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About DMB
New members
Board features
Posts and posting
DMB rules
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The admins of DMB are available to moderate all forums, help members with questions, and contribute to new suggestions. You can always report inappropriates, personal conflicts and any other concerns to any of them ^.^ Below is a list of DMB's current admins and what that person's main job is:
- rin - She's the most active administrator on the board. Please talk to her first when you have a concern with anything.
- Cine - She approves new star member applications and writes new hacks.
- Dodo - Her main job is making/editing rules, adding hacks, adding new themes and interacting with other admins and mods on the board.
- jisatsusha - He is responsible for resolving member conflicts and helping dodo with programming problems.
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Moderators are selected star members who have been active on the board for quite a while. They have the power to manage the selected forums- they can close, top, move and delete threads in the forums they moderate. Each forum's moderator(s) is/are listed under that forum's description. They get individual forum post reports. You can talk to them if you have a problem about the forum(s) they moderate :)
Super Moderators are moderators who can manage threads in any forum. Our current supermod is Bobbi.
Any star member who is interested in becoming a moderator can u2u dodo. She may or may not accept your request.
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Star members are members with 250 posts and have been on the board for at least 5 months. When a member has proven s/he has been a loyal member of DMB, then s/he is awarded with some extra privileges- such as more attachment space, a tag board, etc.. You must fill out an application to become a star member after you've reached minimium requirement. Before you apply, think about if you:
- have always made meaningful posts
- know the board rules by heart and followed them since you registered
- have participated in board activities and will continuously to do so
- have been friendly and helpful to other members
If you have gotten a warning, it's very unlikely you will be accepted as a star member unless you've truly shown improvements in the past months. Administrators may over turn your rights to become a star for appropriate reasons. If you get rejected, please only request again in one month. Star members will have special pages and rights around the board like being SOTW etc. You can find out more about this on the stars page. Please remember, if you violate any rules on the board, your star member status will be taken away from you immediately!
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Star of the Week is a ongoing and very special event. Every week the previous sotw picks a person who s/he wants to know better and then the torch passes on. The new sotw will be asked many personal and interesting questions at this forum. S/he will also get greetings such as guestbook signatures, ecards and gifts. Most importantly it's a fun thing to bring star members of this board even more closer.
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Based on the number of posts, you may select from more than one rank which will be displayed above your avatar. To choose your rank, click on edit profile. Below are the user rank settings for this board:
Members with less than 50 posts
Newbie or Sprite or Thief or Gunner
Members with 50 postsJunior or Gryphon or Lady Luck or Juggler
Members with 100 postsJunior or Pixie or Gnome or Archer or Fencer
Members with 250 postsMember or Nymph or Swarf or Samurai or Warrior
Members with 500 postsMember or Elf or Swarf Elder or Trainer or Mascot
Members with 1000 postsMember or Faerie or Dragon or Songstress or Alchemist
Members with 1500 postsMember or Wizard or Witch or White Mage or Black Mage
Members with 2000 postsSenior or Ghost or Giant or Sage or Morpher
Members with 3000 postsSenior or Unicorn or Centaur or Elementalist or Illusionist
Members with 4500 postsSenior or Phoenix or Basilisk or Red Mage or Blue Mage
Members with 5000 postsSenior or Arch Angel or Cherub or Gun Mage or Time Mage
Members with 9000 postsSenior or Minor Deity or Minor Divinity or Dark Knight or Mog Knight
Members with 10000 postsDMB Addict or Zeus or Apollo or Artemis or Aphrodite or Floral Fallal or Machina Maw or Full Throttle
Additionally, moderators and administrators may have a custom rank or custom status which can be set by editing the profile.
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Of course :) Please download our buttons or blinkies to link DMB at http://dodosmb.com
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DMB is written by dodo in php and mysql. The project has started in Feb, 2005 and is still undergoing construction. Thanks to the following sites for helping dodo out.
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In order to get an avatar, you must have at least 100 posts and be registered on the board for more than 30 days. If you have fulfilled both requirements, make a non-animated 60x60 pixel image in GIF or JPEG format, no bigger than 15kb. Then click on edit avatar and upload it ^.^ After you upload it, your avatar should automatically show up in our avatar gallery as well.
Additionally, you may also purchase alternative avatars with DMB bucks. If you have purchased alternative avatars, the script will randomly pick one of you avatars to be displayed beside your post ^.^
If you have just uploaded a new avatar and you old one still shows up, try refreshing (press Control+F5 on your keyboard) a few times :) Sometimes, old images stay in the browers cache and loads instead of the new image.
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Any member can have a signature ^.^ Just click on edit signature to upload the images in your signature and edit the text. However, please follow a few rules. Your signature may be edited by dodo without notification if:
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the image used in your signature does not follow board rules
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you have used offensive language in your signature
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the images in your signature is a broken link
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As an unregistered member, you can not find out what you got wrong on the registration test for the obvious reasons. However, if you didn't get 100 on your registration test when you registered, you may take the registration test again. There's a link to the registration test in your cpanel. You will get a grade report once you take this one again.
