New User Guide / SD FAQ Mega Thread

Thread Subscriptions offer a means to track certain threads that are of particular interest to you.
Even if you are unable to visit the site for days at a time, you may quickly find a “Subscribed” thread much easier than searching through pages and pages of newer topics in the main forums.

You can Subscribe to a thread as follows:

* While viewing a given thread, click on the “Thread Tools” control near the upper right corner of the thread, then click on “Subscribe to this Thread” in the drop-down menu that appears. screen shot

When you wish to view or search your Subscribed Threads, use either of the two methods:

* Click on the “Quick Links” control toward the right end of the black colored Control Bar at the very top of all forum pages. From the drop-down menu, click on “Subscribed Threads” and a list of all Subscribed Threads will be presented;

* Click on the User Control Panel link at the far left end of the black colored Control Bar at the very top of all forum pages. To view all Subscribed Threads, click on the List Subscriptions link midway down the left side Menu Bar.

To Delete Subscribed Threads or Move them to other folders, select the threads to be deleted or moved by adding a check mark to the box at the far right of each thread, then click the drop-down control at the bottom right of the list and select “Move to folder” or “Delete Subscription” from the list and click “Go”.

How many posts do I need to be able to vote on if a deal is good or not?

Quote from PimpUigi : How many posts do I need to be able to vote on if a deal is good or not?

I believe that it's actually a matter of not only how many posts you have, but also the fact that you're a brand new user as of today . It'll probably take a couple of days or so before you can vote. That's one of the temporary restrictions that new users have, to deter those that may just sign up to spam, self-promote, etc. So just keep posting and participating normally and most likely you'll be able to use the voting system fairly soon

( The mods won't give out exact timing on how or when restrictions on new users are lifted )

How do I insert a smilie when giving reputation?

Quote from kudzu : How do I insert a smilie when giving reputation?

You have to type in the smiley code that corresponds to the smiley. For example, for you'd have to type :whee:

how many posts do i have to make before PMs are enabled?

Quote from lilvenom : how many posts do i have to make before PMs are enabled?

Quote from New Users : * New Users have limited privileges than regular members. New Users posts and threads are also monitored by the moderators. Just participate more in the forums. * How long does it take until a new thread from a new member will be approved? * Limits on new user’s privileges can also include: *not being allowed to send PM’s (private messages) *only being allowed to send one PM *not being able to use a custom avatar *not being able to use a custom user title (the L1, L2 thing under your username). *Sending website URLs and email addresses in a PM is also disallowed for new users. Most of these limits are in place to deter would-be spammers but usually don’t last too long. So be patient, participate in the forums as you normally would, and soon you’ll have access to just about everything

the exact number is not given out. As the New Users section of this FAQ indicates just participate more-- it will happen sooner than later

Welcome to Slickdeals lilvenom

McSlick,

Your information is informative, appreciated and well written! The time and effort used to compile this guide was particularly generous!

I thank you for choosing to advise us whom are 'not in the know'... albeit... we ‘newbies’ in the learning stages.

Kudos to you for your selflessness! Thank you!

Hello, I've searched, and I can't seem to find an answer to my question. Are your smilies and graphics somehow stored on a different server? I see the site fine, but for some reason I don't see any icons or smilies when I'm at work. The only thing I can think of they must be blocked by websense, but if I can come here, why would only part of the page be blocked?

Maybe i.slickdeals.net is blocked.

Thanks DNC, looks like you're right. Now why in the heck would they do that to me? You have any idea how hard it is to read lounge forums without seeing smilies? GRRRRR. Half the posts look blank... lol

Quote from Coachie : Thanks DNC, looks like you're right. Now why in the heck would they do that to me? You have any idea how hard it is to read lounge forums without seeing smilies? GRRRRR. Half the posts look blank... lol

Maybe your comapny's servers or websense don't recognize i.slickdeals.net as legit, or they're just being strict because that's where the images live and they're blocking images. Can you ask your company to allow or whitelist i.slickdeals.net? (if they don't mind you surfing while at work )

If that doesn't work, possibly post this question as a new thread here in Site Issues and see if any of the SD admins have a solution? (not sure how often the admins look at this particular thread, so not sure if they'd see your post or not otherwise.)

so how much is the certain number of posts needed for new members?

how are the threads under the "contest and sweeps" category listed, is it based off of how many ratings they have, or on the time they were posted?