Help: CF "Did You Know?"

[Angie]

I'll try and provide a help topic to which everyone has access today!

There are times when a poster crosses the line in his or her posting, violates site rules, posts spam, and more. Moderators try to read every post on the site, but sometimes do not catch everything.

To bring these posts to our attention more quickly, we encourage posters to report questionable posts. These posts are then brought up for review by moderators.

To report a post, look in the lower left-hand corner of a post. As shown below, one of the options is a red X. If you click on this button next to the questionable, a box will appear in which you can type your issue with that post. Type your desired text, and submit the report.

[Angie]

Do you ever wonder on what all you have betted?

To see all of your open and previous bets, click the CyBookie linkon the Cyclone Fanatic toolbar. Across the top of the next screen, you will see an option for Your Bets. A list of all events on which you have betted will appear. Items with a number in the Amount Won (whether it's a 0 or a credit amount) have been settled. Items still waiting to be settled will have a hyphen (-) next to them.

[Angie]

Cyclone Fanatic currently has over 6000 registered users (this does not factor in visitors to the site who view without registering). The Members List is a good way to view all members, and to find a certain member.

To view the Members List, click the Members link at the top of your page. You will now be presented with an alphabetical list of all CF users. You can click the individual letters of the alphabet (listed across the top of the screen) to jump to that part of the alphabet.

You may also sort some of the columns. By single-clicking on the Posts heading, for example, it will list users organized in descending order by number of posts. Join Date, Credits, and Reputation work similarly. Click a heading again to put it in reverse order.

[Angie]

When you start a new thread on Cyclone Fanatic, you can elect to add a poll to it.

First create your new thread using the New Thread button in your desired forum. Type in the text of your first post. Before clicking Submit New Thread, scroll down to the Post a Poll section (as shown below). Check off the option Yes, post a poll with this thread. If you know how many poll options you will have, you can indicate that at this time. Submit your thread, and then you can add your poll options.

Some useful tips:

• You will not be able to add your poll until after you have submitted the thread. Conversely, you will not see a poll added to a thread until the original poster is done adding his or her poll.
• If you are the one who started a thread, you can add a poll after the fact by going to Thread Tools and selecting to Add a Poll to this Thread.
• You can earn credits by voting in polls.

[Angie]

We've decided to make the CF "Did You Know?" topics weekly.

There have been several requests lately to block another user's posts. Fortunately, this is pretty easy to do.

In the upper left-hand corner of your CF screen, click User CP. In the Your Control Panel bar, select Edit Ignore List under Settings & Options. You can now type in the name of the user you'd like to block, and click Okay.

CF will now hide all posts by that user. It is important to note that, if another user quotes the blocked user's text, it will still show on your screen.

[Topshelf]

How do I change my user name?

[Angie]

Originally Posted by chinapuck

How do I change my user name?

I think you want to contact a mod about doing that. In the upper right-hand corner of CF, there is a Staff button. This area will list all moderators, and should show whether or not they are online. You can select to PM them from there.