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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, Watch 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 watch 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 board 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 scream@no.spam.yahoo.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 Username (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 Username (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 board.)
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 postcount. 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.
0 dormant
1 New Member
50 WB Lurker
250 WB Chatterbox
500 Weddingbeller
1000 WB Devotee
2500 WB Addict
5000 WB Postaholic
10000 WB Raving Lunatic
15000 WB Guru
25000 Queen of the Forum
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.url_to_image.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.mywebsite.com/pics, then you would use the following image markup:
[image]http://www.mywebsite.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 Main Configuration heading, click on "Personal Information, email, password...". 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.
Weddingbells.ca Message Board Community Rules
Here at Weddingbells.ca we are dedicated to providing a polite and fun community where brides can openly discuss their wedding planning process and share information and ideas. As with any internet community, there are a few basic rules that must be followed to ensure that your Weddingells.ca online community experience is a safe and good one.
Our message boards are moderated on a regular basis and are strictly governed by a set of community rules. By posting on our message boards, you are in agreement that you accept these rules as part of Weddingbells’ terms and conditions. If at any time, the moderaters or the admin of this forum feel you are not abiding by these rules, they can/will revoke your membership with or without warning.
First and foremost, maintain a friendly tone and be respectful when posting topics or replying to threads in every post you make.
The Weddingbells.ca message board community is meant to be an inviting and pleasant place, where brides are welcomed and friendships are formed.
Neither St. Joseph Media, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, including Weddingbells, shall be responsible for any material posted on this forum. You agree to maintain a friendly tone and be respectful when posting topics or replying to threads in every post you make. The Interactive Areas on the Website are meant to be inviting and pleasant places, where members feel welcomed. In using the Website, you further agree not to engage in any acts or submit any content which: (a) libels, defames, invades privacy or is obscene, vulgar, pornographic, profane, indecent, abusive or threatening; (b) infringes any intellectual property or other right of any entity or person, including, but not limited to, violating any person’s copyrights or trade-marks; (c) violates any law or advocates or encourages conduct that would constitute a criminal offence, giving rise to civil liability, or otherwise violates any local, provincial or federal law; (d) uses any automated means to access the site or collect any information from the site; (e) uses programs, cookies, web bugs or tracking technologies; (f) collects any personal information about users through the Website, including, but not limited to, their username or password; (g) publishes or uses files or processes that pose a threat to the proper technical operation of the system or to the security of other Members; (h) customizes the Website in a way that adversely affects the display of any advertising or promotional links on the Website; (i) requests search engines to crawl or index any portion of the Website; (j) speaks on behalf St. Joseph Media or Weddingbells describing yourself as an employee of same; (k) includes contact or personal information about another individual without their permission; (l) harasses another Member; (m) advertises or otherwise solicits funds, goods or services; or (n) contains harmful content, including a virus, Trojan horses, worms, time bombs, cancelbots or other computer programming routines that are intended to damage, detrimentally interfere with, surreptitiously intercept or expropriate any system, data or personal information.
Neither St. Joseph Media, or any of its affiliates or subsidiaries, including Weddingbells, have an obligation to monitor this forum. However, St. Joseph Media and any of its affiliates or subsidiaries reserve the right at all times to disclose any information as necessary to satisfy any law, regulation or governmental request, and further reserves the right to edit, refuse to post, or to remove any information or materials, in whole or in part, that St. Joseph Media, or its affiliates or subsidiaries, in their sole discretion, deems objectionable or in violation of these community rules, including, without limitation, posts, information or materials that contain:
- Comments that flame someone for his or her opinions. We all think differently and may not agree with others opinions. If you disagree with someone, please agree to disagree - nicely. Do not get personal with someone regarding an opinion that you may not agree with. Name-calling and insulting of other posters is not permitted. Please remember in your replies to follow the golden rule of posting: “If you wouldn’t say it to them in person, don’t say it here!”
- Racial or ethnic slurs, sexism, slander and bad/offensive language. If you see language or read a post that you consider personally offensive, please report it to support@weddingbells.ca. Please everyone, let’s work together to keep it clean and friendly!
