Old thread ran five years strong. Adding a couple things here:
Frequently Asked Questions & Issues
What should I do if I am having issues with the WF Website?
The first thing we will always tell you to do is reset your cache/delete history/delete cookies. Do this first before making a thread in this section as it very well could clear up whatever issue you are having. When you make your thread you should start by saying that you have already tried resetting your cache/deleting history/deleting cookies.
Accounts
If you need help with your account, PM one of the Admins and we will help you. [user]Platt[/user], [user]Headliner[/user], [user]Clique[/user]. For a list of staff, visit the staff page.
*Note* The Administrator account is not an active admin account. It is used by different people at VerticalScope for tech support. Do not PM this account. OG Jeff is here to make sure our new layout/skin is running fine from a technical perspective. All operational related questions to the forum should be PM'd to one the four admins mentioned previously. If you have a tech issue, make a thread here in the help section.
We do not delete accounts. If you do not wish to be a part of this forum anymore, log out and leave. We also do not allow users to have multiple accounts. There is no need for it.
Why does someone have the usertitle of moron?
It means they are banned from the forum. It could be a temporary ban or permanent.
How many posts do I need to make a thread?
You need to make 10 posts. In the wrestling sections, you need to make 25. If they are spam posts, staff reserves the right to remove them which will deduct your post count.
Thread moderation; Why was I banned from a thread? Why I was banned from a certain forum?
Closed: When a thread is closed, the thread title will have a line through it and you will not be able to post in that thread. Why it was closed is usually explained, although if its an inappropriate thread for whatever reason, it becomes obvious why it was closed.
Moved: When a thread title has the word 'Moved' next to it, click on it, and you will be taken to where that thread was moved to. This could be that the thread was moved to another section of the forum, or that the thread was merged with another thread that already exists within the same subject.
Users can be removed from threads for being continuous disruptions. Likewise a user can be removed from a forum for being a continuous disruption in that forum by a Super Mod or Admin.
If you make terrible threads, your thread making permissions can be removed by an admin.
You can also have your access to rants removed as well. It may be the least moderated forum on the board, but if you are seen as a huge annoyance then you will be removed.
Your thread access will be restored by the discretion of a Super Mod or Admin. Your forum access will be restored by the discretion of an Admin.
Features turned off during WWE PPV nights
Chatbox, Arcade, Search, the online list, avatars and signatures and occasionally rep are features that sometimes have to get turned off during these nights due to high traffic.
How To Make A Drop List
Note: Drop titles can only only contain 8 lines max to keep within signature limits
Produces:
Post Count
Post count is turned off in the following sections to prevent users from spamming for post count purposes and/or access to a forum that may require a certain post count. These following sections generally produce little to no important discussion:
Word Games And Trivia
Rants
Wrestling Divas, Celebs & Models
Wrestling Multimedia
Youtube section
What Are The User Titles?
The following list are the new default titles for all members:
Learning to break kayfabe 0
Asking JAMES ELLSWORTH for Wrestling Advice 250
Wheelman for James Ellsworth 500
Tag Teaming With James Ellsworth 1000
Heel Turn on James Ellsworth 2000
Regularly Beating Up James Ellsworth 3000
Making James Ellsworth GET MY BAGS 4000
Mid-Card Champion 5000
Trying to Impress Vince McMahon 6000
Cutting a Shoot Promo To Get Over 7000
Avoiding THE LIST! 8000
Bossing Around Jobbers 9000
Playing Backstage Politics 10000
Winning World titles, Custom Made Clothes 15000
Special Attraction at Wrestlemania 20000
Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame 25000
Largest arms in the world, BROTHER! 30000
The Nature Boy 50,000
Reputation
Every new member starts out with a rep level of 50.
Rep power (Determines how many points you give a user when you rep them)
Register Date Factor - 1 point per 365 days
Post Count Factor - 1 point per 1500 posts
Reputation Point Factor - 1 point per 2500 rep points you have.
If you negative rep someone, it will be half of your green rep power. So if you are able to give someone 100 points, if you gave them red rep, you would give them 50.
You can give another user green or red rep by clicking the star icon at the bottom left. It will then take you to a page and ask if you agree or disagree with that users post. Do be careful, flaming via rep will be treated as though it is flaming on the forum or via PM and you can be warned/banned for doing so. If someone does flame you via rep, or stretches out your rep page with a large picture, PM a Super Mod or Admin and we will take care of it.
You can check who has given you rep by looking at your User CP. If you see grey rep, it has been given to you by someone who has red rep. Gray rep=0 points. The only way you will know if it was meant to be positive or negative will be based on the comment they leave.
You are limited to giving out rep 10 times over a 24 hour period and must rep 15 people before you can rep the same person again.
Reputation means nothing. It allows members to have a bit of fun.
Premium/Lifetime Membership
To help support the site and increase your options on the site you can choose to buy either a Premium or Lifetime Membership. Paypal is fine.
