Thread: Levels of Registration

We have several different levels of registration here in the forums.

As a Guest (non-registered Visitor) you can view many of the forums, threads and posts. You will see several banner ads on each page.

As a Registered Member, you can view all of the forums, threads and posts, including a couple private forums for higher ranking members. Active Registered members (5+ posts) do not see advertisements at the top of the page when they are logged in.

Ground Level Lurkers - newly registered (or inactive) members with very few posts have limited access to features & are unable to send Private messages. (This is for prevention) .

Registered Members with more than 5 Posts - Are considered to be ACTIVE MEMBERS. Active Registered members have additional abilities granted to them as they reach higher post counts.

Some of these features include:

1. Ability to PM other Users
2. Additional Private Message Space
3. Additional Photo Sizes
4. Access to Albums Feature
5. Access to Custom Usergroups
6. Email Features such as email a friend
7. Additional Posting/editing Features
8. Additional Calendar Features
9. Increase in Signature features
10. Adding Content to the Main Part of Budget101.com - including articles, recipes, tips and more

Members with 25+ Posts:

Our Referral board becomes available (for sharing points, winzy, , blinko, etc) as well as the Coupon Swap and Trade board.

The above listed features increase again.