1. Introduction
Hi and welcome to not606, the fastest growing sports forum in the UK. This guide concentrates on how to get you up and running and to provide you with some useful tips. If you need any further assistance, feel free to contact your forum moderator or raise a question on your forum. Your questions may be of interest to others in which case they will initially appear in Appendix 4 (Questions and Answers) and, where appropriate, incorporated into this user guide.
2. Overview
Once acquainted with the site you will probably set up an icon on your desktop to go directly to your favourite view. However for the purpose of this guide we will start from the Home Page. If you enter the site via the site link not606.com you will encounter the Home Page which, by using the scroll bar, provides an index of all the forums (Fig 1). Note just above your Avatar on the left of the screen is an icon that you can use to Toggle the Sidebar
Fig 1
We will look at sections of this screen in more detail, starting with the two important menu bars (Figs 2 and 3). These menus appear at the top of every screen you will encounter on this site.
Fig 2 - Menu Bar 1
Fig 3 - Menu Bar 2
Menu Bar 1. Left to right you will see your avatar and user name, an envelope icon and a flag icon.
Clicking the avatar/name will bring up Your Account where you can enter your personal details and set preferences (See Your Account)
Clicking the envelope icon will enable you to list all conversations in which you are actively involved and to start a conversation with one or more other users (See Conversations). You will be alerted to any new messages by a number showing against the envelope
Clicking the Flag icon will display all recent activities you are interested in and haven’t viewed. What is shown here depends on what Alert Preferences you set in Your Account. You will be alerted to any new activity by a number showing against the flag
Your Account. Clicking your Avatar/Name in Menu Bar 1 brings up Your Account where you can enter/change your Personal Details and set your preferences.
If you prefer to log out after a session this is where you Logout
Your Avatar. You may customise your Avatar by uploading an image from your computer (simply click on the default Avatar, choose the file containing the image you want for your Avatar and click OK).
Signature. You may set up a signature which will appear at the foot of all your posts. This may be text, image or hyperlink. Although, at present, there is currently no specified limit to the size of a signature, too large a signature does crowd the posts and, in fairness to others, is not recommended. For this reason including videos in signatures is discouraged and may be removed.
Preferences. These are all preset. The main ones you will probably be interested in are the first and last options
Alert Preferences. These determine the activities to which you will be alerted via the Flag icon in Menu Bar 1
Menu Bar 2. At the far left is the Home icon. Clicking this will take you the Home page in Fig 1.
Then left to right we have:
Forums Menu. This is effectively the Home Page default. With Forums selected you will see the Forums Sub Menu (Fig 5)
Fig 5 - Forums Sub Menu
The most useful items on this sub menu are Watched Forums and Watched Threads
Watched Forums will list the forums you have chosen to watch (See Watched Forums).
Watched Threads will list threads you have chosen to watch and haven’t yet read (See Forum Threads). You can also list all your watched threads and choose to no longer watch by selecting the thread(s) and clicking Unwatch Threads in the drop down list “With Selected” (Fig 6)
Fig 6
Multiview. Selecting Multiview will display a screen (Fig 7) showing the most recent activity in the forums you have selected (See Forum Threads)
Fig 7 Multiview
Members Menu. Selecting Members provides an option to list all Registered Members, Current Visitors, Live Activity and New Profile Posts (Fig 8). At present the list of Members/Visitors is in order of most recent activity (hopefully there will be an option to list these alphabetically). The Notable Members List is meaningless – why is it there?
Fig 8 Members Menu
Live Activity. This is where you can watch all activity across the entire site. If you see anything interesting you can click on the thread/post to go directly to it.
Prediction League. This is a site wide football competition where you can predict scores for upcoming matches. Many forums also run their own competitions
Forum Threads. Under each forum is a list of all threads that have been created in that forum. Threads are ordered so as those with the most recent activity are listed first. However, your forum moderator(s) may choose to ensure some threads remain at the top. These are called “sticky” threads and are evident by the presence of a red tick. If you want you can change the order of the threads by clicking on the column headings. Also, if you click on a prefix, all threads bearing that prefix will be listed.
Reading Individual Threads. You can go to the start of a thread by selecting the thread title or, if you wish to go to the most recent post in a thread, you can click on the date/time in the Last Message column. Threads containing posts you haven't read will be emboldened and will have a blue dot to the left of the thread. Clicking this blue dot will take you to the first unread post
Watching Forums. At the top of each Forum there are options to Watch/Unwatch the Forum and/or to Add to/Remove from Multiview. Selecting Watch Forum will add it to the list of Watched Forums that may be selected from the Forums Sub Menu. Selecting Add to Multiview will ensure that any activity in that forum will be shown when you select Multiview.
