There are several reasons why this could occur. First, ensure your username and password are correct. If they are, contact the board owner to make sure you haven’t been banned. It is also possible the website owner has a configuration error on their end, and they would need to fix it.

Without registering, you can only see the intro/welcome area of the board. Also, you will not be able to post at all, just read messages in that section. Registration will give you access to additional features not available to guest users such as definable avatar images, private messaging, emailing of fellow users, Pride Clubs subscription, etc. It only takes a few moments to register so it is recommended you do so.

Checking the Log me in automatically box when you login currently does NOT work. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Within your User Control Panel, under “Board preferences”, you will find the option Hide your online status. Enable this option with Yes and you will only appear to the administrators, moderators and yourself. You will be counted as a hidden user.

Don’t panic! While your password cannot be retrieved, it can easily be reset. Visit the login page and click I’ve forgotten my password. Follow the instructions and you should be able to log in again shortly. If you still need help, contact knarrly at lionkingfanatic@netscape.net

First, check your username and password. If they are correct, then one of two things may have happened. If COPPA support is enabled and you specified being under 13 years old during registration, you will have to follow the instructions you received. Some boards will also require new registrations to be activated, either by yourself or by an administrator before you can logon; this information was present during registration. If you were sent an e-mail, follow the instructions. If you did not receive an e-mail, you may have provided an incorrect e-mail address or the e-mail may have been picked up by a spam filer. If you are sure the e-mail address you provided is correct, try contacting an administrator.

First, please check the member list to make sure the account is truly "gone". (Or email lionkingfanatic@netscape.net for assistance.) If the account is gone, then perhaps you accidentally deleted it. (We never delete accounts completely.) If the account is there, and you are just denied access, you might have been in severe violation of the rules, and you could have been banned. If you were banned, please contact knarrly to find out if this was a temporary or permanent ban.

COPPA, or the Child Online Privacy and Protection Act of 1998, is a law in the United States requiring websites which can potentially collect information from minors under the age of 13 to have written parental consent or some other method of legal guardian acknowledgment, allowing the collection of personally identifiable information from a minor under the age of 13. If you are unsure if this applies to you as someone trying to register or to the website you are trying to register on, contact legal counsel for assistance. Please note that the phpBB Group cannot provide legal advice and is not a point of contact for legal concerns of any kind, except as outlined below.

Because this board's hosting package/server is in the USA, we must abide by USA laws. Specifically, we need to abide by COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998) regulations, which apply to any member of this board who is under 13.

What does this mean? Unlike our former home at ProBoards, where children under 13 were completely restricted, the rules are a bit more relaxed here. We DO allow kids under 13, as this is a Disney themed board. However, to comply with COPPA regulations, all children under 13 MUST have parental consent to be here and share their information. (Even if you do not live in the USA.)

Upon applying for an account on the board, if you specify being under 13, your account will be locked. At that point, an e-mail will be sent to you. Your parent will be required to print out a form, fill it out, sign it, and send it back (via e-mail preferably, or fax as well.) When the form is sent back, your account will be activated.

If you join the board, and we find out you lied about your age (if you are under 13), your account will be locked and a COPPA form will be sent to you. Again, it must be completed and sent back to me before you may access your account again.

If you have any questions on this, please contact knarrly at lionkingfanatic@netscape.net

It is possible the website owner has banned your IP address or disallowed the username you are attempting to register. The website owner could have also disabled registration to prevent new visitors from signing up. Contact a board administrator for assistance.

“Delete all board cookies” deletes the cookies created by phpBB which keep you authenticated and logged into the board. It also provides functions such as read tracking if they have been enabled by the board owner. If you are having login or logout problems, deleting board cookies may help.

Yes! Please read the Pride Rules" thread. This will give you a complete set of do's and don'ts for the board. (For your convenience, it is also an announcement shown in every area of the board.)

Please also any area of the board before you post, as it may have additional rules or guidelines!

