Main buttons

• The main buttons are: Reply, Create new topic, and Like

Sign up

• After using the Create New Account form you will be emailed a link to validate your email address.

Log in

• Use username/email address and password.

• Forgotten your password? Click “with email” to receive a login link.

Like

• Click to show appreciation for what someone has written!

Reply

• When you are reading a topic, either:

  • Just click “ Reply”; or
  • To quote someone, select the relevant text and select the “ Quote” button that pops up.

• When you receive an email notification, you can reply to the forum by replying to the email.

Create new topic

• Click “ New Topic”.

• Choose a relevant category.

• You can add tags (e.g. “cto” or “dols”).

Anonymous posting

• Just log in, click on your profile circle (top right), then , then “‌ Enter Anonymous Mode”. Afterwards, click “‌ Exit Anonymous Mode”.

Notifications

• Notifications appear at the top right of the screen alongside a number, and sometimes are sent by email.

• You can apply the following levels to categories, tags or topics: Watching, Tracking, Watching first post, Normal, or Muted.

• The default is Watching first post for the “Law and practice” subcategories and the “Site feedback” category, and Watching for any topic to which you add a reply.

Preferences

• You can change any of your preferences on your preferences page – including notification preferences (in particular your category notification preferences) and email preferences (to receive more or fewer emails).

Badges

• The badges come as part of the forum software, e.g. you will get a “Read guidelines” badge for reading this page. It’s a bit of fun and you can just ignore it.