Creating a New Thread. To create a new thread simply click on Post New Thread at the top right of a forum, enter a suitable Thread Title, tab down to the text area and start typing. In the Thread Title there is an option to select one of the available Prefixes, if applicable. You can also insert, images, videos, hyperlinks, smileys and upload files from your computer (See Advanced Posting)
Creating a Thread with a Poll. Whilst creating a thread, by scrolling down, there is an option to create a Poll with various options, including a restriction on the number of options that may be voted, expiry date etc)
Watching Threads. At the top (right) of each thread there is an option to watch the thread. If you select that you will be alerted (via the Alert Flag) to any action on that thread. You can, in your Preferences, choose to be automatically alerted to any action on any thread you start or reply to.
Adding a Comment to an Existing Thread. When viewing a thread, there is a space for you to add your own comment. As well as entering text, you can add images, videos, hyperlinks, smileys etc (See Advanced Posting). You can,set your Alert Preferences so that you are alerted if your post(s) are quoted or liked.
Quoting a Post within a Thread. If you want to comment on a particular post or posts, clicking on the Reply for the post(s) will quote the post(s) in your comment. The upward arrow against the Quoted post is a direct link to the original post. To quote part or parts of post, or to quote a post from another thread, see Advanced Posting
Conversations. When you start a conversation you may invite one or more participants to your conversation. If you want to enable the other participant(s) to invite others into the conversation you need to check the “Allow anyone in the conversation to invite others” box. If you just want to send a message and disable replies you need to check the “Lock conversation” box. At any stage you may close the conversation by “Leaving the conversation”. You may “Leave” multiple conversations from the “Show All” list by selecting conversations and, from the “Other Action..” drop down list, select Leave Conversations… Just as you may leave a conversation (or conversations) from an individual conversation and the list of all conversations, you may also “Star” conversation(s). All this does is to highlight the conversation by placing a gold star against it.
If you decide later to bring others into a conversation already underway, you can do so using the Invite More option under Converation Participants. Only the person who initiated the conversation has this option.
From the Show All list you may restrict the list to Starred Conversations or Conversations You Started.
Hi and welcome to not606, the fastest growing sports forum in the UK. This guide concentrates on how to get you up and running and to provide you with some useful tips. If you need any further assistance, feel free to contact your forum moderator or raise a question on your forum. Your questions may be of interest to others in which case they will initially appear in Appendix 4 (Questions and Answers) and, where appropriate, incorporated into this user guide.
2. Overview
Once acquainted with the site you will probably set up an icon on your desktop to go directly to your favourite view. However for the purpose of this guide we will start from the Home Page. If you enter the site via the site link not606.com you will encounter the Home Page which, by using the scroll bar, provides an index of all the forums (Fig 1). Note just above your Avatar on the left of the screen is an icon that you can use to Toggle the Sidebar
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Fig 1
We will look at sections of this screen in more detail, starting with the two important menu bars (Figs 2 and 3). These menus appear at the top of every screen you will encounter on this site.
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Fig 2 - Menu Bar 1
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Fig 3 - Menu Bar 2
Menu Bar 1. Left to right you will see your avatar and user name, an envelope icon and a flag icon.
Clicking the avatar/name will bring up Your Account where you can enter your personal details and set preferences (See Your Account)
Clicking the envelope icon will enable you to list all conversations in which you are actively involved and to start a conversation with one or more other users (See Conversations). You will be alerted to any new messages by a number showing against the envelope
Clicking the Flag icon will display all recent activities you are interested in and haven’t viewed. What is shown here depends on what Alert Preferences you set in Your Account. You will be alerted to any new activity by a number showing against the flag
Your Account. Clicking your Avatar/Name in Menu Bar 1 brings up Your Account where you can enter/change your Personal Details and set your preferences.
If you prefer to log out after a session this is where you Logout
Your Avatar. You may customise your Avatar by uploading an image from your computer (simply click on the default Avatar, choose the file containing the image you want for your Avatar and click OK).
Signature. You may set up a signature which will appear at the foot of all your posts. This may be text, image or hyperlink. Although, at present, there is currently no specified limit to the size of a signature, too large a signature does crowd the posts and, in fairness to others, is not recommended. For this reason including videos in signatures is discouraged and may be removed.
Preferences. These are all preset. The main ones you will probably be interested in are the first and last options
You must log in or register to see images
Alert Preferences. These determine the activities to which you will be alerted via the Flag icon in Menu Bar 1
Menu Bar 2. At the far left is the Home icon. Clicking this will take you the Home page in Fig 1.