If you break the rules of this forum (the Pride Rules mentioned above, or any sectional rules) the following actions may be taken against you:

First Offense - Verbal warning through PM from a staff member
Second Offense - Suspension of your account for a period of time in relationship to the severity of what you did. Also depending on the severity, you risk loss of any board perks, such as member caves.
Third Offense - You get banned

Please note, however, that the consequence list above applies only to minor board offenses. Anything major could result in immediate banning, at the discretion of board staff members and the admin.

Size Limits: (If you don't know how big your image is, right click on it, and select "view image". The image will then come up on a screen by itself. At the top of the browser, it will give you the size.)

No larger than 500x200. Please note this new forum should restrict your siggy from being any larger than this!



***Clarifications on the rules: Pictures must be abiding by BOTH size standards. The width must be 500 or less AND the height must be 200 or less. If the width is within the limits, but the height is still over, you'd need to shrink more. Also, please separate larger images by a line break. Side by side images, even though within the limits individually, can stretch the width of the forum, cause needless scrolling. (It is okay to put 2-3 of the standard board logos, such as the LLC one, side by side.)***

If you had the image made by someone else, and do not know how to resize it, please ask a staff member for assistance.

Quantity limits:

No more than two of your own siggys and/or pictures. If you are a mod, and are displaying a "Pride Staff" Logo, or have a "Gopher for Majordomo" logo, or a LLC (Lazy Lions/Lionesses Club) logo these do not count towards the two limitations. Also, if the board comes up with any other fun affiliation logos in the future, those will not count, either.

All avatars must be sized at 100 x 100 or less.

If you are a registered user, all your settings are stored in the board database. To alter them, visit your User Control Panel; a link can usually be found at the top of board pages. This system will allow you to change all your settings and preferences.

Do you have an avatars on your computer and need to upload them somewhere? Unlike the previous location of The Lion King Pride Forum, you can upload your avatar to the server! This can be done by going into the "user control panel", selecting the "profile" tab, and then the "edit avatar" view. Hit the "browse" button to find the image on your computer, and hitting submit.

If you prefer to have your avatar uploaded elsewhere to use on other forums, too, there are tons of free hosts out there that allow image uploading. All you do is upload the image from your computer to their server. They will give you an image address (URL) to be able to use in the forum. Go into the "user control panel", select the "profile" tab, and then the "edit avatar" view. Then you can copy and paste the address (URL) into either the "Upload from a URL" line or the "Link off-site" line, and hit submit.

Here are a few of the free hosts:

http://imageshack.us/
http://www.freeimagehosting.net/
http://photobucket.com/
http://filelodge.bolt.com/

If you are still having trouble, please contact knarrly and ask if she will upload it to the server for you.

Unfortunately, while you can upload your avatar, you can't do the same with a signature image. If you want to put an image/images in your signature follow the steps above, for the avatars, of finding a host and uploading it. Then go into the "user control panel", select the "profile" tab, and then the "edit signature" view. In the signature box, simply place [img] and [/img] around the URL for your image. See the following example:

[img]http://www.yourserver.com/yourpic.jpg[/img]

(Replace the link with the URL of the image you want.)

If you are not graphically inclined, and are looking for some ready made avatars and siggys, check out this page: http://www.lionkingpride.net/graphicsf.html

We have many volunteers throughout the board, both mods and members, who will be more than happy to make you a custom siggy or avatar. Please check "The Water Hole" area of the board to find the section to post your requests.

Please see the section below on "Rankings and Member Clubs (user groups)" for more information!

It is possible the time displayed is from a timezone different from the one you are in. If this is the case, visit your User Control Panel and change your timezone to match your particular area, e.g. London, Paris, New York, Sydney, etc. Please note that changing the timezone, like most settings, can only be done by registered users. If you are not registered, this is a good time to do so.

If you are sure you have set the timezone and Summer Time/DST correctly and the time is still incorrect, then the time stored on the server clock is incorrect. Please notify an administrator to correct the problem.

Either the administrator has not installed your language or nobody has translated this board into your language. Try asking the board administrator if they can install the language pack you need. If the language pack does not exist, feel free to create a new translation. More information can be found at the phpBB website (see link at the bottom of board pages).