- Issues/scandals/drama that happen within un-related chatroom, message board or online communities or forums (“Other Interactive Areas”). Weddingbells recognizes that many of its Members may have and employ active memberships within such Other Interactive Areas, and we fully respect a Member’s right to do so. However, we request that any issues/scandals/drama that may be happening within these Other Interactive Areas remain where they are.
- Hyperlinking, linking or uploading of illegal content or content that Weddingbells deems, in its sole discretion, to be disruptive, harmful or otherwise to Weddingbells and/or its Members, including but not limited to materials relating to:
- Pornography or strongly sexually suggestive material
- Illegal drugs and drug use
- Committing crimes or making weapons or explosives
- Pirated software, music, or other media, including modern commercial game emulation, file sharing networks and ways of circumventing copy protection.
- Voicing your personal grievances. If there is an instance where a Member is causing problems or doing something inappropriate on a topic or post, please do not respond to the post. This just bumps it back up to the top of the board and draws more attention to it. Instead, please email support@weddingbells.ca and we will quickly do what we can to resolve the matter at hand.
- Spam, or spam-related activities. Please do not spam.
- Vendor-related concerns and complaints. This online forum was primarily created to connect engaged couples in the Canadian wedding community to share experiences, express opinions and heed advice. Occasionally, members post topics regarding personal experiences they have encountered with vendors in their local community. Weddingbells is not responsible for ANY comments made by members with regard to services rendered - either positive or negative. We discourage participating in conversations that can adversely affect the livelihood of wedding professionals when you have not had the direct experience yourself (in other words...no hearsay). If a comment is posted in any Interactive Areas by a Member that is subject to question by the vendor, Weddingbells reserves the right to remove the post if requested to do so, by either the vendor, another Member, or its legal counsel. Members who choose to dispute Weddingbells decision to remove a post by reposting similar topics and grievances can and will have their membership revoked with or without warning.
- Materials that infringe intellectual property or other rights of an entity or person. St. Joseph Media is not in a position to arbitrate any copyright, trade-mark or other intellectual property or other disputes between the advertisers or users of the Website and the owners of such intellectual property, or other parties to the dispute. St. Joseph Media encourages you to resolve your dispute directly with the advertiser or other party. Moreover, St. Joseph Media does not control nor does it assume responsibility for content that appears on a third party's website that may be accessed through the Website. You should contact third party sites to resolve all disputes.
- Double logins (multiple accounts) are prohibited.
- No advertising, spamming or scams. This is not a public noticeboard for you to advertise on. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Pyramid and other MLM schemes, referral programs and money scams
- Passing through the board to advertise your service, event, contest, or competition - even if your link seems to correspond to the theme of the message board.
St. Joseph Media’s right to disclose any information pursuant to legitimate legal, regulatory or governmental requests, subpoenas or court orders, to protect St. Joseph Media’s systems and customers, or to ensure the integrity and operation of St. Joseph Media’s business and systems, shall govern over any terms of St. Joseph Media’s or Weddingbells’ Privacy Policy.
St. Joseph Media further reserve the right at all times to revoke posting privileges by a Member if such a Member engages in further offences.
St. Joseph Media does not take any responsibility, nor does it assume any liability for any content contained on the Website, whether posted, stored or uploaded by you or any third party, or for any loss or damage thereto, nor shall St. Joseph Media be, in any way, liable for any mistakes, defamation, slander, libel, omissions, falsehoods, obscenity, pornography or profanity that you may encounter.
The opinions expressed in this forum do not necessarily reflect the opinions of St. Joseph Media, Weddingbells or their employees. St. Joseph Media shall not be held responsible for any opinions expressed on the Website, nor can it be held responsible for the personal safety of its Members.
Signature Content
In order to assist with load times and maximize enjoyment of the boards during peak usage and for users with low bandwidth, the rules regarding acceptable signature content in our forum areas are as follows:
- members are limited to a maximum of 3 lines of text, in addition to 2 of the following:
- one (1) "blinkie" no larger than 150 x 20
- one (1) "ticker"
- one (1) "smiley" or small image no larger than 200x200 pixels in dimensions and no larger than 20 Kb (20,480 bytes) in file size
Violators will have their signature edited accordingly. If you wish to include a picture please place such images in your profile or size them appropriately and use them as an avatar. By doing so, you warrant and represent to St. Joseph Media that you are the owner of copyright in the photographs.
