By registering with the forum, you will be able to edit your member profile and preferences. You will get the most out of your time here if you change your profile and preferences to suit your individual tastes. There are many options in your profile to make your experience here more enjoyable, so please take a few moments to try the various settings. Also, only users that are registered and logged in can take advantage of the "New Posts" feature upon each visit. Once you've registered and logged in, click "Edit Profile" or "Edit Preference" in the Forum Navigation island to edit your settings.

The Email Address field is used for email notifications, Follow Lists and to email your password. The Public Email Address field is what other users see when they view your profile. We realize that you may not want everyone to know your real email address, but we need to know it in case you want to follow certain content or if you want to have replies emailed to you. For this reason you can give us your real email address in the Email Address field and only the Administrators of the forum will see it. You can provide a different email address for the general public using the Public Email Address. Some people like to put in something like example@no.spam.gmail.com. This way people can still figure out what your real email address is, but spamming agents can't just parse through the page and obtain your email address to spam you.

Yes. Cookies are used to remember your login information as well as what posts you have read during your current session. Without accepting cookies some functions won't work properly.

If you have registered with these forums, you must log in to take advantage of the personalization of settings. To log in, look in the upper right-hand corner of your screen for the "Log In" link. This link will take you to a page where you can enter your Login Name (or email address) and Password. Keep in mind that the password is always case-sensitive. This means that the software considers "S" and "s" to be different characters.

Once you have entered your Login Name (or email address) and Password, you'll be brought to your Starting View. (You can change the page used for your Default Starting View by clicking "Edit Preferences" in the Forum Navigation island.) If you have any Private Messages waiting for you, you'll see a flashing envelope on the My Messages island. (Note that this only applies if the Private Messaging feature has been enabled by the Administrators of the forum.)

This checklist may help you successfully log in:

1. Make sure you are entering your password correctly. Passwords are case-sensitive.
2. Ensure that your browser supports cookies; if so, check the security level you are using. High levels of security restriction in certain browsers will automatically reject cookies. In order to use the key features of these forums, you'll need to accept cookies. The maker of your browser can help you with additional problems you may have with your cookie settings.
3. Completely log out by hitting the Log Out link in the upper right-hand corner of the page, and then log back in again.
4. After logging in, you may have to hit the Reload or Refresh button on your browser to expedite the authentication.
5. If these steps don't work you can try purging your cookies for this site using the My Cookies tool.
6. If you continue to have problems, go to the Log In page and click "Have you forgotten your login information?". Enter your real email address into the Email Address field and a temporary password will be emailed to the email address used for the account setup.

It's a system-generated User Title to give ranking to your post count. You will progress through the various levels according to the cumulative number of posts you have made.

Everyone has a title within the forum. You will notice the title below the Display Name in each post. Some titles are automatically assigned based on the number of posts a user has made, and some titles are assigned by the forum owner to denote official representatives of the company or other VIPs in the forums.

If you have forgotten your password, don't worry! You can very easily have a temporary password emailed to you. Go to the Log In page and click "Have you forgotten your login information?". Enter your real email address into the email Address field and a temporary password will be emailed to the email address used for the account setup.

This process is safe because the password is only emailed to the original owner of the account. There is no way to steal the password by using this feature.

You may change your password any time. On the Forum Navigation island, click "Edit Profile". Edit the Password and Verify Password fields and then click "Submit" to save the information. (Keep in mind that passwords are case-sensitive.)

In order to add an image to your message or your signature, you must have the image already available on a web server and reachable by a URL. This can be an image on your own personal web page, for example. To place an image within a message, simply use the following Markup Tag:

[image]http://www.example.com/image_name.gif[/image]

For example, if you have an image called cateye.gif and its available from your own website at http://www.example.com/pics, then you would use the following image markup:

[image]http://www.example.com/pics/cateye.gif[/image]

You can do the same for your signature. Click the My Home option found on any page. Then, under the Your Profile group, click on "Edit Profile". Look for the Signature box, and enter your desired information, including any images/markup as above.

Note: To keep the forums loading quickly for everyone, it is recommended that you do not exceed 35k for your image size.

We ask that you keep your images relatively small. As a rule, please do not exceed 600 x 125 pixels and/or 35k for a signature image. This will ensure that the forums load quickly for all users.

