The simplest option available to users on the Holy Worlds forums is starting topics and responding to topics. Unless you have registered with our forums and your account has been activated, you will only be allowed to read the conversations held within. However, for those of you who have registered, here are some basic steps to get you started in conversing around the forums.

You are allowed to start new topics in any of the different forums without prior approval from the Forum Team. To start a topic, make sure you are in the desired forum and have a list of all the different threads in that forum viewable. Once you are in the forum, scroll to either the top or the bottom of that list and click on the ‘New Topic’ button located on the left-hand side. Please note, only the Forum Team (Editors, HRM, Foundational Members, Moderators, Marcher Lords, and Council Members) can post a topic in Official Chatter. Anyone can comment, but because it is for official threads, only Editors and above can start a topic.

If you are looking to not start a new topic, but instead post a response to an existing topic, you must click on the topic title first. After you have clicked on the topic title, then you may scroll down to the bottom of the page or up top to and click ‘Post Reply.’ After clicking on one of the two buttons, you will be taken to a screen containing a number of different options and text boxes.

Every new post must have inserted text in the large and main content box. Place whatever message or question you desire to convey to your audience here. Above that text box is a small one for the subject or ‘Title’ of your post. If you do not input text here, you will not be allowed to submit your topic. Please be sure to keep all topic title relevant and simple yet distinctive, containing little to no characters other than letters and avoiding all smiley faces and other emoticons.

Below these text boxes, you will find a few more options available for your use. You may upload an attachment, whether that be an image or a document or a number of other forms. Please be mindful that we are at liberty to regulate your attachments if they should violate forum rules or if they are deemed in appropriate and spam-like by the Forum Team. If you wish to upload an attachment, please be sure to keep it relevant to the topic you are presenting to the users. You may either search your files by selecting the ‘Choose File’ option or type in the name of your file in the File Comment section and click ‘Add the File.’ Either way, your attachment will then be present as a link to download in your submitted topic.

You may also create a poll. A poll is a feature that allows you to ask a general and preferably simple question coupled with pre-selected answers that the users may vote on. Insert the poll question in the corresponding text box and insert the poll options, clicking enter after each individual option, in the text box below the poll question text box. You may insert up to ten poll options. If you insert more than ten options, you will need to reduce them down to ten or less in order for your options to appear correctly upon submitting your post. Please use polls with great discretion; they are a feature to use sparingly and with purpose, not at whim.

Once you have typed in your desired content for all sections (if you have no need for a section, leave it blank of course), you may either press submit, preview, or save below the main text box. Submit will post your topic or post live on the forums for all to view and comment on. Preview will show you how your post will appear to the users on the forums before actually submitting the topic (this is handy feature when you would like to check your formatting and appearances). Save will transfer your topic to your drafts folder located in the User Control Panel for you to access at a later date if you wish to edit or add content before submitting your post live.

Once your post is live on the forums, the option to edit or delete your post is available. Please note that unless you are a member of the Forum Team, you will be unable to edit or delete posts other than your own. To delete a post, scroll down to the bottom of the individual post and click on the black link ‘Delete.’ Be sure that you truly wish to delete the post, as the post will be gone from the board permanently. If you wish to edit your post, click on the ‘Edit’ button located at the bottom right. You may edit any input content or add content, including polls and attachments. When you are finished, select submit and the newest version of your post will appear to the users.

If you have any further questions regarding the procedure for posting or have trouble posting/starting topics, please feel free to voice your questions and concerns here for us to answer.