Registration & Login
Subcontractors.ie supports anonymous user who are entitled to view and download any publicly available information on subcontractors.ie. To take advantage of all the features offered by Subcontractors.ie, such as setting your own web page, emailing users, private messages, access private forums, and many other you will need to have an account. It only takes a few seconds to register, and it is recommended you do so.
To create an account you will need to visit the Registration page and complete the form for creating a new account. Here you will specify details such as your login name, email address and password. To visit the Registration page click Join hyperlink in the top right corner of any page. Alternatively you can fill out the Registration form on the Home Page.
After successfully registering you are logged in automatically. You will need your user name and password next time you login. You can visit the login page and enter your username and password to login. To visit this page click Login hyperlink in the top right corner of any page.
When logging in if you do not check the ‘Next time automatically sign me in’ option you will be automatically logged off after an administrator-defined length of inactivity, usually 20 minutes. If you would like the site to always log you in automatically, please check the ‘Next time automatically sign me in’ checkbox.
If you forgot your username and/or password you can visit the Recover Password page and have both your username and a new password emailed to you by entering the email account you're registered with. You will be sent a new password since we store your password encrypted and have no way of retrieving the original value. Once you receive your username and new password you can login and change your password. To go to Recover Password page clic 'I forgot my password' hyperlink on the login page.
If you’ve registered and can’t login, check to ensure you have a valid username and password. If you are sure the username and password are valid, but still can’t login you may either require account activation or your account may be on hold. In this case it is best to contact the board administrator(s) or moderator(s).
First check to ensure your username and password are correct. If you still can’t login your account has either been put on hold or deleted due to inactivity. Please contact the board administrator(s) or moderator(s).
User Profile & Settings
A profile is information about your account that controls how you view information within Subcontractors.ie. This includes details about posts you’ve contributed to, personal information you wish to share such as your web address or weblog address, as well as setting that control how you interact with this Subcontractors.ie site such as: time zone, data format and many other settings. To edit your profile click on your user name which comes up in the top right corner of any page when you have logged in.
Setting your timezone will enable Subcontractors.ie to display all dates and time relative to your time zone.
A signature is a message that is appended to the end of any posts you make in the forums. You can edit your signature from the profile page. This signature will then appear at the bottom of any messages posted by you.
A logo is a feature of the forums which allows for an image to be displayed along with your posts. Logos may be enabled or disabled by your administrator.
If logos are enabled by the administrator you will see a logo section when viewing Business Details. To edit Business Details go to Control Panel->MyPage->Manage Content->Business Details. From here you can complete the forum to name the logo you wish to use, either uploading a logo or specifying a URL to your logo if remote logos are enabled. You will also need to enable your for for it to be displayed with your posts.
The date format used to display any date information can be configured from your profile.
Email notifications is a feature which will send emails to you when messages that you are subscribed to change. You can turn off all email notifications globally from Control Panel->MyPage->Global Settings->My Email Settings.
There are many different icons that can show up next to usernames in the forums. Common examples are administrators, moderators, or top posters. Other images may be displayed based on groups the user belongs to.
Depending upon how the administrator has configured the site you may be required to be logged in before viewing/using these areas. This is primarily to protect the privacy of users who have shared their information or to prevent unwanted/unsolicited emails.
Privacy & Security
Once logged in you can change your password from your Profile page.
You cannot change your username.
Once logged in, you can change your private email address from your Profile page.
The only profile setting that is required is your private email address. This is the email address that is used when you subscribe to the forums, when a forgotten username/password is emailed. The private email address is never shared or displayed publicly. If you wish to share an email address publicly, use the public email address field. The remainder of the profile settings is optional.
You can set the option in your profile and your name will not appear in any member listings, including the listing of who is online.
Navigation
A Forum Group is a top level grouping of related forums. A forum group contains 1 or more forums.
A Forum is a grouping of related threads of discussion. A Forum contains 0 or more threads and 0 or more sub-forums.
A Thread is a grouping of related posts. A Thread contains 1 or more Posts. The first post becomes the Thread and replies to the original post increment details on the Thread, such as the reply count or last post.
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Topic with posts you have not read.
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Topic with posts you have read.
