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Eulalia

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A warm CruxForums welcome to all our New Members!

However you found us, it’s great to have you here.
Our Forums provide a safe place in which adults can enjoy their shared interest in the erotic aspects of Crucifixion etc.
Below this message you’ll see:
CruxForums Guide for New Members.
It’s our ‘Welcome Pack’
(and Members who’ve been here for some time will find
there’s lots in it that’s useful for all of us! ;))
 
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CRUXFORUMS: GUIDE FOR NEW MEMBERS

Welcome, and thankyou for joining CruxForums! Our Forums provide a safe place in which adults can enjoy their shared interest in the erotic aspects of Crucifixion, along with BDSM and erotic Fantasy Art and Writing. We welcome a wide range of photos, videos, imaginative artwork, reproductions of historical documents and artworks, and other visual images on these topics. We welcome discussion of these topics, historical inquiry into them, imaginative stories and poems, jokes and banter.

There are three sections in the General Forum:
  • Announcements,,
  • Technical Questions,
  • and a place for links to pay sites.
There are four sections in the Crux Forum for topics involving crucifixion:
  • Crucified Women: members' original artwork
  • Crucifixion: discussions and other crux topics
  • Members' own Crux stories and poems
  • [CF] Pics and Videos from the internet, etc.
There are two sections in the BDSM Forum, sponsored by ‘Slaves in Love’:
  • Mainly Poems and Stories
  • Pics
And there are three sections in the Fantasy Forum
  • Fantasy Forum unlimited
  • Fantasy Stories and Poems: members' own original work
  • Fantasy Art and Images: members' own original work
And there is The Forum Archive (tab on top bar, and see section F below) where great picture collections, videos and stories that have appeared on the Forums are collected in downloadable pdf form (with all the intervening banter edited out!)

The site is closely affiliated with the Cruxdreams website www.cruxdreams.com,
and there is also a Cruxdreams Forum here on our site with two sections:
  • Updates
  • News and Questions
CruxForums site is free to use by members, but it is not free to run! We encourage all members who can to help us cover the costs by contributing to our fund (see the bottom of this message, and more information in C below), and also to observe our limits on uploading images, gifs and videos, which, if we're not careful, can incur excess usage charges (see E below).

Please introduce yourself to other members in the ‘New Here’ thread:
http://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/new-here.1398/

Note that there is a limit of 10,000 characters per post
(see E below for How to Post Images)

The site will keep a tally of the number of messages you post, and the number of likes you receive. As you post messages and receive likes you will receive ‘Trophy Points’, and your title will progress from ‘Condemned’, through ‘Onlooker’, ‘Spectator’, ‘Guard’, ‘Assistant Executioner’ and ‘Executioner’. If you contribute to life of the Forums with great images, exciting stories, or just enjoyable conversation, in time you'll be offered a chance to choose your own 'custom title'.
 
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A. RULES AND CONDITIONS

Members of this Forum must be 18 years of age or older.


Any individual member may only use one account, one username
(unless special permission has been granted).

The providers ("we", "us", "our") of the service provided by this web site ("Service") are not responsible for any user-generated content ("content"). Any content posted only expresses the views of the author.

You, the user, agree to not use the Service to post or link to any content which: is defamatory, abusive, hateful or threatening, is spam or spam-like, contains personal information about any other person(s), risks copyright infringement, encourages unlawful activity, or may expose the Service to any risk of criminal charges or other legal proceedings.[1]

You should not submit any content that you consider to be private or confidential.

You accept and agree to adhere to our policies as set out below:

Child Pornography

Child pornography is despicable, it could cause our forum to be closed, and it could lead to criminal proceedings against those responsible.

'Child pornography' includes any photos, videos, digital manips, drawings etc. etc. that appear to portray abuse of under-18s, or any sort of sexual activity involving or witnessed by under-18s (whether or not under-18s have actually taken part in the production).

