No this isn't about how to get rep points or anything. This is a guide for any site using forumotion. Meaning this will only talk about things that can be found on any site. Cause this won't have anything that can be added to a site like Karma or warnings.

OK so the first part of this is Intro Index. This not really part of the guide but it just says whats what.
M.A. Home
M.B. Portal
M.C. Gallery
M.D. FAQ
M.E. Search
M.F. Members
M.G. Groups
M.H. Profile
M.I. Messages
M.J. Log In/Out.

So here is the first part of the Guide. Home is pretty much the forum of the site.

Here you see the Category(Nintendo Handhelds),Description(Discussion forum for every GameBoy...), Sub forum(Pokemon), Statics(Topics,Posts),and when/who posted last(Tue Sept. 16). If you click the Category you will find Topics other users or you.

I you scroll down a little bit then you can find who is online an what not. It will tell you who is online, how many people are online, what group a person is in, newest member ext.
Most forums will have a chatbox whether at the top of the forum or at the bottom(sometimes on portals too)

Not much I can say about it since it is based on stuff the admin wants and whatever the admins wants may not be in other sites. But I can tell you that the stuff you may see that forumotion has already given is...
Calender, chatbox, Gallery, Keywords, Log in, News, Recent Topics, RSS feeds, search, shop, Social bookmarking, Polls, Statics, Top posters, Who is Online.
Here is a screen shot of what a portal might look like...

This part was done on a different site and done in Questions+Answers because this tutorial was from awhile ago for a different site and I am to lazy to do it again the way I did in the previous stuff.

Q. How to get into the Gallery?
A. On the top of the page click "Gallery"


Q. What are the categories and how to get into the category?
A. The ones we have at the moment this guide was made are "pics or self" and "Graphics". To get in just click on the image under the name of each category.


Q. What can you do exactly?
A. View and upload photos, add special effects to them, comment on photos, and more!


Q. How do I upload?
A. At the top when you are in a category click the button that says upload. Add a title, describe it, take the pic from your comp and put it on here, and be sure thats it is a 4.00 Mo/ 1280x 1024 px.


Q. How do I add a comment?
A. Click a picture, scroll down and then type your comment in the box. Just like the forum


Q. How do I find personal albums?
A. In the gallery, scroll down and click "Users Personal Albums". Then click a album you want to see and you will find the pics of the users album!



Q. How do I add effects?
A. To add effects click a picture and then above the picture there should be a drop down menu. Click Special Effects and then click go(this is also how to do slide shows). Now bubble in the effects you want and click "Apply the chosen effects" to preview and click "save the picture in this album" to put it in the album.

No this isn't Frequently asked question for this tutorial. This is just telling you that if there is something missing you can look at the top and click FAQ to get a real guide from forumotion.

Pretty simple! At the top if you click this you will get like a little pop-up. type what you want to find and then search. This is to see if you can't find a forum that was moved without you knowing or to see if the topic you want made is already made.

If you click this then you