• Welcome to Pursestretchers

• Register as a Member
• Log In
• Log Out
• Forgotten Password

• Profile Overview
• Edit Profile
• Contact Information
• Options
• PM Preferences

• Personal Messaging

• Tip us Off
• Replying to a Post
• Posting a Poll
• YaBBC Reference

For a more complete manual, please visit The YaBB Codex.
For support and troubleshooting, please visit YaBB's Support Community. But, please, read these instructions first.

This help section will get you up to speed on the functions of the Pursestretchers boards. Inside, you will learn how to register as a member, login, edit your profile, post feedback, and much more. If you would like to skip ahead to a section, please use the menu to the left.

Step 1: In the menu above, you will see items titled "Home", "Help", "Login", "Register", etc. Click on "Register".

Step 2: On this new page, you will see a form where you can choose your username and password and enter you email address. Fill in the boxes with your information.

Step 3: Check the box to agree to the User Agreement.

Step 4: Click on the "Register" button at the bottom of the page.

That's it! We need you to validate your e-mail address before you can view the offer boards and post your feedback. An email will be sent to you containg your password and containing a link which you will need to click to confirm your details. This is to discourage spammers from flooding our site with postings that none of us want to read! Please take a moment to click the link in your e-mail which should arrive in just a minute or so. If it doesn't please check your spam folder and be sure to add Pursestretchers to your list of permitted senders. Now you're ready to log in, view the offers, tip us off to others and post feedback!

Step 1: In the menu above, you will see items titled "Home, "Help", "Login", "Register", etc. Click on "Login".

Step 2: On this new page, you will see several options.

• Username - Enter the name you registered with.
• Password - Type in your password.
• Logged in For - Choose how long you would like to stay logged in for. The default is "For Keeps" but you may change this to anything from 1 hour upwards if you like.
  
• Forgot Password - If you can't remember your password, click this button to have it resent. (Full directions below.)
  

Step 3 Once you have everything filled out, click the button in the form titled "Login".

Congratulations! You are now ready to participate in this community! Note, if you see your username at the top of the page, you are already be logged in. This is because Pursestretchers is set up for instant recognition of registered members if your computer will allow it.

Step 1 In the menu above, you will see items titled "Home", "Login", "Register", etc. Click on "Login".

Step 2 On this new page, you will see a button titled "Forgot Password". Click this button.

Step 3 A new page will load with a single box. Enter your username or the email address you registered with.

Step 4 Click the button titled "Send".

Step 1: To change your profile, click the "Profile" option in the forum menu above. This will bring you to the View Profile page.

Step 2: On your View Profile page, you will see a special link titled "Modify". Click this link.

Step 3: For security reasons, you will then be asked to enter your password. Do so, then click "Confirm Password".

You now have access to all of your Pursestretcher membership settings and options, divided into four sections: Edit Profile, Contact Information, Options and PM Preferences. For details on each of this, please read on below.

Password
If you wish to change your password, you may do so by filling in this box. It is highly recommended that your password be at least 6 characters and use a combination of letters and numbers.

Verify Password
In order to change your password, Pursestretchers need to know that you'll remember it. You can do this by entering your new password again in this box.

Name
This is your Display Name. This is the name everyone will see throughout the Pursestretcher boards if you post feedback. It does not have to be the same as the username you login with.

Gender
Optional. If you want others to know your gender, you may pick "male" or "female" from this drop-down box. Membership and posting on our site is equally open to members of either gender.

Birthday
Optional. If you would like others to see how old you are and have a special icon in your profile on your birthday, please enter it in DD (day), MM (month), YYYY (year) format.

Location
Optional. Filling in this box will display where you live, where you're from or anything else you choose (the Laundry? Kitchen Sink?!!)

Email
This must be a valid email address. It is used for system notifications such as a forgotten password, topic notifications, and feedback board emails.

Hide Email from Public
Checking this box means that other Pursestretchers members can not view your email address. We check it for you (default) and recommend that you do not uncheck it in the interest of securing your computer againdst spam. If you send a personal message to another member it will be shown to that person when they, and only they, log in to the site (much like your welcome message from us). This is a safer way to exchange e-mail addresses. Note: Checking the hide e-mail box does not hide it from Pursestretchers Admins.

ICQ
If you have an ICQ account, you may enter your UIN here.

