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== Registering ==
 
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== User Control Panel ==
 
== User Control Panel ==
  
Your User Control Panel gives you the opportunity to edit, alter, and configure your membership at CAG. You can access the Use Control Panel at the top left of every page
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Your User Control Panel gives you the opportunity to edit, alter, and configure your membership at CAG. You can access the User Control Panel at the top left of every page
 
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To refine your search, click on the Advanced Search button
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To refine your search, click on the '''Advanced Search''' button. This will open a new window:
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You can enter 'Keywords' and narrow the results by seraching for posts by a particular User, by date, in a particular forum and either search entire posts or just the thread title
 
You can enter 'Keywords' and narrow the results by seraching for posts by a particular User, by date, in a particular forum and either search entire posts or just the thread title
  
Press the "Perform Search" button near the bottom of the page and wait for the results to appear.
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Press the "Search Now" button near the bottom of the page and wait for the results to appear.
  
 
Finally, click on the title of the thread you want to read.
 
Finally, click on the title of the thread you want to read.
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To return to the list of search results, use your browser's Back button.
 
To return to the list of search results, use your browser's Back button.
  
 
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Latest revision as of 20:10, 19 November 2008

Registering

To start your own thread, post a question and participate in discussions on our message boards, you must first register. You will receive an email for address confirmation.


Starting a New Thread

The message boards are organized by topics. Go to the Main Forum page here

Scroll down the page and click into the Forum of your topic category.

To start a new thread, after clicking into a forum category of your choice (ie. Lloyds TSB) and click on

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at the top left

Follow the simple instructions to post your questions or comments.


Posting a reply

If you would like to reply to a thread after reading it, click on

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Type your comments in the box and click on Submit reply.

Alternatively you can use the Quick Reply at the bottom of each page


User Control Panel

Your User Control Panel gives you the opportunity to edit, alter, and configure your membership at CAG. You can access the User Control Panel at the top left of every page

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If you would like to be notified when someone replies to your post, you can "subscribe to thread" which is at the top of each post or you can "edit options" in your profile to receive email notifications of replies.

You can also update your birthday, update your bio, signature and more! Check it out.


Searching the Forums

Search through the discussions by clicking on the SEARCH link found on the top of every page of our website. Just enter your query and click Go

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To refine your search, click on the Advanced Search button. This will open a new window:

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You can enter 'Keywords' and narrow the results by seraching for posts by a particular User, by date, in a particular forum and either search entire posts or just the thread title

Press the "Search Now" button near the bottom of the page and wait for the results to appear.

Finally, click on the title of the thread you want to read.

To return to the list of search results, use your browser's Back button.