Maldives Holiday Forum permit guests to read only and only the registered members can post and reply to the posts.

1. The Main Menu
2. The Board Index
3. The Topic

The Main Menu

Supposing you've arrived here as a guest (or have registered but are currently logged out), the main menu (which appears on every page) should normally comprise five or six buttons (or text links):

• Home, which takes you back to the Forum index.
• Help, which brings you to this guide.
• Profile, which allows you to view your profile (Only if you are logged in to the forum).
• Members, which allows you to view the registry of the forum (Only if you are logged in to the forum).

Once you've registered and logged in, however, the main menu should look a little different:

• Home, which takes you back to the Forum index.
• Help, which brings you to this guide.
• Profile, which allows you to view your profile (Only if you are logged in to the forum).
• Members, which allows you to view the registry of the forum (Only if you are logged in to the forum).
• Logout, which allows you to logout from the forum.

Forum administrators should also note the presence of an additional Admin button.

The Board Index

While the orum home page is packed with all kinds of information and links, the core of the interface normally looks something like this:

 

• The forum name links back to the top of the Forum home page.
• The board name links to the message index for that board.
• The board description describes the board's content, and may also include links to child boards and/or specify the board's moderator(s).
• The New Posts and No New Posts icons in the leftmost column show registered members whether there have been any new posts to the board since they last read it.

The Topic

Sometimes referred to as threads, topics are where you find the actual messages:

 

• The page numbers link to further pages of the topic, and may be accompanied by Go Up and Go Down buttons linking to the top and bottom of the current page.
• The Reply button enables you to reply to the topic.
• The New Topic button enables registered members to create a new topic under the current category.
• The author name links to the author's profile
• The author details in the lefthand column may be accompanied by further personal information.
• The topic subject links back to the start of the topic.
• The Jump to menu provides a convenient quick method of navigating the forum.