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19 site tutorial submissions by the Home Theater Forum community.

Followers And Following

What is Following? Following is like subscribing to another member; you'll receive notifications of their activity in public areas.   How do I follow another member? To follow a member, visit their profile page and click the "Follow Member" link under their avatar. You will be able to "unfollow" someone in the same place.   What will I be notified about? When following another member, you'll be notified about many of the same things that appear in their activity feed: replying to threads, writing reviews, and other actions they take around the... read more

Buy Sell Trade Rules

When posting an item for sale...   1. Sales are to be kept to Home Theater, and broadly related items only. Other items may be deleted.   2. Under no circumstances is anyone to reply to a post suggesting that the item can be found cheaper elsewhere. That is the responsibility of the purchaser to look for the best deal - not for forum members to point out. Members are trying to sell their items in a safe environment without fear of others trying to undercut their sales.   3. We prohibit dealers from posting any sale information to this forum -- especially... read more

Advertise

  advertise@hometheaterforum.com   Brand advocates are created through support of Home Theater Forum's niche communities. Home Theater Forum's communities are where enthusiasts gather to discuss brands and products. Supporting brands are appreciated by these communities. Many of these members will naturally become your biggest fans. Fans of your brand influence others within the community and everywhere else: on and... read more

Image Album Tutorial

Learn how to: Create A New Image Album Add Images To An Album Edit Images In An Album Edit An Album's Details Organize Images In Your Albums Delete An Album Create A New Image Album Navigate to your user profile. In the Album section, click the "create new album" button. On the next page, add a title for the image along with an optional description.  From here, you also have the ability to mark an album as private.  This will hide the album from other users. The Album Editor will load allowing you to upload images... read more

Facebook Connect Tutorial

Learn: How to link your Facebook Account to your Home Theater Forum account How to create a new account using Facebook Connect What does "Facebook User (Private)" mean? How can I message a Facebook User? How to publish to your Facebook Wall How to change your Facebook settings - Change your setting or Unlink your accounts Help! It keeps asking me to link my Facebook account and I can't log in with my normal HTF account.   For Existing Users: Why Link Your Account? Publish your Home Theater Forum activity on your Facebook wall... read more

Faq

General What is Home Theater Forum? Why should I join? Is it free to join?   Registration Issues Why do I need to validate my email? I never got my email validation email! I forgot my password. What should I do? How do I change my email address and password? Can I change my user name after I register? Why does registration require my Zip Code and Birthday for registration?   Using Home Theater Forum What are the rules for using Home Theater Forum? Forums, wikis, product reviews...which one do I use? How are they... read more

Subscription Tutorial

Subscriptions are the way to personalize your experience so you can be kept abreast of only the changes that you care about. You can subscribe to forum threads, users whose content you enjoy reading, Wikis, etc. This way, each time you visit your home page you can see what has changed that you care about, without having to sift through stuff you don't. Additionally, you can get subscription content in immediate, daily, or weekly emails if you like.   Learn: Add Subscriptions View Your Subscription Content Edit or Remove Your Subscriptions Change... read more

Messaging Tutorial

Learn: Send Private Messages Access And Manage Your Message Center Write Bulletin Board Messages Delete Messages From Your Bulletin Board Change Your Messaging Notification Preferences   Send Private Messages Occasionally you may want to converse with another user privately.  Navigate to a user's profile page. Underneath that user's avatar, you will see two buttons - one to Subscribe to the user's activity and another to "Send Private Message." Click the "Send Private Message" button.  The message window will pop... read more

About Us

The Home Theater Forum is a place where those who enjoy watching movies in their homes can discuss all aspects of (re-)presenting films the best way they can. These discussions concern the film art itself, its products as well as the technical ways to create a theater-like experience inside a home. We the members of the forum are interested in the film product to be recorded and reproduced as closely as possible to the way the original creator(s) of that particular film intended. We respect the integrity of all artists involved in creating the original film as well... read more

Search And Advanced Search Tutorial

Learn how to: Use the Basic Search Mode Use the Advanced Search Using Boolean Operators And Wildcards In Search   Use the Basic Search Mode How To Execute a Basic Search   At the top of every page on Home Theater Forum, you will see the search bar below the header tabs. Enter your search keywords into the search bar. Click the "Search" button. Your results will display on several different tabs, divided up by the different types of content.  The first tab will show all of the results across the site (in order of relevance... read more
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