The Forum operates like a social Network.
It creates a profile page for each user, allows each user to friend other users and then create profile page posts, profile activities, social comments, email notifications (with privacy settings), etc. Plus, there is a full directory of members.
Features:
- User Profile Pages
- User Friending
- User Profile Posting (for friends)
- User Profile Post Commenting (for friends)
- Friend Activity Pages (Have your OWN page on this site)
- Full Member Directory
- User Email Notification Opt-Outs (get updates when someone posts a comment or reply to your page)
Notice: Registered users of this site only need to sign in (either to the site or to the Forum) in order to have access to all of the services of both the forum and the site.
Hints:
- Forum Menu is in far right column, called “Forum Actions“
- Go to the Profile Edit section and complete your profile data.
- Additional “system profile” data can be added by selecting “Site Admin” (in right hand column) and then “Profile” in the left hand column.
- Change Password, email, etc. at the system profile page.
- Change Avatar by visiting http://gravatar.com, set up an account (free) and upload your choice of avatar for each of your email accounts. They will then automatically be updated on this site and (potentially) thousands (or hundreds of thousands) of other sites wherever you leave a comment.
- To request someone to be a friend, use the DIRECTORY and click on “Add as a friend” below the person’s name.
- To post a “Update” (could be a question or a specific comment), go to ACTIVITY, click in the box “What’s on your mind?” and begin typing.
- To REPLY to an existing comment/update, while reading the comment, click on the “Comment” link at the end of the update.
- To view a particular user’s profile PAGE, just click on their name or avatar.
- When you signup for the forum, the same login will also work for access to the blog. You are a registered user of the blog. That means that you could also login from the site menu in the right hand column.
This forum is very much like Facebook, MySpace, or other, similar social network sites. So go ahead and try it out! The “FORUM” menu options are in the far right column, called “Forum Actions.”
Or… Click here to SIGNUP Click here to Login.
