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In the navigation bar at the bottom of each page is a link to member map. This is from GoogleMaps and is for Podiatry Arena members to mark where they are from and for others to check where you are from. Its all about building a better sense of community.

We encourage all members to mark their home location on the map.

To add your marker, click on the Add or edit your entry link.

In the Marker Title box, type some sort of welcome message.

Then drag the map, so your location is in the center of the page, then zoom in to find your location. Simply click on where you want the marker to be and it will be added. If you make a mistake, simply click again.

In the Marker Text box, type as much of your address that you are happy to reveal publically. For example, this might be the City, State, Country (eg San Diego, CA, USA).

For now, leave the URL for the image box empty (we had a problem with markers displaying when this was used and have not had a chance to look into it yet)

Click on Insert the Information. Your marker now has to be approved by Podiatry Arena staff (as we don't get an automatic notification of new markers, we have to log in to see it, so it may take up to a day or two to get to it). If your marker does not appear after a few days, then contact us.

After your marker has been approved and added, return to the Add or edit your entry link and scroll down to the 3 boxes under Link to your location and copy the BB code one (the others will not work at Podiatry Arena as html is disabled for most members). Go to edit signature in your UserCP (control panel) and paste the BB code in your signature. This provides a link to your marker on the map page. You can edit the words 'My Location' to any text (within reason) that you like.

It is also highly recommended that after you have posted the BB code into your signature for the My Location that you change the zoom=1 to zoom=6 as this will make it easier for other to see your location on the map

We do hope you make use of this feature to build the Podiatry Arena community.

Any problems, please contact us.

All registered users get a title, based on the number of posts or messages posted

Currently it is:

A Welcome New Poster - 1 post

Podiatry Arena Rookie - 2 posts

Member - 4 posts

Senior Member - 30 posts

Podiatry Arena Veteran - 200 posts

In addition, Podiatry Arena staff award additional user titles and ranks to recognise valuable contributions to the Podiatry Arena community. These titles include being a member of the welcome committee; being a spam buster; a MVP; etc. For more on these see this.

When you create a new thread and/or reply to a thread here you are automatically “subscribed” to that thread. That means until you physically “unsubscribe” from that thread, it will follow you throughout your stay here with us.

To check this:

Log into your "UserCP" (User Control Panel) or “My Account” (they both link to the same place).

* Clicking on the UserCP link will show you any threads that you have subscribed to that have either not been read yet (BOLD), or those you have recently read (NOT BOLD).

* Threads older than a certain period of time will not be shown on the initial UserCP page.

* To show ALL of your subscribed threads since you have joined the board, go to the left hand side of the page and you will see “List Subscriptions” and “All”. This is where you can go back and review older threads that you have participated in.

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