• How do I register on the District VII forum?
• I'm registered, but I can't read my club's forum?
• How do I post a picture on the forum?
• How do I make post a message on the forum?
• How do I edit or delete a post?
• What are "BB Codes" and "Body Tags"?
• Where can I find additional help using the forum?

• Is the District calendar only for sanctioned events?
• How do I get my club's event posted on the District VII calendar?

A:  You must register on the AMA District VII forum before using the forum and signing up for your club's "private" area.   You can find step by step directions here (2.5 MB pdf file)

  Note that we have added a visual confirmation step during registration.   During registration, you will be asked to enter the letters and numbers displayed in an image.   This step is necessary to prevent internet bots from attacking our forum.

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A:  After you register on the AMA District VII forum, you must sign-up for your club's usergroup before gaining access to the club's "private" area.   You first request usergroup membership, you will then be notified by email after your club moderator approves your request.   These instructions were written by PMAC, but apply to any club forum.

You can find step by step directions here (1.5 MB pdf file)

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A:  The following link developed by Martyn Griffin (Midland RC Modeler's Club) provides step by step directions to add attachments to your posts:

A:  The best way to do something on the forum is just to do it.   You can't hurt anything.   To make your first posting, here's what to do:
1 - Go to the forum.
2 - Click on "introductions" towards the middle of your screen
3 - Read the other introductions that members have posted so far
4 - Click on "new topic"
5 - Click your curser in the subject line and write hello from (username)
6 - Click your curser in the big white area (message body) and write your introduction.
7 - When you have entered your message, scroll down and click on "submit"
8 - read your posting, if you want to edit it you can by clicking on "edit" on the upper right
9 - if you have more questions, let me know

Ed Kincer

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A:  Unless you are the board admin or forum moderator you can only edit or delete your own posts.  You can edit a post (sometimes for only a limited time after it was made) by clicking the edit button for the relevant post.

If someone has already replied to the post, you will find a small piece of text output below the post when you return to the topic that lists the number of times you edited it.  This will only appear if no one has replied; it also will not appear if moderators or administrators edit the post (they should leave a message saying what they altered and why).

Please note that users cannot delete a post once someone has replied.

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A:  You can find a complete answer here, but find short answer below:

BB Code is the bulleton board user language, it resembles HTML (hyper text mark-up language) used by the web.  The good news is that we don't have to use BB Code very much.

 Body tags are used to modify your text. For instance, if you highlight your text and then click on "i", you text will be italized.  Highlight your text and click on "u" for underline. One frequently used body tag is "quote".  When replying to a specific portion of a post, you can highlight that phrase, copy and paste it to your message, then while highlighted click on "quote".  The highlighted passage will appear in a text box within your message.

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A:  The forum contains a complete list of FAQs which can be found here.

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A:  No, you can post any AMA club event on the District VII calendar.   In addition to flying events, don't forget to post your non-flying events (swap meets, mall shows, etc)

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A:  Send the info to Ed at least three weeks prior to your event.   It's best to send an email with all your event info listed.
          1.  Event Date(s)
          2.  Event Name
          3.  Event City, State
          4.  Site location (URL of map if you want)
          5.  Event desription
          6.  Event flyer (URL of flyer or attach pdf file)
          7.  Contact name, email, phone number
          8.  Sponsoring club name and URL


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