Freespire Forum Tutorial
From Freespire
Introduction
The old Linspire community forums were closed on March 15th, 2007. You can still continue to log in and read and search the old forums. But, you cannot create any new posts. The community discussion for Linspire has been moved into the Freespire forum. In order to see the Linspire section of the Freespire forum you must join the Linspire group! By joining a group you can control which areas of the forum you see. If you only want to see the Linspire section of the forum then you should only join the Linspire group. If you only want to see the Freespire forum posts then you should only join the Freespire group. If you wish to see both Linspire and Freespire posts then you should join both groups. If you have any questions about this please send email to: mailto:support@freespire.org.
Creating Your Account
1. If you do not already have a Freespire forum account go to http://forum.freespire.org and click the "Register" button in the upper left:
2. Next, you will be asked for your birthday. It is VERY important that you choose the proper year! If you set this to today's date or pick a year that is less than 13 years from today the software will force you to sign up using the COPPA standards. The forum software will assume that you are under 13 yrs of age and ask you to get your parent's permission to join. Please select the proper year to avoid problems with registration.
3. Next, you will have to agree to the forum rules in order to partcipate:
4. Now, fill in your information. Be sure that you choose an email address that you KNOW works! Make sure your mailbox is not full and that your spam filters will not block the message. After you register the forum software will send you an email and you must confirm it before you can participate:
5. The final step is to confirm your email. After you register the forum software will send you an email with a link in it. All you have to do is check your email and click on the link to activate your forum acccount:
Join A Group!
1. The final step of the process is to join a group so that you can start to participate in the forums. To do this you should log into your forum account (see above if you do not have one). Then, click the "UserCP" link in the upper left hand corner:
2. Now, scroll down and go to "Group Memberships":
3. The final step is to click the group(s) you wish to join and click the button. Once you do this you become a member of that group and you have permissions to be able to post in threads that require group membership:
