• Do I have to register?
• How can I use smilies and images?
• Can I add a hyperlink to my messages?
• Can I change the format of my text?
• What are Moderators?
• How can I change my registration profile?
• Are cookies used?
• Can I edit my own posts?
• Can I attach files?
• Can I search?
• Are there any censor features?
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Registration is not required to view current topics on the Bulletin Board; however, if you wish to post a new topic or reply to an existing topic registration is required.  Registration is free and only takes a few moments.  The only required fields are your UserName, which can be your real name or a nickname, and a valid e-mail address.  The information you provide during registration is not outsourced or used for any advertising by USS Sterett (DLG/CG-31) Discussion Forums .  If you believe someone is sending you advertisements as a result of the information you provided through your registration please notify us immediately.

You've probably seen others use smilies before in email messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical representation when it is inserted between brackets [].  Here are the images that are currently supported by USS Sterett (DLG/CG-31) Discussion Forums :

smile [:)] big smile [:D] cool [8D] blush [:I] tongue [:P] evil [}:)] wink [;)] clown [:o)] black eye [B)] question [?]

frown [:(] shy [8)] shocked [:O] angry [:(!] dead [xx(] sleepy [|)] kisses [:X] approve [^] dissapprove [V]

You can easily add a hyperlink to your message.  To do so place "[url=" in front of your url and "]" after your url.  Then type your description and end it with a "[/url]".

There are several codes you can use to change the appearance of your text.  Following is the list of codes currently available:

Moderators control individual forums. They can edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums. If you have a question about a particular forum, you should direct it to your forum moderator.

You may easily change any info stored in your registration profile, using the "profile" link located near the top of each page. Simply identify yourself by typing your UserName and Password and all of your profile information will appear on screen. You may change any items, except your UserName.

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You may delete all cookies set in this forum by visiting the "preferences" area of the forum and selecting the "delete cookies" link.

You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. Just go to the topic where the post to be edited is located and you will see an edit icon () on the line that begins "posted on..." Click on this icon to edit or delete the post. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum Moderator or the bulletin board administrator. A note is generated at the bottom of each post that is edited so that every one knows when a post has been edited. Note that if your post was the start of a new topic, deleting your post will result in the removal of the entire topic (all replies after your topic will also be deleted).

For security reasons, you may not attach files to any posts. You may cut and paste text into your post.

You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Just click on the "search" link at the top of most pages. Note: announcements are not included in the search returns.

The bulletin board administrators have the power to censor certain words that may be posted. This censoring is not an exact science, however, so certain words may be censored out of context. Please realize that the censoring, if any censoring is being performed, is being done by a computer based on the words that are being screened. Words that are censored are replaced with asterisks.