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Popular topic with posts you have not read. A topic
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Popular topic with posts you have read. A topic becomes
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Announcement you have not read
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Announcement you have read
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A pinned topic with posts you have not read. Pinned topics are
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A pinned topic with posts you have read. Pinned topics are displayed
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A pinned popular topic with posts you have not read. A pinned topic
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A pinned popular topic with posts you have read. A pinned topic with
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A locked topic with posts you have not read. Locked topics do not
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A locked topic with posts you have read. Locked topics do not allow
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A forum may not display any threads if there are no threads in the forum or if filters on the forms have been applied and no threads match the filter. An example of a filter is filtering to display threads newer than a certain date, such as threads new in the past 2 weeks.
A forum may or may not be moderated depending upon how the forum has been configured. After posting a message in a moderated forum you may receive a message stating that the post is awaiting moderation. Once the moderator(s) approve your post you post will become visible. The moderators may choose to move, edit, or delete your post to ensure that the post is topical to the current forum.
The icons next to threads when viewing a forum indicate different status. You can move your mouse cursor over these icons to see what the different status / types of threads are.
An announcement is a special post type that is always displayed at the top of a forum for a configured amount of time. The purpose of an announcement is to increase the visibility of certain topics.
A sticky topic is a special post that causes a post to sort to the top of a forum for a specified amount of time. A sticky topic is similar to an announcement, whereas an announcement is displayed separate from other threads and usually does not allow replies.
A locked thread is a special post that does not allow replies. Once a user locks a post or an administrator/moderator locks a thread no more posts are allowed.
Yes, you can sort threads when viewing a forum by Author, Replies, Views, and Last Post. The default sort for a forum is to display the newest threads first (Last Post descending). To sort simply click on the options button at the bottom of the screen and select your desired sort order and click 'Apply'.
The XML icon is linked to the RSS feed for the forum. RSS is used to allow other applications to subscribe to a forum's posts.
This icon indicates the user’s online status. A green icon means the user has been active recently (usually within the last 15 minutes). A red icon means the user has not recently been active. You can hover your mouse over this icon to see details about the user’s past activity.
If you are attempting to access a forum that you have visited before, but now receive an ‘unknown forum’ error there are two likely causes. The first cause is that the forum you are attempting to access is private and you are not signed in. The second cause is that the forum has been removed.
Posting
Yes but you will have to change Content Editor setting in your profile to Plain Text.
Yes, however, this requires the moderator(s) or administrator(s) to enable this permission for user’s on a forum-by-forum basis.
Emoticons are graphical elements that can be added within the body of a post to add emotions to the post. Common examples are the use of smilies within the contents of a post. Subcontractors.ie supports a big amount of icons which you can use to make your post more emotional.
You can post a new message to a forum in several ways depending upon how the administrator has configured the site. When viewing a forum you should see an image button reading Write a New Post. Clicking on this image button will take you to a form for posting a message or ask you to login first. Depending upon how the administrator has configured the site you may be able to post anonymously, i.e. no login required.
You can reply to an existing post using either the Reply or Quote image buttons displayed with the post. If you do not see the Reply or Quote image buttons when viewing a post you either do not have permissions to reply or the post may not allow replies.
If the administrator or moderator has configured the forum or your role to allow editing of posts you will see an Edit image button next to posts you have made. Clicking on this image button will allow you to edit your post.
If the administrator or moderator has configured the forum or your role to allow deleting posts you will see a Delete image button next to new posts you have made. If a post you have made has one or more replies you will no longer be able to delete the post.
The administrator may have specified a word filter for posts. When word filters are enabled certain words that are deemed to be offensive are filtered and replaced with the ‘*’ character.
See How do I add Signature to my Post? in the User Profile and Settings section.
See What is a logo? And How do I Set my Logo in the User Profile and Settings section.
User Groups & Permissions
Permissions control what you are or are not allowed to do while browsing the site. The permissions you are granted control all aspects of your view within Community Server.
An administrator is the highest permission level within Subcontractors.ie. By default, an administrator has full permissions to perform any action, e.g. moderating posts, approving users, and so on.
A moderator is the second highest permission level within Subcontractors.ie. By default a moderator can perform any number of tasks within a particular forum or set of forums. This includes approving posts, moving posts, deleting posts, editing posts, or banning users. If you have a problem with a particular forum the best place to start is with a moderator. Moderators belong to varying groups configured by the Administrator.
