FAQ
Share your thoughts, questions, opinions and experiences on our message board, the best online forum for anyone interested in Mallorca, the Balearic Islands and Spain in general.
Do I have to register?
Where can I review the user agreement?
How can I change my registration profile?
How can users get in touch with me if I hide my email address?
What do I do if I forget my password?
Are cookies used?
How can I clear all cookies set on this board?
Can I use a signature?
Can I attach files?
Are there any censor features?
How can I report an inappropriate post?
Can I edit my own posts?
Can I search?
Can I search private forums?
What are private messages?
How will I be notified when I have received a private message?
Do I have to register?
Registration is required if you plan to post new topics or reply to existing topics. Registration is free, and you are not required to provide your real name. You are required to provide your actual email address, however.
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Where can I review the user agreement?
Please click this link to review the user agreement.
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How can I change my registration profile?
You may easily change any info stored in your registration profile, using the "my profile" link located near the top of each message-board page. You must be logged in in order to update your profile.
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What do I do if I forget my password?
All of the pages that require you to identify yourself with your username and password carry a "forgotten password" link that you can use to create a new password.
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Are cookies used?
This bulletin board uses cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in, your login identification, and your preferences. These cookies are stored on your browser. Cookies are not used to perform any function other than to enhance your use of the message board. If your browser does not support cookies, or you have not enabled cookies on your browser, many of these time-saving features will not work properly and you will not be able log in. You must be logged in to use most functions of this board.
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How can I clear all cookies set on this board?
If you ever experience login problems, you may have a problem with the cookies that have been set in your browser. If this happens, you can try clearing all cookies set on this message board by clicking here
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Can I use a signature?
You may use a signature (commonly used in email messages) on your posts. You may set your signature in your member profile. You may change your signature at any time by changing your profile, unless a message board administrator locks your profile.
Note: You may not use HTML in your signature file, but you may use UBB Code. Note that the board administrator may disable the UBB Code Image tag.
Note: You may use a maximum of 250 characters in your signature.
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Can I attach files?
For security reasons, you may not attach files to any posts. You may cut and paste text into your post, however, or use HTML and/or UBB Code (if enabled) to provide hyperlinks to outside documents.
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Are there any censor features?
In general moderators will not interfere with any discussion. However, a post will get deleted if it's offensive or includes commercial advertising or illegal material. A post will also get deleted if it doesn't contain any information (e.g. a blank post or a post containing only one word). The message board administrators have the power to censor posts that we find gratuitously offensive or intended to do no more than offend.
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How can I report an inappropriate post?
If you see a post that you believe requires immediate attention from a moderator or administrator, click this icon: . You can then write a brief note explaining why you are reporting this post. The alert goes to the forum moderator(s) and the board administrator via email.
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Can I edit my own posts?
You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. Look for the edit icon on the post to be edited. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum moderator(s) or the message board administrators.
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Can I search?
You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, by a particular registered member, by date, and/or by forum. Just click on the "search" link at the top of most pages.
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What are private messages?
Members can send private messages to each other. A private message is not email. Private messages are one-to-one communications that can only be read by the recipient. You can read private messages in your profile section. You can prevent anyone from sending you a private message by editing your preferences. Only registered members may send private messages.
To send someone a private message, look for the private message icon on a post a person creates.
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How will I be notified when I have received a private message?
If the board administratior has enabled private messaging, and you have received a private message, an icon and a message will be displayed below the "log out/log in" link at the top of most pages. If you have enabled the option in your preferences, you will also receive an email notification of the private message.
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Where can I review the user agreement?
How can I change my registration profile?
How can users get in touch with me if I hide my email address?
What do I do if I forget my password?
Are cookies used?
How can I clear all cookies set on this board?
Can I use a signature?
Can I attach files?
Are there any censor features?
How can I report an inappropriate post?
Can I edit my own posts?
Can I search?
Can I search private forums?
What are private messages?
How will I be notified when I have received a private message?
Do I have to register?
Registration is required if you plan to post new topics or reply to existing topics. Registration is free, and you are not required to provide your real name. You are required to provide your actual email address, however.
Back to top
Where can I review the user agreement?
Please click this link to review the user agreement.
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How can I change my registration profile?
You may easily change any info stored in your registration profile, using the "my profile" link located near the top of each message-board page. You must be logged in in order to update your profile.
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What do I do if I forget my password?
All of the pages that require you to identify yourself with your username and password carry a "forgotten password" link that you can use to create a new password.
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Are cookies used?
This bulletin board uses cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in, your login identification, and your preferences. These cookies are stored on your browser. Cookies are not used to perform any function other than to enhance your use of the message board. If your browser does not support cookies, or you have not enabled cookies on your browser, many of these time-saving features will not work properly and you will not be able log in. You must be logged in to use most functions of this board.
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How can I clear all cookies set on this board?
If you ever experience login problems, you may have a problem with the cookies that have been set in your browser. If this happens, you can try clearing all cookies set on this message board by clicking here
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Can I use a signature?
You may use a signature (commonly used in email messages) on your posts. You may set your signature in your member profile. You may change your signature at any time by changing your profile, unless a message board administrator locks your profile.
Note: You may not use HTML in your signature file, but you may use UBB Code. Note that the board administrator may disable the UBB Code Image tag.
Note: You may use a maximum of 250 characters in your signature.
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Can I attach files?
For security reasons, you may not attach files to any posts. You may cut and paste text into your post, however, or use HTML and/or UBB Code (if enabled) to provide hyperlinks to outside documents.
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Are there any censor features?
In general moderators will not interfere with any discussion. However, a post will get deleted if it's offensive or includes commercial advertising or illegal material. A post will also get deleted if it doesn't contain any information (e.g. a blank post or a post containing only one word). The message board administrators have the power to censor posts that we find gratuitously offensive or intended to do no more than offend.
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How can I report an inappropriate post?
If you see a post that you believe requires immediate attention from a moderator or administrator, click this icon: . You can then write a brief note explaining why you are reporting this post. The alert goes to the forum moderator(s) and the board administrator via email.
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Can I edit my own posts?
You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. Look for the edit icon on the post to be edited. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum moderator(s) or the message board administrators.
Back to top
Can I search?
You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, by a particular registered member, by date, and/or by forum. Just click on the "search" link at the top of most pages.
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What are private messages?
Members can send private messages to each other. A private message is not email. Private messages are one-to-one communications that can only be read by the recipient. You can read private messages in your profile section. You can prevent anyone from sending you a private message by editing your preferences. Only registered members may send private messages.
To send someone a private message, look for the private message icon on a post a person creates.
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How will I be notified when I have received a private message?
If the board administratior has enabled private messaging, and you have received a private message, an icon and a message will be displayed below the "log out/log in" link at the top of most pages. If you have enabled the option in your preferences, you will also receive an email notification of the private message.
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