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• How can I use smilies and images?
• Can I change the format of my text?
• What are Moderators?
• I'm seeing stars?
• What do all the abbreviations stand for?
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• What are active topics?
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• Can I search?
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• What does it mean if a forum has Moderation enabled?
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Yes, you can use the Topic Subscription feature to subscibe to specific topics. Once subscibed you will then receive emails to notify you when there has been a new post. This feature is available both when creating new topics, and when browsing existing topics.

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If you wish to un-subscribe from a topic simply go to the

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You've probably seen others use smilies before in e-mail messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical representation when it is inserted between brackets [].  Here are the smilies that are currently supported by Eumom Discussion Forums:

smile [:)] big smile [:D] cool [8D] blush [:I] tongue [:p] evil [}:)] wink [;)] clown [:o)] black eye [B)] eightball [8]

frown [:(] shy [8)] shocked [:0] angry [:(!] dead [xx(] sleepy [|)] kisses [:X] approve [^] disapprove [V] question [?]

There are several Forum Codes you may use to change the appearance of your text.  Following is the list of codes currently available:

Bold: Enclose your text with [b] and [/b] .  Example: This is [b]bold[/b] text. = This is bold text.

Italic: Enclose your text with [i] and [/i] .  Example: This is [i]italic[/i] text. = This is italic text.

Underline: Enclose your text with [u] and [/u]. Example: This is [u]underline[/u] text. = This is underline text.

Aligning Text Left: Enclose your text with [left] and [/left]

Aligning Text Center: Enclose your text with [center] and [/center]

Aligning Text Right: Enclose your text with [right] and [/right]

Striking Text: Enclose your text with [s] and [/s]
Example: [s]mistake[/s] = mistake

Horizontal Rule: Place a horizontal line in your post with [hr]
Example: [hr] =

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Font Colors:
Enclose your text with [fontcolor] and [/fontcolor]
Example: [red]Text[/red] = Text
Example: [blue]Text[/blue] = Text
Example: [pink]Text[/pink] = Text
Example: [brown]Text[/brown] = Text
Example: [black]Text[/black] = Text
Example: [orange]Text[/orange] = Text
Example: [violet]Text[/violet] = Text
Example: [yellow]Text[/yellow] = Text
Example: [green]Text[/green] = Text
Example: [gold]Text[/gold] = Text
Example: [white]Text[/white] = Text
Example: [purple]Text[/purple] = Text

 

Headings: Enclose your text with [hnumber] and [/hn]

Example: [h1]Text[/h1] =	Text
Example: [h2]Text[/h2] =	Text
Example: [h3]Text[/h3] =	Text
Example: [h4]Text[/h4] =	Text
Example: [h5]Text[/h5] =	Text
Example: [h6]Text[/h6] =	Text

 

Font Sizes:
Example: [size=1]Text[/size=1] = Text
Example: [size=2]Text[/size=2] = Text
Example: [size=3]Text[/size=3] = Text
Example: [size=4]Text[/size=4] = Text
Example: [size=5]Text[/size=5] = Text
Example: [size=6]Text[/size=6] = Text

 

Bulleted List: [list] and [/list], and items in list with [*] and [/*].

Ordered Alpha List: [list=a] and [/list=a], and items in list with [*] and [/*].

Ordered Number List: [list=1] and [/list=1], and items in list with [*] and [/*].

Code: Enclose your text with [code] and [/code].

Quote: Enclose your text with [quote] and [/quote].

Moderators control individual forums. They may edit, delete, or prune any posts in their forums.

If your seeing stars beside your name it is because you have posted 50+ times.

• No Stars Get Posting!
• One Star 50+ Posts
• Two Stars 100+ Posts
• Three Stars 500+ Posts
• Four Stars 1,000+ Posts
• Five Stars 2,000+ Posts
• Different Colours Just for fun!

Here is a list of the most common abbreviations (short hand) used by eumom members on the forums

2WW	2 week wait
AF	Aunt Flo(w), your period
BBT	Basal Body Temperature
BF	Boy friend
BFN	Big Fat Negative
BFP	Big Fat Positive
BIL	Brother in Law
BTW	By the Way
DD/DS	Dear (dearest, darling)/Daughter/Son
DH	Dear (dearest, darling) husband
DP	Dear (dearest partner; spouse or significant other
DPO	Days past ovulation
DSS	Dear Step Son
DSD	Dear Step Daughter
Endo	Endometriosis
FIL	Father in Law
FWIW	For What It's Worth
GF	Girl friend
HCG	Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (pregnancy hormone)
HPT	Home Pregnancy Test
HTH	Hope That Helps
IF	Infertility
IMO	In My Opinion
IVF	In Vitro Fertilization
Lap	Laparoscopy
LMAO	Laughing my ass off
LMP	Last Menstrual Period
LO	Little one(s)
LOL	Laugh out loud
LP	Luteal phase
M/C	Miscarriage
MIL	Mother in Law
MOH	My other half
O	Ovulation
OPK	Ovulation predictor kit
OTOH	On the Other Hand
PCOS	PolyCystic Ovarian Syndrome
PG	Pregnancy, pregnant
PM	Private message
SIL	Sister in Law
SO	Significant OtherÂ
TG	Thank Goodness/God
TIA	Thanks In Advance
TTC	Trying to conceive
TTYL	Talk To You Later

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You may delete all cookies set by these forums in selecting the "logout" button at the top of any page.

Active Topics are tracked by cookies. When you click on the "active topics" link, a page is generated listing all topics that have been posted since your last visit to these forums (or approximately 20 minutes).

You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. Just go to the topic where the post to be edited or deleted is located and you will see an edit or delete icon () on the line that begins "posted on..." Click on this icon to edit or delete the post. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum Moderator or the forum Administrator.

For security reasons, you may not attach files to any posts. However, you can attach image files of up to 1mb to private messages. Formats supported are .jpg and .gif

You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Simply click on the "search" link at the top of most pages. Please note that due to the size of the forum and number of posts the search function may take some time to complete. Please be specific with your search.

You may easily change any information stored in your registration profile by selecting "change profile" from the right hand menu at the top right of each page. Not that your username is for the website and nickname is for the forum.

The Forum automatically edits certain words that may be posted; however, this editing is not an exact science, and is being done based on the words that are being screened, so certain words may be edited out of context. By default, words that are automatically edited are replaced with asterisks.

Moderation: This feature allows the Administrator or the Moderator to "Approve", "Hold" or "Delete" a users post before it is shown to the public.
Approve: Only the administrators or the moderators will be able to approve a post made to a moderated forum. When the post is approved, it will be made viewable to the public.
Hold: When a user posts a message to a moderated forum, the message is automatically put on hold until a moderator or an administrator approves of the post. No one will be able to view the post while it is put on hold.
NOTE: Authors of the post will be able to edit their post during this mode.
Delete: If the administrator or moderator chooses this option, the post will be deleted and an e-mail will be sent to the poster of the message, informing them that their post was not approved. The administrator/moderator will be able to give their reason for not approving the post in the e-mail.