SIGNATURE AND BIO 

Signature: Anytime you post a comment (Message Boards, Private Messages, etc..), whatever you have in your signature will appear.
Bio: Write something about yourself here so other members can learn about you. This can include inter-ests, hobbies, but try not to put anything too personal for your own safety.

Make sure you always “SAVE” any changes.

ABOUT 

Full Name: This is your real name that you enteredwhen you joined.
Street Address: Your home mailing address (optional)
City: The City in which you live. (optional)
State: The State in which you live. (optional)
ZIP/Postal Code: The Zip Code in which you live.
Select Country: The Country in which you live.
Grade Level: School grade. (optional)
Interests: Personal interest or hobbies. (optional)
Birthday: Your Date of Birth. (optional)
Gender: Male or Female.
Language:(site is only currently available in English)

AVATAR 

Upload Avatar: This is your own icon image. (For best results your avatar should be 80x80 pixels.)
1. Click “Browse”
2. Locate the image on your computer that you want to use as your avatar. (.jpg, .bmp, .gif)
3. Click “Update”
4. Click “Save”

EMAIL 

Receive Emails: Emails sent to all Teenfaze members.
Receive rich (HTML) emails: Emails sent to members.
Enable Email Notifications of forum/thread sub-scriptions and replies to my posts: If you want to receive email when you subscribe to a message board and/or when someone replies to your post.
Private Email: Private email for your account.

SITE OPTIONS 

Sort Posts: Ascending/Descending order.
Font Size: Choose the font size you want.
Content Editor: Allows various features for posting.
Forum Posts Default View: Flat/Threaded view.
Display in members list: If you want your account displayed in the Member list or not.
Enable Post Mouse-Over Popup: Emails sent to members.
Enable Collapsing Panels: Allows you to collapse panels in the forums.
Enable Emoticons: Emoticons will be enabled throughout the site.
Display user avatars: You will be able to see users' avatars
Display user signatures: You will be able to see users' signatures
Show Help Tips in Control Panel: Enables help tips in your user control panel.
Items per-Page in Control Panel grids: Number of items displayed on a single page in the control panel.
Timezone: Set this to your local time zone.
Date Format: Select how you want the date to appear. 

PASSWORD AND STATISTICS 

Change Password: If you want to change your pass-word, click the “Change Password” button.

FAVORITES 

Share Friends: Check this box to show your “friends” and anyone who has added you as a “friend” to every-one who views your profile. Only authenticated users can see your profile.
Share Favorite Posts: Check this box to show posts you have selected as “favorites to everyone who views your profile.
Share Favorite Sections: Allows other members to see your favorite posts, etc.

Photo To Upload: Add photos here.
1. Click “Upload Photo”.
2. Enter a Friendly Name/Description (Title of Photo).
3. Click “Browse”. 
4. Locate the photo on your computer that you want to add to your gallery. (.jpg, .bmp, .gif)
5. Click “Upload”.
Tags: You can add “tags” for your photos.
Description: Add a description of your photo. 

Make sure you always “SAVE” when finished.  PHOTO GALLERY

OPTIONS

Name: Name of the photo.
Excerpt: A short description of your photo.
Post Date: The date you post the photo.

ADVANCED OPTIONS

Is This Photo Published: If you want this photo view-able in your gallery, select “Yes”.
Enable Comments to This Photo: If you want members to comment of this photo, select “Yes”
Comment Moderation: Select if/how you want com-ments to your photo to be moderated.
Email Feedback Notification: Select if you do/don’t want to receive email when there is a comment on your photo.
Enable Ratings: If you want members to be able to rate this photo, select “Yes”  

Make sure you always “SAVE” when finished.

WRITE 

Basic Blog Entry
Title: Enter the subject of your blog post here.
Body: This is where you write your actual blog post.
Tags: You can add “tags” for your blog. 
Save and Continue Writing: To periodically save your blog so you don’t lose everything you’ve written so far.
Save, but don’t Publish: To save what you’ve written but not make it “live” on the site.
Publish: To make your blog post “live” on the site so everyone can see it.

VIDEO 

Video Url: The link to the actual video.
Preview Image Url: The link to an image from the video.
Video Duration: Time length of video (Ex. 1:44)
Video Width: How wide is the video (Ex. 320)
Video Height: How high is the video (Ex. 240) 

Video dimensions usually look like this 320x240 or 640x480, etc..

ADVANCED OPTIONS 

Allow Replies/Comments: Other members are able to reply/comment on you blog post, select “Yes”.
Comment Moderation: Select if/how you want com-ments to your blog post to be moderated.
Email Feedback Notification: Select if you do/don’t want to receive email when there is a comment on your blog post.
Enable Trackbacks: To see who is linking/referring to your blog post, select “Yes”.
Enable Ratings: If you want members to be able to rate your blog post, select “Yes”
Publish to my aggregate list: Include this post to your blog homepage.
Publish to site’s aggregate list: Not Applicable
Syndicate Exerpt: To show only a few sentences in your blog preview area.

