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Welcome to the newest forum for discussing all things philatelic!

The most obvious question -- why?

Though there are several good forums out there...

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Overview of How-To Guides

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Below is a list of the How-To Guides organized by general topic:

Account Management

Change Your Avatar
Create a Signature
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[How-To] Search a User's Topics

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In addition to the advanced search features offered by the default search , there is a quick and easy way to view posts by a user, and to search...

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[How-To] Add A Flag to My Profile

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by TPF Admin » 22 Sep 2020, 04:57

To add a country's flag to your profile:

1. Go to your User Control panel .

2. On the Profile tab, under Edit Profile , you have the option of...

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[How-To] Use the Thanks System

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The forum features a Thanks system, which is similar to the Like system commonly used on other types of forum software.

To thank someone for a...

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[How-To] Change Your Avatar

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:21

To change your avatar:

1. Go to the User Control Panel . To access your User Control Panel , click on your username at the upper right portion of...

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[How-To] Create a Signature

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:20

Before creating a signature, remember to read the signature rules.

Signatures are permitted with the following limitations:

1. Signatures may...

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[How-To] Designate Friends & Foes

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:19

The forum's Friends & Foes feature allows you flexibility with regard to other members.

To designate someone as a Friend or Foe , go to the User...

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[How-To] Change Posting Defaults

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To change the default settings for your posts, go to the User Control Panel .

Then go to the Board preferences tab, Edit posting defaults ....

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[How-To] Change Display Settings

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:18

To change your default display settings, go to your User Control Panel .

Go to the Board preferences tab, then Edit display options ....

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[How-To] Change Global Settings

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:17

To change your Global settings go to the User Control Panel .

Go to the Board preferences tab, then Global settings .
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[How-To] Change Notification Settings

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The forum software allows for a variety of notifications, both through the board notification system at the upper right and through e-mail.

To...

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[How-To] Post a Link

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:14

There are two ways to post a hyperlink to another webpage:

1. Hyperlinked Text or Image When hyperlinking text or an image, the hyperlink URL...

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[How-To] Post a Photo

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Before getting to the instructions, a few notes.

NOTE: Images must be smaller than 300 KiB (307 KB). This limitation is to preserve the forum's...

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[How-To] Re-Use a Previous Attachment

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:12

At times, you may want to re-use an attachment from a previous post. So how do you find that file to re-use it?

1. Go to your User Control Panel ....

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[How-To] Quote From a Post

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:11

The quoting system in the forum software is very powerful, and allows to to quote other posts in multiple ways.

Quoting selected language from a...

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[How-To] Use the Topic Prefix Function

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When creating a new post in many of the subforums, you'll see an option for a Topic Prefix .
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The options vary by subforum....

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[How-To] Use the Draft Function

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The forum software has a feature that saves drafts of your post as you're working, hopefully preventing a situation in which you lose your work for...

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[How-To] Tag / Mention a Member

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:08

The forum software allows you to tag (or in forum-speak, mention ) another member in a post.

To do so:

1. Type an @ sign, and begin tying the...

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[How-To] Mark the Best Answer

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by TPF Admin » 01 Jan 2020, 00:07

The forum software allows the original poster (OP) within a thread to mark any reply as the Best Answer to a question posed.

For example, here is an...

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[How-To] Use the Quick Links

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The Quick Links are located in the bar near the top of the page.
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These functions are duplicated in the Quick Links menu at...

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[How-To] Preview a Thread's Contents

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When in a forum and viewing the list of threads, you can preview the first and last post within a thread by hovering your cursor over the thread...

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[How-To] Bookmark a Topic

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Bookmarking allows you to save a topic for easy access in the future. It is different from subscribing to a topic in that you do not receive e-mail...

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[How-To] Subscribe to a Topic

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This feature allows you to be notified any time a new reply is posted to a topic. Once a notification is sent, no further notifications will be sent...

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[How-To] Subscribe to a Forum

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This feature allows you to be notified any time a new topic is posted in a forum. It does not send you a notification of activity within the topics...

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[How-To] Find Posts Which Quote Me

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The forum software has a function that allows you to quickly find all posts in which someone has quoted from your post, as long as the quote included...

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