Ultimate Bulletin Board Frequently Asked Questions (UBB 5.0)

F R E Q U E N T L Y A S K E D Q U E S T I O N S

Do I have to register?
How can I use smilies?
Can I add HTML to my messages?
What are moderators?
Are cookies used?
Can I attach files?
Can I search?
What are announcements?
Are there any censor features?
What is Daily Active Topic List?
What are archives?
What are icons?

Registering
YES. TEETH used to NOT require registration, but because a user overstepped the rules of human society in general by threatening bodily harm to one of the other users, registration will be required for the time being. HOWEVER. The only information recorded by TEETH will be your user name, email and password; you may register more than one user name with the same email; your email is never displayed anywhere on the board or in your public profile. Thus you are still anonymous to all users of the board.

Smilies
You've probably seen others use smilies before in email messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile :) or a frown :(. This bulletin board automatically converts certain smilies to a graphical representation. For example, if you type :o in your BB post, it will automatically be converted to - a shameful face. The following smilies are currently supported:

:)	smile
:(	frown
:o	embarrassment
:D	big grin
;)	wink

Using HTML and/or UBB Code
You may use UBB Code in your posts. UBB Code is similar to HTML, but offers just a few basic functions, such as hyperlinking, image display, bolding and italicizing. A complete list of current UBB Codes are listed here.

Moderators
Moderators control individual forums. They can edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums. If you have a question about a particular forum, you should direct it to your forum moderator.

Cookies
This bulletin board uses cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in and your preferred "topic view", if you set it in preferences. These cookies are stored on your browser. Cookies are not used to track your movement or perform any function other than to enhance your use of the bulletin board. If your browser does not support cookies, or you have not enabled cookies on your browser, many of these time-saving features will not work properly. Also, you need to have cookies enabled in your browser if you want to enter a private forum.

You may delete all cookies set in this forum by visiting the "preferences" area of the forum and selecting the "delete cookies" link.

Editing Your Posts
No. Only Administrators or moderators may edit, delete, or otherwise manipulate posts.

Attaching Files
For security reasons, you may not attach files to any posts. You may cut and paste text into your post, however, or use UBB Code to provide hyperlinks to outside documents.

Searching For Specific Posts
You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Just click on the "search" link at the top of most pages. Note: announcements are not included in the search returns.

Announcements
Announcements are one-way communications from either a forum moderator or a bulletin board administrator. No one may post replies to these announcements. If you want to talk about specific announcements, you will have to create a new topic in the appropriate forum.

Censoring Posts
No, nothing is censored on this board. If parents are worried about their precious spawn reading dirty words, then they should act like parents and keep them off this board. Besides, they're probably already using those words at school, if not actually doing the acts referred to....

What is the Daily Active Topic List?
When you visit this bulletin board, you will see a link at the top of the list of forums called "Daily Active Topic List". Clicking on this will provide you with a list of topics in all open (non private) forums that have been posted to that day.

What are archives?
Archives are read-only areas that contain topics that were previously posted to one of our forums. You may not add a reply to a topic that is in an archive. Topics in an archive may have been conpletely removed from the original forum where they were started, or they may still exist in their forums.

What are icons?
You may associate an icon with each post that you make. There are currently 14 icons, each expressing a different emotion or identification. These icons range from a simple note to sadness to warning. These icons appear next to each topic in a forum listing and on each post.