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DMB has multiple themes/skins you can choose from :) Once logged in, hover on "cpanel" and click on change theme to load the theme gallery. Each theme is accompanied with a small screenshot preview. After you have selected the one you like, click the theme's preview image. ^.^
If you'd like to make a theme for DMB. Please read about it here.
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It's DMB's own virtual money ^.^ You can earn DMB bucks while posting around the board. Please read this for more information.
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Oekaki is a drawing. Click here to learn more about oekaki.
NOT YET IMPLEMENTED & WILL BE IMPLEMENTED SOON! When you edit your profile, you can turn the option "oekaki shortcut" on or off. If you choose on, you will see a resized oekaki picture in your navigation menu when you visit the board. If you hover your mouse over the icon, you will see the drawing in its original size. If you click on the icon, you will be able to view detailed information about the drawing. If you choose off, the icon will not appear.
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In various places on the board, you may view a summary of posts by hovering its topic link. Some members find this useful, others find it annoying. Therefore you may turn it on or off in your cpanel :)
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When you edit your cpanel, you can turn the option "auto add to favorites" on or off. If you choose on, whenever you post a new topic or reply to a topic, the "add the topic to your favorites" option will be checked. If you choose no, it will not be checked. This option allows you track all the topics you started and/or replied to.
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Members may purchase pixels to put under their username or in their post (you may set where you want it placed in your options) from our store. This option in your profile allows you to limit the number of the person's pixels shown. If you don't want to see ANY pixels under someone's username next to their post, you may set this number to 0. If you wish to see all pixels, put 255 as your number. I doubt anyone would purchase more than 255 pixels very frequently.
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DMB currently has two daily events, both involving DMB bucks ^.^
The Daily Auction is an event that involves bidding dmb bucks. You may read more about the event here. The default links is placed on the theme logo. In your cpanel, you have option to place the auction link anywhere you want. There are two numbers that you can set in your profile: the number of pixels you want it from top and the number pixels you want it from the left. If you wish to go back to default position, set both top and left to -1 :)
The Crown Drawing can be read about here ^.^ Everyday, a new question involving DMB and it's members will be picked and at the end of the day, the script will award different amounts of bucks to 3 random people who have answered the question correctly.
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Simply click on the up or new link on the upper right corner. You may also click on the exclamation mark to view only topics created after your last visit.
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On DMB we use bbcode to format our posts. Below are the available tags and their functions. Please remember to close your tags so that they work properly.
[b] [/b] makes the text appear in a bold face
[i] [/i] makes the text appear in italics
[u] [/u] underlines the text
[s] [/s] strikes out the text as does the code [strike] [/strike]
[big] [/big] makes the text larger than the default
[small] [/small] makes the text smaller than the default size
[marquee] [/marquee] makes the text scroll horizontally across the text area. works in IE only
[blink] [/blink] causes the text to blink. works in NS, FF etc. does not work in IE
[center] [/center] causes the text or image to be centered in the text area
[sub] [/sub] cause the text to appear smaller and below the line of normal text (subscript)
[sup] [/sup] cause the text to appear smaller and above the line of normal text (superscript)
[quote] [/quote] makes text stand out separately from other text
[code] [/code] use this tag to display code in your post
[spoiler] [/spoiler] hides the text until highlighted
[url] [/url] to create a link
[color=] [/color] | [size=] [/size] | [font=] [/font] are used to set specific size, color, and face of a font
[align=] [/align] is used to set alignment of font (left, right, center, justify)
[email] [/email] sets a link to an e-mail address
[img=] [/img] displays an image can also be used as [img=widthxheight] [/img]
Important about img bbcode! If you are displaying a very big image and do not wish the image to stretch the table, please use [img=100%x] [/img]
Remember you may always disable bbcode for a certain post if you wish them to show up as text.
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Giving out DMB medals is just another way to honor special members on the board who work hard to make this place better. You can nominate anyone but yourself by u2u dodo if you think they deserve medals. Please back up your nomination with detailed explanation. I can not keep track of everyone's progress, so please do not feel shy to nominate! Medals can only be given out by dodo and it will always come as a surprise. Any member can get one or more medals at a time. If you get a medal, you will be notified by u2u and the medal will be placed next to your post below your avatar. It will last 20 days.
here's some explanation for the various medals.
 best staff medal (mods, super mods, admin)
 best welcomer medal
 best idea giver medal
 best helper medal
 best contributor medal (contribution to the board)
 best graphic designer medal
 best star citizen (star members only)
 best poster medal (lots of MEANINGFUL posts)
 best counselor medal (gives good advice)
 the funniest medal
 best newbie medal
 best music poster medal (lots of QUALITY music related posts)
 weekly post monster medal
 weekly most unique/interesting post starter medal
 most caring medal
 most active member (s/he is very active in areas outside of posting)
Again if you were nominate to someone, please be sincere. Don't nominate just because they are your friends. They have to have done something that made DMB better.
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CAUTION: when start or modify a oekaki drawing, ALWAYS take a screenshot before you save it via the java applet. There is always a possibility that you may lose your drawing if you don't save it manually.
Oekaki is Japanese for "scribble" or "doodle". DMB has intergrated the original oekaki java applet with its script so members may draw individually or together.
