Site Help

What can antkeepers.com members do?

Why is all that junk on the home page?

How can I edit and add a picture to my profile?

How do I create a poll?

How do I upload pictures to the picture gallery?

What are the Wiki areas of this website?

How do I edit and/or revert a Wiki page?

How do I create a FAQ?

How do I create and edit a colony journal?

How do I use the forum?










What can antkeepers.com members do?


Currently, members can :
-Create their User Profile
-Post to the Forums
-Create personal Colony Blogs
-Upload pics to the Picture Gallery
-Edit and revert the Ant Keeping Wiki
-Edit ant revert the Ant Education Wiki
-create and vote in Polls
-create Ant F.A.Q.s
-Edit and revert the Ant Species Wiki
-add Ant Mating Dates

Soon members will be able to:
-upload videos to the Video Gallery
-add Ant Articles
-add Ant Links

Areas of the site coming soon:
-your own @antkeepers.com email address
-Create your own personal ant website
-real time chat room




Why is all that junk on the home page?

Every time a user creates a colony journal, FAQ, poll or uploads a picture it is posted in a box on the home page.




How can I edit and add a picture to my profile?


Log in. Click 'My Profile' in the main Nav bar. Click the 'Edit' tab. Edit your profile then click 'Save'.




How do I create a poll?

Log in. Click 'Create Content' in the main Nav Bar. Click 'Create a Poll'.
Fill in  the information and click 'Save'.




How do I upload pictures to the picture gallery?

Log in. Click 'Create Content' in the main Nav Bar. Click 'Upload to Picture
Gallery'. Fill out the information and click 'Save'. You have the option of
adding a description to your picture.




What are the Wiki areas of this website?


The wiki areas of this website allow users to edit, delete, or modify the content on that section. Users can also revert content back to a previous edit to prevent abuse.




How do I edit and/or revert a Wiki page?


Log in. Go to page. Click the 'Edit' tab to edit. Click the 'Revisions' tab to revert.




How do I create a FAQ?


Log in. Click 'Create Content' in the main Nav Bar. Click 'Create FAQs'. Fill in the question and answer box and click 'Save'.




How do I create and edit a colony journal?


Log in. Click 'Create Content' in the main Nav Bar. Click 'Create new Colony Journal'. Fill in the title which should be the species name. Fill in the body which should include dates and what's new for that date. Add pics by clicking 'File attachments'. Then click 'Save'. To update your colony journal click 'Ant Colony Journals > My Colony Journals' in the main Nav Bar. Click on the colony you want to update. Now click the 'Edit' tab. Add the date and more information then click 'Save'. You can have as many colony journals as you have colonies.



How do I use the forum?


All questions can be found here:
http://antkeepers.com/phpBB3/faq.php