AIM
If you have AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), you may enter your user name here.

YIM
If you have Yahoo! Instant Messenger, you may enter your screen name here.

MSN
If you have an MSN Messenger address, you may enter it here.

Google Talk
If you have Google Talk, you may enter your address here.

Website Title
If you have a website, you can enter the title here. This will be the text the URL (below) will attached to.

Website URL
Here you can enter the URL to your website. Note, this must be a full URL. (i.e. include http:// )

Personalized Picture
Pursestretchers allow you to select a small picture (called an avatar) that will display under your name next to your posts. The site has a number of avatars already installed, and you may pick one from the list. If you have your own avatar, please see the option below.

I have my own pic
If you have your own avatar and would like to use it on the Pursestretchers site, you may enter the URL here.

Personal Text
This is a small line of text that will display under your avatar (picture).

Signature
Your signature is displayed at the bottom of every post you make and in your profile.

Preset Time Format
This option allows you to change how the dates and time are presented to you throughout the Pursestretchers site.

Custom Time Format
You may also create a custom time format using the special codes here.

Time Offset
Since your time may be different from the server, you can enter your correct time zone to adjust it correctly.

Template
You may not change the Template of the Pursestretchers site.

Language
The default language of the Pursestretchers site is English. Currently this can not be changed.

Ignorelist
This function allows you to ignore other members and prevents you from viewing any personal messages they send. Additionally, you may disable all PMs by entering a *

Notify by e-mail:
If you would like an email when a member sends you a personal message, this options allows you to enable that feature.

PM Popup show PMs in new Window?
If you have PM Popups enabled, checking this box will open your PMs in a new window. Otherwise, it will load in the current one.

Enable Personal Message Popup?
Checking this box will display a small popup window to notify you of any new personal messages.

While e-mail is a good way to correspond privately with members, it has several drawbacks: You must open your e-mail application to write and send the message; the recipient must open his/her e-mail application; check his/her mail and your message will mixed in with all the other mail and it can take sometimes several minutes to an hour for mail to reach the recipient.

As an alternative to e-mail, Pursestretchers offers a faster, more private method. Personal Messaging on the site provides instantaneous delivery to the recipient's private mailbox. The mail is sent and received entirely through Pursestretchers, so neither you nor the recipient have to open another program or leave Pursestretchers. Personal Messaging also gives both the sender and recipient greater privacy: no one's real e-mail address is revealed. Personal Messages show only the username and name of both parties.

If a recipient isn't online, Personal Messages wait in the member's PM box until the next time he/she logs in and manually reads and/or deletes them. Pursestretchers Personal Messages is basically a self-contained, highly private e-mail system.

After you have registered as a member, you will have the ability to tip us off to your own favourite offers and bargains. To do so, use the button titled "Tip us off", and tell us about the offer via email, we will contact the relevent company and obtain permission to use their offer, this could take a little time so please be patient.

Only genuine offers should be submitted - all spam will be rejected at the absolute discretion of Pursestretchers as will inappropriate offers or obscene material.

We will acknowledge your tip by email, and when, or if, it is verified and authorised it will be posted on the site.

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Subject: This is the title of the featured bargain that you are replying to.

Message Icon: If you would like to add a special icon to your post, you may choose one from this list.

Add YABBC tags: Pursestretchers' YABBC tags give you the ability to format the text in your post. To add, simply click on the button of your choice. See below for a complete reference.

Add Smileys: Personalize your post by adding an emoticon, or smiley. Just click on the one you want and Pursestretchers will automatically put it in your post.

Attach: If the Administrator allows, you may be able to add a file to your post by clicking on the "Browse" button to find the file on your hard drive to upload. Pay attention to the allowed file types and maximum file size.

Post/Preview/Reset: These three buttons do exactly what you would expect. Press the "Post" button if you're ready for the community to view your message. Press "Preview" if you would like to see what your post will look like first or press "Reset" to clear all of the boxes and start again.

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For security reasons standard HTML code cannot be used in posts. Instead Pursestretchers allows the use of YaBBC (YaBB Code) for formatting. YaBBC is similar to HTML, but safe and standardized for bulletin board use. To use, you can either click on the YaBBC button of your choice on all post pages or manually type them in. Below is a listing of each tag and it's function.

What is YaBBC?

