Inscription & Connexion
Suivant la configuration du site, il vous sera peut-être nécessaire de créer un compte pour poster un message. Community Server supporte les contributions anonymes, mais cette option doit être activée par un administrateur. Pour bénéficier de toutes les fonctionnalités du site, comme paramétrer votre vatar, traquer vos messages, envoyer des emails aux utilisateurs, des messages privés, accéder aux forums privés, et beaucoup d'autres options, vous devez posséder un compte. Ceci ne prend que quelques minutes pour s'enregistrer, et c'est également recommandé de le faire.
Pour créer un compte, vous devez vous rendre sur la page d'inscription et compléter le formulaire. Vous devrez spécifiez des détails comme votre adresse email et votre nom de connexion – suivant la configuration du site - vous devrez aussi entrer un mot de passe. Si ce n'est pas le cas, un mot de passe sera généré automatiquement pour vous et envoyé par email.
Une fois votre compte créé, vous devrez avoir un nom utilisateur et un mot de passe. Vous pouvez dés lors vous rendre sur la page de connexion et entrer ces informations pour vous connecter.
Si, lors de votre connexion, vous ne cochez pas la case 'Me connecter automatiquement', vous serez automatiquement déconnecté après une certaine période d'inactivité, généralement 20 minutes. Si vous désirez que le site vous connecte automatiquement, veuillez cocher la case 'Me connecter automatiquement' sur la page de connexion.
Si vous avez oublié votre nom utilisateur et/ou votre mot de passe, vous pouvez visiter la page 'J'ai oublié mon mot de passe' puis entrer l'email que vous avez utilisé lors de la création de votre compte. Vous recevrez alors votre nom utilisateur et un nouveau mot de passe (les mots de passe étant cryptés, nous ne pouvons pas vous donner votre mot de passe original). Une fois l'email reçu, vous pourrez vous connecter et modifier votre mot de passe.
Si vous êtes déjà enregistré et ne pouvez vous connecter, vérifiez que vous avez un nom utilisateur et un mot de passe valide. Si vous êtes sûr de ces informations, mais ne pouvez toujours pas vous connecter, votre compte requiert peut-être une activation ou il a été bloqué. Dans ce cas, nous vous recommandons de cntacter un modérateur ou l'administrateur.
Vérifez d'abord que votre nom utilisateur et votre mot de passe sont corrects. Si vous ne pouvez toujours pas vous connecter, votre compte est peut-être bloqué ou a été supprimé du à son inactivité. Veuillez contacter un modérateur ou l'administrateur.
Profil Utilisateur & Paramètres
Un profil stocke des informations de votre compte, comme par exemple, la façon dont vous afficher le forum. Ceci inclut les détails comme les messages auxquels vous avez participé, les informations personnelles que vous désirez partager avec les autres membres comme votre site web ou votre blog, et plein d'autres paramètres qui vous sont propres.
Paramétrer votre fuseau horaire permet au site d'afficher les dates et heure en fonction de votre fuseau.
Une signature est un texte ajouté à la fin de tous vos messages dans les forums. Vous pouvez éditer votre signature dans votre profil. Cette signature apparaitra en bas de tous vos messages.
Un avatar est une fonctionalité du forum qui vous permet d'afficher une image près de votre pseudo.
Vous pourre définir un avatar dans votre profil. Une fois envoyé sur le serveur, vous devrez l'activer (toujours dans votre profil).
Community Server is designed to be multi-language friendly. Currently the only available language is English, but additional language packs can be installed to add support for other languages. Check http://www.communityserver.org for language packs. Within your profile you will see a listing of the available languages.
Vous pouvez changer le format d'affichage des dates dans votre profil.
Email tracking is a feature which will send emails to you when messages that you are subscribed to change. You can turn off all email tracking globally from your profile.
There are many different icons that can show up next to usernames in the forums. Common examples are administrators, moderators, or top posters. Other images may be displayed based on groups the user belongs to.
Depending upon how the administrator has configured the site you may be required to be logged in before viewing/using these areas. This is primarily to protect the privacy of users who have shared their information or to prevent unwanted/unsolicited emails.
Confidentialité & Sécurité
Une fois connecté, vous pourrez modifier votre mot de passe dans votre profil.
Vous ne pouvez pas modifier votre nom utilisateur. Toutefois, vous pouvez modifier votre pseudonyme, trois fois uniquement, dans votre profil.
Une fois connecté, vous pourrez changer votre email dans votre profil.
Le seul paramètre rquis est votre adresse email privé. Cet email est utilisé lorsque vous vous abonné à un forum, lorsque vous perdez votre mot de passe. Cette adresse n'est jamais partagé ou affiché publiquement.
You can set the option in your profile and your name will not appear in any member listings, including the listing of who is online.
Navigation
A Forum Group is a top level grouping of related forums. A forum group contains 1 or more forums.
A Forum is a grouping of related threads of discussion. A Forum contains 0 or more threads and 0 or more sub-forums.
A Thread is a grouping of related posts. A Thread contains 1 or more Posts. The first post becomes the Thread and replies to the original post increment details on the Thread, such as the reply count or last post.
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Thread Icon Legend
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Topic with posts you have not read.
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Topic with posts you have read.
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Popular topic with posts you have not read. A topic
becomes popular after a certain number of views and posts (administrator
defined).
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Popular topic with posts you have read. A topic becomes
popular after a certain number of views and posts (administrator
defined).
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Announcement you have not read
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Announcement you have read
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A pinned topic with posts you have not read. Pinned topics are
displayed before other topics until they become unpinned.
