- 1 => 'Smilies, or Emoticons are small graphical images which can be used to express some feeling using a short code, e.g. :) means happy, :( means sad. The full list of emoticons can be seen via the posting form. Try not to overuse smileys though, they can quickly render a post unreadable and a moderator may decide to edit them out or remove the post altogether. The board administrator may also have set a limit to the number of such smilies you may use within a post.'

- 1 => 'Global announcements contain important information and you should read them as soon as possible. Global announcements will appear at the top of every forum and also within your User Control Panel. Whether or not you can post a gloabl announcement depends on the permissions required, these are set by the administrator.'

- 1 => 'Topic icons are images which can be assosciated with posts to indicate their content. The ability to use topic icons depends on the permissions set by the administrator.'

- 1 => 'You can use these lists to organise other members of the forum. Members added to your friends list will be listed within your User Control Panel for quick access to see their online status and to send them private messages. Subject to template support, posts from these users may also be highlighted. If you add a user to your foes list them any posts made by them will be hidden by default.'

- 1 => 'Your own posts can be retrieved either by clicking the “Search user’s posts” within the User Control Panel or via your own profile page. To search for your topics, use the Advanced search page and fill in the various options appropiately.'