DreamLyrics™ Message Gaming Community Forum Rules

DreamLyrics™ is a place where role-playing gamers from around the world can meet to play games and indulge in idle chit chat. We're sure that you will find it an informal, friendly, kick your shoes off and relax kind of place, and that you will make many friends here. The members here are, on the whole, good natured and kind to strangers and animals.

However, in order to keep this friendly community atmosphere alive, we do have to have certain rules that we all agree to abide by, just like in any other community. These rules are neither a burden nor beyond the bounds of common sense and decency, so we are sure that everyone will be happy to agree to them.

In fact, simply by the act of registering as a member in DreamLyrics™, that is exactly what you do. Agree to abide by the rules. There, that wasn't so difficult now, was it?

The rules will be enforced by the DreamLyrics™ Sysops and staff if necessary. This may be anything from editing or removing an offending message with a brief note of explanation all the way up to expulsion as a member. We're working on eternal damnation, but there are trademark problems involved.

If you have any questions about these rules or DreamLyrics™, please email sysops@dreamlyrics.com.

The Rules

[Please note: In the rules that follow, the terms, DreamLyrics™, the DreamLyrics™ forum, and the forum all refer to the DreamLyrics™ Message Gaming Community Forums, owned and operated by Gypsy.]

1. RESPECT THE OTHER MEMBERS.

   Other members of DreamLyrics™ should be treated to the same respect as you yourself are. Messages posted in the forum are written by other people and do not magically appear out of the aether. These other people have feelings and opinions just as you do and should be treated a such.

   While we all enjoy a good healthy debate, personal attacks on other members or the staff will not be tolerated. Their opinions are just as valid as yours are, even if they are obviously out of their mind, but that's no reason to resort to profanity, name calling, insults, ridicule and other forms of malicious mischief. Nor may you call into question the integrity, character, honesty, intelligence, motives or personal habits of any other member. Disagree, yes, explain to them why they're wrong, sure, but try and keep a civil tongue in your head while doing so.

   Other members' privacy must also be respected. Private messages, emails, names, addresses and any other personal information about other members must not be posted publicly without the other members express permission. It's OK if they reveal things about themselves, but you should keep it quiet. Especially the bit about their sister...

   In fact, this also applies to non-members as well as members. Just don't say anything bad about anyone.

2. DON'T DO ANYTHING ILLEGAL

   You may not promote, plan, or facilitate any illegal activities through the forum under any circumstances. Plain and simple. We aren't interested, we don't want to know, and we might be duty bound to report you to the authorities simply to safeguard our own skins. If you feel you really must do something against the law, go tear that notice off your mattress. And don't tell us about it. Ever!

3. DON'T VIOLATE COPYRIGHT LAW

   This really falls under the umbrella of the previous rule, but it's worth stating separately. You cannot post anything to the forum, either in written form or as an image, to which you do not (a) hold the copyright yourself or (b) have the express permission of the copyright holder to post here.

   The same applies to any trademarked or other proprietary material to which you do not hold the rights.

   In addition, no links posted in a message or forum banner here should point to any material for which you do not hold the rights or have the express permission of the person who does.

   Copyright law is a tricky business, especially on the internet, and there is a lot of misinformation about copyright law around. We're pretty sure you don't want to see us go out of business just because you thought you understood the law, so anything posted here is your responsibility and not DreamLyrics!. Of course, we don't want to lose a good role-player through bankruptcy, so if you have any doubts or questions, ask before posting and we'll be happy to give you our opinion (which is just that, our opinion, and not necessarily correct in any way - we're not copyright lawyers either). If we have any doubts about something you posted, we'll delete first and ask questions later.

   On the other side of this coin, everything that is posted here in the DreamLyrics™ forums remains the copyright of the original poster (assuming they had the copyright in the first place - see above). Pictures and text posted here must not be reproduced in any form without the express consent of the original author of the material.

4. DON'T POST PROFANITY, SEX AND VIOLENCE

   Well, not in a public forum anyway. Anyone who can access the internet can read any message in a public DreamLyrics™ forum. This means children can read it, and there will be registered members who may find such material offensive. As this is the case you should not post any messages or images which contain scenes of graphic violence or sex, or use any profanity or sexually explicit language in your posts.

