New Members FAQ (Registration Difficulties, etc.)

[Madrigal Rose]

IN CASE OF REGISTRATION DIFFICULTIES
To any who find they can't post, due to incomplete registration, you must first go here to Activate Your Account. The click here link will send the activation info to the email addy you've given.

[David Mosley]

It's worth noting that we routinely disable (or ban) accounts that are known or suspected of being 'spam accounts' when we come across them. There are specific criteria that we use to decide whether a new registration is actually a 'spammer' or a 'spambot', so genuine accounts shouldn't be affected. However, in the unlikely event that an account is banned when it shouldn't be, please us the Contact Us link to contact an Administrator to alert us to this matter. Thanks.

[Reinart der Fuchs]

We'd also like to alert you to a typical difficulty in receiving our confirmation email. Sometimes that winds up in your Spam Filter/Junk Mail system. Please look there if you don't find it.

Also, AOL is notorious for not receiving emails from systems like ours. One work around is to use an alternate email address from a free service such as Gmail, Hotmail, Hushmail and etc.

[Madrigal Rose]

Forgotten Password Issues

If perchance anyone should forget their Log In password, you can find the
Lost Password Recovery Form here.

As regards the slightly different issue of Registration Difficulties, especially Account Activation please go to this thread, also here in the Welcome Centre.

[David Mosley]

Set an Avatar

To set up an avatar for use on Moorcock's Miscellany, follow these steps:

1. Go to the User Control Panel - User CP
2. Click on Edit Avatar
3. Either select from the range of Pre-defined Old Multiverse Avatars, or
4. Upload your own custom avatar
5. To use a custom avatar, either:
   1. Enter the URL to the Image on Another Website, or
   2. Upload Image From Your Computer (browse to where the image is stored)
6. Note: The maximum size of your custom image is 100 by 100 pixels or 29.3 KB (whichever is smaller).
7. Then save your changes
8. Your new avatar should now be displayed in your Profile and posts.

[Governor of Rowe Island]

To make your own avatar, one simply has to save an image of the appropriate size* to your hard-drive.
Right click on the image and save as... (Remember the name and location of the file you have saved.)
When you click on browse (Option 2), go to where you have saved the image and then click open.
Click on Save changes and you should have the avatar of your choice.

Alternatively, if you have image editing software you can chop or outline portions of your favourite image, or otherwise alter the size, and upload them in the same way from a location on your computer that you have remembered.

*= Google Image search thumbnails are a good resource. Simply right-click, etc...