With a paid membership, you will receive:
-Access to the arcade
-Access to the chatbox
-Name changes
-Usertitle editing rights
-Ability to use gifs in sigs
-VIP section for paid members
-Bigger avatars
-Much more PM space
If you wish to buy a membership for another user you have to get their name and password from them, login to their account and purchase it that way. If whilst doing that you do anything to that users account, even make posts, you can be banned. If you allow someone to buy a membership for you it may be wise to change your password afterwards. If you have any issues please PM an Admin.
Paid members are not above being warned or banned. You are treated the same way as any other user and paid members can find themselves permanently banned.
File Exchange & Wrestling Multimedia
To stop lurkers joining just to access the File Exchange and Wrestling Multimedia, members can not access the section unless they have 50 posts. If you are caught spamming for media access, you will be banned.
Name Changes
Name changes are available for paid members only via the thread in the VIP section. Do not PM staff members requesting changes.
Why do certain non-staff members have different name colors?
They won a forum contest and an Administrator rewarded them with a name color.
Non-paid member signature uploads
Non-paid members upload signatures different from paid members. To use a signature, to go edit signature, and scroll down to the upload picture section. Use option two to upload a signature.
Embedding YouTube & Dailymotion Videos Into Posts.
Using this link as an example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXMOvMba2bM
You put the nXMOvMba2bM in YouTube tags -
For Dailymotion videos, you will take the entire code after the video/ part. Here's an example:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19a6zn_nate-robinson-claquettes-dunks_sport
Spoiler Tags
Used when posting any spoilers. Please use these tags to avoid spoiling.
[spoiler=a spoiler]This is a spoiler[/spoiler]
Gives you
Twitter
To post tweets, use the brackets
Facebook & Instagram embedding
*There is an issue with this on Chrome*
Let's start with facebook. To embed a facebook video, you take all of the numbers out of the URL and place them into the facebook tags. The tags are [*fb][*/fb] (Without the *)
If this is the video url:
https://www.facebook.com/wwe/videos/10154159494311443/
Here is the video you will get. You will just need to click the video to play it:
10154159494311443
To embed an IG picture or video, you use the [*ig][*/ig] (Without the *) tags to copy the letter code after the p/. If this is the url:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKEiQsDgXvn/?taken-by=joseann_alexie&hl=en
You should end up with this:
BKEiQsDgXvn
Same with a video. If this is the url:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BL-IWozDeKp/?tagged=fightowensfight&hl=en
You should end up wih this:
BL-IWozDeKp
Why is My Old Sig Showing Up?
It happens once every now and then. If you go to your edit signature option, you will see the at the current sig is still there. Just click save to change it back.
For more information on forum functions, please use the forum FAQ:
https://www.wrestlingforum.com/faq.php
Frequently Asked Questions & Issues
What should I do if I am having issues with the WF Website?
The first thing we will always tell you to do is reset your cache/delete history/delete cookies. Do this first before making a thread in this section as it very well could clear up whatever issue you are having. When you make your thread you should start by saying that you have already tried resetting your cache/deleting history/deleting cookies.
Accounts
If you need help with your account, PM one of the Admins and we will help you. [user]Platt[/user], [user]Headliner[/user], [user]Clique[/user]. For a list of staff, visit the staff page.
*Note* The Administrator account is not an active admin account. It is used by different people at VerticalScope for tech support. Do not PM this account. OG Jeff is here to make sure our new layout/skin is running fine from a technical perspective. All operational related questions to the forum should be PM'd to one the four admins mentioned previously. If you have a tech issue, make a thread here in the help section.
We do not delete accounts. If you do not wish to be a part of this forum anymore, log out and leave. We also do not allow users to have multiple accounts. There is no need for it.
Why does someone have the usertitle of moron?
It means they are banned from the forum. It could be a temporary ban or permanent.
How many posts do I need to make a thread?
You need to make 10 posts. In the wrestling sections, you need to make 25. If they are spam posts, staff reserves the right to remove them which will deduct your post count.
Thread moderation; Why was I banned from a thread? Why I was banned from a certain forum?
Closed: When a thread is closed, the thread title will have a line through it and you will not be able to post in that thread. Why it was closed is usually explained, although if its an inappropriate thread for whatever reason, it becomes obvious why it was closed.
Moved: When a thread title has the word 'Moved' next to it, click on it, and you will be taken to where that thread was moved to. This could be that the thread was moved to another section of the forum, or that the thread was merged with another thread that already exists within the same subject.
Users can be removed from threads for being continuous disruptions. Likewise a user can be removed from a forum for being a continuous disruption in that forum by a Super Mod or Admin.
If you make terrible threads, your thread making permissions can be removed by an admin.
You can also have your access to rants removed as well. It may be the least moderated forum on the board, but if you are seen as a huge annoyance then you will be removed.
Your thread access will be restored by the discretion of a Super Mod or Admin. Your forum access will be restored by the discretion of an Admin.
Features turned off during WWE PPV nights
Chatbox, Arcade, Search, the online list, avatars and signatures and occasionally rep are features that sometimes have to get turned off during these nights due to high traffic.
