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Frequently Asked Questions
How Do I Register?
You can register by clicking on "Register" on any of the Bible Study Pages.

How Do I Login?
You can login by clicking on the "Login" button on the top right corner of any page.

What If I Forget My Password?
No problem! If you click on the "Login" button on the top right corner of any page, you will see the login screen with a link titled "Forgot Password?". Click on this link, and you will be prompted to enter your email address. If you email address in on file, the password will be sent to the corresponding email address.

How Do I Get To A Particular Bible Study?
All bible studies are grouped under a category (i.e. Main Bible Study, Special Study, New Christian Study). Clicking on the category name will open that category and reveal the corresponding Bible studies. The Bible studies will be listed in order of activity, with the study with the most recent posting on top. You can open a Bible study by clicking on the Bible study title.

How Do I Respond To The Posted Bible Study?
You must be logged in to respond to a post. After you are logged in, you simply click on "Reply To Post" at the top or bottom of the Bible study. A window will pop-up for you to enter you reply. The window also allows you to change your font size, color, smilies, and text effects. When you use the text effects or smilies, you will the html tags in your reply rather than the actual effect or smily. This is normal. This is the way that your post is built.

After you are satisfied with you reply, you click on "Submit" at the bottom of the window. The Bible study will refresh and your post will appear at the bottom of the study.

How Do I Quote Or Copy Just A Small Portion Of The Study To Respond To?
You must be logged in to respond to a post. After you are logged in, you simply click on "Quote" on the right side of the Bible study posting you would like to quote. A window wil pop-up, logging remarkably like the reply window, with the Bible study text you are quoting already entered in the text box. You may delete as much or as little of the quoted text as you like, just be sure not to delete the tags at the beginning and and of the quote labeled "[quote]" or "[/quote]". You may enter your own comments in the textbox, but remember not to enter them between the quote tags or else your own comments will look like they are part of the quote. When complete, your quoted reply should look something like this:

[quote]This is where the quoted reply will go. Everything in this section will be in the quotes area of my reply. It will also be in italics [/quote] This is where I put my own comments about the quote or the study. Anything I put outside of the quote tags will not be included in the quotes.

After you are satisfied with you reply, you click on "Submit" at the bottom of the window. The Bible study will refresh and your post will appear at the bottom of the study.

How Do I Quote Or Copy Just A Small Portion Of What Someone Else Has Written To Respond To?
You must be logged in to respond to a post. After you are logged in, you simply click on "Quote" on the right side of the post you would like to quote. A window wil pop-up, logging remarkably like the reply window, with the post you are quoting already entered in the text box. You may delete as much or as little of the quoted text as you like, just be sure not to delete the tags at the beginning and and of the quote labeled "[quote]" or "[/quote]". You may enter your own comments in the textbox, but remember not to enter them between the quote tags or else your own comments will look like they are part of the quote. When complete, your quoted reply should look something like this:

[quote]This is where the quoted reply will go. Everything in this section will be in the quotes area of my reply. It will also be in italics [/quote] This is where I put my own comments about the quote or the study. Anything I put outside of the quote tags will not be included in the quotes.

After you are satisfied with you reply, you click on "Submit" at the bottom of the window. The Bible study will refresh and your post will appear at the bottom of the study.

How Do I Know When I Can No Longer Respond To Something In A Study?
If a category is closed or locked, the folder icon will on the category page will show a circle with a line through it. You can still view the Bible study, but you will not be allowed to reply to any of the posts. At the bottom of each category, you will see a legend showing what the different folder icons mean.

How Can I Edit What I've Posted If I Need To Change Something?
After you are logged in, any posted that you have made will have a "Edit Post" link on the right side of the post. Click on this link, and a window will pop-up allowing you to edit your post. When complete, click on the "Submit" button at the bottom of the window. The Bible study will be refreshed with your changes. You can only edit the posts that you have made.

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