Home Forum Mainpage Fossils Forum

The moderators of this site can manualy change the type of membership if necessary. INSTRUCTIONS: How does the Forum function? Before you can post messages on the forum, you first have to register. You can register as a new member by clicking on 'Register'. The reading of the messages can without registering. When registering, Name, Username, Password and E-mail address are required. The Homepage and signature are optional. After the registration, go to the 'Forum Mainpage' and login with your username and password. HELP! I am registered, but I cannot login, place messages or edit my profile ... When login does not function, first check if "Cookies" are permitted in your webbrowser. You can modify the configuration of your browser. Internet Explorer: Add the site (http://www.fossiel.net) to the list of safe / trusted websites. You can find this option in the menu Extra Internet Options Tab Safety Trusted websites. Firefox / Mozilla: Accept cookies via the menu Extra Options Privacy Cookies Accept Cookies. Opera: Accept cookies via the menu Tools Preferences Privacy Network Privacy Normal Cookies: Accept all cookies. When login still does not function properly, please cantact the webmaster. Subforums The Forum is subdivided in several subforums. With every Subforum there is a small explanation what kind of massages belong there. Try to place your messages in the correct forum. This helps to keep the forum clean and tidy. Moderators You will meet sometimes moderators on the forum. Moderators can close, move and combine or remove discussions. They can also remove users and add new subforums. The Moderators: Webmaster Herman Zevenberg Olifant Esther van den Braak Somniosus Pieter de Schutter Frederik Frederik Lerouge Locked Topics Old discussions will be locked when no recent replies are placed. The topics remain on the forum, but you cannot post replies anymore. You can recognize the locked topic with the following icon. Reply or New Topic? In a forum you can see a list of 'Topics'. These can be recognised with the icon . The Topic is a group of messages which are answers of the first message in the topic. When you want to answer a message in an existing topic use . Your message will appear at the bottom of the topic. When you want to start a new topic, you can use the button . Writing messages is only possible when you are registered and logged in. You can log-in at the Forum Mainpage. Adding Images to Forum messages You can add images to your messages. In the Post Message page you can upload the images to the forum. Before you write your message you can add an image by selecting the file, and press the button 'Save Image'. A thumbnail of the photo will appear in your post-message form when the upload succeeded. It is only possible to add JPG or GIF files to the forum. After the images are added, you can continue to write your message. It is possible to add more than one image by repeating the upload procedure. After you are finished typing your message, press the button 'Post Message' or 'Post Reply' and your message will be added to the forum. Adding photo's by using [img] tags is not possible in this forum. Instead you can past the link in your message and it will become clickable automatically. Mind to only place sharp and clear messages. If possible, photograph the fossil from various angles. Show the size of the fossil by adding a ruler. The size of the fossil can be important for the identification. Unclear photographs make no sense, and can be deleted by the forum moderators. See also the Photography page for tips about the photography of fossils! Useful functions When you are logged in, you can click the icon next to every message to send an e-mail to the author of the message. When clicking the icon, you can view the user profile of the forum member. Only you can edit your own User Profile! By clicking you can go directly to the homepage of the author of the message. The icon shows you photo's of the collection of the forum member. In the Forum you can recognize new topics with the icon . In the main page forums with recent additions are marked with . The searchpage in the forum can be used to find old messages by using one or more search terms. Junior Member, Normal Member and Senior Member After registration you are first a Junior Member () of the Forum. After placing more than 50 messages, you will become a Normal Member (). After 100 messages and minimum one year membership your account will be upgraded to Senior Member (). The moderators can be recognised with the icon . Emoticons or Smileys In your messages you can use smileys. You can use the the relevant code, and the smyley will appear in the pulicized message. ??? ;) 8) :o :( :) :x :D :P Texteffects It is possible to use bold, italic or underlined text in a message by entering the text between the following codes: [b] bold text [/b] will result in: bold text [i] italic text [/i] will result in: italic text [u] underlined text [/u] will result in: underlined text With every message you can also add an icon. The available icons are: and . Edit My Profile You can edit the information in your profile yourself (like password, e-mailaddress, homepage, and additional information). Firrst log-in on the forum, and then click on the "Profile" button. In the blue cell above your profile, click on "Edit". Here you can edit you basic profile information or add an Avatar (image or photo of yourself). In the tab "My Collection" it is possible to add photo's of your fossil collection. My Collection In the My Collection page it is possible to add photographs of your own fossils. The photo's can be added to the page via your Profile (see above). You can add a maximum of 10 images. It is not allowed to add other than fossil photographs. With every photo you can place comments. This icon is placed next to every message where the author have placed photo's in "My Collection". By clicking the icon, you can view the users collection. Photo / Identification Database Several selected forum members have access to the Photo / Identification system. They can add new photographs to the Photo Page via their User Profile (see above). These members can add or change information via two extra tabs in their profile. The photographs and information must comply with the rules listed in the photo system. This icon is placed next to every message where the author have placed photo's on the Photo page. By clicking the icon, you can view the users contribution to the Photo / Identification system. Location descriptions Some collecting locations are very vulnerable. Therefore we limited access to some of this information to certain groups of members. After login members have access to more location descriptions. You can login directly via the locations pages. Also, the fossil locationsforum is only available to members. More information about our strategy see the Forum / Memberrules.