I. Introduction

So, you have just joined our alliance and received the link to our forum to register. You go to the link, thinking it's just like any forum, but it's completely different! Where are the Sections? How can I post? Why is everything so confused?

Ralph has decided to build this forum here for a reason: ease of using. How?, you may ask, It's much harder! Actually, it's not. It seems though because you have never used this system, but once you feel more comfortable in this enviroment, you will realise the greater points of this forum:

1 - All important posts on a place you can reach at once;
2 - You can easily find previous not-so-important threads if you need them;
3 - No need to waste time clicking on a lot of links to read the essential stuff - more time to spent dedicating to other things;
4 - You exchange private messages with other members and keep those messages neatly organized on a thread of their own;
5 - Each of you will have your own places to rant or ask for help;
6 - All replies to a thread will be on the same page, unless it's a really huge thread.

So, basically, it's faster, and easier to organize.

The cons, I'm sure you can realise yourselves, on the basis you have with other kind of forums.


II. How to use

Since using this system is, at first, an issue, this FAQ is here to help you.





a. Registering your account

To register your account, from the first page click on "create journal".




The nickname registered doesn't need to be the same as in Travian, but make sure to write as your realname the travian nickname. Also, pick a password with letters and numbers, for example, someone's name and their birthday.



Once you are registered, make sure you activate your account through the e-mail you registered with.


b. Logging in

To log in, click on "log in" on the right side of the page. Once you are logged in, you will find the buttom "log out" by the same place.




c. Setting up the Watch page.

To set up your watch page (or friends list), go to the tab "Manage".

Scroll down and you will find "Manage friends".

As a first step (already taken by me), uncheck all the boxes in this page and hit "save changes". Once this page is all clear, write the names of our communities and our members on the boxes in the middle of the page and click "save changes" to add them.










The current Name list is:

novacreek
ekulhsur
inka
lamina
ralph_ecthelion

To remove previous members from your list, you just have to uncheck their names.


d. Reading your Watch Page

To read your watch page as soon as you log in, click on "My Scribbld" and select "Read your Friends Page".




For practicity, please bookmark your friends page.







e. Reading the Main Forum

To reach the main forum, click on "My Scribbld" and then "Profile".
Scrolling down your profile, you will find the "Members of" list, which will list our alliance's main forums. Click on the link to be taken to the forum's profile, and click on the forum's name to read the latest posts.

For practicity, Please bookmark this page as well. You are required to read it everyday, and we will have presence lists at random days. If you do not sign the list twice in a row, you will be warned. If warned, you will be taken as inactive player.











f. Writing to the main forum

To write a New Post on the main forum, you will first need to be accepted by a moderator. Once you are, click on "My Scribbld" and follow the link to "Write a journal entry".



Choose from the dropdown menu if you want to write to your personal Travian page or to the Alliance forums. Write a good subject summarizing what your post is about. If your post has no subject, you will be warned to change it.

After writing your message, click "Post to <forum>" and wait for the "success!" page.

If you aren't sure if your post should stay on the main forum, or on your own page, ask one of the moderators. They are listed on the Forum's profile.

You can also write a comment to my journal's first post asking for help. My journal is ralph_ecthelion .

You can also ask questions on our chat.
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