Hey, HM4Girls?

[Akane-la]

I PM'd you about this, but I don't know if you saw it, so I'll just post it here. Can us mods, Judgement Elfchild and I, have some powers? Since we're just like everybody else, only instead of eggs we have grass, not a very big diffrence. Buttersctotch suggested you might have forgotten, so this is a reminder, unless you don't want us to have any. ^_^

[Snake]

Yes, I wouldn't mind having the power to lock topics because it would cut down on a lot of the useless chatter.

[Kel]

Not being a moderator, I would like to second that they be given some sort of something they can do.

Lock threads being the main one.

Everyone -should- be respecting them because they do, in fact, have grass instead of eggs. I like sweet potatoes, myself. *chuckles* But, anyway.

As moderators, they're entrusted with the dignity and safety of the forum while you're gone, HM4Girls. They should be able to lock threads, delete replies if they find them offensive, and other small things like that.

Nothing so grandiose as being able to delete the forum or appoint other moderators.

[Butterscotch]

I think the fact that the mods have no powers may have been an oversite on HM4Girls' part.

She should do one of two things:
1) modify the member group "moderator" to have unlimited powers; that means you can use your mod powers on any board (essntially, global-mods)

or 2) give you limited powers, and add your names to the staff list under the modify boards section. You could only use your mod powers on boards where you were listed as mods.

I strongly suspect that HM4Girls gave you guys limited powers and neglected to modify the boards to list you as staff.

[Ane-Chan]

yeah, i agree, as a mod, that we need some powers, so that we can make updates. However, on my own forum I cant give powers to anyone. there is a thing in the adimin's section that has three choices: global mod., mod., and admin. none of them seem to give the people i try to give powers any. But it might be the upgrade, because beforehand i had a different forum that didnt get upgraded and when you set them as admin it actually gave the person power. So the fault might go to the upgrade, whitch is sorta weird cause its supposed to be an upgrade that updates things(whitch it did) rather than deleting them. Sorry if that doesnt make sense.

[Snake]

risariku said:

yeah, i agree, as a mod, that we need some powers, so that we can make updates. However, on my own forum I cant give powers to anyone. there is a thing in the adimin's section that has three choices: global mod., mod., and admin. none of them seem to give the people i try to give powers any. But it might be the upgrade, because beforehand i had a different forum that didnt get upgraded and when you set them as admin it actually gave the person power. So the fault might go to the upgrade, whitch is sorta weird cause its supposed to be an upgrade that updates things(whitch it did) rather than deleting them. Sorry if that doesnt make sense.

The section it is in has changed. You can choose the powers by going to:

Admin -> Modify Group -> Choose a group -> Continue

[Fairy Friend]

*BUMP*

Hey, HM4Girls, I figured that since you were currently online at the moment, that you needed to see this topic that the mods posted. ^_^

[HM4Girls]

I just checked and they should have that power already

[Fairy Friend]

O__o; Hmm... okay, well, that gets me thinking here. Do you know if there's a page where you can set their statuses or anything, because all three of your mods have announced that they couldn't really do anything "mod-ish."

[Butterscotch]

admin said:

I just checked and they should have that power already

Did you read my above post? Check if you gave them unlimited powers or not. ^_~
I think that may be the problem.

[Ane-Chan]

Move Boards From One Category To Another


Go into reorder boards
On the new screen, select the current category the board is in
On the new screen, cut the ID of the board you want to move, and click reorder
Go back to reorder boards, and select the category you want to move the board to
On the new screen, paste the ID of the board and click reorder.



Hidden Categories

This is instructions on how to make your forums only visable by members, or even to set up some categories where only some select members can view the boards.