There are two images which may appear along with a username when viewing posts. One of them may be an image associated with your rank, generally in the form of stars, blocks or dots, indicating how many posts you have made or your status on the board. Another, usually a larger image, is known as an avatar and is generally unique or personal to each user. It is up to the board administrator to enable avatars and to choose the way in which avatars can be made available. If you are unable to use avatars, contact a board administrator and ask them for their reasons.

Some rankings are Club based. You can pick your primary Club (group) you are affiliated with, and your ranking will reflect that.

There are also other rankings on the board, based on how many posts you've made:

Lurker: 0 posts
Infant Cub: 1 post
Young Cub: 100 posts
Adolescent Lion: 150
Teen Lion: 300 posts
Lion / Lioness: 500 posts
Pridelander: 2000 Posts
Royal Family: 7500 posts
Royal Gabster: 10000 posts
Part of the Cave Drawings: 20000 posts
Talks too much : 50000 posts

Other rankings:
Pride Admin: administrator of the forum (staff)
Sr. Pride Moderator: higher ranking Mod with more powers, in charge when the admin is away (staff)
Pride Moderator: a moderator for most areas of the forum (staff)
Mini Pride Moderator: a moderator for certain sections (staff)
TLK Millionaire Host: reserved for Mikokat, host of the on site game show

(The older custom rankings have been discontinued in favor of the Clubs system.)

Green user names are for regular members.

Yellow user names belong to regular members that are flagged for COPPA (children under 13.)

The user names that are red belong to staff members of the forum.

The newer blue user names belong to anyone who is a member of a group or club. We also have a lighter green for one of the groups.

The navy blue user names are guests.

Pride Clubs are the main form of usergroups. Usergroups are groups of users that divide the community into manageable sections board administrators can work with. Each member can belong to up to 2 Clubs, and each Clubs can be assigned individual permissions. This provides an easy way for administrators to change permissions for many users at once, such as granting users access to a private forum.

Please see the Pride Clubs section of the board for more information on joining an existing Club or starting (leading) a new one!

You can view all usergroups via the “Usergroups” link within your User Control Panel. If you would like to join one, proceed by clicking the appropriate button. Not all groups have open access, however, such as staff groups. Most of the other groups are Pride Clubs, and are open (upon leader approval.) You can join it by clicking the appropriate button. If a group requires approval to join you may request to join by clicking the appropriate button. The user group leader will need to approve your request and may ask why you want to join the group. Please do not harass a group leader if they reject your request; they will have their reasons.

You may only be in two Pride Clubs at any given time.

A Pride Club leader is usually assigned when usergroups are initially created by a board administrator. If you are interested in creating a usergroup, contact knarrly, via private message (pm).

You will see this user as "Pride Admin". (There is also a more limited role of "Sr. Pride Moderator".) Administrators are members assigned with the highest level of control over the entire board. These members can control all facets of board operation, including setting permissions, banning users, creating usergroups or moderators, etc., dependent upon the board founder and what permissions he or she has given the other administrators. They may also have full moderator capabilities in all forums, depending on the settings put forth by the board founder.

Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) who look after the forums from day to day. They have the authority to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally, moderators are present to prevent users from going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.

Pride Moderators are Global, and have access over the entire board. Mini Pride Moderators are sectional, and only have control of the areas they are assigned to.

When there is a need for a mod, we will usually select them from established members who preferably have message board and/or PHPbb moderation experience. There are currently three levels of mods: global (for the entire board) and sectional (for a specific section), as well as a senior global (higher ranking with some admin abilities).

If you would like to apply to be a moderator, PM Knarrly with the filled in application below. From there your application will be added to a pool, and when we need a moderator, we will review all the applicants and find the best candidate. You must have an application submitted to be considered. We will not choose based on popular request or demand.

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Real Name (required!):

Forum Username (required!):

Email (required!):

Do you have experience moderating forums?
If yes, please list forums you currently moderate and/or admin?

Do you have experience with PHPbb based forums?