YaBBC is a set of tags based on the HTML language. It allow you to add formatting to your messages in the same way as HTML does, but have a simpler syntax and will never break the layout of the pages you are viewing. Most YaBBC tags can be wrapped around text, by first highlighting the text, and then clicking on the YaBBC button with the desired formatting.

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Insert URL, Link
Syntax: Result: Syntax: Result:	[url]http://www.yabbforum.com[/url] http://www.yabbforum.com [url=http://www.yabbforum.com]YaBB Forum[/url] YaBB Forum
Type URL and text: www.yabbforum.com YaBB Forum Highlight all of it: www.yabbforum.com YaBB Forum Click the button: YaBB Forum The [link] YaBBC tags work in the same manner as the [url] tags, with the exception that the [link] tag (there is no insertion button for this tag) will open the clicked link in the present window, whereas the [url] tag opens the clicked link in a new window.
Insert FTP
Syntax: Result:	[ftp]ftp://ftpdom[/ftp] ftp://ftpdom
Insert Image
Syntax: Result:	[img]http://www.pursestretchers.com/yabbfiles/ Templates/Forum/default/on.gif[/img]
Insert Email
Syntax: Result: Syntax: Result:	[email]myname@domain.com[/email] myname@domain.com [email=myname@domain.com]Click to email me[/email] Click to email me
Type mail-addr. and text: myname@domain.com Click to email me Highlight all of it: myname@domain.com Click to email me Click the button: Click to email me
Insert Flash
Syntax: Example: Result:	[flash=width,height]url to flash file[/flash] [flash=150,30]http://www.domain.com/yabbchelp.swf[/flash] [flash=150,30]http://www.pursestretchers.com/yabbfiles/ Templates/Forum/default/yabbchelp.swf[/flash]
Insert Table - Column - Row
Syntax:	[table][tr][td]text example[/td][/tr][/table]
Insert Horizontal Rule
Syntax: Result:	[hr]
Insert Teletype
Syntax: Result:	[tt]text example[/tt] text example
Insert Code
Syntax: Result:	[code]<script language="Javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello YaBB 2!"); //--> </script> [/code] Code: <script language="Javascript"> <!-- alert("Hello YaBB 2!"); //--> </script>
Insert Quote
Syntax: Result:	[quote]Hello Pursestretcher[/quote] Quote: Hello Pursestretcher
Insert Edit
Syntax: Result:	[edit]This was edited in YaBB 2[/edit] Edited: This was edited in YaBB 2
Insert Superscript
Syntax: Result:	text [sup]example[/sup] text example
Insert Subscript
Syntax: Result:	text [sub]example[/sub] text example
Insert Marquee
Syntax: Result:	[move]text example[/move] text example
Insert Timestamp
Syntax: Result:	[timestamp=1121602762] Jul 17th, 2005, 1:19pm
Insert Bold Text
Syntax: Result:	[b]text example[/b] text example
Insert Italic Text
Syntax: Result:	[i]text example[/i] text example
Insert Underline Text
Syntax: Result:	[u]text example[/u] text example
Insert Strikethrough Text
Syntax: Result:	[s]text example[/s] text example
Insert Highlighted Text
Syntax: Result:	[highlight]text example[/highlight] text example
Change Font Face
Syntax: Result:	[font=Courier New]Courier New font[/font] Courier New font
Change Font Size
Syntax: Result:	[size=14]14 point font[/size] 14 point font
Insert Preformatted Text
Syntax: Result:	[pre] this is preformatted text [/pre] this  is preformatted text
Insert Left Aligned Text
Syntax: Result:	[left]text example[/left] text example
Insert Center Aligned Text
Syntax: Result:	[center]text example[/center] text example
Insert Right Aligned Text
Syntax: Result:	[right]text example[/right] text example
Insert List - List Item
Syntax: Result:	[list][*]item 1 [*]item 2 [*]item 3[/list] item 1 item 2 item 3
You can create 2 or 3 level lists by including a list inside another list.
Example: Result:	[list][*]item 1 [*]item 2 [list][*]subitem 1 [*]subitem 2[/list] [*]item 3[/list] item 1 item 2 subitem 1 subitem 2 item 3
/me
Syntax: Result:	/me loves Pursestretchers * Pursestretcher loves Pursestretchers