A Guided Tour Of Helium Zones and Social Networking

Welcome to the Helium Zones and Social Networking Tour

Climb aboard, take a seat, relax and enjoy the sights as we weave our way through this exciting new community. Drinks and nibblys will be provided along the way. Feel free to indulge in a little ambient music for your listening pleasure. Bathroom stops are by request, when needed.

Let's go : )

The first place you will be directed to when you click on a group link is the "Group Overview". Depending on how the group is set up, you will either be asked to join before you can go any further, or you will see a list of the most recent posts in the group's forums. When this list appears in the overview it means you can view the forums but will not be able to post unless you become a member.

If you have been asked to request membership, you won't be able to view any of the group's content until your request has been accepted. If you clicked on the words "join this group" then you will automatically become a member and have access to the forums as well as being able to post in them straight away.

Sometimes a link to a group from the Helium community boards may lead you straight to the group's main forum page or a thread in those forums. If you see a screen telling you that you do not have access to the page, click on the group name at the top of the page under the Helium title, and you will be taken to the spot where you can either join or request membership.

Group: A rhyme in time......Sid and Karyn's Waffle House > Forum:

From there, once a member, you will see each topic heading in the forums, and be able to click on any of these to read the posts.

Once you are in a thread you have the option of posting a reply, subscribing to the thread which is the same as the "notify" button in the regular community boards, or starting a new topic.

Some groups will allow you to view the list of members, and others will not. If allowed, this list can be found by clicking on "Members".

Helium zones and social networking group forums...

These group forums include "New features', "Bugs in Beta", "General Help Q & A" and "Zones showcase"

You can join the group and start reading and asking questions straight away. Here is the link:

Forums for Helium zones and social networking

First stop... Your InBox

If you are logged in and click on the "InBox" tab in the red Helium banner at the top of this page, your private message box will open, and any messages sent to you through Zones and Social Networking by other members will appear there. 

You will also see a box like the one pictured below.

This is where you can check on the activities of members you are following, get to the zones and groups  home pages, view zones you manage or edit, view groups you manage, edit or have joined, view all your posts and activities, view your friends list, compose messages to other members, organise how you would like your messages handled and sent to your regular email address, view a list of users you have banned from contacting you, view and edit your profile, view your image library for your zones, and view the statistics from your own zones.

• Following Activities
• Zones Home
• Groups Home
• My Zones
• My Groups
• My Posts
• My Activities
• My Friends
• Message Inbox
• Compose
• Message Preferences
• Banned Senders
• My Profile
• Image Library
• Zone Stats

Searching for something?

The search box up on the top right of the page will find zones matching any keyword or words you type in, as long as you are viewing a zone or on the zones home page at the time. If you are viewing a group or on the groups home page, the search box will find any group post matching your keywords. If you are in your inbox your keywords will be matched with people, posts, groups and zones.

Zones and Groups home pages...

In the red banner across the top of this page you will find the links to the zones and groups home pages. They also appear in your inbox.

Here you will find a list of new groups and zones, popular groups and zones, and featured groups and zones. You can also view full listings. If you are logged in, the links in the red banner will take you to your own zones and groups.

Cick here for zones home page

and here for groups home page