Welcome to ToonTownCentral! Start here!

**Dizzy** · #1 (**permalink**) 01-23-2008, 08:35 PM

Welcome to Toontowncentral.com! We are so excited to have you join us.

I'm sure you'll have many questions, so I'll try to answer a few of those questions here. Make sure you create a "Greeting" post in this forum so we can all get to know you!

Forum Navigation
First let's talk about the forum navigation buttons at the top of the page. These buttons are viewable from every page of the forum.

From left to right:
Home - Clicking this will take you to the very front page of Toontowncentral.com. The Home page is where you will find news about the game, member created poll, Site Navigation menu with links to our Sister Sites, a list of your online buddies, a list of all members online, Top Posters, a link to our live IRC Chat, latest donations and a link to donate yourself, a link to Site Rules, and the most recent posts.
Forum - Clicking this button will take you directly to the entire forum listing. From here you can view or make new posts. Browse the forums to find the one you are interested in and click on that forum. See next post for further information on how to post.
Gallery - An excellent Gallery Guide is here. Our Gallery is the only 100% approved image hosting. Any other images should be hosted on images from our Approved Hosting Site list or your images may not work.
Arcade - Have fun playing arcade games! Open to all members that have posted at least once. Top arcade winners receive an Arcade Scroller name (green and scrolls) every few months!
UserCP - This is an exciting area! You can change your profile, add info about your toon(s), change settings, subscribe to threads, request Group Memberships, and more in this area! (See below for more details)
Register - This button will take you to a page to register your membership on Toontowncentral.com. If you are already registered and logged in, you will get a message saying this.
Calendar - The calendar lists members' birthdays and exciting events that are member-added, such as Beanfests and special runs.
FAQ - Some of our more commonly asked questions can be found here.
Search - Use this page for searching for certain topics, posts by specific people, or posts within a certain date range.

UserCP

Settings & Options
Edit Email & Password - Self explanatory. You can change your email address and/or password in this area.
Edit Profile - Add your custome User Title, hide your date of birth (we recommend displaying only the day and month but not year), add homepage and various instant messaging IDs, add toon info, and your personal interests.
Edit Options - Go invisible (so people can't see you online), set your forum preferences, display options, time/date options, and change your forum skin in this area.
Edit Avatar - Pick from one of the MANY standard avatars available or create your own g-rated avatar and upload it here!
Edit Profile Picture - Upload a picture that will be displayed to members that view your profile. Please do not add personally identifying pictures for your own security!

Private Messages
For more private message storage, click here.
List Messages - Lists all messages in your inbox or saved in your sent file.
Send New Message - Create a new message to send to a friend.
Edit folders - You can organize your received messages into different folders for easier location.

Subscribed Threads
List Subscriptions - When you subscribe to certain threads, you will be able to view and manage them here.
Edit folders - Organize your subscribed threads for easier location.

Miscellaneous
Event Reminders - Will list out events you have added to the calendar and requested reminders.
Paid Subscriptions - Takes you to a page to upgrade your subscription. All basic subscriptions are free, but to cover the cost of equipment to run the site, we ask for paid subscriptions to receive larger private message storage, userpages, and/or signatures.
Group Memberships - Join specialized groups here. Some forums are only visible if you are a member of that group and some groups give you special rank images by joining.
Buddy/Ignore Lists - Add buddies to your list for more customization to your profile. Please note that anyone listed on your Ignore List will not be able to send you a private message, nor will you see any posts by them.
Attachments - Besides our Gallery, you have a limited amount of Attachment space that you can use. Manage your attachments here.

Important Points of Interest
Mods/Admins - A list of all of our Mods, Admins, and Clan Leaders can be found here. If you require help, please contact one of these helpful individuals.
Policies - Every forum has policies, right? Ours can be found here. If you don't understand one of our policies, please contact a Mod or Admin. We would be happy to help clarify our policies for you.

**Dizzy** · #2 (**permalink**) 01-25-2008, 09:39 PM

Now let's talk about how to post.

There are several choices to create a new post:

To make a new post within an existing thread: Go into the thread you are interested in and click the button at the top left.
To create a new thread in any forum: In the forum, click the button at the top left.
If you want to quote someone's post within your own post, click the button at the lower right corner of their post. This will bring you to a new post screen and will include their post quoted within your own.
If you want to quote the posts of several people, click the button at the lower right corner of the posts you want to quote. Click it several times to include all of the quotes you want. When you are done selecting posts to quote, simply click the button and all of the quoted posts will be within the body of your post.

Any of the above options will then take you to a screen with the post window:

Let's talk about the tools found at the top of that window:

Many people don't realize how many possibilities they can create in a post just by using these tools!