Then left to right we have:
Forums Menu. This is effectively the Home Page default. With Forums selected you will see the Forums Sub Menu (Fig 5)
You must log in or register to see images
Fig 5 - Forums Sub Menu
The most useful items on this sub menu are Watched Forums and Watched Threads
Watched Forums will list the forums you have chosen to watch (See Watched Forums).
Watched Threads will list threads you have chosen to watch and haven’t yet read (See Forum Threads). You can also list all your watched threads and choose to no longer watch by selecting the thread(s) and clicking Unwatch Threads in the drop down list “With Selected” (Fig 6)
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Fig 6
Multiview. Selecting Multiview will display a screen (Fig 7) showing the most recent activity in the forums you have selected (See Forum Threads)
You must log in or register to see images
Fig 7 Multiview
Members Menu. Selecting Members provides an option to list all Registered Members, Current Visitors, Live Activity and New Profile Posts (Fig 8). At present the list of Members/Visitors is in order of most recent activity (hopefully there will be an option to list these alphabetically). The Notable Members List is meaningless – why is it there?
You must log in or register to see images
Fig 8 Members Menu
Live Activity. This is where you can watch all activity across the entire site. If you see anything interesting you can click on the thread/post to go directly to it.
Prediction League. This is a site wide football competition where you can predict scores for upcoming matches. Many forums also run their own competitions
Forum Threads. Under each forum is a list of all threads that have been created in that forum. Threads are ordered so as those with the most recent activity are listed first. However, your forum moderator(s) may choose to ensure some threads remain at the top. These are called “sticky” threads and are evident by the presence of a red tick. If you want you can change the order of the threads by clicking on the column headings. Also, if you click on a prefix, all threads bearing that prefix will be listed.
Reading Individual Threads. You can go to the start of a thread by selecting the thread title or, if you wish to go to the most recent post in a thread, you can click on the date/time in the Last Message column. Threads containing posts you haven't read will be emboldened and will have a blue dot to the left of the thread. Clicking this blue dot will take you to the first unread post
Watching Forums. At the top of each Forum there are options to Watch/Unwatch the Forum and/or to Add to/Remove from Multiview. Selecting Watch Forum will add it to the list of Watched Forums that may be selected from the Forums Sub Menu. Selecting Add to Multiview will ensure that any activity in that forum will be shown when you select Multiview.
Creating a New Thread. To create a new thread simply click on Post New Thread at the top right of a forum, enter a suitable Thread Title, tab down to the text area and start typing. In the Thread Title there is an option to select one of the available Prefixes, if applicable. You can also insert, images, videos, hyperlinks, smileys and upload files from your computer (See Advanced Posting)
Creating a Thread with a Poll. Whilst creating a thread, by scrolling down, there is an option to create a Poll with various options, including a restriction on the number of options that may be voted, expiry date etc)
Watching Threads. At the top (right) of each thread there is an option to watch the thread. If you select that you will be alerted (via the Alert Flag) to any action on that thread. You can, in your Preferences, choose to be automatically alerted to any action on any thread you start or reply to.
Adding a Comment to an Existing Thread. When viewing a thread, there is a space for you to add your own comment. As well as entering text, you can add images, videos, hyperlinks, smileys etc (See Advanced Posting). You can,set your Alert Preferences so that you are alerted if your post(s) are quoted or liked.
Quoting a Post within a Thread. If you want to comment on a particular post or posts, clicking on the Reply for the post(s) will quote the post(s) in your comment. The upward arrow against the Quoted post is a direct link to the original post. To quote part or parts of post, or to quote a post from another thread, see Advanced Posting
Conversations. When you start a conversation you may invite one or more participants to your conversation. If you want to enable the other participant(s) to invite others into the conversation you need to check the “Allow anyone in the conversation to invite others” box. If you just want to send a message and disable replies you need to check the “Lock conversation” box. At any stage you may close the conversation by “Leaving the conversation”. You may “Leave” multiple conversations from the “Show All” list by selecting conversations and, from the “Other Action..” drop down list, select Leave Conversations… Just as you may leave a conversation (or conversations) from an individual conversation and the list of all conversations, you may also “Star” conversation(s). All this does is to highlight the conversation by placing a gold star against it.
If you decide later to bring others into a conversation already underway, you can do so using the Invite More option under Converation Participants. Only the person who initiated the conversation has this option.
From the Show All list you may restrict the list to Starred Conversations or Conversations You Started.
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