Some functions of the forums are restricted to registered members. Here are some of those functions:

• Start new threads
• Start new polls and participate in existing ones
• Reply to posts
• Edit your posts
• Receive email notifications about new threads or posts
• Change your personal settings in your user cp
• A 'Buddy List' that allows you to see when your friends are online

Registration is free, however, you must agree to certain rules before registering. During the registration process, you will also need to choose a username and enter a valid email address. According to the forums settings, you will either have to choose a password or a randomly generated password will be sent to you by email. We will not send advertisement or SPAM to your email address and it will not be distributed to any third parties. You can choose whether or not you want to allow other members to send you emails in your user cp.

The Administrator might have chosen to check your email address' validity during registration. In this case, you will receive an email with information on how to complete your registration.

Although the use of cookies on this forum is optional, it can make the use of this forum easier and more comfortable. The use of cookies allows you to store time/date of your last visit, as well as your username and password, allowing you to be logged in automatically the next time you visit the forums, without having to enter your username and password again.

If you are sharing this computer with other people like at school or in an internet cafe, we recommend you do not activate cookies.

You also have the choice to use a cookie to track your session and garantee that you stay logged in while you are browsing the forums. If you decide not to use cookies, the session data will be transmitted in every links you click. This can cause problems if you use a proxy-server to connect to the internet.

Once you are registered, you can always change your cookie options while editing your personal settings on this page

It is important that you keep your profile up to date. Always check if your email address is a valid one. Apart from your username, you can edit any field in your profile. The username you register with is the one you will keep forever. If you have a very good reason, you can also ask the Administrator to change your username.

You can edit your profile here.

Once you are registered, you can make your personal signature. This is a short piece of text displayed at the end of your posts.

You can choose the option to add your signature to all your posts. If your signature is set, the forum will add it automatically to all your posts. While posting, you can choose to display or not your signature in your post by checking or unchecking the "Add Signature" box.

You can create or edit your signature with the help of the Signature Editor.

Those small images are either called User Image or Avatar. They are displayed under your username in all your posts. There 2 different kinds of avatars: those put at your disposal by the Administrator and those you upload yourself (custom avatars).

You can select the avatar you like the most or the one which best matches your personality.

You can use your buddy list to store a list of the friends you made on this forum. Click here to view which of your friends are currently browsing the forums.

According to the number of posts you have and the user group you belong in, you will receive a user rank and rank image which will is displayed under your username. These should only be used for first impressions and to evaluate your number of posts. The rank images are only used as small gimmicks. All members are the same, whatever rank they might have.
The following ranks are currently available: