Welcome to Createblog! New Members Guide & FAQs Options

[karmakiller]

This guide is a work in progress.

Welcome to Createblog! This guide was created to help you become familiar with this community. Hopefully it will help you be less overwhelmed and make the forums more enjoyable. If you do not find the answer to your question here do not hesitate to ask.

Table of Contents
GETTING STARTED
POSTING
MEMBER GROUPS
PERSONAL SETTINGS - "My Controls" and "PM System"
YOUR PROFILE - "My Account"
TRACKER

[karmakiller]

Your Profile

How do I access my profile?
Click on "My Account" in the upper right hand corner

There's a lot to choose from can you explain what everything means?
When you click on My Account you can manage your profile, your submissions, your favorites and much more.

• My Submissions will display any layouts, graphics, and scripts that you have submitted. If you have not made any submissions it will not display anything.
• My Favorites will display layouts, graphics, and scripts that you have added to your favorites.
• My Profile will show you your profile when you click on it. You can also customize the look by clicking on the links the follow.
  • Edit Profile will let you change your basic information that will display below your photo on your profile.
  • Change Picture will change the main profile image.
  • Winks lets you view and manage who has winked you. This is helpful to quickly view who you may want to wink back.
• My Blog will show you your blog when you click on it. You can also customize the look by clicking on the links the follow.
  • Write Entry is quick way to make a new blog entry.
  • Categories lets you add and manage categories that will separate your blog entries.
  • Blog Settings lets you customize the look and name of your blog.
• My Photos will show you your photo page when you click on it. You can also customize the look by clicking on the links the follow.
  • Upload Photos lets you add photos directly from your computer. (These images will transfer to the Createblog server so be cautious of what you upload.)
  • Categories allows you to add "tags" to your photos in the same sense that categories allows you organize your blogs. This is helpful if you have different types of photos or a lot of photos.
  • Photo Settings allows you to change the look and name of your photo page.
• My Friends will show you your friends list when you click on it. You can also manage it by clicking on the links the follow.
  • Pending Friends allows you to see who has requested to add you to their friends list. Although this will be displayed on the right hand side when you click "My Account" this helpful if you have refreshed the page and the link is no longer displayed.
  • Top Friends allows you to drag and drop your top five friends that will be displayed on your profile page. You can change them as often as you'd like.
• My Comments
  • Profile allows you to view your profile comments.
  • Blog allows you to view your profile comments.
  • Photo allows you to view your profile comments.
  • Layouts allows you to view your profile comments.
  • More » allows you to view the five most recent comments made on your profile page, photo page, blog page, and submissions.
• My Messages takes you to your personal messenger.
• My Account
  Account settings directs you to page where you can change your e-mail address, password, and username.
  • Customize allows you to enter HTML and CSS to change the look and feel of your profile you can ADD A PREMADE LAYOUT or CREATE YOUR OWN.

What are "Winks"?
Winks are a way to say thanks to people who have helped you out around the forum or just a way to say hi. They are a form of positive karma around the forums.

Someone left an inappropriate comment how do I get rid of it?
Underneath the comment select the trash can icon located to the right of "History".

I'm experiencing some problems with the HTML/CSS that I'm trying to add to my page.
You can create a topic in CREATEBLOG SUPPORT and others will hopefully be able to answer your questions.