All staff starts off moderating a certain section only; please list area(s) of interest:
Welcome/Announcement Areas
Pride Lands (on topic areas)
Social Area
Entertainment Area
other (please specify):

What kind of hours could you keep on the site?

Why do you want to be a moderator?

Additional comments:

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If you are a member of more than one Pride Club, your default is used to determine which group color and group rank should be shown for you by default. This can only be adjusted by knarrly.

Staff members will always have their staff rank and group primary over Pride Clubs.

This page provides you with a list of board staff, including board administrators and moderators and other details such as the forums they moderate.

To post a new topic in a forum, click the relevant button on either the forum or topic screens. You may need to register before you can post a message. A list of your permissions in each forum is available at the bottom of the forum and topic screens. Example: You can post new topics, You can vote in polls, etc.

Unless you are a board administrator or moderator, you can only edit or delete your own posts. You can edit a post by clicking the edit button for the relevant post, sometimes for only a limited time after the post was made. 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 which lists the number of times you edited it along with the date and time. This will only appear if someone has made a reply; it will not appear if a moderator or administrator edited the post, though they may leave a note as to why they’ve edited the post at their own discretion. Please note that normal users cannot delete a post once someone has replied.

To add a signature to a post you must first create one via your User Control Panel. Once created, you can check the Attach a signature box on the posting form to add your signature. You can also add a signature by default to all your posts by checking the appropriate radio button in your profile. If you do so, you can still prevent a signature being added to individual posts by un-checking the add signature box within the posting form.

When posting a new topic or editing the first post of a topic, click the “Poll creation” tab below the main posting form; if you cannot see this, you do not have appropriate permissions to create polls. Enter a title and at least two options in the appropriate fields, making sure each option is on a separate line in the textarea. You can also set the number of options users may select during voting under “Options per user”, a time limit in days for the poll (0 for infinite duration) and lastly the option to allow users to amend their votes.

The limit for poll options is set by the board administrator. If you feel you need to add more options to your poll then the allowed amount, contact the board administrator.

As with posts, polls can only be edited by the original poster, a moderator or an administrator. To edit a poll, click to edit the first post in the topic; this always has the poll associated with it. If no one has cast a vote, users can delete the poll or edit any poll option. However, if members have already placed votes, only moderators or administrators can edit or delete it. This prevents the poll’s options from being changed mid-way through a poll.

Some forums may be limited to certain users or groups. To view, read, post or perform another action you may need special permissions. Contact a moderator or board administrator to grant you access.

Attachment permissions are granted on a per forum, per group, or per user basis. The board administrator may not have allowed attachments to be added for the specific forum you are posting in, or perhaps only certain groups can post attachments. Contact the board administrator if you are unsure about why you are unable to add attachments.

Each board administrator has their own set of rules for their site. If you have broken a rule, you may be issued a warning. Please note that this is the board administrator’s decision, and the phpBB Group has nothing to do with the warnings on the given site. Contact the board administrator if you are unsure about why you were issued a warning.

If the board administrator has allowed it, you should see a button for reporting posts next to the post you wish to report. Clicking this will walk you through the steps necessary to report the post.

This allows you to save passages to be completed and submitted at a later date. To reload a saved passage, visit the User Control Panel.

The board administrator may have decided that posts in the forum you are posting to require review before submission. It is also possible that the administrator has placed you in a group of users whose posts require review before submission. Please contact the board administrator for further details.

By clicking the “Bump topic” link when you are viewing it, you can “bump” the topic to the top of the forum on the first page. However, if you do not see this, then topic bumping may be disabled or the time allowance between bumps has not yet been reached. It is also possible to bump the topic simply by replying to it, however, be sure to follow the board rules when doing so.

Ahh...this could be a couple of explanations.

It could have been a "naughty" post or thread, in violation of the "Pride Rules" list, or any sectional rules. In this case, it would have been either moved to our secret place for reviewing naughty threads or deleted. Please don't create another thread about the same thing if it was deleted because it was naughty. If a thread has some good content in it, we will do our best to just remove the bad content and save the thread.

Sometimes an entire thread is not posted in the correct category. In this case, it's not missing but moved.