We do NOT tolerate ANY content relating to underage characters engaged in any way with sexual or violent activity - including simply witnessing it. This includes pictures, videos, stories, or links to other sites. Such content will be deleted and those posting it risk a ban, not to mention the fact that you are breaking the law in most countries.

Pestering and Stalking

Pestering of members will not be tolerated. Any member who pesters or stalks another member will be banned.

Copyright.

Pirated copyrighted material could get our site closed, it must not be posted.

Small samples of copyright material or material from pay sites may be permitted, but their source and copyright status must be acknowledged. These may be used as ‘tasters’ to another site, but CruxForums must not be used for free access to material that is under the copyright control of its original author or website. Reproducing a whole series from another website will not be permitted.

We reserve the right to use and publish any content posted on CruxForums within that site as we see fit, so we may copy, move or modify that content at our sole discretion.

If you publish your content on the forum, you grant forum owners rights to this content.

Language

Users from all countries and speakers of all languages are welcome, but the language of the Forums is English. Posts on the public Forums in languages other than English will be deleted.

Policy on political and other irrelevant posts

Arguments about politics and other irrelevant topics have no place on this site, they will just drive people away, so they will be deleted.

Faked porn images of people who are currently well-known and certainly wouldn't want to feature on a site like this (nor would their lawyers and agents be happy about it) are not allowable.

Policies on the portrayal of Crucifixion, other forms of Execution, Torture or ill-treatment, BDSM, and hard-core sadistic pornography.

Our Forums provide a safe place in which adults can enjoy their shared interest in the erotic aspects of Crucifixion etc. We welcome a wide range of photos, videos, imaginative artwork, reproductions of historical documents and artworks, and other visual images on these topics. We welcome discussion of these topics, historical inquiry into them, imaginative stories and poems, jokes and banter.

The wide range of material we welcome is illustrated in the Archive.

But there are certain limits, which must be observed:

First, it should go without saying that any people in photos or videos acting out Crucifixion or taking part in BDSM or similar activities must be freely consenting adults. If Moderators have any doubts about this, the images will be deleted.

We do not allow images or videos which portray real life crux-play using nails, or any content that encourages or assists such activity, which is likely to cause serious, permanent injury or even death, and which could lead to criminal charges.

Likewise, we do not allow videos or images of real people engaged in forms of so-called BDSM which are stupid and dangerous, and could well lead to serious injury or death, or to criminal charges, nor do we allow posts that encourage or assist such activities. And we do not allow discussion of methods of suicide, or any subject-matter that might encourage self-harm.

The subject matter of our Forums entails portrayals of cruelty and violence, and the range of acceptable content is wide. However, we are not, and do not intend to become, an "open house" site for all kinds of hard-core sadistic pornography.

Examples of content that is not wanted and will not be allowed include:

· Portrayals that focus excessively on mutilation or dismemberment (body parts being, or having been, cut or ripped off);

· Realistic portrayals, or serious discussion, of cannibalism, bestiality, or necrophilia;

· Photos or videos of real people dying or dead, or of actual atrocities;

- Actual or realistic portrayals of suicide;

- Links to, or recommendations for, sites that offer material of kinds not permitted here.

Note: Members are advised to familiarise themselves with the law in their country of residence relating to pornographic material.


Rights and duties of Staff Members/ Moderators.


All Content you submit or upload may be reviewed by staff members. We reserve the right to remove or modify any content without explanation. It is the duty of Moderators to ensure that these Rules and Conditions are observed, and the standards and quality of the site maintained. Moderators will therefore warn you if you are infringing, or are close to infringing, these Rules, and remove or modify any Content which, in their judgement, is in breach of the rules.

Requests for Content to be removed or modified will be dealt with by Moderators at their sole discretion. Content once posted on the site may only be deleted by Moderators. Any request from a user to delete his/ her own content will be dealt with by Moderators at their sole discretion.

Banning users.

