Joining the forum Joining the forum will let you ask over 10,000 other 4WD enthusiasts, such as yourself, any questions or queries you might have regarding your vehicle, a trip you might be planning, off-road tracks or any discussion related to fourbies. The best bit is that it only takes a couple of minutes and is absolutely free! Frequently asked questions Why should I register? There are many benefits of registering for the Australian 4WD Action forum. Firstly, you will be joining the largest online 4WD club in Australia free of charge. You will be able to ask over 10,000 other 4WD enthusiasts anything fourby related, and keep up to date with what’s happening in the national 4WD community and even worldwide. Plus, the team at 4WD Action regularly access the forum and are more than willing to help out where they can. How long will it take to register? Around five minutes. Not long, only a few simple questions and a couple of clicks of the mouse and you will be an Australian 4WD Action forum member. How much does it cost? It’s free! How many members are there? There are over 10,000 members from all over Australia and the globe, with membership continually growing. I’ve just signed up to the forum, why can’t I post? It will take up to two days (less if time permits) to be officially registered, as we filter all applicants to avoid spam accounts. Steps to register online Open up your internet browser and go to the Australian 4WD Action website, (www.4wdmonthly.com.au). On the top right-hand corner of the homepage you will see a beige-coloured bar that has ‘FORUM’ written on it. Click this link and another window should open. This is the Australian 4WD Action forum.
In the top right of the forum homepage (www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum) there is a space that requires you to put in your username and password. If you are already a member of the forum, fill in your details. If not, you will need to register.
Registering is easy and only takes a few minutes. You will not be required to fill in your life history, instead just a couple of details to protect the privacy of your soon-to-be forum account. Click on the link ‘Register’ at the top left of the page.
You have now been taken to a page that has all of the forum rules. We encourage you to read all of the forum rules and click on the box that states, “I have read, and agree to abide by the Australian 4WD Action online forum’s rules”. And then click ‘Register’.
You’re now taken to the page where you create your own individual username and password. Your username is like your nickname, which you need to log in with and has to be unique to anyone else’s. Choose a password that will be easily remembered and then re-enter it to confirm your password. Enter your email address. You will have to re-type your email address for confirmation. Directly beneath where you entered your email address, you come to the image verification – you’re almost the end of the registration process. In the blank space, simply type in the letters and numbers that you see in the coloured box on the right-hand side of the screen. Now click on ‘Complete Registration’ to finish registering. Congratulations! You are now a member of the Australian 4WD Action forum.
Some errors you might experience “The string you entered for the image verification did not match what was displayed.” This means that you have not correctly typed in the letters and numbers from the image verification box. Simply re-enter the new image verification as you see it displayed to continue. “That username is already in use.” This means that the username you have chosen is already being used by someone else on the forum. You will need to choose another username to continue. Registering your account After you have submitted your details to register on the Australian 4WD Action forum, an email will instantly be sent to your email address (the email address you submitted in your registration process). Go to your email account and open the email sent by 4WD Action (If you cannot find this email in your inbox, check your junk folder). Click on the link within this email to finish the registration process. How to post on the forum Now that you are officially a member of the Australian 4WD Action forum, you can post questions or responses on the forum. Simply go to the forum page, www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum, and log in with your username and password. You need to be logged in before you can post anything on the forum. To create your own discussion topic or ask a question on the forum, find the area of the forum that is most relevant to your query. (Eg, ‘General Discussion’, ‘Events,’ ‘Classifieds’ etc.) After reaching the part of the forum that best suits your query, located near the top left-hand side of the page will be a blue button that reads ‘New Thread’. Click on the button.
Type in a title that will best describe what your post will entail in the white area that is headed ‘Title’. Write your question or query in the larger white area that is titled ‘Message’.
