[ianadmin]

You have access to a wealth of goodies on this forum, but they're not as easy to find as they were in the older versions.

Your messages, profile, user control panel, settings, gallery and blog set up, signature, avatar, preferences, likes and dislikes, subscriptions and more.
They're all listed in the menu that's below your name.
Look at the upper right corner of the screen.
See the little white down symbol? Click that and select from the menu that pops up:


Next on the list: changing the look and feel.
The skin menu is at the bottom left of the page.
There is a language menu, but right now we only have English.
Spanish will come soon (some bugs to be fixed, first!)
Scroll down there and click to select a skin for different colours and some new graphics and layouts.
The one I recommend is (of course) the Blue Agave skin:


Want to know what's new since your last visit?
Click on New Content, upper right.
That opens to a new display that shows ALL new content, including posts, gallery images and blogs:


Watching any topics or forums? The list of your items is in the sidebar.
Watching a topic is a good way to keep track of updates and new posts.
I can move these sidebar boxes to a new position for your viewing pleasure, if members find they're not conveniently placed.


Lots of things here can be adjusted, and customized.
And you can also customize the shoutbox bu clicking on prefs.
Choose how (or even if) you want the shoutbox displayed:


Explore!