Discussion Board Registration Pictorial Guide

There are hidden/protected Forums within this Discussion Board that cannot be seen unless you are given access by admin. If you believe that you should have access to a protected Forum (not visible after completing the registration process) please contact whomever is responsible for that protected Forum. You may also SAVE or OPEN this page as an Adobe PDF file. Thanks, William Brandes - Discussion Board Admin. NOTE. Content making up the Announcement Message (between the Link Box - Login, Register, etc and the start of the Category/Forums) may change. But, everything else remains the same as you will see it on registering.

SEE PHOTO1 ABOVE. The box below the William Brandes Consulting heading logo contains the Registration hyperlink located in the last row. Click on this hyperlink to register to the discussion board.
SEE PHOTO2 ABOVE. Listed are discussion board Categories and Forums. Under each hyperlinked Forum are hyperlinked Topics. As an unregistered user, you can peruse these Topics but cannot post. There are also Protected./Hidden Forums which require either admin approval or a subscription to participate.
SEE PHOTO3 ABOVE. Clicking the Registration hyperlink (PHOTO1) brings up this page. You are required to give a username and valid E-mail address. Note that the username can contain both upper and lower case letters, numbers and spaces in any order, You will receive an E-mail with a link to complete registration, so the E-mail must be a valid one that you have access to.
SEE PHOTO4 ABOVE. After submitter the Register button, this page will result. Here you answer a simple question and submit the Answer button. This page will foil SPAM and automatic SPAM-bots. If you answer incorrectly, don't worry. Another question will pop up. After submitting correctly, you will see a page as represented in PHOTO5.
SEE PHOTO5 ABOVE.Your success will result in this page. Note that you will receive an E-mail shortly to complete the registration process.
SEE PHOTO6 ABOVE. You will receive an E-mail such as this. It tells of your username and asks you to click on a hyperlink to create a password. Click the hyperlink.
SEE PHOTO7 ABOVE. Clicking the hyperlink in your E-mail will bring up this page. You are asked to fill in your username and create a password. The password will show with hidden characters (dots) and you will input it twice to make sure you got it correct. Write your username and password down and keep in a safe place. If you forget them, you will not be able to login to the discussion board although in a pinch I, as the admin, can help you with this problem. Just ask.
SEE PHOTO8 ABOVE. OK. Let's check out your registration. Below the William Brandes Consulting heading logo is the box with the Login hyperlink. Give it a go.
SEE PHOTO9 ABOVE.Clicking the Login hyperlink brings up this page. Fill out your username and password and click the Login button.
SEE PHOTO10 ABOVE. If you did the above correctly, you are now logged into the discussion board. A quick check? See if Login has changed to Logout. In this instance, you now can respond to publicly open conversations such as The Ohio Conference Forum under the United Church of Christ Category. To participate in a hidden/protected Forum, you need access privileges from the admin.
SEE PHOTO11 ABOVE. The Ohio Conference Forum has listed Topics. Clicking the hyperlink for each Topic brings up the conversation thread.
SEE PHOTO12 ABOVE. Scroll down to the bottom. There is a text area where you can submit your comment. Note there may be more than one page of comments already made. See page numbers 1,2,3 etc.
SEE PHOTO13 ABOVE. When you are done with the discussion board, go back to the board home and Logout. The Logout hyperlink is located in the box under the William Brandes Consulting heading/logo.

Welcome to the Discussion. A wide range of Forums and Topics are possible although my short-list includes technology, website design and communication tools, audio, video, music and church related. This is just a starter and also serves as a showcase for the possibilities available with punBB which is one of the most easy to use and administer plus it is lightening fast - discussion boards. Great things do come in Small packages. There are also hidden/private forums. So, if you don't see it and you should be able to participate, you need the key. Hopefully, getting back to the right person will make that happen since the administrator has to update that function.