Q&A What is FC2 BBS?

Q&A
FC2 BBS

Q. What is FC2 BBS?
A. FC2 BBS is a highly functional & high speed analyzer, and all the functions are free.
Post photos and illustrations!
Changing layout is so easy!
Insert HTML and CSS!
The log storage is unlimited!

Q. Is FC2 BBS free?
A. Yes. FC2 BBS is a free service.

Q. Can I use BBS even if I don't have homepage?
A. Yes. You can use BBS although you don't have your homepage.

Q. Up to how many KB can I upload images?
A. GIF, JPEG and PNG images can be upload up to 500 KB.

Q. I want to delete the entry I have posted.
A.  If you are the administrator of theBBS, you can delete entries from the BBS user management page. If you are not the administrator and would like to delete entries you have written, you need the edit/delete password which you have set at posting.

When you are a BBS's administrator:
Deleting a topic:
1. Go to the BBS user management page.
2. Click on [Log Management] on the left. You will see the topic list.
3. Click on the trash box mark of the topic you wish to delete.
4. The topic is deleted.

* After the administrator deletes the topic, all the comments within the topic will be deleted as well.
* The administrator can edit or delete the topic/comment on the management page without setting an edit/delete password. The edit/delete password is mainly for a non-administrator.

Deleting a comment:
1. Go to the BBS user management page.
2. Click on [Log Management] on the left. You will see the topic list.
3. Click on a title of topic. Then the next page shows you all the comment within the topic.
2. Click on the trash box mark of the comment you wish to delete.
3. The comment is deleted.

When you are a BBS's non-administrator:
Deleting an entry (both a topic and a comment):
If an edit/delete passoword is set when an entry is posted, the submitter can edit or delete the entry after posting.
After deleting the topic, the topic's text will be replaced to "It has been deleted by the submitter."

* An edit/delete password is a password that a submitter set at posting an entry. Each entry (topic/comment) can have a different edit/delete passoword.
* Without setting an edit/delete password, the submitter can not edit or delete the entry (topic/comment).
* If the submitter really needs to delete the entry, he/she must ask the BBS's administrator to delete it.

Q&A Registration

Q&A
Registration

Q. How many BBSs can I make?
A. You can make one BBS per one FC2ID.
When you want to make several BBSs, please acquire other FC2IDs.

Q. I want to change the registered e-mail address.
A. You can change it on the management page of FC2ID.
Login to FC2ID, and click on "Edit ID".
Then, follow the procedure for alteration.

Q. I forgot the user name and password.
A. Please contact us at the inquiries. We will check them for you.
Please write your BBS's URL and the e-mail address you have registered
in the inquiry form. 

Q. How can I cancel the BBS service?
A. You can cancel the BBS service on the FC2ID management page.
Please note that you can not cancel the BBS service on the BBS management page.
First, log in to FC2ID, and go to the management page.
Then click on the cross sign next to the service name "BBS".
Your registration to the BBS will be canceled, and your BBS will be deleted.

* Please note that you can not restore the deleted BBS once you cancel the registration
to the BBS service.

Q&A Troubleshooting

Q&A
Troubleshooting

Q. How do I log in?
A. Make sure if the user name and the password are correct.

And also make the following settings.
1) Check the setting of SSL and TLS.
http://support.fc2.com/check_ssl.html
2) Enable JavaScript on your computer.
http://support.fc2.com/check_js.html
3) Delete Cookie and Cache.
http://support.fc2.com/check_ck.html
4) Enable Cache.
http://support.fc2.com/check_cookie.html
5) When the security soft is working, you might not be able to log in.
Please make the security "off" temporally.

Q. I can not change the settings on the management page.
A. Check the following things and try it again on the management page.

1) Check the setting of SSL and TLS.
http://support.fc2.com/check_ssl.html
2) Enable JavaScript on your computer.
http://support.fc2.com/check_js.html
3) Delete Cookie and Cache.
http://support.fc2.com/check_ck.html
4) Enable Cache.
http://support.fc2.com/check_cookie.html
5) When the security soft is working, you might not be able to log in.
Please make the security "off" temporally.

Q. The BBS is not shown on the screen.
A. Make sure if the BBS's URL is correct.

And also delete Cookie and Cache referring to the link below.
Then you should be able to see the BBS.

Delete Cookie and Cache.
http://support.fc2.com/check_ck.html

Q. When I log in to the management page, the error message saying "login error "
comes up.
A. Make sure if the user name and the password are correct.
When the browswer's Cookie function is disabled, that error message comes up.
Please enable the browser's Cookie function.
Even there is a security soft, do this setting.

Q. I can log in to the management page, but when I open the management page in the browser's another tab or windown, an error message "login error" comes up.
A. When the browser's Cookie function is disabled, that error message comes up.
Please enable the browser's Cookie function when you log in to the management page.
Even there is a security soft, please do this setting.

Q&A Design Setting

Q&A
Design Setting

Q. Images on mobile phone are displayed small.
A. On mobile phone, the sizes of images are displayed according to their mobile phone's screen.
With some mobile phone types, images are not displayed on the entire screen

Q. Can I customize a design by style sheet (CSS) or HTML as I like?
A. Yes, you can.
The FC2 BBS has a template function, and with this function you can customize a design as you like.
In order to customize a disign, you need knowledge of CSS and HTML to edit a template. Then you can customize a posting form and a display postion of an icon.

To enable the template function, first go to the management page. Then go to "Editting templates".
Choose "valid" for the template function. The template function is enabled.

Q. I don't understand how to cumstomize the template.
A. We can not support for questions like how to customize the template or how to write HTML.
Please see reference books on your own.

Q. The BBS design setting is not reflected.
A. When the template function is set for "on", the template design has superiority to be reflected.
If you would like to arrange the looks by "The BBS design setting", set the template function for "off".

Q. I can not set the BBS type (Multi Topic Type, etc).
A. Make sure if the template function disabled. When the template function is on, you can not use the BBS type.

Even if you have set the template function off and still can not use the BBS type setting, contact us from the inquiries with the details.

Q. The background image is not reflected.
A. When you register the URL of the page from outside, it can not display the background from the page in which the direct link is prohibited.

In such a case, please do the following procedure to get the background image reflected.

Go to your BBS management page, and choose "Easy Design Settings". Then click on "font/page",
and click on "Background Image file Upload". After uploading the background image file, it reflects the background image URL automatically. Now the background image is displayed.

There is another way to get the background image reflected.
First, post the background image to your BBS. Next, right-click on the displayed image, copy the image's URL and acquire the image's URL. Then go to the setting of the management page. Register the acquired URL to the background image's URL.
The setting is done. The background image is now reflected.

Q. I want to display only topics.
A. Use the Multi Topic Type.
First, log in to the management page, and go to "Easy Design". Click on "The BBS type" and choose "Multi Topic Type" (Displaying the Topic List). Then the setting is done.

Q&A How to withdraw the BBS service

Q&A
How to withdraw the FC2 BBS Service

Q. I wish to withdraw the FC2 BBS service.
A. Please login to http://fc2.com/ and see the list of the services.
Find the service name "FC2 BBS", then click on a cross sign "X" next to it.
Your withdrawal from the FC2 BBS service is done.