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One of the great benefits of the site is the community features. The forums allow you to interact with other members.

There are two types of forums :

General - all The Church Organiser members are able to post messages
Group - only members of the group can view or post messages

The main forum page will display all the forums available to you with a summary of each forum and when the last post was made. You will then be able to open that forum by clicking on the forum name.

Main forum page :

Forum Name	Threads	Posts	Last Post
Prayer Requests Post your requests for prayer here and get others praying for you	13	27	Last post at 9:47pm on 14th July 2024 by Matt Apps
General Chat A place for chatting about anything and everything	74	467	Last post at 8:32am on 14th July 2024 by Jen Michael
Praise Reports Share the good things that God has done - answers to prayer	26	84	Last post at 12:22 on 12th July 2024 by Luke Cod
18 - 30's cell Cell group for the 18 - 30's in the church	15	22	Last post at 2:45am on 13th July 2024 by Abigail Fish
Cell Leader's Group Leader and interns of cell's	3	8	Last post at 2:35pm on 15th July 2024 by Philip Jones

When you view a forum the threads will be displayed with the most recent first. You will quickly be able to identify which threads have had new posts added to them since you last visited by looking at the envelope next to the thread subject. If the envelope is closed then there have been no new posts to that thread. If the envelope is open then either you have not read that thread, or a new posts has been made to it since you last looked at it.

Viewing a forum:

Subject	Started By	Replies	Last Post
The Weekend	Luke Cod	25	15th July 2024 at 19:16 by Abigail Fish
Sunday	June Cottage	11	14th July 2024 at 18:33 by John Matthews
Saturday social	Matt Apps	3	15th July 2024 at 18:02 by Philip Addlet
Spare bike?	Abigail Fish	1	14th July 2024 at 12:32 by Luke Cod
idea	Abigail Fish	25	14th July 2024 at 19:01 by Tom Opps
Important - read this!	Luke Cod	32	11th July 2003 at 10:25 by Matt Apps

Starting a new thread
To start a new thread, click on the 'New Thread' button in the appropriate forum. The following form will then be displayed :

New Thread

Subject:
Message:
Include Signature :
Subscribe to thread :

If you tick the 'Include Signature' box then the signature that you entered in your options menu will be displayed below your post.

If you tick the 'Subscribe to thread' box then you will receive an email notification when someone replies to the post.

Replying to a post
To reply to a post click on the reply button next to the post. You will then be able to enter the reply and also choose to subscribe or unsubscribe from the thread.

Editing a post
If you wish to change a post which you wrote then click on the 'Edit Post' button next to that post. You will then be able to alter the contents of the post. Once you save the changes, the post will display a note to other members that the post was edited.

Reporting a post
If you see a post which you do not think is appropriate for the The Church Organiser website then you can report it to a forum moderator. A reported post will be removed from display and sent to the forum moderator. The forum adminstrator will then either delete the post or reinstate it.

Smilies
Smilies are graphical images that can be embedded into forum posts. To embed them you will need to enter the shortcut code in the message. When you submit the post, the shortcut will be replaced by the smilie image.