Smilies Top
You've probably seen others use smilies before in email messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile :) or a frown :(. This bulletin board automatically converts certain smilies to a graphical representation. For example, if you type ;) in your BB post, it will automatically be converted to - a wink. The following smilies are currently supported:

:)	smile
:(	frown
:o	wink
:D	tongue
;)	blush

Changing Your Profile Top
You may easily change any info stored in your registration profile, using the "profile" link located near the top of each page. Simply identify yourself by typing your username and password and all of your profile information will appear on screen. You may change any items, except your username.

Customizing User Preferences Top
As a registered bulletin board user, you may store your username and password in memory for up to one year at a time. This will prevent you from having to type your user name and password every time you post a message. Just click on the "Check here to remember your login details" when you post or reply to a message.

Cookies Top
This bulletin board uses cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in, your username and password. These cookies are stored on your browser. Cookies are not used to track your movement or perform any function other than to enhance your use of the bulletin board. If your browser does not support cookies, or you have not enabled cookies on your browser, many of these time-saving features will not work properly.

Editing Your Posts Top
You may edit your own posts at any time. Just go to the topic where the post to be edited is located and you will see an edit icon on the line that begins "posted -" followed by the date. Click on the icon to edit the message. No one else can edit your post, except for the forum moderator or the bulletin board administrator. A note is generated at the bottom of each post that is edited so that every one knows when a post has been edited. Only the moderator or bulleting board administrator may delete a message or topic post.

Adding Signatures Top
You may use a signature (commonly used in email messages) on your posts. If you click on the profile link at the top of most bulletin board pages, you will be able to edit your profile, including your standard signature. Once you have a signature stored, you can choose to include it in any post you make by checking the "include signature" box when you create your post. This bulletin board's administrator may elect to turn the signature feature off at any time, however. If that is the case, the "include signature" option will not appear when you post a note, even if you have stored a signature. You may also change your signature at any time by changing your profile.

Attaching Files Top
For security reasons, you may not attach files to any posts. You may cut and paste text into your post to provide hyperlinks to outside documents and/or files.

Searching For Specific Posts Top
You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Just click on the "search" link at the top of most pages. Note: announcements are not included in the search returns.

Censoring Posts Top
The bulletin board administrators have the power to censor certain words that may be posted. This censoring is not an exact science, however, so certain words may be censored out of context. Please realize that the censoring, if any censoring is being performed, is being done by a computer based on the words that are being screened. Words that are censored are replaced with asterisks.

Lost User Name and/or Password Top
Retrieving your username and password is simple, All of the pages that require you to identify yourself with your username and password carry a "forgot your password" link that you can use to have your username and password emailed instantly to your email address on file for any user name.

Email Notification Top
If you create a new topic, you have the option of receiving an email notification every time someone posts a reply to your topic. Just check the email notification box on the "New Topic" forum when you create your new topic, if you want to use this feature.

What are icons? Top
Icons appear next to each topic in a forum listing. They represent the status of each topic. Regular, New, Hot, or Closed topic.

Regular Topic

New Posting

Closed Topic

Hot Topic

Forum Etiquette Top
The users in this forum include a broad range of people, children, family members, novice users, and horse industry professionals, etc. Profanity, pornography, and other content not suitable for a general audience will not be allowed. The administrator of this forum reserves the right to delete and/or modify any posting that is in direct violation of these terms. The poster of any offensive message will be disabled from the forum and not allowed to re-register.

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