Registration
In order to use these forums, users are required to provide a username and password. Neither the Administrators of these forums, or the Moderators participating, are responsible for the privacy practices of any user. Remember that all information that is disclosed in these areas becomes public information and you should exercise caution when deciding to share any of your personal information. Any user who finds material posted by another user objectionable is encouraged to contact us via e-mail. We are authorized by you to remove or modify any data submitted by you to these forums for any reason we feel constitutes a violation of our policies, whether stated, implied or not.
This site may contain links to other web sites and files. We have no control over the content and can not ensure it will not be offensive or objectionable. We will, however, remove links to material that we feel is inappropriate as we become aware of them.
Cookies must be turned on in your browser to participate as a user in these forums. Cookies are used here to hold your username and password and viewing options, allowing you to login.
By becoming a member here, you also agree that you will not post any copyrighted material that is not owned by yourself or the owners of these forums. In your use of these forums, you agree that you will not post any information which is vulgar, harassing, hateful, threatening, invading of others privacy, sexually oriented, or violates any laws.
Vendor Policy
Any member of our community, including brides involved in a wedding related business or a Wedding professional involved in a wedding-related enterprise cannot post any information on the Weddingbells.ca message boards, including offering services free of charge.
Vendors are not permitted as Wedding Professionals to post within the forums; however, are permitted to utilize the forums in a similar fashion as our brides. The forums are a venue for like-minded brides to exchange wedding planning ideas, thoughts, concerns, etc. and connect with others who are experiencing the same life stage event for support and camaraderie.
Weddingbells will not tolerate any posts made advertising your business including links to your website, business email address or the use of logos. If you wish to advertise with us on Weddingbells.ca please contact us at RetailSales@weddingbells.ca or log onto http://www.weddingbells.ca/advertise/. We appreciate your understanding as we make this change and look forward to building our community with you.
Any professional found soliciting business of any kind, anywhere throughout the forums within the board can and will have their posts deleted immediately and their membership revoked at anytime without warning.
If you are a wedding professional but are also in the midst of planning your own wedding or would like to take part in general discussion, please feel free to participate in sections of the board using a personal profile, and do not refer to your professional profile at any time. You also cannot post any links to your professional website, emails and photos or promotional material anywhere through out the forum.
In your personal profile, feel free to disclose your wedding date or where you are getting married and any other personal information you wish to disclose. DO NOT use a company name in your signature or link your business in your personal profile. Any member found to be promoting their professional profile can and will have their membership revoked immediately without warning.
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 stylesheet 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 board 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 Private Topic" screen, you can type in a new user then press "add" or you can select them from the "My Buddies" dropdown. You can add up to the forum maximum of users (this limit will show on the "New Private Topic" screen) 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:#00FF00]
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]
joe@email.com
[/email]
= Makes the given email address clickable.
[email=
joe@email.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 the "My Profile" link from the "My Stuff" dropdown on the Forum Navigation island.
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 "File 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 "File 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 board.
3. Click "open" on the file you wish to upload.
4. Enter a description of what the file is (if you want to).
5. Click "add file" to add another file, or "done" 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 "Add Forum to Watched Forums" from the "Forum Options" dropdown.
Subscribing to a Topic
Enter the Topic and Select "Add Topic to your Watched Topics" option from the "Topic Options" dropdown.
Managing Watch Lists
Select "My Watch Lists" from the "My Stuff" dropdown, from here you can select the type of List that you wish to edit and by clicking the "Edit Watched Topics" (or "Edit Watched Forums" or "Edit Watched Users") link you can remove them or toggle the "Email Notification" option.
Toggling EMailed Watch Lists
See the above "Managing Watch Lists" directions.
Toggling the Default "EMail Watchedlist" Options
Select "My Preferences" from the "My Stuff" dropdown. From here you can manage the "By default should anything added to your Watch 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 which 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 "My Feeds" option, you can manage RSS feeds from the "Feeds" link in the "My Stuff" dropdown in the navigation area.
From the My Feeds area you can see all of the RSS Feeds available to you, including all of the forums which 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 parenthesise indicate how many new topics (or posts) have been made since your last visit to the forums.
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