Okay, some new people to forum websites have NO clue what they are, so here are the basics:

Whazza avatar?

An avatar is a picture that's near your post, it can be whatever you want it to be... A nintendo character, Bionicle, Digimon, X-Box, whatever... you can even have animated things. Later, when this forum grows big, there SHOULD be avatar SHOPS, where you can ask for them!

What the heck's a siggy?

Lol, a "siggy" is a nickname for "sig", which is a nickname for Signature... As funny as it sounds, it's not a "-Tnf" or a "Yours truly" It's your little spam area. 8) But don't go overboard, this isn't a unlimited gig site. 5 lines and a pic should do it, and the pic shouldn't have more then a good 250-250 or a 468-60. Banners are very common in sigs, they can be about you, have a link to your topics, whatever. In a way, they're like biiiiig avatars! You can also put links in general in your sig, or just have goofy text!

What are those faces and stuff I see in people's posts?

Those are smileys, emoticons, or Emotions. There are plenty of names for em. They are next to your post, and you can click them, or the show all button for PLENTY... you can describe any occasion or feeling with them... like so:

"I WON THE LOTTERY! :w00t: "
"Thanks for the replys! :D "
"Yeah, right :rolleyes: "
"That was MY idea. <_< "
"Who's SLKDSDL:KFJLSDFJ:SDJF? :blink: "
"I think I'll go destroy some innocent beings :evilgrin: "
"That's funny! :lol: "
"That's so nice of you! :charmed: "
"Sorry, I ate him. :P "
"What link? :huh: "
And many more!

What's a "Link"? Isn't he some video game character?

Yes, he is a Nintendo character... a very cool one, in fact, but that's not the link we're talking about... for instance, if you wanted to go to the rules, you'd click an underlined word, like this.
To link, you click the "http://" button above the area you post.
What's a post?

What you're reading right now!

What's "Post count?"

It shows how many posts you have. You get a cool rank every so often!

Can I have a cookie?

That's getting off-topic...

What's SPAM?

Yummy spiced ham! Seriously, it's a
Stupid
Pointless
Annoying
Message!

So don't do it, you'll get in trouble.

Okay, enough with the benifits... how much does it cost?

Um... A thousand a day should be fine... *OD slaps Tnf upside the head* Oh, sorry... this board is absolutly free... there aren't any "Special" options you can get for paying. All the "special" options are from posting a lot. But don't try to spam to get there, you'll regret it.

I gotta go get a cookie. Bye!

'Kay, bye...
-The Admin Team

Here are detailed descriptions of how to do everything.
How to change your avatar: (The little picture next to your posts)

1. Go up to "My Controls" (near the top of your screen).
2. Go to "Edit Avatar Settings" (in the column to the left).
3. From here you can do one of three things:

1. Use a Pre-Installed avatar (in the drop down menu).
2. You can use an avatar thats already uploaded online (If you know the image address).
3. You can upload an avatar from your computer. (If you click browse, it will open another window).

How to edit your signature: (The content in all of your posts beneath the "--------------------")

1. Go up to "My Controls" (near the top of your screen).
2. Go to "Edit Signature" (in the column to the left).
3. From here you can edit you signature with either:

1. BB Code (Click for an explanation).
2. HTML (If you know how to use it).

How to edit your profile info: (What people see when the click on your username)

1. Go up to "My Controls" (near the top of your screen).
2. Go to "Edit Profile info" (in the column to the left).
3. From here you can edit you profile in the following ways:

1. Select your birthday. (Causing your name to show up in our birthdays list during your birthday)
2. Select your homepage URL. (for if you have your own website.)
3. Your ICQ UIN. (I'm not sure what this is, lol. :lol: )
4. Your AOL, Yahoo, or MSN username. (If somebody wanted to send you an IM)
5. Your location. (Where you are, but please, no personal addresses)
6. Your hobbies and interests. (So people can see what you like to do)
   A note on the profile:
   If you aren't entering your birthday, be sure to change the "2000" in the birthday marker into a "--".

If you have any more questions, please post them so that we can answer them.

-Of Doom :evilgrin:

Q: Where's my site link?
A: In the spam forum, if you have less then 5 posts and it isn't in CoT.

I cannot streach this enough! If you want ANYONE to go to your site, at least make an effort to keep the link there, which then MAYBE would be used! I know this is in the rules, etc, but people seem to constantly miss it.

Adding to that would be if you put it in SPAM you also have to have 5 posts regardless. If any of you are smart enough, you will read the rules section.

Q:how high does my post count have to be to "upgrade"?
A:i don't have a clue thats why i'm asking!

150 posts to be a senoir member

500 posts to be an elite member

Don't forget 1000 being Supreme.

don't you mean mod is 1000 kk?

Uh, no. I'm a "supreme". Look at my title. And you aren'tsupposed to mention things outside of the outside of the You-Know-What Forum. Like the You-Know-What place.

And besides, Admins don't pick a member by their post count, they pick them from their trust of them.

Yes. Like I always do in these cases, I use myself as an example. I became a mod only shortly after I joined BGF.

See? Plus, he just rescently got 1000 posts, and the other two mods have less than 150 posts. So, that theory is disapproved.

oh...well thats not fair that they just automaticaly become mods.

I don't know about the other two...But I was on a short time. I was asked to mod, and I agreed. Last November, I asked to get promoted, and I was.

who asked you to mod?

It was OD. He PM'd me.

*points atom seperating laser at od's head* MAKE ME MOD OR DIE!!!

Remember, he has the power of Banning! Hahaha...

i was just kidding sheesh :rolleyes:

I know you were. As was I, well...half-joking, anyways...

We generally only mod people who have 0% warning...

Heh, that too.

well maybe if i wasn't warned 50 gillion times for the same thing i wouldn't have this much warn

Well, maybe if you didn't do the same thing 50 "gillion" times, then you wouldn'thave 50 "gillion" warns. :lol:

i didn't do that thing 50 gillion times, i did it once and i got warned 50 gillion times

That's what happens if you do something real bad.

nope i got warned 50 gillion times for cussing. and i even bleeped it out!!

No, you broke the word filter by saying cuss words using the @ and $ signs, and by taking out letters but still making the word sound like it would with the letters in there. You didn't bleep them out at all.

Wasn't there something else you were warned for, also?

I thought there was...(shrugs) Maybe not.

no just for that.

Well, then. My mistake. Maybe it was someone else...

so...that means anyone can just look at my posts and see my warn? :twitch:

According to the Admin CP, your warnings were:

+1 Impersonating an Admin
+1 Insulting of Admin
+1 Insulting of Admin
-3 Un-Doing Previous warns for personal reasons
+1 Insulting of Admin
+1 Insulting of Admin
-2 Un-Doing Previous warns for personal reasons
+1 Cursing for the fun of it
+1 Bypassing word filter, Flaming
+1 cussing

The first part was because OD originally signed D91 up to essentially tick me off.

Laughs* That's awesome.

That's a long list.

All staff can. I'm not sure about normal members, they might be able to.

We aren't allowed to.

Oh. Then it's staff only. And I think all staff have the ability to increase or decrease the warning level. At least, I know I can.

Yup, all staff can... Atleast they should be able to. I'm pretty sure that they can, though.

the cussing ones were the only ones that counted is what i meant

Yeah, appearntly so. But, still. Currently, you're at 60%