Renovate Forums FAQ
Here you can find answers to questions about how the board works. Use the links or search box below to find your way around.
How do I post a message?
For this FAQ the > means go to or next.
If you are registered you can start a Thread (conversation) or Post (reply). The following will guide you through the process.
NEW THREAD - Enter the forum you wish to post your
New thread in by clicking on the link to it, beneath the main forum header.
eg: to make a new thread in Announcements, click on the word ANNOUNCEMENTS,
or for Woodcarving, click on WOODCARVING, etc.
Towards the top of the next screen you will see the New Thread button
click on it
>
enter a title >
enter your message. You can also enter smiles or enhance
the message with WYSIWYG (What You See Is What
You Get) formatting as in any other program
>
click Submit New Thread or
Preview Post (if you want to see what it will look like)
POST REPLY - This is done in the Thread you wish
to reply to.
>
Click 
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follow the instructions above
>
Submit Reply
By clicking on Attachment Manager you can add (bmp doc gif htm jpe jpeg jpg pdf png psd skp txt xls zip etc) to both the above. See FAQ Reading and Posting Messages for more information
Reputations
- What is the reputation system?
- How do I give reputation?
- Do I have to participate in the reputation system?
- How much reputation can I give out? Are there any limits?
- How do I see what reputation people have given me?
- How do I know what my reputation score is?
- Where can I see my reputation for a particular post?
- Someone gave me bad/good reputation, and I want it removed; what can I do?
- What do the green, red, and grey dots mean?
- How many reputation points do the dots represent?
- Why would reputation not count positive or negative?
- When my reputation begins to count, do my grey dots then count?
- What are good and bad things to give positive reputation for?
- What are good and bad things to give negative reputation for?
- How many points do I start with and how else do I get more?
- Why are their other coloured dots and how do I get them?