   As a rough standard of what is and isn't acceptable, ask yourself if you'd let your seven year old daughter watch a TV program with the questionable prose/image in it. (If you don't have a seven year old daughter, try and imagine the situation - this is a role playing forum after all.) If you are in any doubt about what is or isn't acceptable, ask a sysop (but not in a public message for obvious reasons) and they will be happy to advise.

   If you must swear in a public post, use asterisks to blank out all but the first letter of the word or use an acceptable euphemism. For example, if Hell was a word which was unacceptable (which it isn't), you could either write H*** or H-E-Double-Hockey-Sticks.

   For those who want to be free to post whatever they want, we do have an 'adult' role playing section, Behind Closed Doors, where people are free to swear and post sexual and violent scenes. Access is restricted to adults aged 18 and over, and instructions on how to ask for access can be found in the FAQ section.

   Basic message - if it's in a public forum, just keep it clean.

5. DON'T DRIFT OFF TOPIC

   As a courtesy to other members, please try to ensure that your posts are on topic in the thread they are posted to. If you have a post which is starting to drift away from the topic of a thread, start a new one. In addition, try and keep out of character comments separate from games threads. This is not a hard and fast rule which will be rigidly enforced. It's just a common courtesy to others, like saying please and thank you.

6. THE MEMBER INDEMNIFIES DREAMLYRICS™ AGAINST RESULTS OF THE MEMBER'S ACTIONS

   Long words, but what it means is that by becoming a member of DreamLyrics™, you agree to indemnify DreamLyrics™ against any damages, costs or expenses, including legal fees, that may accrue to the DreamLyrics™ as a consequence of any of your activities on the forum. More legal sounding words, but what it boils down to is that if anyone sues DreamLyrics™ for copyright or trademark violation, libel, slander, damages or anything else as a result of something you posted or uploaded here, then you pay the bills and you do the time.

   As you're not going to do anything wrong (are you?), you shouldn't really have to worry about this.

7. DREAMLYRICS™ IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANYTHING

   You join DreamLyrics™ at your own risk. DreamLyrics™ is not liable for any damages or losses which might arise out of your being a member of DreamLyrics™ or out of your participation here.

   DreamLyrics™ can take no responsibility for anything posted in the forums. We will make our best efforts to ensure that messages and pictures are suitable for public viewing where appropriate, that copyright law is not broken, and all the rest, but in the end we're only human, we can't guarantee we'll see and deal with any, much less all, of the problems. So everything posted here remains the sole responsibility of the author, and is nothing whatsoever to do with DreamLyrics™. If you have a problem with something posted here, by all means bring it to our attention and we will see what we can do about it. But if you want to take someone to court, sue the person who posted the information in the first place.

8. DREAMLYRICS™ GIVES NO WARRANTIES

   DreamLyrics™ makes no warranty of any kind, either express or implied, that members will be able to access this forum, that access will be uninterrupted or error-free, or that any particular information will be either available or accurate. Membership to DreamLyrics™ is given on an "as-is" basis, and what you see is what you get.

9. DREAMLYRICS™ IS IN CHARGE

   The owner of DreamLyrics™ is responsible for the forum and what goes on here, so in the end our word is final. DreamLyrics™ reserves the right to terminate the membership of any member or delete any post in a public or private forum without any warning, explanation or recourse. We sincerely hope we won't have to use this power, but we have to have it just in case. A bit like nuclear weapons. Don't make us use it folks.

10. UK LAW WILL APPLY TO DISPUTES

    By registering as a member of DreamLyrics™, you agree that any disputes between DreamLyrics™ and yourself relating to the DreamLyrics™, or arising as a result of your participation in DreamLyrics™, will be governed by the laws of the United Kingdom.

    In the event that a clause in this agreement is found to be unlawful or unenforceable, the remaining clauses will still apply in full.

11. DREAMLYRICS™ CAN CHANGE THE RULES

    DreamLyrics™ can change these rules of membership at any time, without warning. Any changes to the rules will be posted on the Noticeboard. It's our ball, so we make the rules. If you want to make the rules, get your own ball.

12. HAVE FUN

    The most important rule is to have fun. That's why we're here, that's why you're here, and that's why they're here. Now stop reading these boring rules and go do it. Or else.
    

