Frequently Asked Questions - My Membership
When Wild About Britain was setup we allowed members to upload animated avatars. Unfortunately, an increasing number of the avatars were offensive, very distracting or contained adverts that flashed up every 10 minutes or so. As a result, we decided to block animated avatars, but allow existing members to keep their animated avatar as long as it didn't break any rules.
If a member breaks the rules, or appears to have broken the rules, then their account will be frozen until we are satisfied that any related issue has been addressed and rectified.
If you forget your password, you can click on the 'Forgotten Your Password' link on any page that requires you to fill in your password.
This will bring up a page where you should enter your registered email address, and an email will be sent to that address instantly, with instructions for resetting your password.
When member post in the forum, or upload images to the gallery, their post count goes up and their title will change to:
Under 25 posts = New Member
25 posts = Active Member
100 posts = Wild Member
250 posts = Member of the Wild Empire
500 posts = Officer of the Wild Empire
1,000 posts = Commander of the Wild Empire
5,000 posts = Knight of the Wild Empire
10,000 posts = Knight Grand Cross of the Wild Empire
Just a bit of fun :D
When members make a post, they can also automaticaly show a small image (called an avatar) next to their username. This helps other members to quickly recognise who's posted in the thread. If you're logged in, you can click here to add/edit your avatar.
You can change your profile by clicking on the 
icon when you are logged into the forum and choose the various option from the 'Your Profile' menu on the left hand column. You cannot change your username.
Unfortunately, members can't change their username as many areas of the site are linked by username information that would lead to many broken links if the name is changed.
You can add a signature to your forum posts via your Forum Profile Page, which you can also access via the 'My Profile' icon at the top of the forum pages.
Signatures can only be displayed by members who have made more than 25 posts.
With the exception of WAB moderators and gallery editors, members may only display a single link or link text after displaying an active and easy to find direct reciprocal link to Wild About Britain from their website...except where the the signature is linking to the member's WAB gallery images or WAB blog page. Once you have added a link in your signature we will check that you have linked back to Wild About Britain from your website, and then either activate or delete your signature link where appropriate.
Signatures must be no more than two lines of default-sized black text and cannot advertise organisations, products or services, or highlight content with UPPERCASE, added characters ***>>> or 'Look at my website' style content.
