Welcome to the ACCA dbRacing discussion forum.

Online forums, message boards, and newsgroups are powerful communication tools that offer many strong benefits, including:

Our goal is to simply form a strong community of enthusiastic users and encourage discussions about or related to Dragon Boating. Below you will find answers to the most common Forum questions:

Community Participation

Browsing and Searching

Posting Messages

User Groups & Permissions

For additional information or unresolved Forum Problems, please E-Mail the Forum Administrator

How does the Community Forum work?
The Community Forum provides a place for people to exchange ideas, seek advise, solicit opinions, and to ask for assistance. At its heart are the message boards, where members post questions and answers.

Due to spam abuse, you must register to post in the forums.

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What is my role in the Community?
You are essential to the Community. By posting questions and sharing answers, or just passing along your own tips and insights, you become part of a virtual support network extending across literally hundreds of thousands of potential users.

We encourage you visit often and participate.

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What is my responsibility in the Community?
We want the Community Forum to be appropriate, friendly, informative, and fun for all users. The Community Forum Terms of Service () sets forth Rules and Guidelines so that you know what is expected of you, and what you can expect from other participants, when using the Forum.

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Why should I register?
Registration allows you to fully participate in the Community Forum. If you register, you'll be able to:

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What can I do if I don't register?
Even if you don't register, you can still browse and read designated public Forum messages as a "guest". You just can't interact with the other members or personalise the way boards are displayed.

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How do I register?
To create an account you will need to visit the Registration page and complete the form for creating a new account. Here you will specify details such as your login name and email address.

Information relating to registration, logging in and passwords can be found in our FAQ's, (click here).

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How are the message boards organised?
The community is divided up into different categories which are based on broad topics. Each category contains boards which get more specific about the topic or subject. Find the category and message board title that best describes your question or comment.

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How do I search for information?
To search the Forum, type keywords for your topic into the Search Forum text box and hit enter. (This text box is located near the top right hand side of most pages.) A page of search results will be displayed. Browse the search results in the same manner you would a message board.

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How do I set my Forum viewing preferences?
There are a number of display preferences you can set for your Forum experience. To modify:

1. Log into the Forum.
2. Click
3. Make any changes you wish.
   • -- Select your viewing preference
   • -- Create a signature
   • -- Select an avatar
4. Click Save Changes.

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Setting preferred View Type?
This option sets the default format for all boards in the community. This option can be overridden in individual boards and by registered users.

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What is a "thread?"
When one or more people reply to a particular message, a "thread" is created. A thread is a series of posts that go together. If you've ever heard of someone "following the thread of a conversation," you get the idea.

If you post a new message, then that starts a new thread. If you reply to an existing message, then that message becomes part of the original message's thread.

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What is a sticky Thread?
A sticky () topic is a special post that causes a post to sort to the top of a forum.

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What is a Locked Thread?
A locked () thread is a special post that does not allow replies. Once an administrator/moderator locks a thread no more posts are allowed.

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Why can’t I access a forum I know exists?
If you are attempting to access a forum that you know exists, but can't find it. The first cause could be that the forum you are attempting to access is private and you are not signed in. The second cause could be that the forum requires the registered user to also be a paid up club member. The third cause could be that the forum has been removed.
Refer to, How does the Community Forum work?

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How do I post a message?
To post a message, choose one of the available forum topics and click the button (located above and below each forum). On the post message page you will see a Subject area and a Body area. Please make sure you choose a meaningful title for the thread, so that it can be found later through the search function. When you are happy with your message, click the Submit Post button. Your message will be added to forum and everyone will be able to read it.

If you do not see the New Topic image button you may not have enough permissions – even after logging in – to post a message to the forum even though you are allowed to view the forum.

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How do I reply to a message?
To reply to a message, use the button (located at the base of the thread) to write a response to a particular post. You'll see a screen similar to the Post Message screen. There are a few differences:

If you do not see the Reply or Quote image buttons when viewing a post you either do not have permissions to reply or the post may not allow replies.

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What is boardcode?
Boardcode are special tags that will allow you to format your messages. Currently, Joomlaboard supports links, bold, italic, bold, "quoted" text, img, size, list and colored text. The tags are used as follows:

[b]Bold[/b] will produce Bold

[i]Italic[/i] will produce Italic

[u]Underline[/u] will produce Underline

[size=4]Size[/size] will produce Size

[color=#FF0000]Red[/color] will produce Red

[img=150]link to image[/img] will produce a image with a width off 150 pixels.
Please remember you can go to a maximum width of 499 pixels.

[ul][li]item 1[/li][/ul] will produce an unordered list, but please keep in mind you'll have to insert
the [li][/li] tags around the list items. See example below.

The [ol] tag will produce a similar list, but ordered (with numbers):

[code]some code here[/code] will produce

//Some code here

while ($adversary=='Neo')

{

 fork(agent_Smith);

}

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How do I use subscriptions?
If you add a board, thread, or message to your subscriptions, the system will send you an e-mail every time someone posts to the board, or replies to the message or thread.

To add a board to your Subscriptions

1. Log into the Forum.
2. Go to the board to which you want to subscribe.
3. Click on the button (located on the bottom left side).

1. Log into the Forum.
2. Open the message to which you want to subscribe to.
3. Click on the button (located on the bottom left side).

To view or delete your Subscriptions, click , and page down to subscriptions.

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What are Permissions?
Permissions control what you are or are not allowed to do while browsing the site. The permissions you are granted control all aspects of your view within our website.

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What Are Moderators?
Moderators () oversee specific forums. They generally have the ability to edit () and delete () posts, move () threads, and perform other manipulations. Becoming a moderator for a specific forum is usually rewarded to users who are particularly helpful and knowledgeable in the subject of the forum they are moderating.

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What is a Role or User Group?
A user group, also known as a role, is grouping of common users for the purpose of assigning permissions. In addition to common permission assignment a role can also be used to display an image for a user in that role. Roles make the job of administering and moderating the site easier since users can be assigned to roles and then permission applied based on those roles.

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How do I join a Role or User Group?
Users are assigned to user groups by the administrator. If there is a particular group you wish to join, please contact the Web Master more information.

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We are here to help
If you are new to the Forums and are unsure about anything, just ask! The moderators and other participants are always happy to help.

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