You can see what your message will look like by hitting the ‘Preview Post’ button. Once you are happy with your post click ‘Submit New Thread’. This will put your message on the public forum so everyone can access your thread. Posting a reply to an existing thread The process of replying to another topic thread is very similar to creating your own thread, except instead you need to click on the particular thread you want to submit a response to and click ‘Post Reply’. This button is located at the top of the thread. Once you have filled out your response, it will become the last message of that particular thread and will be seen by all people accessing the forum. A PM or private message You can use this function if you want to send a particular member of the forum a private message so only they can see it – not the entire 10,000 + members. To send a private message (PM) to a member on the forum, click on the particular member’s name in the forum where they have posted something. A list of options should appear when you have clicked on their username, including an option to see what other posts that particular member has written, view their profile, see their homepage (if they have one) or send them a private message. Attaching a picture As they say, ‘a picture can say a thousand words’, and sometimes it can be very handy to add a picture to help your post. While it might seem like a daunting task that should only be left to the computer experts out there, the truth is posting a picture on the forum is relatively simple and can be done by almost anyone. 1) First you will have to get your digital images/photos hosted on the web. Using a website such as http://photobucket.com/ is one of many ways to do this. Once your photo is hosted on one of these third-party sites, the rest is pretty straightforward. 2) Once your picture is uploaded on the web, you need to find the URL of the picture. While this might sound like double-dutch to you, it’s relatively easy. Find your picture where you have uploaded it (eg, photobucket.com or the like) and click on the image to make it bigger. Then right-click on it and choose ‘Properties’. Here you will find the URL (it starts off with http://). Simply highlight the entire URL and right-click on it and choose ‘Copy’. 3) In your message on the forum 4WD Action forum site, where you want your picture to appear you will need to click on the ‘Add Image’ button
4) Paste the URL (image location) into the above window and click ‘OK’. 5) Your picture should appear in your message. To check click on ‘Preview’. Picture etiquette 1) Pictures must not be offensive in any way. Remember that this is a family-oriented website. All pictures must comply with the ‘Terms and Conditions’ of this forum. http://www.4wdmonthly.com.au/forum/showthread.php?t=1944. 2) All images should be less than 640 by 480 pixels. Unfortunately, this forum doesn’t automatically resize images for you. Linking huge photos to your message will take the thread too long to load and blow out the boarders of the page. Many image hosting sites like ‘Photobucket’ or ‘Image Shack’, for example, have resizing options on their site. Please use this feature or, alternatively, resize your pictures before you upload them to the web. Submit a letter to the editor Go to the homepage, www.4wdmonthly.com.au and click on the ‘Your Say’ button.
About halfway down the page on the left-hand side it says ‘Submit a Letter to the Editor’. Click this link.
Fill out the required fields, and include a picture if necessary.
To add a picture to your letter to the editor, click on the ‘Browse’ button. Locate the file your picture is in, highlight it and click open. Click ‘Submit’ when you are ready to send it to the editor.
Submit a picture to the magazine Go to the homepage, www.4wdmonthly.com.au and click on the ‘Your Say’ button.
Click on the fourth link down on the left-hand side of the page that says, ‘Submit Photographs’.
Fill out the required fields, and remember to include a comment.
To attach your picture, click on the ‘Browse’ button. Locate the file of the picture you are trying to send. How to sign up for a subscription to Australian 4WD Action magazine From the comfort of your own home, you can sign up for a subscription to the best 4WDing magazine in the country, Australian 4WD Action. There aren’t many better feelings than arriving home to find your favourite magazine in your mailbox. Not only do you get the magazine delivered directly to your door, you can also make some significant savings. On the Australian 4WD Action homepage, (www.4wdmonthly.com.au) click on the subscriptions button at the top right-hand side of the screen. You will be directed to www.magstore.com.au, at the top left-hand side of this page click on the ‘subscriptions’ link,
Scroll down towards the bottom of the page to the subsection titled ‘Motoring’. Click on ‘Australian 4WD Action. Scroll down to the bottom of this page, and under the heading ‘Subscriptions’ click on the offer that you would like and click ‘Order’. Follow the prompts and in no time at all you will be receiving your copies of Australian 4WD Action magazine. How to get 4WD wallpapers on your computer desktop Go to the Australian 4WD Action website www.4WDmonthly.com.au. On the left-hand side of the page, almost halfway down, there is a link to ‘Wallpapers’.
Choose the picture that you like best. Click on a resolution that would best suit your screen. Generally, bigger screens can handle bigger resolutions. The picture that you are interested in should come up in a separate window. Right-click on this picture and click on ‘Set as Background’.
Now you can drool over the beast of a 4WD you have located on your desktop.
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