The Moderators' decisions are final.
Whatever the 'rights and wrongs' in any case, abusive language directed at other members, or at staff, will not be tolerated. We reserve the right to take action against any account with the Service at any time. You will be banned and barred from access to the site if you:
  • flagrantly break any rule (e.g. by posting child pornography), ·
  • persistently attempt to post content in breach of the Rules, ·
  • provoke quarrels, engage in public dispute with Moderators, or act in ways which spoil others' enjoyment of the site.

Spamming and Scamming

Users who seek to join or use CruxForums for purposes of freely promoting or advertising goods, services, or material without the permission of CruxForums staff, or who seek to target the members in order to defraud or mislead them will be banned or refused admission.


Posting images and videos

To limit our site's costs, we have to enforce these rules:
  • a limit of 5 image posts per person per day per thread. Exceptions: Illustrated stories which can contain up to 10 images per post but only one such post per thread per day and limit each pic to 400KB. The 400 KB limit now applies to AI generated images. However artists may incorporate AI generated elements into their creations which come under the 2MB limit.Gifs but no larger than 2MB. No more than 1 per thread per day.
  • Image sizes no larger than 400Kb. Exceptions: PNGs in the CMCK thread (Crucifixion Manipulation Construction Kit) and original work by member artists where the limit will be 2 Mb for a max of 5 pics. Any image hosted externally.
  • Images must be uploaded as thumbnails, not full-size.
  • No videos to be uploaded. Exceptions. Videos hosted externally on sites such as IMGUR.
  • Members should try to avoid posting images that they find elsewhere on CruxForums, or repeating images in the same thread.
We do allow full-size images that are hosted on other servers, as these incur no usage charges to the site. However,
  • the source of linked material should be stated, and the artist/ author credited;
  • members must make sure not to post links to sites that may introduce pop-ups, illegal content, or malware, adware etc.
  • images or texts containing links to paysites must only be posted in the 'Links to Paysites' section.
Members are welcome to post images that are not their own work if they are relevant to our themes of Crux, BDSM and erotic Fantasy. These may illustrate stories, contribute to discussions, inspire or amuse fellow members. However, members have the responsibility:
  • to ensure that content posted will not attract unwanted attention, or risk legal proceedings or other action against the site.
  • to make a reasonable effort to identify and credit the artist/ source of any images sourced from the internet.
'Curated collections' of good-quality images relevant to our themes are welcome, but bulk uploading of miscellaneous , uncredited material is not acceptable.

URL links to other sites:

  • links to paysites may only be posted in the Links to Paysites section;
  • Links to other sites may not be included in members' signature strips;
  • occasional links to 'safe' sites that are of genuine, relevant interest may be permitted, but the Forums are not to be used as a platform for persistent, repeated posting of links to other sites;
  • Moderators reserve the right to delete any links to sites that may introduce pop-ups, illegal content, or malware, adware etc.
Videos can also incur substantial excess usage costs. While short videos and clips may be uploaded, links to YouTube or other sites where they can be viewed are preferable. Videos may be streamed from other sites (if not in breach of copyright), but the above provisions apply to videos as to images.

CruxForums is not a site for hosting videos, or links to videos, on mainline porn sites. Occasionally a link to a video on such a site may be acceptable in context, e.g. contributing to a discussion, but even then there is no need to upload it.

Moderators reserve their rights:
  • to withhold approval, close threads or delete content if in their judgement these standards are not met.
  • to down-size or remove images that make excessive demands on site usage, or take up disproportionate space within threads, and to remove links to sites that may introduce content that is unacceptable on this site, or may introduce threats to members' devices.

Any of the above Rules may be changed at any time.
 
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B. PRIVACY AND POLITENESS

What can I do to protect my anonymity, and guard myself from unwanted attention?

We strongly advise you to check your Privacy Settings. Put the cursor over your name at the right-hand end of the top bar (if a drop-down menu does not appear, click) then click 'Privacy'. In the option boxes to restrict who can view your details or contact you select 'Members Only', or even just 'People You Follow'. Note well: the default settings, if you leave them unchanged, allow anyone who finds CruxForums to see your Profile and other activity of yours, without even registering.

