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Welcome to the Complete Newbie ET Guide

Updated last on: 2004-08-08 04:14:08

List of things to be added/modified to this guide: CNETG To-do.

Suggestions? Comments? If there is something you wish to see in this guide, or something you think was NOT explained clearly enough, please either add it to the To-do list, or message me [Athene Noctua] and I'll try and get it fixed for you.

Share your opinion on this guide. Your feedback will help me improve on it for the future. Please vote in this poll: What is your opinion on ths guide <poll:29263>

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Index

This guide is split up into 10 major sections. Each major section has its own page, which is then subdivided into different help topics.

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Main Street

Link: CNETG2

What is covered on this page?

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What is Main Street?

Explanation of the Navigation buttons (the ones on top)

The main features of Main Street

Updates and Alerts

Searching

All Guestbooks and Diaries -buttons

Those random images that appear in the right side colum

Elftown Status box explained

Last Logins

Interesting People -feature

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Houses

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Link: CNETG3

What is covered on this page?

How to get to your house

Changing personal data (including uploading a pic/drawing and select a position on the Elftownworldmap)

What do those buttons in people's houses mean?

Relationships

Online Friends

Badges

Sending reports about members to guards

Deleting yourself from ET

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Your Notes

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Link: CNETG4

What is covered on this page?

General information about Your Notes

Viewing and interpreting your wiki-page data

Bookmarking pages

Watching pages

The difference between bookmarking and watching pages

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Search

Link: CNETG5

What is covered on this page?

Searching members

Searching forums

Searching the wiki

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Blocked List/Blocking

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Link: CNETG6

What is covered on this page?

Who can you block?

General reasons to block a member

How to block someone

How to unblock someone

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Messaging other members/Elftown Mail

and

Link: CNETG7

What is covered on this page?

Sending messages

Replying to your own messages

Deleting messages

Viewing blocked messages

Viewing received messages

Viewing sent messages

Searching for messages

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Forums

Link: CNETG8

What is covered on this page?

Joining

All about prio

Easier forum viewing (hints)

The components of a post

Posting a topic

Replying to a post

Editing a post

Deleting a post

Creating private forums

Changing forums

Explanation of the navigation buttons

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Wiki

Link: CNETG9

What is covered on this page?

What is Wiki?

Commenting on a wiki-page

Editing a wiki-page (basic and advanced information)

Making a new wiki-page

Putting pictures in a wiki-page

Changing wiki-page ownership

Passwords

Viewing different wiki-page versions

Restoring messed up wiki-pages

Finding out WHO messed up a wiki-page

Wiki Diff

Wiki help links

Wiki bosses

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Helpful Links

NOTE: Wiki help links are in the Wiki help page (CNETG9).

Link: CNETG10

What is covered on this page?

Three more help pages

Advanced Help Page

Help in other languages

ET FAQ

The Elftown Council

Hall of Fame

Daily Art

Daily Poem

Town Herald

Uploading art rules

Guide to Elftown's HTML

Glossary and Spelling Guide

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Who's Who in Elftown?

Link: CNETG11

What is covered on this page?

Mayor

Vice Mayor

Town Guards

Patrollers

Featured art bosses

Daily poem bosses

Wiki bosses

Elfchat bosses

Featured wiki bosses

Featured member bosses

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The wiki-index

The list of guided tours

Elftown - Help

2005-11-27 [liveordie]: chears

2005-12-21 [nemeroth]: How do u put a banner up in ur house?

2006-01-16 [Broken_Black_Road_Of_Roses]: i dunno i want to know how to create a banner for my new wiki

2006-01-16 [Broken_Black_Road_Of_Roses]: im need help

2006-01-22 [golfer_1986_2005]: how do i add to relations

2006-01-26 [dragonflye]: If you have sent and recieved messages from the person with which you want the relation, then go to the bottom of that person's house, under the message box, and suggest a relation.

2006-03-27 [Pixie543]: THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! many thanx:)

2006-03-27 [Pixie543]: I HAVE A WIKI PAGE! THANK YOU!

2006-05-29 [3mo_Grrl]: i know i sound dumb...but what are wiki pages for?

2006-06-27 [Beo-Wulf]: How do I make a link for a poll?

2006-11-09 [In LOve With My Fiance Gareth]: Hey ppl,

I am new dose any one wanna chat like??

2007-10-18 [dragon of death vally]: I do!

2007-11-21 [small and mighty]: i just wanna know why i keep getting logged out...?

2007-11-21 [dragon of death vally]: ????why are you asking us,and I relly din`t nodic.oh,and sorry for the bad spelling.it`s a skill I`m working on.

2007-11-21 [Linderel]: Well, this is a fairly good place to ask, being a wiki entitled "complete newbie et guide" and all. :)
Unfortunately, I don't have an answer to your question, [small and mighty], but I'm sure someone more knowledgeable about computers will come along soon enough.

2007-11-21 [dragon of death vally]: good point.

2007-12-16 [small and mighty]: blah!!! i just logged in today,to find me entire relations list has been delted,and people are getting mad at me for this!!! wth?! might anyone kow why elftown has delted my entire relations list?

2007-12-16 [Linderel]: I suggest you either go ask in the 'Elftown, Bugs' forum or the Council page. Might get you answers more quickly.

2007-12-16 [dragon of death vally]: yet,again,an other good point.

2009-08-22 [KingLouieII]: New here. Is there a prize when you won in a contest? If so, what is it? Just want to know..ü

2009-08-22 [Linderel]: See Donors. :)

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