You might also see a number of stars, perhaps like this:
The stars identify the number of years that a person has been a member of the board. Each member receives one star on each anniversary.
At the bottom of each post is a row of icons. You may see one or more of these icons.
- Opens up the author's full profile page including links to their other posts.
- Lets you send the author of this post a private message. (See the private message section of the tour for more details.)
- Lets you send an email to the author.
- If the author has their own web site, this will open a new window to that site.
- If the author has a Yahoo Instant Messenger account, this will let you send them an instant message.
There may be other icons for other instant message services such as AIM.