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Thunder Alley Home Page

 

The Thunder Alley home page shows Latest Members, Recent Activities of the biker community and Recent Group Activities.

 

 

Profile

 

Profile page is where your personal profile and your applications will be displayed. A User Profile picture can be displayed from your images and it will be automatically resized.

 

The top on the right side of the page display your profile details. You may edit it through the edit button. Under the Profile details, shows the status updates of your Friends and a button to list all your friends

 

Your profile name will display some details. Faith, Member since, Last online and Profile view(s). Below them, you may update your status, such as what are you currently up to, etc. This board will also update you with any incoming message or friend request.

 

Moving on, you will find four modules buttons. First is "invite friends" button to allow you invite friends from your contact email by keying in your friend email. Next are "Add Photos", "Add Apps" and "Start a Group" Button.

 

Other than above, the Profile page also displays other details. First is the update of the users latest activities. Continued with the list of applications that you have added on.  

• Faith 

Faith is a user point-system used in the Thunder Alley social network. It basically shows everyone how active you are in Thunder Alley. FYI: Faith will only be activated after you have uploaded an Avatar picture in your user profile. Otherwise, you will forever have no Faith!  

• Groups  

Under the groups tab, shows which groups you currently join. You will only be able to see the Groups if you have added the Groups application. Go to Application ---> Edit, and add the Groups application. 

• Photos

Shows images you have uploaded to your Profile. You will only see images if you have added the Photos application. Go to Application ---> Edit, and add the Photos application.  

• Wall  

In Wall, you and your friends are able to leave a comment on your Profile Page. You will only see the comments if you have added the Walls application. Go to Application ---> Edit, and add the Walls application.   

• Custom Fields  

In user profile custom fields, for those text field that represent a url link (e.g. Home Page), you can add the string 'http://' follow by your url address, e.g. 'http://www.calvary-riders.org'. During value display in profile page, the string value will automaticly be converted to clickable hyperlink.

 

 

Application

 

There are many applications in Thunder Alley. You can choose which application you would like to have on your account.

 

To see the list of applications, go to Application --> Browse

  

To edit it, go to Application --> Edit. Here, you will be able to:

 

1. Find out what are these applications for

 

2. Setting each of the application based on your preferences

 

3. Adjust the privacy setting of each application

 

4. Remove the application that you do not want to use

 

 

Personal Messaging

 

Thunder Alley's personal messaging system allows you to send a message to any site members easily. There are two ways to send a message, via your own inbox or by click on user's profile and write a message.

 

 

Groups

 

You can join and participate in groups easily. Before you can post on the Group Wall or create a discussion thread, you will first need to become a member of the Group. So from the Group home page there is a tab on the far right labeled "Join Group".  Click on that tab to join the Group. 
 

To manage a Group that you joined, go to Application --> Group.

 

Here, you can view the current Groups, search a Group as well as view Groups that you have joined. You can also create a new Group.

 

Group  

• Announcement  

Announcements lists all bulletins made to the group. Announcements does not support replies. Only the Group founder can create a Bulletin for Announcements.  

• Discussion  

Discussion lists all discussions anyone posts in the Groups. Discussions support replies from Group members.  

• Wall  

Wall supports Wall posts from members of a group. Only the Group founder can remove Wall posts.

 

 

Photos & Video

 

To manage your photos or videos, go to Application --> Photos or Videos.

 

Here, you can upload new photos or videos, browse them and create photo albums.

 

To see your video in the Browse Videos pages you will need to upload your video in your Profile. Videos uploaded to Group pages will not show up in the Browse Videos pages.