A user group, also known as a role, is grouping of common users for the purpose of assigning permissions. In addition to common permission assignment a role can also be used to display an image for a user in that role. Roles make the job of administering and moderating the site easier since users can be assigned to roles and then permission applied based on those roles.
Users are assigned to user groups by the administrator. If there is a particular group you wish to join, please send a private message or email to one of its members for more information.
Private Messages
A private message is like email within Subcontractors.ie. You can send a private message to other users within this Subcontractors.ie site that is visible only to them. No private information, such as the user's email address, is ever disclosed.
Membership Levels
Subcontractors.ie supports three levels of membership. You can view publicly available information on Subcontractors.ie without getting registered. Anyway it is highly recommended to get registered as a Bronze member. Once you have registered you will be able to post your articles, adverts and so on. Silver and Gold levels of membership are even more advanced and will allow you to use more features available on Subcontractors.ie
Member details are bio, interest, email, signature and other details from your profile available for browsing by other users
See What is a Private Message in Private Messages section
After you have regestered as a member of Subcontructors.ie you can visit your user Profile to change your Site Options. Changing Site Options allows you to customize the way Subcontractors.ie is displayed in your browser. For example, you can change the Font Size option to make your font bigger or smaller depending on your preferencies.
All Users Listing is a listing of all members on Subcontractors.ie. All Users Listing can be filtered by different criteria such as servicies provided by your company etc to make it easy to find the right member. Any visitor to the All Users Listing can contact you by phone, email or visit your website.
Page Presentation used to change the way your page looks. Go to Control Panel->MyPage->Globall Settings->Change how my Page Looks.Choose a 'Theme' that will determine the styles (CSS) used when your page is displayed in a web browser. Supply your own style instructions using CSS to manually change how your blog will look when displayed in a web browser
Business Details is a set of your company's contact information such as phone numbers, emails; presentation information such as company logo and so on.
When you want to make an announcement or publish news or somehow make some information to be publicly available, you can write an article. Once the article is published it will come up on Subcontractors.ie in Articles section as well as on your web page so that all visitors to Subcontractors.ie or to your web page on Subcontractors.ie can access the information.
When you feel like you want to hire some tools, sell some remaining materials, buy some materials and so on, you can place an advertisment in Subcontractors.ie Ads section. After that your advertisment will come up in Subcontractors.ie Ads section as well as on your web page and any visitor to Ads section or to your web page will be able to easily contact you. To do so you will have to register as a member of Subcontractors.ie.
You can place an advertisement in Subcontractors.ie Recruitment Ads section when you feel you need to hire labour for your business.
By setting 'Default Post Settings' in Control Panel->Global Settings you can modify the default value of post-level settings for new posts. You can also set 'Advanced Post Settings' if you are a Silver or a Gold member of Subcontractors.ie. That will affect the behavior of all existing page posts.
Photo Posts are posts which you can use to upload an image file to your photo gallery. If you want to upload a new photo to your gallery go to Control Panel->My Gallery->Common Tasks->Publish New Photo. There you will select the file you want to upload and publish additional details, such as description, for your photo.
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A notice is an offer which is published within a tender. You can create a notice for publication on the site by selecting Control Panel->My Tender->My Notices. After you release the notice for publication it will be checked and then appear on the site and will be available for members to view, register their interest by sending you a request and download any additional documentation. You can also select Tenders menu item to view all tenders on Subcontractors.ie where you can view notices published by other companies and optionally register your interest in a notice by sending your application to the company. So if you express your interest in a notice you are sending your APPLICATION to the company which published the notice. If another member expressed interest in your notice you will receive a REQUEST from that member.
Members can express their interest in your notice by sending you requests. See also What is a Tender Notice in Membership Levels section.
When viewing published notices you may register you interest in a notice by sending an application to the member who published the notice. See also What is a Tender Notice in Membership Levels section.
See What is a Tender Notice? in Memebership Levels section.
Forum Posts are messages published by members of Subcontractors.ie within the selected forum. When you join a forum you should be able to see Write a New Post button. By pressing this button you will be taken to the message editor where you can compose your new message and send it to the forum.
When viewing a forum thread you may feel like you want to reply to a message. By pressing the Reply button you will be taken to an editor where you can compose your reply message and post it.