Temple of Zeus Forums User Guide

Forum Functionality

Once successfully registering on the forums, you will be greeted by the main/front page, which should resemble the image below:

1. Forum Menu - Opens on the left side of the page containing the following functions:

• Conversations*: Will open unread and past private direct messages with other members;

• Notifications*: Will open current and past notifications on forum activity - Reactions received on forum posts and replies or quotes to your posts;

* Unread Conversations and Notifications will have a red dot attached showing unread activity.

• Bookmarks: Saved bookmarks will appear here;

• Post Thread: Quick-menu to open a new thread from the homepage, without navigating to the desired subforum;

• Home: Brings the user back to forum front page;
• Search: Forum main Search function for keywords;

Selecting the function on the right hand side will open all of the Search filters to limit the search results based on various parameters:

In order to search, type in the desired word/s and press Enter;

• Members: Opens up overview of current member activity, User search function (only available for registered accounts), Members Reactions, Posts and Follower tops by "Last Month" or "All time" and newest members registered;

• Support: Will open the Forum Support functions;

• Our Temple: Link to Temple of Zeus Main Website;

2. Opens up to Zeus is God ToZ Index Page;

3. Home: Link to Forum front page;
4. Members: Quick-icon to Members Overview described above;
5. Support: Quick icon to Forum Support page;
6. Our Temple: Quick-icon to Temple of Zeus Main Site;
7. Search: Quick-icon to Forum Search Function;
8. Conversations: Quick-icon to unread and past private direct messages with other Zevists;
9. Notifications: Quick-icon to unread and past notifications on forum activity;
10. Account: Open up a Menu on the right side with the following User overview functions:

• Profile: Opens up member recent Timeline or Profile Posts, public Activity, Badges and Details;

• Details: Not to be confused with the Details function above. Opens up to About and Signature settings;

• Privacy: Opens to Member Privacy settings including public visibility and other restrictions;

• Scheduled: Open scheduled threads to be opened in the future;

• Drafts: Opens to saved public post drafts;

• Settings: Opens to Timezone and Theme settings;

• Log out: Press to log out of the Forums;

The same user menu can be accessed in the User area:

Forum Navigation

Under the Registered User settings and functions are the highlighted Clergy sermons;

Next are the latest messages and activity on the Forums:

Next in the list is the Clergy subforum where all Clergy sermons and schedules can be found;

Following are the main English community subforums:

• Main Discussions: The English main subforum for general Zevist discussions
• Art & Music: Subforum dedicated to artistic creations including pictures, poems, songs and others;
• Apollo's Astrology: Subforum dedicated to Astrology discussions;
• Anonymous Questions: Anonymous service subforum designed for members who want to ask questions anonymously;

In the last section of the front page are the regional/multi-lingual communities and subforums designed for non-English speakers to assemble and and engage in Zevist discussions;

Moving over to the right side of the Forum, the Post Thread function opens the same quick menu as the function above from the Forums Menu;

Slightly below is the Link to join the Temple of Zeus instant chat platform for Zevists, Vultus Templorum.

Below that are the real time stats of user presence, Forum statistics, and latest Clergy replies and personal profile posts.

When entering a subforum, new stats and functions open up on the right hand site.

Members can use the Follow function to subscribe to a subforum and receive notifications whenever new posts are made. The Read function can be used to mark all treads as read, and Post thread function can be used to open a new empty thread.

Local stats include real time number of threads and replies in a given subforum;

Below that, the total number of moderators for each subforum can be seen (varies depending on subforum or regional community).

When posting a new thread, the following interface opens up:

Title of the thread is to be inserted in the "What's the topic" tab. Below that in the rectangle labelled "1" are the formatting capabilities of the main body text (bold, italics, underline, hyperlink, text color, list, insert media, image, table, quote and other functions etc.)

On the top-right side in the rectangle labelled "2" are the undo and redo buttons which facilitate easy reversal of accidental mis-writing, and code view and preview functions of the thread.

On the bottom left in rectangle "3" is the Upload files which allows upload of locally stored files and the Draft function where a thread can be saved as a Draft and accessed from the Drafts tab in the User settings.

Lastly, in rectangle 4 a Member can follow their threads and receive notifications (via email as well if ticked) when other members react or reply.

The same capabilities are available when posting a reply to another thread, with the added ability of reacting with an emoji to other members' threads or replies.