Notes and tips for Newbies

You will not be able to see the Chat Box until you have made five or six posts.
After that, you won't be able to get away from it.
Do nothing, and the first six lines of it shows at the top of your screen when you are inside a thread.
Click the "Live Chat" button and you will see about fifteen lines of it.

To make LIve Chat work your way, click “Your Options” and then “Edit Options.”
Then scroll down to the bottom of the page. (Not the Miscellaneous. Go up a notch. There.)

Chat Box Options:
This allows you to turn the Chat Box on and off.
It also allows you to pick a Font, Size and Color.
Please do.
Following the conversation is easier if every body's voice is in a different color.

One way to make things move faster is to change the number of posts that show on each page.

Click "Your Options," the, "Edit Options," and scroll down to "Thread Display Options."
You can change it there. When you are finished, remember to scroll down and click the "Save" button.

Another way is to turn off all the signatures. It just makes them invisible.

Suggestions on this topic from other members are welcome.

When you first signed up, you were asked to read this page.

Yup
You can go to

"Your Options" and click on Edit Profile. Also, "Edit Signature" allows for things too.

I think you need to be first or second year before you can upload some pics.... Not entirely confident about when.

I hope this points you in the right direction.

Cheers,

Why can everyone else have elaborate signatures? When I try to add more than a few lines, I get this message:Even when I don't use any codes -- just plain text.

We have a number of informal little clubs, just for fun. All you need to do to join is post on that thread and say that you want to join. Many clubs also ask that you mention them in your signature.

The Headquarters of each club is in the thread where it was introduced.

The "Dumbledore Lives" club, now located in the "Dumbledore's Army" forum, started it all. I don't suppose we will see many new members to that one.

The "Holy Club" is just for silliness. It started on George Weasley's joke about being "holy" and proceeded to talk about how our pet theories can turn out to be full of holes.

Smilies:
You can have 4 in a post or PM.
You can have up to 5 in a shout in the ChatBox.
You have an unlimited amount in a Profile Comment or your signature (signature being allowed 500 characters).

We really should get back to this.
If you see a thread in the wrong forum, let me know so I can move it or split it.

From July, 2005:
We do have a place for the "Ok"s and the "Yeah"s. It's in the Live Chat.

On the front page of Harry Potter Chat, down near the bottom, is the "What's Going On" section.
This shows, among other things, the current five top "shouters."
I think I'm starting to get this. In the Live Chat Archives, it shows about 25 "shouts" per page. Right now, it has 212 pages and only goes back to January 15th.

Either way, go to "Edit Options."

Receive Email from Administrators. From time to time, the administrators may want to send you email notices.
If you do not want to receive these notices, disable this option.

Default Thread Subscription Mode. When you post a new thread, or reply to a topic, you can choose to
automatically add that thread to your list of subscribed threads, with the option to receive email
notification of new replies to that thread. The five options are:
Do not subscribe
No email notification
Instant email notification
Daily email notification
Weekly email notification