On the same drop-down menu, you can go to your Profile Page, and to your Personal Details. Check these frequently, delete anything on them that could compromise your privacy, or is just out-of-date or no-one else's business.

Apart from that, and the obvious advice not to post information about yourself on public threads, you can:
  • use a user name, password and avatar for CruxForums that you don't use for any other purpose (see section E),
  • use a browser that you don't use for any other purpose,
  • use an e-mail account that you don't use for any other purpose,
  • use an e-mail service provider that you don't use for any other purpose,
  • even use a computer that you don't use for any other purpose (and isn't networked to, or sharing any data with, any other computer)!
We recommend you check the privacy, access and linking settings on your browser, and on any accounts that are likely to give access to information to others about you and your activities (e.g. Google+).
If you use social media (Facebook etc.), you need to be aware how easily any links you make between those media and this site can become public.
If your security system has a 'do not track' option, you can use this to block the 'trackers' that collect and pass on information about your activities.
If you post links to videos that are stored on your own YouTube (or other video-sharing) account, you need to be aware that users of, and even visitors to, this site can access other content on your account via the link. The default setting on YouTube is "Public". You can post discreetly however by clicking on "Public" which will then turn to "Unlisted". This means only members of this Forum can see it.
So we strongly recommend that you keep a separate, "anonymous" account reserved for your CruxForums related activity/ content.

Dating

I'd like to get to know an individual member better, can I invite him/ her to get in touch?

Yes, you can. But CruxForums is not a dating site. So make contact by sending a polite Private Message. Don't use public threads or members' profile pages.

How do I send a Private Message? Just click on the member's avatar, an 'ID card' appears, click on 'start a conversation'.

What if I receive an invitation from another member to get to know them better? Of course, whether you accept or refuse is up to you. But be careful. We strongly advise you not to send photos of yourself , email address or any other personal details, even if they've sent (what they say are) theirs, until you're sure you can trust the correspondent. Use PMs till
you're quite sure.

If you accept such an invitation and then something happens that makes you regret it, pull out quick, take the advice given below, and let us know what's happened.

What can I do if I send a member an invitation and s/he refuses? Nothing. End of story.

Pestering will not be tolerated.

Pestering and Stalking


What should I do if I see a post on an open thread that I find offensive?

Report it. Just click 'report' at the bottom left of the post. A window will appear where you can add a comment if you wish, then click to send in the report. Moderators will investigate, we may or may not agree that action is needed, but we'll let you know what we decide to do.

What should I do if I get a post on my Profile Page that I find offensive, or I just don't want?
  1. Report it, as above.
  2. Delete it.
  3. If you don't want any more attention from the member who's sent it, go to his/ her Profile Page (click on their avatar, then click 'Profile Page'), then click Ignore at top right. This will block that member from posting on your Profile or sending you PMs.
What should I do if I get a Private Message that I find offensive or I just don't want?
  1. Report it, as above.
  2. Click Leave Conversation at top right of the conversation thread.
  3. Ignore the member who sent it, as above.
What should I do if I'm worried or unhappy about anything that's happening on CruxForums?

Send a Private Message to one (or more) of the moderators – ImageMaker, Melissa, Erin the Brave, Eulalia, Admihoek, Helmut, The Hanging Tree, Barbaria, Madiosi, Wragg134, Jollyrei, or Phlebas. Find one of our avatars, click on it, on the ID card that appears click on 'Start a Conversation'.

No member of CruxForums should have to put up with offensive behaviour, unwanted attention or stalking.

Any member who posts offensively, or pesters or stalks another member, will be banned.

Etiquette


It's okay (even desirable, given that our site is a forum) to reply to posts on any open thread, try to keep on-topic if there's a discussion, and in stories or series of pictures, only post comments that are relevant, such as compliments or constructive criticism or imaginative responses;

If you're unhappy with replies to posts in a thread you've started, ask the members in a polite and friendly way not to disrupt the thread;

If that doesn't work, contact staff by clicking 'Report' on the post you're unhappy with, or send staff members a Private Message (open a conversation with any staff member);

Whatever the 'rights and wrongs' in such a case, abusive language directed at other members, or at staff, will not be tolerated
(see Rules and Conditions above)

Responding to posts

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Members earn 'points' according to the response of other members to their posts. As shown in the image above, your response can add to or subtract from a member's score or leave it unchanged.

