M Gravlee
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Posting To post a new topic just click on the "new topic" tab. To post a reply to a specific message, just click on the "quote" button in the message to which you are replying and type in your reply. If you are replying to the topic in general and not a specific post just click on the "post reply" tab at the top of the messages. No Advertising Allowed! Use our free classified ads for your ads. http://ranchers.net/classifieds.htm
Search Use the "Search" tab at the top of the page to find the topic you are interested in reading more about.
Register! The boards are much more useful if you are registered and logged in. Just click the "Register" tab at the top of the page. Quick, free, easy. Check the "Log me on automatically each visit:" box and you will not have to relogin every visit.
PM (Private Message) To send a PM just click the PM button in a post. When you send a message it stays in your Outbox until the person reads it, then it automatically goes to your Sent box. That way you can tell when it is read. You only have a limited amount of space in your Inbox and Outbox so you need to delete old messages on a regular basis. Access everything by clicking on the Inbox tab at the top of the page.
Posting an image is not complicated. The picture already has to be posted somewhere on the Internet. You can get a free account at http://photobucket.com/ and upload pictures from your digital camera or scanner. Just find the image on the Internet you want to post, right click on it and left click on Properties. Copy the location Address (URL) shown for the image. Then click the yellow Img button above your message, paste the URL of the picture you copied and then click the Img button again. And you have your picture.
Automatic Login
1. Make sure you have the 'Log me on automatically each visit:' box checked in the login window.
2. Make sure that you have not set your computer to not remember passwords. And when you login and the computer asks "Do you want the Password Manager to remember this logon" answer "Yes".
3. Make sure you have not changed your browser's default setting and disabled cookies. A cookie is required for auto login.
4. If you login on a different computer (like your wife's or the one at work) without logging out on the first one the cookies get scrambled and don't work right.
5. The program automatically logs you out after 60 minuites of no activity to reduce server load and number of connections. This should be no problem if you have the auto login box checked.
FAQ Use the "FAQ" (Frequently Asked Questions) tab at the top of the page to learn more about the Boards. It will answer most of your questions.
