Grandparents As Parents

When you have succesfully joined, heres some tips on using the forum?

- Help on Registering

You must agree to the terms of this board before you can sign up. Please read the terms carefully before clicking on 'I agree'.

. You can change your password at any time by modifying your profile. If you are permitted to choose your own password, make sure it's one that is not easily guessed, and contains at least 5 characters.

You must enter a valid email address, you cannot proceed if the email address is not entered correctly. i.e. you@yourdomain.com, name.name@domain.subdomain.co.uk or similar. all emails are not shown if you want someone to email you you will have to put your email in with a post which you can delete later

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    Signature:

You may include a signature to be added to the bottom of every post. You may only have three lines (a line is counted every time you press enter). You may use the PunBB tags specified, but you may not use HTML.

    Avatars:

You can upload an image of you or something else suitable to have visible in your posts

- Help on Profile

You may modify your profile at any time. All the changes you make will be instantly updated in the database.

    Changing Email Address:

If you want to change your email address, email grandparentsasparents@hotmail.com

- Help For Active Users

The active users list contains the names and location of all active members on the board. Your name is added or modified by every action you make. Other users can only see your username

If a non-registered member is active on the board, they will be displayed as a 'Guest'

- Help on Announcements

Only the board administrator/s may use make/edit or delete announcements. Announcements are visible at the top of every forum page.

- Help on Lost Passwords

If you have forgotten your password, you may request it to be emailed to the address you specified when you signed up to the board. Simply enter your username where prompted for lost password and an  email will be sent immediately. Other users cannot get your password by this method as the email address is taken from your member database.

- Help on Making posts

To start a new thread, or to reply to a thread, you must be registered.

    Signatures:

If you check the box marked 'Do you wish to add your signature?' the signature you entered when you registered will be added to the bottom of the post. You can edit your signature at any time by modifying your profile. The signatures are updated with each read of a thread, so if you change your signature now, all posts you have made will carry the new signature.

    Email Notification of replies:

If the board administrator has enabled email functions for this board, you'll be able to check the box marked 'Do you want email notification of replies?' to recieve an email notifying you of any new posts made to the thread.

    Emoticons:

If the board administrator has enabled emoticons for this board, you'll be able to uncheck the box marked 'Do you wish to enable emoticons in this post?' to stop the emoticon code being converted into a graphic.

    Previewing:

You can choose to preview your message before posting by clicking the 'yes' radio button. This will allow you to correct any typing mistakes before the post is added to the database.

- Cookies

- Do I need to have “cookies” turned on when I visit this forum?

Yes. In order to get the most out of the material offered on Grandparents As Parents Forum, your browser needs to have cookies enabled. Once your cookies are turned on, you can begin taking advantage of e-mail newsletters and other information we have to offer.

Cookies are pieces of information delivered from a Web site to the client's browser, and then stored on the hard drive. Examples are login or registration information, online “shopping cart” information, user preferences, etc. Cookies" can be read by that Web site on the next visit.

- In Some cases it goes wrong and you cannot log in and/or get redirected.

In this case you need to clear cookies on your pc relating to the forum if you can identify them, or delete all cookies and be prepared to have to login to other sites again too where you may have had cookies stored.

You can usually see what cookies you have and what they contain, but it's typically not particularly interesting. In Internet Explorer, hit Tools, Internet Options, the General tab, underneath Temporary Internet Files click on Settings. In the resulting dialog click on View Files. That'll bring up a list of all all temporary files, including cookies. I typically click on the Name column header to sort by name, and then scroll down to the point where the name begins with "Cookie:". There they are.

You can control how Internet Explorer handles cookies to reduce any concerns you may still have. On the Privacy tab of Internet Options, you can set the level of cookie handling