The image also shows the 'Reply', 'Quote' or 'Report' options.
 
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C
:love: PLEASE HELP CRUXFORUMS :love:

CruxForums has been free for all members since the site began in 2005, and the site-owner, ImageMaker, is determined that it will remain so. However,
  • it is only free for us because ImageMaker pays the monthly and annual usage charges for using the hosting company and XenForo, who provide an excellent platform for our forum;
  • initially, Cruxforums was supported by income from the CruxDreams paysite, but now that site's earnings only cover its own costs, and only a small part of the proceeds goes to fund the Forums;
  • so keeping CruxForums free to all does depend on voluntary contributions from members willing and able to support.

Contributions can be made through PayPal. Click on the blue DONATE box at the side of the page. (Circled in red in the 1st figure in section G) The minimum donation that can be handled is $1 and all donations are welcome. However, the best way is to pledge a regular monthly subscription to support ImageMaker with the running costs of the forum. You can subscribe between $5 a month and $50 per month: simply place your cursor over your name at top right and select 'Account Upgrades' from the drop-down menu. An account can be easily opened in any participating country. When using Paypal you need to

  • Make a payment and NOT a request to receive funds!
  • Preferably pay in $US (not absolutely necessary, but it works out more simply and cheaply)

All donations are confidential and cannot be linked to any particular member.

Progress of the fund each month is signalled on the thermometer to the right of the home page, and in more detail in the thread 'help the Forums':
https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/help-the-forum.4956/page-50
Members who donate are thanked there by their member-names, but may opt to remain anonymous.

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D. HOW TO POST AN AVATAR

When you first join your avatar image will be a simple symbol with the first letter of your member name. But it will greatly help both you and the other members if you could choose an avatar for yourself.

Just find any pic on the Forums or elsewhere on the net and download it - click to see it full size, then right click and select 'save image as', choose where you want to store it on your system, and click 'save'.

Or there are lots on this thread you can download and use, but note that several of these are now in use. :

https://www.cruxforums.com/xf/threads/some-avatars-you-could-use.953/post-11224

Once you've got a suitable pic to use for your avatar stored on your computer, it's quite easy.

1 Click on your name near the right end of the top bar

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2 then on 'Account details',
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3 then on the avatar box on the page that comes up,
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4 click 'Choose File':
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5 which will bring up your own hard disk directory, where you find and double-click on your chosen pic.
Then click 'Okay'

Your new avatar should appear in the Avatar box.

If it doesn't, it's probably because the pic's unsuitable in some technical way, you may need to try one or two others.

Banner - the image that displays behind your name can be created/modified by opening your profile and clicking on “edit profile banner”.

If you have any further problems, do contact any staff member -the home page shows which staff are online at any time -
click on their avatar, then on 'Start a Conversation' on the ID card that comes up.
 
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E. POSTING IMAGES

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Fig 1: Uploading / linking images

To upload an image from your computer, use the 'Attach files' button at bottom left,
then select the thumbnail option

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Fig 2: Thumbnails


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Fig 3: After you’ve clicked ‘thumbnail’ the thumbnail image will appear in the message.

Please credit the artists/ makers of any images you post.

You can now click ‘Post Reply’.

Please note, the site is subject to usage limits, the site-owner incurs significant extra charges if these are exceeded;
to keep our usage charges under control, we apply these rules:

1. We ask members to please upload images as thumbnails, not full-size.
Thumbnails can easily be opened by members: click on the image to open full-size in slideshow, or right-click and open in a new tab (where you can usually enlarge the image further).

