Ask the staff (No support here)

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Leah7 wrote:That depends on who owns the images and icons that you are talking about. ^^ You should ask the owner to use his or her images.

Aa.. Okey. Thanks you , @Leah7

Ghost wrote:Which position did you like best?(Support Moderators, Managers, Forum Reviewers, Graphic Designers)

I've always handled technical problems as a Support Mod, although back then I was less experienced. The only difference now is that I have a better knowledge of things and much more responsibility.

Ange Tuteur wrote:

Ghost wrote:Which position did you like best?(Support Moderators, Managers, Forum Reviewers, Graphic Designers)

I've always handled technical problems as a Support Mod, although back then I was less experienced. The only difference now is that I have a better knowledge of things and much more responsibility.

@Staff, what makes you keep doing your jobs if you don't get paid?

Ghost wrote:

Ange Tuteur wrote:

Ghost wrote:Which position did you like best?(Support Moderators, Managers, Forum Reviewers, Graphic Designers)

I've always handled technical problems as a Support Mod, although back then I was less experienced. The only difference now is that I have a better knowledge of things and much more responsibility.

@Staff, what makes you keep doing your jobs if you don't get paid?

Why do people voluntary for anything to help others.  That is why I help by being on the staff team.

SLGray wrote:

Ghost wrote:

Ange Tuteur wrote:

Ghost wrote:Which position did you like best?(Support Moderators, Managers, Forum Reviewers, Graphic Designers)

I've always handled technical problems as a Support Mod, although back then I was less experienced. The only difference now is that I have a better knowledge of things and much more responsibility.

@Staff, what makes you keep doing your jobs if you don't get paid?

Why do people voluntary for anything to help others.  That is why I help by being on the staff team.

What does the ban log-in screen look like?(When you try to login while banned)

I really do not know since I have never been ban from a forum hosted by Forumotion.

Do you think this topic will be stickied in the future? Also does PHPBB4 exist, and do you plan on upgrading your system to it?

Ghost wrote:Do you think this topic will be stickied in the future? Also does PHPBB4 exist, and do you plan on upgrading your system to it?

I am not a staff, but just had to answer this one as well. No, I do not believe there is a phpbb4, phpbb3 is the latest phpbb software, atleast as far as I know.

I believe that they are working on phpBB 4, but it will be a long time before it is released.

Forumotion can only use phpBB 4 version if phpBB allows it to be used by other free host providers.

Do you pronounce your name like in an english style or a french style

Angé Tutèr

Or Angie Tutor

I think your question is something related here. Also, you can ask him anything in Ask the Staff topic. Thanks.

Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Is Forumotion even a company?

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Is Forumotion even a company?

Yes, I believe English Support Forum Managers, Support Moderator, Designers and Reviewers are all volunteer staffs.

Forumotion is a French company based in France. But according to the discussion in this topic, there is a building but not called Forumotion.

In French, of course.

I think the only tricky part when reading it as English is "Ange" but to simplify it you could start with "Awn" and end with French "je" ; Awn + je, or if you already know how to say rouge you'll have no problem with the end..

This might help better though, because I'm not great at explaining pronunciation.
http://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais/ange

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Yes, except for Buttercup and The GodFather.

SLGray wrote:

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Yes, except for Buttercup and The GodFather.

They must be special @SLGray, what made you go for Forumotion, out of all the forum-providers?

Ghost wrote:

SLGray wrote:

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Yes, except for Buttercup and The GodFather.

They must be special @SLGray, what made you go for Forumotion, out of all the forum-providers?

Forumotion is easier to use.  The administration panel is organized in a way that you understand it easier than other providers.

SLGray wrote:

Ghost wrote:

SLGray wrote:

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Yes, except for Buttercup and The GodFather.

They must be special @SLGray, what made you go for Forumotion, out of all the forum-providers?

Forumotion is easier to use.  The administration panel is organized in a way that you understand it easier than other providers.

What tv shows do you like to watch?

Ghost wrote:

SLGray wrote:

Ghost wrote:

SLGray wrote:

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Yes, except for Buttercup and The GodFather.

They must be special @SLGray, what made you go for Forumotion, out of all the forum-providers?

Forumotion is easier to use.  The administration panel is organized in a way that you understand it easier than other providers.

What tv shows do you like to watch?

British comedies mostly.

P.S.  Buttercup and The GodFather are employees of the company.

SLGray wrote:

Ghost wrote:

SLGray wrote:

Ghost wrote:

SLGray wrote:
Yes, except for Buttercup and The GodFather.

They must be special @SLGray, what made you go for Forumotion, out of all the forum-providers?

Forumotion is easier to use.  The administration panel is organized in a way that you understand it easier than other providers.

What tv shows do you like to watch?

British comedies mostly.

P.S.  Buttercup and The Godfather are employees of the company.

Admins work in France, right? Also why can't "Managers" be changed to "Moderators"? They Moderate every section after all.

SLGray wrote:

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Yes, except for Buttercup and The GodFather.

You forgot about the techs as well.. They are paid and work for the company.

My question goes to @Ange Tuteur

How long have you being doing coding, and how hard was it to start from zero knowledge in this field back then?

Ghost wrote:Admins work in France, right? Also why can't "Managers" be changed to "Moderators"? They Moderate every section after all.

Managers were Global Moderators before. The group was changed to Managers because they seem to manage their respective sections and lead the team as well. Yes, they moderate the entire support forum.

Anzo wrote:My question goes to @Ange Tuteur

How long have you being doing coding, and how hard was it to start from zero knowledge in this field back then?

I started studying HTML around February 2013 and CSS later after that. Then for about a few months I practiced with HTML and CSS by modifying templates, making HTML pages, and designing themes.

Around November of that year I began studying JavaScript and unfortunately jQuery at the same time. ( doing that caused me to make MANY errors ) I didn't actually get into the native workings of JavaScript until May 2014, and after that I've been studying and improving since. I say the best practice is to take on personal projects and read up on things a second time you're not sure about. Oooh.. and don't be afraid to fail, it happens plenty of times and is the only way you'll learn to do something right.

@Ange Tuteur, what made you become interested in becoming a member of the Forumotion team? Also if you had a chance to become a Reviewer, would you do it?

Anyone else have anymore questions for us .

I figure its time for a revive of this topic.

@Brandon_g, were you ever a Forum Reviewer in the past?

No sir I was not. Atleast not an official staff reviewer. While I was member/helper I did write a couple reviews (2 so far) but thats all. Between school and work I don't really have time to write alot of reviews and stuff. My main contributions have been in the support section. I have been a member here for awhile, this position as a Support Moderator is the only staff position I have ever held.

-Brandon

Anonymous wrote:
@Staff, what makes you keep doing your jobs if you don't get paid?

I can not say for all the other staff but i will answer this for my self
I like to help out not just in the FM support forum but for lots of things
My real job is a support worker for children and old people and i also work as a volunteer in a care home 3 days a week.
I feel good about my self helping others and have even made a FM site all about that to.

There is nothing better then giving some thing back to someone else it Cost nothing to do a good deed.
Christmas I go help feed the homeless down at the church and do all the cooking and serve all the food and clean up...... I am what i call my self a Do good pest :O

Calιbuяn wrote:Are you all volunteers, or are any of you actual employees of forumotion?

Is Forumotion even a company?

Yes FM is a company in its own right.

All tech staff are paid and Buttercup and The godfather
All the rest of the staff are volunteer's we all work from our own homes all over the world.

@APE, is there a Vietnam Official Support Forum? If there isn't, what do they have to do for it to be added?(For Vietnam people)