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A pinned topic with posts you have read. Pinned topics are displayed
before other topics until they become unpinned.
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A pinned popular topic with posts you have not read. A pinned topic
with enough views or replies to become popular.
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A pinned popular topic with posts you have read. A pinned topic with
enough views or replies to become popular.
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A locked topic with posts you have not read. Locked topics do not
allow replies.
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A locked topic with posts you have read. Locked topics do not allow
replies.
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A forum may not display any threads if there are no threads in the forum or if filters on the forms have been applied and no threads match the filter. An example of a filter is filtering to display threads newer than a certain date, such as threads new in the past 2 weeks.
A forum may or may not be moderated depending upon how the forum has been configured. After posting a message in a moderated forum you may receive a message stating that the post is awaiting moderation. Once the moderator(s) approve your post you post will become visible. The moderators may choose to move, edit, or delete your post to ensure that the post is topical to the current forum.
The icons next to threads when viewing a forum indicate different status. You can move your mouse cursor over these icons to see what the different status / types of threads are.
An announcement is a special post type that is always displayed at the top of a forum for a configured amount of time. The purpose of an announcement is to increase the visibility of certain topics.
A sticky topic is a special post that causes a post to sort to the top of a forum for a specified amount of time. A sticky topic is similar to an announcement, whereas an announcement is displayed separate from other threads and usually does not allow replies.
A locked thread is a special post that does not allow replies. Once a user locks a post or an administrator/moderator locks a thread no more posts are allowed.
Yes, you can sort threads when viewing a forum by Author, Replies, Views, and Last Post. The default sort for a forum is to display the newest threads first (Last Post descending). To sort simply click on the options button at the bottom of the screen and select your desired sort order and click 'Apply'.
The XML icon is linked to the RSS feed for the forum. RSS is used to allow other applications to subscribe to a forum's posts.
This icon indicates the user’s online status. A green icon means the user has been active recently (usually within the last 15 minutes). A red icon means the user has not recently been active. You can hover your mouse over this icon to see details about the user’s past activity.
If you are attempting to access a forum that you have visited before, but now receive an ‘unknown forum’ error there are two likely causes. The first cause is that the forum you are attempting to access is private and you are not signed in. The second cause is that the forum has been removed.
Poster
Yes and no. You cannot type HTML directly into the editor. If you are using Internet Explorer the default editor for creating new posts will be a Rich Text Editor that will automatically format posts using HTML. If you post with a browser other than Internet Explorer a standard HTML textbox is used and BBCode can be used to mark-up posts.
BBCode is a special syntax for formatting plaintext posts.
Yes, however, this requires the moderator(s) or administrator(s) to enable this permission for user’s on a forum-by-forum basis.
Emoticons are graphical elements that can be added within the body of a post to add emotions to the post. Common examples are the use of smilies within the contents of a post. Community Server comes with a pre-defined set of emoticons, however the administrator can add additional ones.
You can post a new message to a forum in several ways depending upon how the administrator has configured the site. When viewing a forum you should see an image button reading New Topic. Clicking on this image button will take you to a form for posting a message or ask you to login first. Depending upon how the administrator has configured the site you may be able to post anonymously, i.e. no login required. If you do not see the New Topic image button you may not have enough permissions – even after logging in – to post a message to the forum even though you are allowed to view the forum.
You can reply to an existing post using either the Reply or Quote image buttons displayed with the post. If you do not see the Reply or Quote image buttons when viewing a post you either do not have permissions to reply or the post may not allow replies.
If the administrator or moderator has configured the forum or your role to allow editing of posts you will see an Edit image button next to posts you have made. Clicking on this image button will allow you to edit your post.
If the administrator or moderator has configured the forum or your role to allow deleting posts you will see a Delete image button next to new posts you have made. If a post you have made has one or more replies you will no longer be able to delete the post.
The administrator may have specified a word filter for posts. When word filters are enabled certain words that are deemed to be offensive are filtered and replaced with the ‘*’ character.
See How do I add Signature to my Post? in the User Profile and Settings section.
See What is an avatar? And How do I Set my Avatar in the User Profile and Settings section.
Groupes Utilisateurs & Permissions
Permissions control what you are or are not allowed to do while browsing the site. The permissions you are granted control all aspects of your view within Community Server.
An administrator is the highest permission level within Community Server. By default, an administrator has full permissions to perform any action, e.g. moderating posts, approving users, and so on.
A moderator is the second highest permission level within Community Server. By default a moderator can perform any number of tasks within a particular forum or set of forums. This includes approving posts, moving posts, deleting posts, editing posts, or banning users. If you have a problem with a particular forum the best place to start is with a moderator. Moderators belong to varying groups configured by the Administrator.
A user group, also known as a role, is grouping of common users for the purpose of assigning permissions. In addition to common permission assignment a role can also be used to display an image for a user in that role. Roles make the job of administering and moderating the site easier since users can be assigned to roles and then permission applied based on those roles.
Users are assigned to user groups by the administrator. If there is a particular group you wish to join, please send a private message or email to one of its members for more information.
Messages Privés
A private message is like email within Community Server. You can send a private message to other users within this Community Server site that is visible only to them. No private information, such as the user's email address, is ever disclosed.
A Propos de Community Server
Community Server is a rich knowledge management and collaboration platform designed to meet the demands of the most rigorous collaborative needs. It is used by fortune 100 companies, small start-up businesses, schools, and individuals to better connect, share, and collaborate. Community Server is perfect for setting up a support system for products, reporting, and general information management by organizations or individuals.
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