2. We apply a limit of 5 image posts per person per day per thread.
Exceptions:
  • Illustrated stories which can contain up to 10 images per post but only one such post per thread per day
  • Gifs: no more than 1 per thread per day.
3. Image sizes must be no larger than 400Kb.
(See below for helpful information on how to downsize large images to meet this standard)
Exceptions:
  • Any image hosted externally (but see below)
  • The following may be up to, but not more than, 2MB:
    • Artists' own original work.
    • Gifs.
    • PNGs in the Crucifixion Manipulation Construction Kit (CMCK) thread.
4. AI-generated images:
The 400 KB limit applies to AI-generated images on open threads. However artists may incorporate AI generated elements into their original creations subject to the 2MB limit, and they may submit AI-generated work of good quality up to 2MB in the sections reserved for members' original work, where it will be subject to moderators' approval.

Moderators reserve the right to down-size or remove images that make excessive demands on site usage, or take up disproportionate space within threads, and to remove links to sites that may introduce content that is unacceptable on this site, or may introduce threats to members' devices.

5. Images sourced from elsewhere on the internet.
Members are welcome to post images that are not their own work if they are relevant to our themes of Crux, BDSM and erotic Fantasy. These may illustrate stories, contribute to discussions, inspire or amuse fellow members. However, members have the responsibility
  • to ensure that content posted will not attract unwanted attention, or risk legal proceedings or other action against the site.
  • to make a reasonable effort to identify and credit the artist/ source of any images sourced from the internet.
'Curated collections' of good-quality images relevant to our themes are welcome, but bulk uploading of miscellaneous , uncredited material is not acceptable.

Members should try to avoid posting images that they find elsewhere on CruxForums, or repeating images in the same thread.

6. Images linked from external websites
We do allow full-size images that are hosted on other servers, as these incur no usage charges to the site.

However,
  • please state the source of linked material (e.g. "Image hosted on Imgur"), and credit the artist/ author;
  • please make sure not to post links to sites that may introduce pop-ups, illegal content, or malware, adware etc.
  • images or texts containing links to paysites must only be posted in the 'Links to Paysites' section.

7. URL links to other sites: occasional links to 'safe' sites that are of genuine, relevant interest may be permitted, but the Forums are not to be used as a platform for persistent, repeated posting of links to other sites. Moderators reserve the right to delete any links to sites that may introduce pop-ups, illegal content, or malware, adware etc.

8. Videos can incur substantial excess usage costs, so uploading them is not permitted. Videos hosted externally on other sites may be inserted, and URL links to sites where they may be viewed (e.g. YouTube), but the above provisions apply to videos as to images.

CruxForums is not a site for hosting videos, or links to videos, on mainline porn sites. Occasionally a link to a video on such a site may be acceptable in context, e.g. contributing to a discussion, but even then there is no need to upload it.

Forum staff reserve the right to withhold approval, close threads or delete content if in their judgement these standards are not met. However, we would prefer not to have to do this: the success and enjoyment of CruxForums depends on the goodwill and co-operation of our active membership, and we are grateful to all those who help maintain our site’s unique character.



If you have any doubts about the acceptability of material you want to post
(e.g. its content, usage load or on-screen dimensions)
or any problems with posting images, do contact any staff member.
 
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F. THE ARCHIVE

The archive can be found here:

http://www.CruxForums.com/xf/resources/

Or by clicking on the button shown in figure 5 in section G below.

The archive page will then open

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The archive contains material (mainly) by CruxForums members, and the main advantage of it is that it allows you to read the original story, or view the original images, without the intervening ‘chatter’ that is such a feature of CruxForums.

You can download the stories in pdf format from the archive. If you would prefer epub or mobi, then there is this thread:

http://www.CruxForums.com/xf/threads/crux-forums-e-book-library.4744/
 
G. FINDING YOUR WAY AROUND

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Finding your way around

The CruxForums screens may appear with either a white background, as here, or with a black background, as below. You can switch between the two using the ‘default / blackend’ button shown below.

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Changing screen colour

Returning to the first image above, we saw how to donate (red ring) in section D, and we learned about the archive in section F.

