We have been adding a lot of new things and you may be overwhelmed will all of the new things you see under people's names beside their posts. Here I will explain everything.
Notice all of the things under my name to left here. I will explain them one by one.
First we have my name
chinclub which is also a link to my profile where you can learn more about me. It is green because I used my credits (You get credits each time you post) in the forum Shop to buy the ability to change the color.
Site Owner This is my custom title. You can change this in your profile menu
Administrator This just lets you know I am the board owner
Hero Member This starts out saying Newbie and changes with every so many posts.
A member gets more
stars as they post more.
Appreciation points: These are give by other members to "award" you for a good post, a good deed, or anything else they think requires a pat on the back.
[give a point] Click this to give the person an appreciation point.
Next you see a button that tells whether the person is on the forum right now or not.
Gender: If the person is a boy or a girl
Virtual Pet: These can be bought with credits in our Rewards Shop
Status: breeder Members can choose Breeder, Pet Owner, or still looking
member: Chinchilla Club
member: MCBA This shows which chinchilla organizations a person is a member of.
The Pets For Sale button will let you know if a member currently has chinchillas for sale. If you see this button you can click on their name to view their profile with a list of chinchillas for sale.
Pic: camera icon shows that I have created a photo album at
http://www.chinchillaclub.com/forum/gallery/Posts: This tells you how many times they have made a post on our forum
credits These are the things you can use to "buy" things in our Rewards Shop. You get them for posting on our forum. 10 for starting a new topic. 8 for posting to an existing topic. You can learn more about our Shop here:
http://www.chinchillaclub.com/forum/index.php/topic,289.msg2843View Shop Inventory This will show if the person has "bought" anything in our Rewards Shop.
Send Credits to chinclub This will allow you transfer some of your forum credits to this person.
The picture is a person's avatar. You can choose this in your profile settings.
Edit your Profile by clicking on the Profile button near the top of this page then on Forum Profile Information in the left-hand menu.