Help Files
Welcome to the help files for the darkForum, often updated with new features and gizmos. This page is designed to answer most of those small questions you might want to know about the forum and the website, if your question is not answered here, feel free to ask it in the forums themselves.
What are the codes for all of the smilies?
| Picture | Code | Picture | Code | Picture | Code |
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:spyro: |  |
:sparx: |  |
:professor: |
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:red: |  |
:sheila: |  |
:bianca: |
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:gnasty: |  |
:ripto: |  |
:agent9: |
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:moneybags: |  |
:minibags: |  |
:elora: |
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:hunter: |  |
:sgtbyrd: |  |
:bentley: |
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:douglas: |  |
:sorceress: |  |
:sorcerer: |
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:grendor: |  |
:zoe: |  |
:cortex: |
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:cynder: |  |
:ignitus: |  |
:volteer: |
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:cyril: |  |
:terrador: |  |
:ycynder: |
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:legend: |  |
:lsparx: |  |
>:) |
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>:( |  |
:D |  |
:| |
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:roll: |  |
B) |  |
>_< |
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:O |  |
^^ |  |
<_< |
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>_> |  |
v_v |  |
¬_¬ |
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:) |  |
:P |  |
:( |
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XD |  |
:\ |  |
;) |
What are the different user levels?
Well, we currently have quite a few different user levels, any they are as follows:
- Spyro the Admin - There's only one of these, me, I have full control over the site and forums and I can ban and suspend users.
- Hunter - These moderators can do almost anything that I can do except access the admin panel and ban users permanently.
- Member - The normal users of the forum. These are seperated into categories by the amount of gems they have, the first cutoff being at 100, second at 500 and the third at 1000. The names for each level are based off Sparx's health in the original games.
- Fodder - The darkSpyro equivalent to a guest account. Currently guests have just about the same priviliges of a member except that they can't customise the site, have the site remember them or edit/delete their own posts/topics.
- Gnorc - A suspended account of any type. If a user gets a bit too unruly then they can get their account suspended and put out of action for a while, they are prevented from posting at all with this account during this period.
- Ripto - Permanently banned account. If any user goes way too far then this may be where they are headed. Users with an account in this group are banned from visiting the site and the account is permanently disabled; never to be used again.
How do I become a 'Hunter'?
You don't. Currently I can handle the forums on my own. If I do eventually decide that I need someone else to help me then I will post a topic about it. Continually asking me about it won't make it happen any sooner.
And how do I gain gems?
Early every Sunday morning (about 01:00 GMT) gems are given out. To get any gems you'll have to at least have visited the site during the week beforehand. You automatically get 7 gems if you do and if you posted at all during that week you get an additional 3 gems. Then you get a completely random amount between 0 and 6 extra gems to spice things up. So the maximum you can get in one week is 16.
What are the forum rules?
You can find the rules here.
I've lost my password! How can I get my account back?
Use the Recover Password link below the login boxes, if you used a valid email for your account then a new password will be sent to the address once you provide it again for the form.
I've discovered a bug/exploit with the site/forum!
Report it in the Bugs/Suggestions forum and I'll try to correct/fix it as soon as possible.
What kind of formatting are we allowed to use?
The forums, comments and signatures employ BBCode for you to use.
- Bold Text
- [b]This text will be bold.[/b]
- This text will be bold
- Italic Text
- [i]This text will be italic.[/i]
- This text will be italic.
- Creating a Link
- [url=www.example.com]This is a link.[/url]
- This is a link.
- [url]www.example.com[/url]
- www.example.com
- Posting an Image
- [img]http://www.darkspyro.net/images/stars5.png[/img]
For large images please link to them rather than using this.- Quoting
- [quote=dark52]This text will be quoted./[quote]
- dark52 wrote:
This text will be quoted.
- [quote]This text will also be quoted.[/quote]
This text will also be quoted.
- Marking out Spoilers
- [spoiler]This will be hidden from view.[/spoiler]
- This will be hidden from view.
- Creating a List
- [list]
[*]This is a list
[*]It sure is
[/list] - This is a list
- It sure is
- [list=1]
[*]This is an ordered list
[*]It sure is
[/list] - This is an ordered list
- It sure is
Badly written or disallowed code gets broken by the board (except bad nesting) but there isn't a warning besides using the preview button to see what your message will look like.
What are the new features?
The latest features added to the forum include a search that allows you to search through topic titles, Guestbooks where you can post messages on a user's profile page, the ability to turn off smilies and BBCode in individual messages, and a Private Message system which allows you to send messages directly to an indiviual without anyone else being able to read it. Further development of the Search and PM features is likely.
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