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The web site forum.linearcollider.org hosts discussion forums on a variety of subjects related to the International Linear Collider (ILC). The discussion forums are set up so that anyone can read them without needing to register or login. However before you can post new messages, or reply to existing messages, you must create an account for yourself by registering with the web site. This is necessary to prevent spam being posted to the forums. This Registering involves a simple two step process described below.
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- Beside "Login:" choose a username you will use for logging in to the forums in future. This username should contain only letters and numbers.
- Enter the same a new password in the field labeled "Password:" and enter the same password a second time beside "Confirm Password:". The password must be at least 6 characters long. This password is not encrypted so you should not use the same password you use for signing in to you your university or lab computer accounts.
- Use Enter a valid e-mail address. You In step 2 you will receive a confirmation e-mail at this address which you must read and respond to.
- Beside "Name" enter your full name.
- Enter the ASCII code into the field where requested (aemx) in the example below. This is again necessary to prevent automated spam "robots" from accessing the site.
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You now have an account with forum.linearcollider.org, but before you can post new messages, or reply to existing messages, you need to confirm your account. This is necessary to verify that the e-mail address you gave is valid, and is again a measure to reduce spam. Within a few minutes of registering you should receive an e-mail like the one below from forum@linearcollider.org. With many e-mail programs you will simply be able to click on the link within the mail to complete the registration process. If you e-mail program does not support this, or if the link is "wrapped" to the next line onto multiple lines by your e-mail program, you may need to copy the address and paste it into your browser address bar, being careful to copy the entire confirmation key. Once you have done this you will be logged into the forum web site, with a confirmed account which will let you post new messages, and reply to existing messages.
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After registering you should automatically be logged in to the forum web site. If you return later you will need to login again. To do so click on the "Login" link at the top of the page. You will be presented with a login form (shown below) into which you should enter the username and password you gave during registration. To prevent yourself having to log in every time you visit the site select the "Use Cookies" check box below the password field. (Needless to say this will not work if you have disabled cookies in your browser – in this case you will need to login each time you visit the site).
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You can post a response to any post, not only the most recent post in a topic. To reply simply click on the post you wish to respond to, then when viewing the post click the "Reply" link button below the message. Now fill your response in to the form displayed into in your web browser. In general you can just type "plain text" to compose your reply, although more advanced formatting is also possible (see the help file for details). If you want to see how your response will look click on the "Preview Message" button below the input form. When previewing your message you will see your formatted message at the top of the page, but can continue editing it in the form below. After previewing your message (or before previewing it if you never make mistakes) click the "Submit Reply" button below the message to post the message. Remember that all messages posted to the forum are viewable by anyone. You can edit messages you posted yourself by viewing the message, and clicking on the "Edit" button below the message.
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Sometimes it is inconvenient to check each day for new posts in the forum, so an alternative method is to "subscribe" to a forum to receive e-mail each time a new post is added. There are actually two levels of subscription, you can subscribe to a Forum one or more forums (for example "ILC Detector Roadmap") and you can subscribe to individual topics within a forum. To subscribe to a forum navigate to that forum, and click the link labeled "Subscribe" just above the forum. To subscribe to a topic, select any message in that topic and then click the link labeled "Subscribe to Topic".
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Note When you receive e-mails announcing new messages you cannot currently respond to them by hitting reply in your e-mail client. You must follow the link within the e-mail to view the message at the forum web site, and respond to the message there.
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