Sports AnswerBank Tutorial
Getting started
If you are new to the Sports AnswerBank you must first register to post questions
and answers. All you need is a valid email address.
Once you have submitted your registration details, you will be sent a “welcome”
or validation email. Click on the hyperlink in the email to validate your registration.
Now you are ready to post. If you have not received the “welcome” email,
please email Technical on the Contact Us
page and read our FAQs under: “Why am I not
receiving Sports AnswerBank emails?”
Already a member?
If you've already registered, all you have to do is sign in. Simply enter your
username and password into the sign-in tab. Or you can choose to be automatically
signed in every time you visit the Sports AnswerBank by selecting the box in your
profile and clicking ‘submit.’
Posting guidelines
So many questions, so little time! To post a question, go to the most relevant category
and enter a question title and your question in the two boxes. When you click on
submit you will get a list of similar questions. You can either choose to read through
a similar question to search for the answer to your question, or to continue with
your question, click ‘submit.’
To post an answer go to the question and click on “answer.” Type your
answer in the box and click to submit or preview to check for errors before submitting.
Not all posts are created equal. To add formatting to your posts or to label a hyperlink,
use the basic html code below:
- To italicise: <i>italicise</i>
- To bold: <b>bold</b>
- To underline: <u>underline</u>
- To label a hyperlink: <a href="http://www.myhyperlink.com">my
label</a>
No other html tags will work.
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Your profile
Don't wander around the site looking for your questions and answers. Go straight
to your profile where sorting tabs help you access your posts quickly. You can also
update your registration details, keep track of your vitals (number of questions,
answers and removed posts) and opt to sign-in automatically.
You've got an answer
You will receive an email notifying you each time your question receives an answer.
To stop receiving emails, click on the “Got an answer?” hyperlink next
to your question.
Rate your answers
Some answers are better than others. Reward the answers you like with stars. Click
on the “rate this answer” hyperlink next to each answer and make someone's
day.
Subscribing to questions
Interested in a question you didn't ask? Click on the “subscribe to question”
hyperlink and you will receive email notifications each time the question receives
an answer. Click on the link in your email to stop receiving notifications.
Reporting abuse
If you feel that a post is abusive, profane or goes against any of our Site Rules you can report that post for a moderator to
review. The reporting hyperlinks are beneath the individual posts. Please do not
report posts just because you disagree with someone's views or a particular
user.
Search
The Sports AnswerBank has been around since 2002 and with hundreds of thousands
of questions logged, you can be sure we've got it covered. To search our database
of questions, enter your search criteria in our “search the site” box.
Contacting the site
Depending on your query, send an email to the AB Editor or Technical from the Contact Us page.
FAQ's
Haven't found the answer to your question? Please see our
FAQs.