Yes, you'll be missing a trick if you fail to take advantage of the versatility offered. There are many aspects of how the Forums are displayed that may be customized. On the Forum Navigation island, click "Edit Preferences".

You can choose the style in which you wish to view the forums, how many posts are displayed on each page, whether or not you want to view users' pictures alongside their posts, and much more. Once saved, these become your default settings. You may edit these preferences again at anytime.

The first post of a given topic establishes the subject by which all subsequent replies will be known. Once there's been a reply, the topic subject cannot be subsequently changed. It's therefore important to get the subject right from the outset. Make it as descriptive and as specific as possible. For example, "LCD burn-in questions", is much better than something completely generic, such as "Newbie needs help!". Not only is it more likely to elicit a response, but it'll also make it much easier for all posts in the topic to be subsequently located.

One of the key benefits of the discussion forum format is that it enables commonly asked questions to be answered once, for the benefit of all. Before posting your question, it is always worth checking to see if it has already been asked - and answered! You can do this via the Search island. Using the Search island, you can perform a quick keyword search, or click on the "Advanced" button to search by more specific criteria. Various options are available, both for how the search term is specified and for controlling how many forums you want to search. This is where the specificity of topic subjects is important, making it much easier to locate precisely what it is you're after from a list of search results.

It means that you have unread Private Messages. When you hover over this image it should display how many unread Private Messages that you have.

On the "New Message" page, you can type in a new user then press "Add" or you can select them from the "Friend List" dropdown. You can add up to the forum maximum of users (this limit will show on the "Private Messages" page) to the Private Topic.

If the tags are showing up in your text or you're getting a link, but it's to "http:///", you're including some unwanted spaces in the syntax. Avoid any intervening spaces, and everything will work fine.

Users can edit their own posts up to minutes after they are made. Where the change is substantial, it is courteous mark the post as edited so as to alert readers to the changed content. For cosmetic changes, it's better not to do so.

Let the forum Administrator or Moderator know - he/she will be able to move it for you.

There are 2 ways that this can be configured on a per-forum basis. If HTML is On then you will see HTML is On and you can use normal HTML in your posts. If UBBCode is on you will see UBBCode is On.

The following tags are available for your use if UBBCode is enabled:

Text Formatting
[b] text [/b] = Makes the given text bold.
[i] text [/i] = Makes the given text italic.
[u] text [/u] = Underlines the given text.
[s] text [/s] = Will post your text with a line through it (strike through).
[color:red] text [/color] = Makes the given text red.
[color:#4caf50] text [/color] = Makes the given text green. [size:20pt] text [/size] = Will change the size of the text to whatever size value you specify.
[font:Comic Sans MS] text [/font] = Will post your text with the specified font.

Links
[email] smith@example.com [/email] = Makes the given email address clickable.
[email= smith@example.com ] text [/email] = Makes the given email address clickable.
[url] link [/url] = Makes the given url into a link.
[url= link ] title [/url] = Makes the given title into a hyperlink pointing to link.
[img] link [/img] = Embeds an image.

Code Tags & Highlighting
[code] text [/code] = Surrounds the given text with pre format tags.
[php] text [/php] = Passes the text through the PHP Syntax Highlighter
[highlight] text [/highlight] = Will highlight your text.
[spoiler] text [/spoiler] = Will wrap your text in a spoiler container. Users must click a button in order to see this text, thus giving them the ability to specify if they want to read the item.
[spoiler:warning] text [/spoiler] = Will wrap your text in a spoiler container and allow you to specify the warning message displayed. Users must click a button in order to see this text, thus giving them the ability to specify if they want to read the item.

Text and Image Alignment
[align:left|center|right] text [/align] = Will align the text in the direction defined.
[img:left|center|right] Image URL [/img] = Will allow you to allow text to wrap on the specified side of your image.

Misc.
[list]
[*]Item 1
[*]Item 1
[/list] = Makes a bullet list. [list=A] or [list=1] will make order/numbered lists. Other options include: circle, i, I, a, A, 1, disc, square.
[quote] text [/quote] = Surrounds the given text with blockquote and hr's. This UBBCode tag is used for quoting a reply.
[quote=username] text [/quote] = Surrounds the given text with blockquote and hr's. This UBBCode tag is used for quoting a reply. The username specified will be shown as quoted.

