of every main forum page:
As you can see, there are 2 seperate fields you can fill in to search. For example, if you type "Angel Socrateius" in the author field, every thread he made on the current forum page will appear. If you're searching for a specific topic, fill in "Another RPG" for example. If you're not sure what the subject title exactly was, you can also use keywords such as "RPG" or "Another". Every thread including these words will appear on the page.
N.B. When searching for a forumer's posts, be sure to use their original username if they've had a name change (it's the id under their name).
Now, you can include several things in your posts such as UBBcode or Smileys.
Input: The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
Input: Effect:
- Monkey 1
- Monkey 2
- Monkey 1
- Monkey 2
Note: Spaces are included between the codes, otherwise they could not be displayed on this page as they show up as smilies. So remove the spaces when creating your signature. Don't overuse them, this takes up much bandwith and loading time.
: ) =
: ( =
: D =
: p =
: o =
; ) =
: { =
: angry: = :angry:
* kiss* =
* barf* =
* happy* =
* mischief* =
* rude* =
* surprised* =
* wink* =
* flail* =
* wall* =
* heyhey* =
* cop* =
* redfaced* =
* yawn* =
* nod* =
( Y) =
( N) =
Now, you might have seen some weird words like LoL or something similar to that. They are abbreviations of a collection of words.
If you know any more, please post them so I can add ‘