To use oekaki on DMB, you must have at least 50 posts and have been on the board for at least 20 days. But as long as you are a member, you may comment on any oekaki drawings. In fact, you earn §0.5 every time you comment on an oekaki drawing.
To draw with oekaki, first go to the oekaki section then click on My oekaki. You should see the Start a new drawing link if you are allowed to draw.
As the starter or owner of an oekaki drawing, you may define and modify properties associated with it. These properties include title, description, a list of participants and others. You may include or exclude any other members as participants at any time by modifying the drawing's properties. Remember only members with at least 50 posts and have been on the board for at least 20 days may access oekaki. If you add anyone who is not qualified to your participants list, they may not participate until they fulfill the oekaki requirements.
How to earn dmb bucks with oekaki?
Every time you make a comment on anyone's oekaki drawing, you get §0.5. To reward members who do great jobs drawing oekaki, every time your drawing is being added as a favorite by someone who is not a participant of your drawing, you will earn §2. Therefore, the more members enjoy your drawing, the more bucks you will earn.
Please note, just being on the participants list will not necessarily earn you bucks. You must have at least modified the drawing once to earn bucks. You can tell this by viewing the history log of the drawing. Only the first time a drawing is being added as a favorite will send bucks. Repeatedly adding and deleting a drawing as a favorite will not send extra bucks.
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Each oekaki drawing has a lock status associated with it.
Unlocked
The drawing is not locked if no one is modifying it or that the owner did not choose to permanently lock it. You may modify it if you are the owner or a participant.
Edit locked
Every time someone is modifying the drawing, it is automatically edit locked. Once the user indicates s/he is done with the modification by saving it, it will become unlocked. When a drawing is edit locked, no one else may modify it. However, to prevent a drawing being edit locked for too long in error, once a drawing is edit locked for more than 8 hours, the owner may unlock it by editing its properties. It is always a good idea to check with the member who edit locked the drawing before unlocking it so his/her modifications won't get lost.
Permanently locked
Once the drawing is at its finished stage, the owner may choose to permanently lock it. Once permanently locked, no one may modify it any more. Only oekaki administrators: dodo may unlock permanently locked drawings.
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If a topic is started by you, you should be able to see some links under 'Thread Notice'. Click the links to close, move or edit the thread :)
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Power posting is against DMB rules. Quality, meaningful posts should fit the following criteria:
1. They should not be something most people have already said in the forum unless you are bringing up a new point to reinforce the idea.
2. When posting replies, please make sure you edit your previous replies if you have anything to add or change immediately after you hit the submit button. Do not post two replies in a row! It's called double posting.
3. They must be something that contributes to the topic and is worth knowing about. For example, if a mod post rules in a forum, you need NOT to post things like "thanks for reminder" or something along that line. You should post if you have suggestions, questions or other more important comments about the rules. Same thing goes with posts in the suggestion or feedback forums.
4. It's easy to see someone who does or does not post meaningful posts just by look up the posts they have made. If more than 50% of the posts you made violate #3, you are probably power posting. Admins may reduce your post number and bucks accordingly as a punishment for power posting.
5. It's ok if you want to be funny or goofy for once or twice. But DO NOT treat the board as your personal chatroom. Repeated replies to yourself or dialogues among only a few members for personal jokes or just plain hyperness are not acceptable.
6. In general, show us you have put thoughts into all the posts you make. Your posts should always have distinct purposes.
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You may only request web related services in bucks for request forum offering appropriate amount of dmb bucks.
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We do not welcome profanity on this board. But if you let a cuss word slip out once in a while, we will not severely penalize you for it. Under no circumstance should profanity be used causually or excessively. Replacing curse words with asterisks may make them appear less intrusive but it still counts as cussing. Please watch your language when posting on this board.
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The only way you can change your username after you have signed up is to re-register as a different username and lose your post count and DMB bucks.
Everyone recognizes you by your username. If everyone starts to change their usernames around, the board will be an awfully confusing place.
Make sure you delete your current account in cpanel before signing up a new one otherwise you are violating the board rule!
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Because we've decided that the post number should be kept private. In the past, some members have made a big deal out of it and so now only mods and admins can see everyone's post number. You may see your own post number.
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Any public event that deals with real money or giving out snail address should be avoided on this board. As the owner, dodo does not want to take any responsibility if anything goes wrong with real life money transaction or personal security. To comply with coppa, any member under 13 must obtain parental permission to give out address. People who obtain addresses from others SHOULD check their ages in their profiles when applicable. You should not mail anything unless the young members have explicitly stated that they have obtained parental permission to give out their addresses. DMB is not responsible for any exchanges of any personal information. Please be very cautious when giving them out.
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If you've never posted with your account, your account will be deleted in 30 days. Otherwise if you don't visit the board for more than 60 days, your account will be deactivated. Deactivated accounts will have limited ability. For example it will not be able to receive u2u, can not receive certain bucks reward and it can not be picked as sotw. You may reactivate your account any time by logging in and correctly answer your hint question. If an account stays deactivated for more than 8 months, it will be deleted. Please do not u2u dodo for any exceptions. There will not be exceptions for anyone.
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