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1. Username: If you wish to have your username changed please send a PM to Gene or Mary B. Members may not change their usernames themselves.
2. Password: You must type in your current password in order for any changes you make to take effect.
3. New Password and Confirm Password: To change your password, fill in the new password in both of these fields.
4. Email Address: You may change your email address by simply typing a new one in the text box, subject to any email address restrictions.
5. ICQ Number, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, and MSN Messenger: If you use any of these services, and you want all the board members to see your "address", type the address into the appropriate textbox.
6. Facebook & Twitter: Facebook and Twitter information is now available in any member's profile.
7. Web Site Address: If you have a website and want all the board members to be able to see a link to it, type the full URL (http://whatever.com)in the text box.
8. From: Where do you live? Type it in the box.
9. Occupation: What do you do for a living? Type it in the box.
10. Interests: What are your interests or hobbies? Type it in the box.
11. Avatar (user picture): The Magic Cafe allows you to upload a small picture to be displayed below your username on all your posts. This is to be a small photo or likeness (artists rendering) of yourself, no other types of images will be allowed as avatars. Please read the complete requirements for avatar use in the "Cafe Rules and Ettiquette" forum before uploading your avatar. Avatar images that don't meet the requirements will be removed by the staff.
    
    The file size and dimensional limitations are displayed below the upload box. Click "Browse" and navigate to the image file on your hard drive. Click to "Open" the file, and it will appear in the upload box.
    
    Your avatar will be displayed next to all your posts upon submission of the form. If you return at a later date to edit your profile, you will see your current avatar displayed. If you want to change your avatar, simply upload the new one following the instructions above. If you decide that you want no personal avatar, check the "Remove Avatar" checkbox.
12. Signature: Here you may type in a personalized signature to add to your posts. You can use BBCode to format the text. To activate your signature, you must log in and click the link to "Edit Preferences". There you can choose to "Always attach my signature".

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1. Allow other users to view my Email Address: If you check the box your email address will appear in your member profile for all to see. If you don't check the box, only Moderators and Administrators will be able to see it.
2. Send an email alert to me when I receive any private messages (PMs): If you chack "Yes" you will be sent an email every time someone sends you a Private Message. If you check "No", then no email will be sent to notify you.
3. Block receipt of non-reply PMs except from forum administrator(s): If you check "Yes" only the Moderators and Administrators and people you have sent a Private message to will be able to send you Private Messages. If you check "No", any registered board member will be able to send you a Private Message.
4. Always disable Smilies when posting messages (code entered shows as text): If you check "Yes", any smilies you type into your posts, or click on to insert to your posts will be displayed as text. If you choose "No", any smilies you use will appear as images in your posts.
5. Always show clickable smilies near New Topic and Reply posting boxes: If you choose "Yes", you will be able to click on the smilies to put them in your posts. If you choose "No", the smilies will not show on the page near the posting text area.
6. Always attach my signature: Choose "Yes" to have your signature attached to all your posts and Private Messages you send.
7. Always show hover color on forum index and forum listing pages: Choose "Yes" if you want to see the hover color. This will make the entire table cell a clickable link.
8. Always disable BBcode: Choose "Yes" to disable BBCode in all the places where BBCode may be used. If you use BBCode to format your posts and Private Messages, choose "No".
9. Text sizes for posted messages: The Magic Cafe offers several text sizes for posted messages. You may select the one which looks best to you.
10. Board Language: Some of the headings on the board can be shown in different languages. This feature is not quite ready - translations from English are needed to make it fully functional. Until furthur notice, English is the only language that is fully functional on this board. The others in the drop-list are only partially completed.
11. Display Time Zone: The Magic Cafe now offers the ability to change the times shown on the Cafe. Please note that the choices do not generally reference countries, they represent continents. For example, New York would be "America/New York", and London would be found as "Europe/London." This is due to PHP's accepted location codes.

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URL Hyperlinking

There are two ways of creating a clickable hyperlink in your messages. The first way is to simply type the full URL into your message, as follows: http://themagiccafe.com OR: www.themagiccafe.com Notice that you can either use the complete http:// address or shorten it to the www domain. If the site does not begin with "www", you must use the complete "http://" address. Also, you may use https and ftp URL prefixes in your URL link. The old [URL] code will still work, as detailed below. Just encase the link as shown in the following example (BBcode is in yellow). [url]www.themagiccafe.com[/url] You may also post true hyperlinks using the [url] code. Just use the following format: [url=http://themagiccafe.com]Click here[/url] In the examples above, the BBcode automatically generates a hyperlink to the URL that is encased. The message board scripts ensure that the link is opened in a new window when the user clicks on it. Note that the "http://" part of the URL is completely optional in the first and second examples. In the third example above, the URL will hyperlink the text to whatever URL you provide after the equal sign. Also note that you should NOT use quotation marks inside the URL tag.

Email Links

To add a hyperlinked email address within your message, just encase the email address as shown in the following example (BBcode is in yellow). [email]stevebrooks@themagiccafe.com[/email] In the example above, the BBcode automatically generates a hyperlink to the email address that is encased.

Bold and Italics

You can make italicized text or make text bold by encasing the applicable sections of your text with either the [b] [/b] or [i] [/i] tags. Hello, [b]Steve Brooks[/b] Hello, [i]Mya Angel[/i]

Bullets/Lists

You can make bulleted lists or ordered lists (by number or letter). Unordered, bulleted list: [list] [*] This is the first bulleted item. [*] This is the second bulleted item. [/list] This produces: This is the first bulleted item. This is the second bulleted item. Note that you must include a closing [/list] when you end each list. Making ordered lists is just as easy. Just add either [LIST=A] or [LIST=1]. Typing [List=A] will produce a list from A to Z. Using [List=1] will produce numbered lists. Here's an example: [list=A] [*] This is the first bulleted item. [*] This is the second bulleted item. [/list] This produces: This is the first bulleted item. This is the second bulleted item.

Adding Images

To add a graphic within your message, just encase the full URL of the graphic image as shown in the following example (BBCode is in yellow). [img]http://yourdomain.com/images/picture.gif[/img] In the example above, the BBCode automatically makes the graphic visible in your message. Note: the "http://" part of the URL is REQUIRED for the [img] code.

Quoting Other Messages

To reference something specific that someone has posted, just cut and paste the applicable verbiage and enclose it as shown below (BBcode is in yellow). [QUOTE]Ask not what your country can do for you.... ask what you can do for your country.[/QUOTE] In the example above, the BBcode automatically blockquotes the text you reference.

Code Tag

Similar to the Quote tage, the Code tag adds some <PRE> tags to preserve formatting. This useful for displaying programming code, for instance: [CODE] #!/usr/bin/perl print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "Hello World!"; [/CODE] In the example above, the BBCode automatically blockquotes the text you reference and preserves the formatting of the coded text.

Adding a Youtube Video

The Magic Cafe now offers the ability to add youtube videos to your posts. This applies to any forum and the PM system. In order to post a youtube video you will need the video's ID number. In the example below, xxxxxxxxxxxxxx would be your video ID encased with the youtube BBcodes. Example: [youtube]xxxxxxxxxxxx[/youtube]

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Note: You may use BB Code in your signature to format the text.

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