Tips For Navigating the Forum

Here are some tips to help you get around the forum. This is a work in progress so check back from time to time. Let's get started

Click on My Account located at the top of the page. In here you will find many options that will allow you to personalize your Forum experience.

Edit Signature- This will allow you to put a special message on the bottom of each post. Many of us use this space to put our Fat Flush weight statistics. ie: 165/150/125 the first number being starting weight, the second being current weight and the final being goal weight. It is also the place to put your picturetrail link (we all love seeing how everyone has progressed on their journey with Fat Flush and life in general!)

Edit Profile- This is a quick "fill in the blank" section that will give other members a little snapshot into your life. You can see other people's profiles by clicking on their name.

Edit Options- This is the place to truly customize your experience. Most of the options are self-explanatory, We do; however, want to highlight a few options that will make a difference in how you view the Threads.

Display Thread Mode- This nifty feature allows you to choose whether the threads will display in order of oldest posting at the top or newest posting at the top.

Default Thread Age Cutoff- This option will allow you to choose how many threads are shown. Particularly helpful when using the search feature.

Date & Time Zone Options- Yay! Now you can read the posts in YOUR time.
Message Edit Interface- More Smilies will show up in your post reply box if you change this option to Enhanced Interface- Full WYSIWYG editing. Additionally, if you use the quick reply feature, you'll need to hit the "go advanced" button then the "more" button to see all the smilies.

Edit Avatar- This is the option that allows you to have your cute picture beside your posts: a great way to add character to your posts. Be creative or just be YOU!
Private Messages- Also found at the top of the Forum, next to your name. Now we can message each other without going to a separate email program.

Subscribed Threads- You guessed it, this is where you can see threads that you have posted in or are interested in seeing what the other members post.

Jump Box- This is located at the bottom of any of the Forum pages (except the Home page.) There are some great warp links here: check 'em out.

Having a hard time reading the posts? In your browser (at the very top of your page) choose "View" then "text size", then increase. AAHH

Search Function- The search only looks for words that are 4 or more letters long. If you include a 3 letter word (or shorter) in your search, then your search cannot be completed.

Why? Because then we'd have to store and index every instance of the word "the", "and", "you" and other frequently used words that really have no substance in a search but would take up a lot of server space and would eventually cause a slowdown on the forum.

For this reason - you must search using 4 letter words or more. You can use the quick search in the top bar or you can use the advanced search in the toolbar. Both will search the forum, but the advanced search will offer you more in the way of customizing the results you get.

In addition, if you're looking for a phrase - put "" marks around the phrase. This way, the three letter word limit will not apply. So, if you're looking for posts with the phrase fat flush, put in "fat flush" and you will get results.

Bookmark a specific post instead of a whole thread- right-click on the "permalink" at the top of the post that you wish to bookmark. This will open up a drop-down menu that will allow you to bookmark the post.
Hope this has been helpful