If a post, in an established thread, is really off topic, it will be deleted. So will repeated posts in a thread. (Posting "Hi" over and over again.) This is to prevent members from abusing the forum with nonsense posts simply to improve their ranking.

If your post/thread was not violating the rules, or you are not sure why it was removed, contact a staff member for assistance.

Note: This was a feature on the old ProBoards forum. It is not yet available here. The following is informational only:

It's basically a rating member system on the board. If you exalt someone, they get a positive point. If you smite someone, they receive a negative point. There is no maximum karma that someone can reach. Any Registered member can 'vote' plus or minus one Karma point once per hour.

Some members chose, upon request only, to have their post count and rank from the old board converted over to the new one. This allowed them to retain their status and and board perks.

If you were a member on the old board, and yours was not converted, please PM knarrly to request this.

If any of your posts were in the Church of Kovu or The Arcade, the posts do not count in these areas. Why? The CoK contains a lot of random off-topic posts. The arcade consists of mainly one word answers to games. They're not considered meaningful posts, and are there for amusement.

The chat is located at http://chat.tlkpride.org

Each star indicates one full year of membership on the board. (This is only for this new location of TLKPF, and does not include membership time at the old forum.)

BBCode is a special implementation of HTML, offering great formatting control on particular objects in a post. The use of BBCode is granted by the administrator, but it can also be disabled on a per post basis from the posting form. BBCode itself is similar in style to HTML, but tags are enclosed in square brackets [ and ] rather than < and >. For more information on BBCode see the guide which can be accessed from the posting page.

No. It is not possible to post HTML on this board and have it rendered as HTML. Most formatting which can be carried out using HTML can be applied using BBCode instead.

Smilies, or Emoticons, are small images which can be used to express a feeling using a short code, e.g. :) denotes happy, while :( denotes sad. The full list of emoticons can be seen in the posting form. Try not to overuse smilies, however, as they can quickly render a post unreadable and a moderator may edit them out or remove the post altogether. The board administrator may also have set a limit to the number of smilies you may use within a post.

Yes, images can be shown in your posts. If the administrator has allowed attachments, you may be able to upload the image to the board. Otherwise, you must link to an image stored on a publicly accessible web server, e.g. http://www.example.com/my-picture.gif. You cannot link to pictures stored on your own PC (unless it is a publicly accessible server) nor images stored behind authentication mechanisms, e.g. hotmail or yahoo mailboxes, password protected sites, etc. To display the image use the BBCode [img] tag.

Global announcements contain important information and you should read them whenever possible. They will appear at the top of every forum and within your User Control Panel. Global announcement permissions are granted by the board administrator.

Announcements often contain important information for the forum you are currently reading and you should read them whenever possible. Announcements appear at the top of every page in the forum to which they are posted. As with global announcements, announcement permissions are granted by the board administrator.

Sticky topics within the forum appear below announcements and only on the first page. They are often quite important so you should read them whenever possible. As with announcements and global announcements, sticky topic permissions are granted by the board administrator.

Locked topics are topics where users can no longer reply and any poll it contained was automatically ended. Topics may be locked for many reasons and were set this way by either the forum moderator or board administrator. You may also be able to lock your own topics depending on the permissions you are granted by the board administrator.

Topic icons are author chosen images associated with posts to indicate their content. The ability to use topic icons depends on the permissions set by the board administrator.

Administrators are members assigned with the highest level of control over the entire board. These members can control all facets of board operation, including setting permissions, banning users, creating usergroups or moderators, etc., dependent upon the board founder and what permissions he or she has given the other administrators. They may also have full moderator capabilities in all forums, depending on the settings put forth by the board founder.

Moderators are individuals (or groups of individuals) who look after the forums from day to day. They have the authority to edit or delete posts and lock, unlock, move, delete and split topics in the forum they moderate. Generally, moderators are present to prevent users from going off-topic or posting abusive or offensive material.

Usergroups are groups of users that divide the community into manageable sections board administrators can work with. Each user can belong to several groups and each group can be assigned individual permissions. This provides an easy way for administrators to change permissions for many users at once, such as changing moderator permissions or granting users access to a private forum.

