How come when I click a link it just brings me to the front page?
There are certain sections only available to logged in members, if you're not a member or are a member but not logged in, you will not be able to visit these sections.
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How do I change my Avatar?
There are two ways to change your avatar.

1. Click the "Avatar Gallery" link in the navigation bar. Choose the category of images you want, select the one you want by ticking the box beneath it and click Save. You can either wait to be redirected to your profile or you can click the "Edit Profile" link and if you're happy with your selection, click "Update Profile".


2. You can also upload your own avatar.

Click "Edit Profile". Tick the delete button under the default "No Avatar Selected" image and click "Update Profile"

You will now see an upload box where the image was. Browse to your image of choice and click "Update Profile" and your done.

The Avatar file must be a maximum of 100px by 100px and be either .jpg, .png, or .gif format.
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What is Disabling Smileys all about?

At the bottom of most articles, photo's, forum posts, etc you'll see a box marked "Disable Smileys" or something similar.
If you're using brackets, semi-colons, colons, etc in your post the software thinks you're entering a smiley.
To prevent this tick the box and your brackets will be left alone
eg, :)  translates as:
:(  translates as:

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Will my Profile information be accessible to everyone?
No, your profile information [location, email address, etc] is only accessible to other members. If you do not want your email address to be seen by other visitors, click "Edit Profile" in the top right of the navbar and select "Yes" in the hide email field.

The profiles are restricted to prevent spambots from harvesting email addresses for their nefarious purposes.
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