Putting a poll in your post is simple.

If polls are enabled, start by creating a new post in a forum. Below the body of your post, you will see a text box that allows you to specify how many polls you want to have in your post and the system will guide you through the rest.

You can change the number of posts displayed on each page by editing your display preferences. You can set this to anything between 1 and 99 posts per page. By default, this is set to 25 posts per page.

Quick Reply is made as a "Quick Response" block, so you can make a response to a post (or thread) before you forget or as you read them. Quick Reply is meant as a "no thrills" response box, as it's just there for a fast/non-formatted response.

Reply however brings you to a "Full Response" page that allows for heavy posting.

You can also click the "Full Reply" button from the Quick Reply box which will forward you (and all of your Quick Reply text) to the Full Reply page.

Quote will quote the users text to the Full Reply page. Quick Quote will quote the users text to the Quick Reply box below the thread.

Click on your Display Name (located in the top-right of every forum page) and select the "Edit Profile" link.

Using Gallery Forums are just like using any other forums... However, you can post images too!

After you create your post (subject and post, both required) you can click on the "Image Manager" link.

Adding images are as easy as:
1. Click "Browse" and a navigation area will appear that shows your computers files, navigate around to locate the image you'd like to upload. Once located, click on the image and select "open"; you can also choose to add a description (note that in v7.2 you do not have the option to change the description once another image is added).
2. If you wish to add another image, repeat step one; otherwise, select "done".

From here, just press submit, and your new "Gallery Posting" should appear for users to comment on your image(s).

When creating a new thread or response, you'll see a "Attachment Manager" link on the "Full Reply" or "New Post" page. When selecting this option you'll receive a popup which will allow you to attach files to your post.

Steps:
1. Click "Attachment Manager" to bring up the "Attachment" window.
2. Click "Browse" to bring up the file browser window; this will allow you to browse your computer for any files or images you wish to upload; please note that you're bound by whatever the "allowed file type" setting is for the forum.
3. Click "Open" on the file you wish to upload.
4. Enter a descriptive caption for that file (optional).
5. Click "Upload" to add another file, or "Done Adding Files" to close the window and complete your posting.

Please note that you must enter some text in both the "subject" and "post" fields when responding otherwise you will receive an error; you cannot just respond with an attachment ;).

Subscribing to a Forum
Enter the Forum and Select "Follow Forum" from the "Forum Options" dropdown.

Subscribing to a Thread
Enter the thread and Select "Follow Thread" option from the "Thread Options" dropdown.

Managing Follow Lists
Select a "Follow Lists" group from the "My Account" menu, from here you can select the type of List that you wish to edit and by clicking the "Edit Followed Threads" (or "Edit Followed Forums" or "Edit Followed Users") link you can remove them or toggle the "Email Notification" option.

Toggling Emailed Follow Lists
See the above "Managing Follow Lists" directions.

Toggling the Default "Email Followed List" Options
Select "Preferences" from the "My Account" menu. From here you can manage the "By default should anything added to your Follow Lists be emailed to you?" option.

Emailing a Post or Thread
To email a post, simply navigate to the post and select "email post" from the bottom set of buttons (near reply, quote, notify, etc).

From this "email post" screen, you can select to mail yourself:
Just this post
This post and all replies
The entire thread

Emailing a Private Topic
When viewing a Private Message, simply click the "Email Topic" button from the bottom set of buttons (near reply, quote, etc).

RSS Feeds for Forums
For forums that have an RSS Feed configured for them, you can enter the forum and select the feed link from the "Forum Options" dropdown.

My Feeds
If the administration has enabled the "RSS Feeds" option, you can manage RSS feeds from the "RSS Feeds" link in the "My Account" dropdown in the navigation area.

From the RSS Feeds area you can see all of the RSS Feeds available to you, including all of the forums that have individual feeds. You will also be able to retrieve the feeds for your inbox and the global feeds for recent topics. Please note that these may or may not be available based on admin preferences.

The username colors generally specify a users status. Some select users can can also have special colors signified by the Administration.

The default user status colors are:
Administration
Global Moderator
Moderator
Search Engine Robot

The numbers in parenthesis indicate how many new topics (or posts) have been made since your last visit to the forums.