Posting FAQ for the Bogleheads® forum

The Bogleheads forum has a comprehensive FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) list to assistance members with:
 * Login and Registration Issues
 * User Preferences and settings
 * Posting Issues
 * Formatting and Topic Types
 * User Levels and Groups
 * Private Messaging
 * Friends and Foes (disabled on this forum)
 * Searching the Forums
 * Topic Subscriptions and Bookmarks
 * Attachments (disabled on this forum)
 * phpBB 3 Issues

See: Frequently Asked Questions, which is located at the top right of every forum page ("FAQ").

Forum policy
The Bogleheads forum policy can be found at: Policies and Etiquette, which is located at the top right of every forum page ("Forum Policy").

Was my private message read?
A Private Message (PM) stays in the "Outbox" folder until it is read by the recipient. For further clarification, see PM seems stuck in Outbox.

Add a wiki link to your signature
Members are welcome to add a link to the wiki in their signature. To add a graphic to your signature block on the Bogleheads forum, copy/paste the following code to the signature section of your profile page on the forum. There are four graphics available:


 * {| style="border: 1px solid #00608f"

! Graphic ! Copy/Paste into Your Signature [BogleheadsWiki][/BogleheadsWiki] [LinkToWiki][/LinkToWiki] [WikiWorker][/WikiWorker] [WorkTheWiki][/WorkTheWiki] Be sure that the "Disable BBCode" option under the signature is NOT checked.
 * align="center"|[[File:BogleheadsWiki.png]]
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * align="center"|[[File:LinkToWiki.png]]
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * align="center"|[[File:WikiWorker.png]]
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * align="center"|[[File:Workthewiki2.png]]
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * }

The code will not only show the graphic in your signature block, but will also make the graphic clickable. Anyone clicking on the graphic will go straight to the main page of the wiki.

Helping new investors
In addition to the wiki link graphics, there is a dedicated link to Asking Portfolio Questions - the forum's standardized portfolio format for helping new investors. This allows members to help new investors by simply saying "See my signature for more information."


 * {| style="border: 1px solid #00608f"

! Link ! Copy/Paste into Your Signature [AskPortQuestions][/AskPortQuestions] Be sure that the "Disable BBCode" option under the signature is NOT checked.
 * align="center"|Asking Portfolio Questions
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * style="border: 1px solid #00608f" align="center" v-align="center"|
 * }