A step-by-step tutorial for registration and posting on this forum.
Most forums use the same (or a very similar) procedure, and forums are awesome!
There are only a couple of steps, but I made screenshots for every notification, just in case it might confuse anyone - to explain it as best as I can.
Basically, you must register, and then you can post questions or reply to the existing topics.
Table Of Contents (T.O.C.):
To register, you should either use your Gmail (or GitHub) account, or choose a username, password, enter a registration e-mail, and confirm that email using a link that the forum will send you to that address.
A detailed explanation of the "procedure:"
Click on the "Register" button in the top-right corner:
Now you can register:
To confirm your e-mail, open your mail and then:
After you've confirmed your email, forum will state that your account is waiting for the administrator to approve it. It takes me about five minutes to five days to approve an account, depending on whether I'm at the computer, or in a forrest.
Once I've approved your registration (anywhere between 5 minutes and 5-10 days), you'll receive an e-mail notification on the e-mail address you registered with (or on the e-mail address of the Gmail/GitHub account you registered with - if you chose that option):
Once your account has been approved, you can log in to the forum.
To log in:
Now you are ready to write on the forum.
Take a look at the list of categories, and pick one where you wish to write (the Serbocroatian section is below the English sections):
After you've "entered" the desired category, you can start a new topic (a), or open an existing one to post a comment/reply (b):
If you are starting a new thread, you will enter its title (1), choose whether it is a discussion, a question, or a poll (2), write what you like (3), and click on the "Post thread" button to publish it on the forum (4):
If your account is "younger" than a few days, and if you haven't posted several posts, your comment/thread will wait for the moderator/administrator approval. I must do that in order to stop robots and human scum who abuse forums to post adverts for all sorts of nonsense (i.e. SPAM prevention):
After you've posted a few comments or threads, you will no longer need to wait for the "manual" approval. It is a "necessary evil" to prevent abuse (until I figure out something smarter).
BikeGremlin forum does have a sort of an “app,” and you can see the instructions for installing it when you open the menu on a smartphone and click on the “Install” button:
Relja Novović
Most forums use the same (or a very similar) procedure, and forums are awesome!
There are only a couple of steps, but I made screenshots for every notification, just in case it might confuse anyone - to explain it as best as I can.
Basically, you must register, and then you can post questions or reply to the existing topics.
Table Of Contents (T.O.C.):
- How to register (open your account) on the BikeGremlin forum
- How to post a question or reply to a comment
- How to "install" the BikeGremin forum smartphone "application"
1. How can you register on BikeGremlin forum?
To register, you should either use your Gmail (or GitHub) account, or choose a username, password, enter a registration e-mail, and confirm that email using a link that the forum will send you to that address.A detailed explanation of the "procedure:"
Click on the "Register" button in the top-right corner:
Now you can register:
- By using your Gmail account, which is faster and simpler (1a)
- or by entering your desired username, password, and a registration e-mail address (1b)
- If you registered with your Gmail (or GitHub) account (option 1a in the pic. above), the e-mail address from that account will be the one forum will use to send you notifications.
- If you chose the option 1b, you'll have to confirm your email address, which forum explains with the message depicted below:
To confirm your e-mail, open your mail and then:
- Option a - click on the "Confirm your email" button.
- Option b - right-click on the "Confirm your email" button (or hold it for a long time if you are doing it on a smartphone/tablet), and copy/paste the link into your browser (if you are using a smartphone/tablet mobile app, this is the way you'll probably have to do it).
After you've confirmed your email, forum will state that your account is waiting for the administrator to approve it. It takes me about five minutes to five days to approve an account, depending on whether I'm at the computer, or in a forrest.
Once I've approved your registration (anywhere between 5 minutes and 5-10 days), you'll receive an e-mail notification on the e-mail address you registered with (or on the e-mail address of the Gmail/GitHub account you registered with - if you chose that option):
Once your account has been approved, you can log in to the forum.
To log in:
- Click on the "Log in" option in the top-right corner (1)
- Then log in the way you had registered, either by entering your username and password (2a), or by clicking on the Google/GitHub button (2b)
- and click on the "Log in" button (3)
Now you are ready to write on the forum.
2. How to start a new topic or answer an existing one
Take a look at the list of categories, and pick one where you wish to write (the Serbocroatian section is below the English sections):After you've "entered" the desired category, you can start a new topic (a), or open an existing one to post a comment/reply (b):
If you are starting a new thread, you will enter its title (1), choose whether it is a discussion, a question, or a poll (2), write what you like (3), and click on the "Post thread" button to publish it on the forum (4):
If your account is "younger" than a few days, and if you haven't posted several posts, your comment/thread will wait for the moderator/administrator approval. I must do that in order to stop robots and human scum who abuse forums to post adverts for all sorts of nonsense (i.e. SPAM prevention):
After you've posted a few comments or threads, you will no longer need to wait for the "manual" approval. It is a "necessary evil" to prevent abuse (until I figure out something smarter).
3. How to "install" the BikeGremlin forum smartphone "app"
BikeGremlin forum does have a sort of an “app,” and you can see the instructions for installing it when you open the menu on a smartphone and click on the “Install” button:Relja Novović
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