Posted 08/19/2010 08:53 am
Some forums have "private message" systems in place. These PM systems are not quite as "private" as the name implies, because the moderators and admins of those forums can read them. This forum's owner-administrators had problems with this when they were members on another forum, so chose not to run a PM system here when they started this forum.
Once you get 50 posts and can e-mail people, you can do so either via their profile or via the little "Email poster" icon above a post which they've made - second from the left, which looks like a letter and envelope.
Some of the "perks" CCF offers are not clearly advertised to non-members, simply because we don't want people joining the forum and making a whole bunch of nonsense posts just to qualify to get the perks.
There are a couple of other perks which Adam didn't mention that become available once you get 50 posts:
- you can apply for a CCF image gallery, which allows much larger file downloads than the standard forum thread 100kb download limit.
- if you sell things on ebay, you can get an eBay Listing page.
Even though you as a new member can't send e-mails just yet, members who already have 50 posts can send e-mails to you, which you can reply to via your regular e-mail program. So the other option you have for contacting someone is to start a new forum thread in, say, the CCF Family subforum, titled "I need to contact [member X]", stating briefly the reason why you want to get in touch with them. It would then be up to that member whether they actually send you an e-mail or not.
Once you get 50 posts and can e-mail people, you can do so either via their profile or via the little "Email poster" icon above a post which they've made - second from the left, which looks like a letter and envelope.
Some of the "perks" CCF offers are not clearly advertised to non-members, simply because we don't want people joining the forum and making a whole bunch of nonsense posts just to qualify to get the perks.
There are a couple of other perks which Adam didn't mention that become available once you get 50 posts:
- you can apply for a CCF image gallery, which allows much larger file downloads than the standard forum thread 100kb download limit.
- if you sell things on ebay, you can get an eBay Listing page.
Even though you as a new member can't send e-mails just yet, members who already have 50 posts can send e-mails to you, which you can reply to via your regular e-mail program. So the other option you have for contacting someone is to start a new forum thread in, say, the CCF Family subforum, titled "I need to contact [member X]", stating briefly the reason why you want to get in touch with them. It would then be up to that member whether they actually send you an e-mail or not.
Don't say "infinitely" when you mean "very"; otherwise, you'll have no word left when you want to talk about something really infinite. - C. S. Lewis
