NEWBIE GUIDE (All New Members Come Here!)

[Brenda]

First of all, I'd like to welcome you to The Role Play Site, and I hope you enjoy it a lot.

This is a guide for new members to TRPS, and I figured I'd just make this to help you out a bit.
Here's just some stuff that you need to know, and that might be helpful to you:

• If you haven't read the rules yet, you MUST do so as soon as possible.
  
  
• Just look around the forum a bit and get to know some boards. If you think you'll have trouble remembering important boards or role plays you joined, or the rules, try adding them to your Bookmarks. You can select 'Bookmark' from the drop-down menu on the top right corner of a thread, and view your bookmarks by clicking on the Bookmarks button on the top menu bar of any page on the site.
  
  
• Sometimes it gets sort of confusing getting around in TRPS.
  There are three categories on the home page; News and Notes, Fun Stuff, and Role Plays. Inside each of those categories is a list of sub-boards, and inside those boards are threads.
  
  
• TRPS is a frequently used shortened version of The Role Play Site.
  
  
• You can introduce yourself and get to know the other members at the Our Members board
  
  
• You should check the News and Updates frequently.
  
  
• The Quick Reply is a text area at the bottom of a thread, where you can quickly post in any board. However, if you want to have more options and a longer text space, you can click on the 'Reply' button at the top right corner of the Quick Reply box.
  
  
• At the bottom of the home page, in the Info Center, you can find links to view Recent Threads and Recent Posts. These can be helpful for keeping up with activity on the site.
  
  
• If you'd like to experiment with the different things you can do with your post (quote, bold, strike-through, etc.), you can mess around in the Testing thread in the Help board.
  
  
• If you still need help with something, you can go to our Help board, which has several questions previously asked by other members and some help guides (including how to change your profile, how to post a thread, and how to post a poll) that may be useful to you.
  
  
• Moderators are members (usually the more active ones) that help me out by keeping the role play boards looking tidy.
  
  
• If you want to change or add anything to a post made by you, you can click on the 'edit' button, which you can find on the top right corner of every one of your posts.

Questions and Contact: If you have any more questions or concerns about anything, you can send me a PM (Personal Message) - my username is 'admin'. Although I check PMs a lot more often than emails, you can also send me an email at: [e-mail].



Again, welcome to The Role Play Site!
Hope you have an amazing day.