A Guide to the Sins of a Solar Empire Forums

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I've seen some posts (and received emails) asking how to navigate and post to our forums here.  I'm going to periodically update this posts with short guides, and some tips and tricks that may be useful to those of you who are new to the Stardock forums. 

1.  How to Create a Forum Post

Lets just say you start at the forum index:
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/index.aspx

You can see three major sections, with sub-categories under them.  Lets say you want to just post to the General forum for Sins.  Click on "General" from the list under Sins of a solar Empire.
https://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?forumid=402

Now that you're actually in one of the forums, you should see a "Create Post" button on the right, near the top of the forums table.

The trick with our forums is to make sure you're *in* a forum before you try to post. 

Please note: the above directions will be updated with screenshots when I get into the office tomorrow morning.  This is just to get you going as quickly as possible tonight.

We have summary views to make it easier for users to browse new content at a quick glance.  Our forums are a little different than the standard fare, but I think you'll like them once you get used to them.

Expect more to come with time.  If you have any specific questions about the forums, please post them to this thread.  Either Kryo, Yarlen, Draginol or myself will be able to answer just about any technical questions you may have about these forums.

Welcome and happy posting!

-Z

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Reply #1 from Sins Forums Top
tryed to made a post, but is said i have to choose a Category, but there nothing to choose...

[JK]Hurry as my fingers is iching to spam this forum [/JK]
Reply #2 from Sins Forums Top
Make sure that you have cookies and Javascript enabled in your browser and that your firewall (if any, like ZoneAlarm) isn't blocking the site. These forums make heavy use of Javascript and AJAX technologies, so anything that blocks them will create problems.
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Reply #3 from Sins Forums Top
still got the problem, cant choose anything even if i disabled the firewall and set to accept all cookies
And i got java installed too
Reply #4 from Sins Forums Top

What browser (and version) are you running? 

Can you give me a screenshot of the forum page you're trying to post from? 

Have you tried logging out, clearing cookies/cache, and logging back in?

Reply #5 from Sins Forums Top
I am using firefox 1.5.0.7

Loggoed off, cleared cache, logged back in and under Category and Topic I do not have any options to select.
Reply #6 from Sins Forums Top
I just checked IE version 6.0.2900.2180 and I get the same issue.
Reply #7 from Sins Forums Top
I've posted on here from Firefox 1.5 and havn't had any problems at all. Are you runing any firewall programs that might interfere with your browser? Perhaps the windows firewall (if you're using that, it would be prudent to consider making the switch to Zone Lab's "Zone Alarm" www.zonelabs.com ) is causing problems for you.

Reply #8 from Sins Forums Top
im running with IE 7.0.5700.6

And i tryed any forum there is, and still no choices
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
Its me Multianna.
It works now, as i made a new account
Reply #11 from Sins Forums Top
Still an issue for me. I have cleared my cache, logged off and on and still have the same issue.
Reply #12 from Sins Forums Top

OK... we think we found the problem in the forum code that might have been locking users from posting.  Please try posting again and let me know if you're successful.

Sorry for the frustration and inconvenience.

Reply #13 from Sins Forums Top
woohoo!! Now I can spam away... errrr post


Thanks.
Reply #14 from Sins Forums Top
What ever you did, it works now

But ill be known as Bk LionHeard, the female name didnt "feel" right:P
Reply #15 from Sins Forums Top
well its up and working but...

now all the .JPG pictures I try to load onto my file are labeled as "corrupted"
which is irritating, I want my avatar to work =_=...

ah well, I know your still ironing some problems out, get back to me if you find the problem. thanks.
Reply #16 from Sins Forums Top
The pixels of your icon must be within the 50x50 and the personal 150x150.
It can only enlarge the image not reduse it to a smaller one


Hint: look at what it says where you upload the desktop image
Reply #17 from Sins Forums Top
Right, you have to reduce/resize your own images to the proper dimensions before it will let you upload them.

Can't say I care for the design/software of the forums so far, but they're sufficient. I've noticed a bug that's pretty debilitating though, when using the back button on the browser.



Also, the "insert image" popup when making a post has white text on a white background. Can't read it

edit - GASP - HTML allowed in posts?!
Reply #18 from Sins Forums Top
Ok quick question, how do i make the design be all black background? The alternating white and black makes me want to rip out my eyes...
Reply #19 from Sins Forums Top
Is there any way to set the time zone? The EST times are somewhat confusing to my European self. I am sure I'll become used to it eventually, but I'd prefer to get my local time or at least UTC.
Reply #20 from Sins Forums Top
AFAIK, you can't change the appearance or time zone of the forums.
Reply #21 from Sins Forums Top
I hope being one day ahead of the rest of you guys I get my download accordingly. Of course that is provided I get my God Box rebuilt by then and given I have about 30 hours of work the next 48 hours that may prove near impossible. But I can dream cant I? :LOL:
Reply #22 from Sins Forums Top
How do you tell this forum to send you an email notification when someone replies to a thread you have posted in? :p

I don't get any emails, and i don't see anywhere to turn that option on.
Reply #23 from Sins Forums Top
How do you tell this forum to send you an email notification when someone replies to a thread you have posted in?

I don't get any emails, and i don't see anywhere to turn that option on.
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Click the Tools button at the top, then Watch Post.
Reply #24 from Sins Forums Top
Ahh.. Thanks.


I did that, and it sends me an email that you posted in this forum. But the email has this link:

http://www.sinsofasolarempire.com/?aid=133250

when it should use this link. I just copied and pasted the '?aid=133250' part of the link on the forums link and it did take me right here.

http://forums.sinsofasolarempire.com/?aid=133250
Reply #25 from Sins Forums Top
Yeah... however watched threads do show in the Watchlist link at the top, so you have a handy list to access them here too.