Go into edit member groups in your admin area
In the additional member groups section, create a new member group, maybe something like 'member'
Assign that member group to your members, do this by going into there profile and clicking on modify. Scroll down to where it says position, and in the drop down menu next to it, select the new member group and then save the changes to the profile
Go into edit categories, and select the category you want hidden
On the category edit screen, check the member groups member, and click the edit button
You now have a hidden forum, that only you and the member group can see


You will need to keep assigning that member group to all the members that signup if you are using so your board is only visable by members. You will need to assign the name to each member you wish to have access to the category, if you wish to have it so only select members can view it.


Additional Administrators

What will the additional administrators be able to do?

By default, any and all administrators you add have exactly the same powers as yourself, except they will be unable to delete the message board, apply ad-free, or demote any of the other administrators. Your admin profile, will not be able to be edited by any of the additional administrators, and your IP, stamped at the bottom of all of your posts, will be hidden.

You can customise what additional admins can do, by going into Set Admin/Gmod/Mod Powers' in your admin area.

How do i assign additional Administrators?

You can have additional Administrators at your board. To assign an additional Administrator, follow this:


Go into users profile
Click on modify
Scroll down to the field labelled position
In the field Scroll in Administrtor
Save changes to profile



Global Moderators

What are Global Moderators

Global Moderators are the next step up from Moderators. By default* Global Moderators can do exactly what normal moderators can do, as well as...


Moderate every board without having to assign them as moderators
Ban Members
Edit News
Edit Censored Words


* You can customise what Global Moderators can do, by going into Set Admin/Gmod/Mod Powers in your admin area.

How do i assign a Global Moderator

You assign Global Mods from inside the profile of the person you want to make a Global Moderator in the same way you assign another admin:


Go into users profile
Click on modify
Scroll down to the field labelled position
In the field Scroll in Global Moderator
Save changes to profile


To remove a Global Moderator, simply repeat the above, except choose the blank option, instead of Global Moderator


Moderators

What are Moderators?

Moderators are people who have control over a message forum. By Default* they have the ability to delete posts/threads, lock topics (make it so no one can reply), unlock topics (if they were locked), sticky topics(make it so the topic stays at the top of the board), unsticky topics(if they were sticky, and modify any and all postings on the board (no matter who they are posted by) that they have been made a moderator of.

* You can customise what Moderators can do, by going into Set Admin/Gmod/Mod Powers in your admin area.

How do i assign moderators?




Go into Edit Boards in your area

Select the board you want to make someone a moderator of

On the edit board screen of the board you want to make someone a moderator of, look for the 4th text box down

Place the username of the person/persons you want to make a moderator of that board. If it's more than one person, seperate the usernames by a comma.

Click the edit board button

Your moderators for that board should now be installed


To remove moderators, simply do the same, except take the username out.


Sticky Topics

Sticky Topics, sometimes know as 'pinned' topics are topic that remains at the top of a forum. Whereas unsticky thraeds gradually start to fall down the forum as other thraeds are getting replied to and other threads are made, sticky thraeds remain at the top regardless.

How to make a sticky:


Create a thread in the normal way you usually would
When the thread is created, click on the sticky icon in teh bottom left hand side of the thread


How to unsticky a sticky topic:


Simply reclick the sticky icon in the bottom of the topic

this is at the proboards support place, so i suspect that hm4girls doesnt have it as the default.

[Akane-la]

Still... have...no...powers... Being a mod is kinda useless at this point... ;.;

[♥ Coheo[may] ♥]

Did you e-mail her about it?

[Ane-Chan]

I am going to email her! i got the problem right on point!!! It was like that on my site to... But then i went to edit member groups and SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I fixed my problem.

[Ane-Chan]

okay i sent her this:

HM4Girls, is that you?

If you read this please contact me (I changed my name from ElfChild to EclipsFire, it might change again...)
Anyways, If you want to give the mods power go to the admin section and click on 'Edit Member Groups.' From there click on the thing(you will no what it is) and select moderators. Submit.
now you should be at a page where you can choose yes or no for alot of 'powers.'
All mods should have the power to lock threads and move them and also creat sticky threads.

Eclips Fire, or whatever my name is right now...