You can view all usergroups via the “Usergroups” link within your User Control Panel. If you would like to join one, proceed by clicking the appropriate button. Not all groups have open access, however. Some may require approval to join, some may be closed and some may even have hidden memberships. If the group is open, you can join it by clicking the appropriate button. If a group requires approval to join you may request to join by clicking the appropriate button. The user group leader will need to approve your request and may ask why you want to join the group. Please do not harass a group leader if they reject your request; they will have their reasons.

A usergroup leader is usually assigned when usergroups are initially created by a board administrator. If you are interested in creating a usergroup, your first point of contact should be an administrator; try sending a private message.

It is possible for the board administrator to assign a colour to the members of a usergroup to make it easy to identify the members of this group.

If you are a member of more than one usergroup, your default is used to determine which group colour and group rank should be shown for you by default. The board administrator may grant you permission to change your default usergroup via your User Control Panel.

This page provides you with a list of board staff, including board administrators and moderators and other details such as the forums they moderate.

There are three reasons for this; you are not registered and/or not logged on, the board administrator has disabled private messaging for the entire board, or the board administrator has prevented you from sending messages. Contact a board administrator for more information.

You can block a user from sending you private messages by using message rules within your User Control Panel. If you are receiving abusive private messages from a particular user, inform a board administrator; they have the power to prevent a user from sending private messages.

We are sorry to hear that. The e-mail form feature of this board includes safeguards to try and track users who send such posts, so e-mail the board administrator with a full copy of the e-mail you received. It is very important that this includes the headers that contain the details of the user that sent the e-mail. The board administrator can then take action.

You can use these lists to organise other members of the board. Members added to your friends list will be listed within your User Control Panel for quick access to see their online status and to send them private messages. Subject to template support, posts from these users may also be highlighted. If you add a user to your foes list, any posts they make will be hidden by default.

You can add users to your list in two ways. Within each user’s profile, there is a link to add them to either your Friend or Foe list. Alternatively, from your User Control Panel, you can directly add users by entering their member name. You may also remove users from your list using the same page.

Enter a search term in the search box located on the index, forum or topic pages. Advanced search can be accessed by clicking the “Advance Search” link which is available on all pages on the forum. How to access the search may depend on the style used.

Your search was probably too vague and included many common terms which are not indexed by phpBB3. Be more specific and use the options available within Advanced search.

Your search returned too many results for the webserver to handle. Use “Advanced search” and be more specific in the terms used and forums that are to be searched.

Visit to the “Members” page and click the “Find a member” link.

Your own posts can be retrieved either by clicking the “Search user’s posts” within the User Control Panel or via your own profile page. To search for your topics, use the Advanced search page and fill in the various options appropriately.

Bookmarking in phpBB3 is much like bookmarking in your web browser. You aren’t alerted when there’s an update, but you can come back to the topic later. Subscribing, however, will notify you when there is an update to the topic or forum on the board via your preferred method or methods.

To subscribe to a specific forum, click the “Subscribe forum” link upon entering the forum. To subscribe to a topic, reply to the topic with the subscribe checkbox checked or click the “Subscribe topic” link within the topic itself.

To remove your subscriptions, go to your User Control Panel and follow the links to your subscriptions.

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This software was written by and licensed through phpBB Group. If you believe a feature needs to be added, please visit the phpbb.com website and see what phpBB Group have to say. Please do not post feature requests to the board at phpbb.com, the group uses SourceForge to handle tasking of new features. Please read through the forums and see what, if any, our position may already be for a feature and then follow the procedure given there.

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If it is in regards to a certain area of the board, please contact the mod, or one of the mods, that are in charge of that area. If there is no mod assigned to an area, you may contact any of the staff members. If it is a general question, try looking at the bottom of the screen on the main page. This will show you which staff members are online at any given time. (Their names will be red.) These will get you your quickest response. If a mod is not responding to you in a reasonable period of time (24-48 hours) please contact a different mod.