WRITE A NEW POST- (Create a new Thread)

After you select the Forum you want to post in (Ex. Shout it Out!), Click on “Write a New Post”.

COMPOSE 

Subject: Enter the topic of your post here.
Message: This is where you write your actual post.
Tags: You can add “tags” for your post.
Select Tags: This is a list of tags that have been used before that you can select from. 
Post: Click this for your post to become “Live” on the message board.

Always click the POST button when you are finished!

OPTIONS 

Do not allow replies: Click the check box if you do not want to allow anyone to reply to your post.
Email me replies to this post: Click the check box if you want to receive an email when someone replies to your post. Uncheck, if not.
Post Icon: You can select an icon that will appear to the left of your Subject when the post goes “Live”.

VIDEO 

Click the check box (Include Video). 

Video Url: The link to the actual video.
Preview Image Url: The link to an image from the video.
Video Duration: Time length of video (Ex. 1:44)
Video Width: How wide is the video (Ex. 320)
Video Height: How high is the video (Ex. 240) 

Video dimensions usually look like this 320x240 or 640x480, etc..

POLL 

Click the check box (Include a Poll in this post).

Question: This is you poll question.
Description (optional): A description of what your poll is about.
Add Answer: Type a possible answer to your poll question.
Add: Click this make the possible answer selectable once your poll is “Live”.
Expires After (optional): If you want your poll to be removed from your post after a number of days.

Favorites:
1: Add the Poster as a friend.
2: Add this Post to your Favorites list.
3: Add this Forum to your Favorites list.

Contact:  

1: Send a private message to the Poster.
2: View the blog of the Poster.
3: View the gallery of the Poster.
4: View the profile of the Poster.
5: View all posts by the Poster.

When you enter a Forum you will be in the Topics section, there is a “More Options” button at the bottom. Click it to access the Sorting and Notifications area. 

Sort: List the posts in order of preference.
Date Filter: List the posts according to date preference.
Topic Filter: List the posts by various topic preferences.
Send Email: Select preference as to if and when you receive an email regarding posts.
Apply (Temporarily): Click to apply your preferences for this visit.
Apply: Click to apply your preferences until the next time you want to change them.
Mark all read: Mark all Topics in the Forum as Read.

Whenever entering a Blog, Post, Private Message, you will see the Content Editor. 

Font family: Select the font you want to use.
Font size: Select the font size you want.
Font Color: Select the color for your font.
Background Color: Select the color you want for the background of the text you type.
Cut: Cut anything from your message.
Copy: Copy anything from your message.
Paste: Paste anything to your message
Paste from Word: Paste anything from your Clipboard.
Edit HTML Source: Edit using HTML code.
Run Spell Check: Spell check your message.
Bold: Make fonts bold type.
Italic: Make fonts italic.
Underline: Underline the fonts.
Strikethrough: Make a line through fonts.
Indent: Indent your text.
Outdent: Outdent your text.
Unordered List: Create a bullet list.
Ordered List: Create a numbered list.
Insert/Edit Link: Add/Edit a link (URL) to text.
Unlink: Remove link (URL) from text.
Insert/Edit Image: Insert an image file that is on another website or server. (See Next Page)
Content Selector: Upload and insert images from your computer. (See Next Page)
Insert Smiley: Insert Smileys into your message.

INSERT/EDIT IMAGE 

You can insert an image from another website. 

Image URL: (Ex. http://www.website.com/photo.jpg)
Image description: Describe the image.
Alignment: Various alignment options for text and image.
Dimensions: Will automatically be input.
Border: Enter a number to put a border around the image.
Verticle Space: Enter a numerical value to put blank space above and below the image.
Horizontal Space: Enter a numerical value to put blank space to  the left and the right of the image. 

CONTENT SELECTOR 

You can insert an image from your computer.

“Username” Blog Files Tab:  Use this area to upload images to Teenfaze for use in any type of post. 
File To Upload: Add images here.
1. Click “Browse”. 
2. Locate the image on your computer that you want to add to your post. (.jpg, .bmp, .gif)
3. Click “Upload File”. 
4. Then make sure the image is selected (Ex. Bg.jpg is highlighted)
5.   Click “OK”. 

The image will then appear in your message area.

Files Tab:  No Function 
Freebies Tab:  Use this area to upload images to Teenfaze for use in any type of post AND they will be added to your Photo Gallery. 

“Options”
Image Size: Select a size for the image to be displayed.
Link image to: When a member clicks on the image in the post, they can be sent to your gallery or to a new page with the original image or no link at all. 

“Upload Photo”
Same as (File to Upload) instructions as above.