How To Make A Drop List
Note: Drop titles can only only contain 8 lines max to keep within signature limits
PHP:
[drop=Drop List Title]
What you want
What you want II
What you want III
[/drop]
Post Count
Post count is turned off in the following sections to prevent users from spamming for post count purposes and/or access to a forum that may require a certain post count. These following sections generally produce little to no important discussion:
Word Games And Trivia
Rants
Wrestling Divas, Celebs & Models
Wrestling Multimedia
Youtube section
What Are The User Titles?
The following list are the new default titles for all members:
Learning to break kayfabe 0
Asking JAMES ELLSWORTH for Wrestling Advice 250
Wheelman for James Ellsworth 500
Tag Teaming With James Ellsworth 1000
Heel Turn on James Ellsworth 2000
Regularly Beating Up James Ellsworth 3000
Making James Ellsworth GET MY BAGS 4000
Mid-Card Champion 5000
Trying to Impress Vince McMahon 6000
Cutting a Shoot Promo To Get Over 7000
Avoiding THE LIST! 8000
Bossing Around Jobbers 9000
Playing Backstage Politics 10000
Winning World titles, Custom Made Clothes 15000
Special Attraction at Wrestlemania 20000
Wrestling Observer Hall of Fame 25000
Largest arms in the world, BROTHER! 30000
The Nature Boy 50,000
Reputation
Every new member starts out with a rep level of 50.
Rep power (Determines how many points you give a user when you rep them)
Register Date Factor - 1 point per 365 days
Post Count Factor - 1 point per 1500 posts
Reputation Point Factor - 1 point per 2500 rep points you have.
If you negative rep someone, it will be half of your green rep power. So if you are able to give someone 100 points, if you gave them red rep, you would give them 50.
You can give another user green or red rep by clicking the star icon at the bottom left. It will then take you to a page and ask if you agree or disagree with that users post. Do be careful, flaming via rep will be treated as though it is flaming on the forum or via PM and you can be warned/banned for doing so. If someone does flame you via rep, or stretches out your rep page with a large picture, PM a Super Mod or Admin and we will take care of it.
You can check who has given you rep by looking at your User CP. If you see grey rep, it has been given to you by someone who has red rep. Gray rep=0 points. The only way you will know if it was meant to be positive or negative will be based on the comment they leave.
You are limited to giving out rep 10 times over a 24 hour period and must rep 15 people before you can rep the same person again.
Reputation means nothing. It allows members to have a bit of fun.
Premium/Lifetime Membership
To help support the site and increase your options on the site you can choose to buy either a Premium or Lifetime Membership. Paypal is fine.
With a paid membership, you will receive:
-Access to the arcade
-Access to the chatbox
-Name changes
-Usertitle editing rights
-Ability to use gifs in sigs
-VIP section for paid members
-Bigger avatars
-Much more PM space
If you wish to buy a membership for another user you have to get their name and password from them, login to their account and purchase it that way. If whilst doing that you do anything to that users account, even make posts, you can be banned. If you allow someone to buy a membership for you it may be wise to change your password afterwards. If you have any issues please PM an Admin.
Paid members are not above being warned or banned. You are treated the same way as any other user and paid members can find themselves permanently banned.
File Exchange & Wrestling Multimedia
To stop lurkers joining just to access the File Exchange and Wrestling Multimedia, members can not access the section unless they have 50 posts. If you are caught spamming for media access, you will be banned.
Name Changes
Name changes are available for paid members only via the thread in the VIP section. Do not PM staff members requesting changes.
Why do certain non-staff members have different name colors?
They won a forum contest and an Administrator rewarded them with a name color.
Non-paid member signature uploads
Non-paid members upload signatures different from paid members. To use a signature, to go edit signature, and scroll down to the upload picture section. Use option two to upload a signature.
Embedding YouTube & Dailymotion Videos Into Posts.
Using this link as an example - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXMOvMba2bM
You put the nXMOvMba2bM in YouTube tags -
For Dailymotion videos, you will take the entire code after the video/ part. Here's an example:
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x19a6zn_nate-robinson-claquettes-dunks_sport
Spoiler Tags
Used when posting any spoilers. Please use these tags to avoid spoiling.
[spoiler=a spoiler]This is a spoiler[/spoiler]
Gives you
This is a spoiler
To post tweets, use the brackets
Facebook & Instagram embedding
*There is an issue with this on Chrome*
Let's start with facebook. To embed a facebook video, you take all of the numbers out of the URL and place them into the facebook tags. The tags are [*fb][*/fb] (Without the *)
If this is the video url:
https://www.facebook.com/wwe/videos/10154159494311443/
Here is the video you will get. You will just need to click the video to play it:
10154159494311443
To embed an IG picture or video, you use the [*ig][*/ig] (Without the *) tags to copy the letter code after the p/. If this is the url:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BKEiQsDgXvn/?taken-by=joseann_alexie&hl=en
You should end up with this:
BKEiQsDgXvn
Same with a video. If this is the url:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BL-IWozDeKp/?tagged=fightowensfight&hl=en
You should end up wih this:
BL-IWozDeKp
Why is My Old Sig Showing Up?
It happens once every now and then. If you go to your edit signature option, you will see the at the current sig is still there. Just click save to change it back.
For more information on forum functions, please use the forum FAQ:
https://www.wrestlingforum.com/faq.php