On the top right are three buttons. On the right is the alert button, which shows a red flag when you have alerts. You can set your own alert preferences, as we shall shortly see. Hovering over the button triggers a drop down list, you can select one if you wish. The flag will disappear. Clicking the button displays the alerts in a new page.

The next is ‘inbox’, and this shows a red flag when you have an unread conversation. This time, the flag will not disappear until you have checked all your conversations. Conversations are entirely private between you and the other participant(s), they are not visible to other members, non-members, or moderators (unless a post in a conversation is reported)

Then there is a button with your username, hovering over that will bring down this box, as we saw in section E:

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Profile drop down menu.

Personal details, contact details, privacy, and password were dealt with in section C, and Avatar in section E.

Preferences: Here you can set some of your site preferences:

· Whether other users can see if you are online (you will appear in the users online list on the right of the forums page, and a little green flag will appear on your avatar.)

· Whether user’s signatures appear or not

· You can also set the blackend / default style

· Your time zone.

· Whether your profile card shows what you are viewing

· Whether threads you create or post on become ‘watched threads’

Alert preferences: Here there are a set of check boxes which allow you to choose when you receive alerts, and whether you receive them on site only or by email. If you don’t want to receive an alert, say, every time someone likes one of your posts, you can simply uncheck that box. It is entirely up to you.

Following

Before we can go further, we have to understand a site feature called ‘following’. This is similar to following on Twitter, you can select members whose posts interest you, and, using the ‘News Feed’, see what their activity has been on all threads throughout the forums.

In order to follow someone, click on their name or avatar, and a profile card will open:

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Profile card.

The profile card gives a short summary of that member, but from it you can visit their profile page, start a private conversation with them, or follow them (arrowed). Hovering over the button will tell you whether or not they are following you. In this example, that button says ‘unfollow’, therefore this member is already being followed by the author.

Following people has a few benefits:

· You can see on the forum front page whether they are online or not

· You can follow their activity using the news feed (Fig 12)

· It can also be used as a mark of respect towards that member.

News Feed: Now we understand following, we can understand the news feed.

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News Feed.

Conversations and Alerts we’ve seen.

Likes you’ve received: will record and show every single like that you receive, who gave it to you, and when.

Your content: Brings up a list of every post you’ve made, most recent first. (You can also access this from your main profile page, and from there you can also access a list of all the threads you’ve posted.

People you follow brings up an alphabetic list of those you follow, with the option to unfollow any of them. We saw how to ignore people in section B.

Account upgrades: You can, if you wish, upgrade your account by paying a regular monthly subscription to support ImageMaker with the running costs of the forum.You can subscribe between $5 a month and $50 per month, the latter will make you ImageMaker’s Best Friend!

Two Step verification: Imagine if somebody was to hack into your CruxForums account. They could do considerable damage to the site, to you, and to your reputation. You should keep your login details very secure, use different passwords, etc, as explained above. Two-stage verification enables an additional code to be sent to an app or an e-mail address, to further enhance the security of the login process.

Watched threads: Under the default settings, you will automatically watch threads that you have started or upon which you have posted. The ‘watched threads’ button will open a page which will display the 20 most recently updated of your watched threads. At the bottom of that page is a button which displays all of your watched threads.

New Posts: This will display a list of all the threads with new messages in them.

Mark Forums Read: Just as you can mark all the messages in your e-mail inbox as read, without actually reading them, so you can either mark all the messages in a particular forum as read, or all the messages across the forums.

Participation?

CruxForums is a friendly forum. You are not obliged to participate, indeed many people simply come here to read the stories or see the images, and having done that, go on their way happy. And that is excellent, but please, if you can, do leave a like, or better still a comment, so that artists and authors can get to know what people do or don’t like about what they’ve done.

This little guide is by no means exhaustive, and there is still more to discover about the site, but we hope that it will assist you to have an enjoyable and safe time exploring the Crux Forums.

Above all – have fun!
 
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