5- User specific options
Once logged in you'll see several options on top of your screen.
First of all you see
your username (in this case that's Jorisva1). By clicking on it you'll be directed to your profile page, as it is seen by everyone else. From here you can join groups, edit contacts, view your visitor messages and edit your 'About Me' page.
Next to your username there is a button
'Notifications'. Through this you'll be notified about new messages (both Mails as visitor messages) and new reputation comments. When you have a new notification, it will be shown when you hover over the button with your mouse. From there you can see what's new, and you can click on it to view the new message/reputation comment.
The third button is '
My profile'. This is just the same as the button with your username. You can edit your groups, contacts, 'about me' - page and view your visitor messages.
Then there is the '
settings' button. In here you can see all the threads and forums you are subscribed to. Like this you can easily check which threads/forums contain new posts, and you can move to that thread/forum with one click.
Lower at the page you will see the latest infractions/warnings received. (it's better if you have none
). Please look further at Forum Rules and Moderators for more information.
Below this you will find the latest reputation points received. If users like/dislike your post they can add /take away reputation points to your account. Every user has their own reputation power. This reputation power is calculated and takes post count, joining date and reputation points into account. When a user with reputation power = 40 gives reputation to an other user then that user will receive 40 reputation points. After a certain amount of reputation you'll get a green/red bar, depending if you receive negative or positive reputation points.
At the left of your settings-screen you'll see this
From there you are able to check your messages, and create a message to an other user. You can also send a message to an other user by clicking on their name and choose for 'Send Private Message'. You also have the possibility of sending a 'Visitor message'. To do this you simply go to the user's profile, select 'Visitor messages' and then post your message. Note: Visitor messages are public to everyone!
From the settings -page you can also check your subscriptions and edit your profile.