SMF User Help: Registering

Introduction • Registering • Logging In • Profile • Posting • Personal Message • Searching

When you have set up your SMF forum, or wish to join another SMF forum, you should register a username. This will enable you to maintain a consistent identity while posting and keep track of what you've read, no matter where you're working from or what computer you're using. You'll be able to fill out a personal profile and use the built-in personal message system. You'll be able to subscribe to email notifications, monitor your forum activity and more.

How to Register

Assuming you've arrived at the forum as a guest and wish to register, you should be looking at one of these two things:

Any page of the forum, in which you case you should select Register from the main menu.
A login screen headed by a warning about access being restricted to registered members, in which case you should either use the registration link provided or select Register from the main menu.

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The Registration Screen

When you arrive at the registration screen, you will need to enter a username, email address and password, and may be offered the option of hiding your email address. Since most forums also require you to agree to their terms of use before your registration is accepted, you will normally have to read the agreement and check I Agree before continuing. What happens next depends on how the forum is configured, but, if the next thing you see is a login screen headed by a message inviting you to proceed, that's it, you're through and you can proceed to login! If not, there are two further possibilities:

If registration has been configured to require email activation, the next screen will tell you so and you should receive an immediate email with instructions about how to proceed. But there's also a useful link ('Did you miss your activation email?') in the User Info box in case you miss this email or mistype your email address.
If registration has been configured to require approval from a forum administrator, the next screen will tell you so and you should receive both an acknowledgement by email and another email later to inform you whether or not your application has been approved.

Introduction • Registering • Logging In • Profile • Posting • Personal Message • Searching

March 04, 2019, 08:45:44 PM

Fox: Aw. I kind of want to suggest dressing up in a banana costume. No wait, that's a bad idea.

March 04, 2019, 04:24:10 AM

Average Wind Seer: *angry gorilla noises that roughly translates to "Stay the [redacted] off my island and don't touch my [redacted] bananas"*

March 04, 2019, 03:06:07 AM

Fox: Gosh. This is like playing whack-a-mole! What's taking you so long with the bananas?! :D

February 28, 2019, 10:20:28 PM

Fox: And that other guy I thought for sure I saw a moment ago.... maybe he left again.

February 28, 2019, 10:16:29 PM

Fox: :O Wha-? I guess you didn't bring an army? If you plan on bringing a bunch, I would have suggested recruiting more people. Like me.

February 28, 2019, 09:57:15 PM

Average Wind Seer: I just reached the Island, but I'm planning on getting as many bananas as I ca- OH GOD!!! OH NO HE'S GOT ME!!! SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME!!! AAAAAAHHH!!! NO! NO! NOOOOOOOO-!! *angry gorilla noises are heard as audio fades to static*

February 28, 2019, 09:13:45 PM

Fox: Huh. I didn't know you like going on adventures, that sounds interesting. How many bananas are you bringing?

February 28, 2019, 02:32:28 AM

Average Wind Seer: a brilliant plan. I'll go get the bananas from that seemingly uninhabited island with a large sign with the letters "D.K." written on it

February 28, 2019, 02:19:23 AM

Fox: I have an idea. If it turns out they love bananas, we can get some more as bait to keep them here?

February 27, 2019, 03:00:14 AM

Average Wind Seer: They consumed so much of the banana that only the essence of the peel remained TT^TT

February 27, 2019, 02:17:50 AM

Fox: ~~You don't see it in the trash can over there? Maybe that was someone else's.~~ .... Wait, Essence of Banana Peel?

February 27, 2019, 12:06:56 AM

Average Wind Seer: nope, that's just Essence of Banana Peel that they left behind :(

February 26, 2019, 11:39:52 PM

Fox: That's unfortunate. I think they left the peeling for you. :/

February 23, 2019, 05:18:08 AM

Average Wind Seer: .... yes.... I was gonna eat that banana....