The Welcome Wagon GRAND TOUR

The Welcome Wagon Grand Tour

First, we want to welcome you to CST! We are happy to have you here!

Could you be our next Featured Store of the Month? Be sure to vote in our monthly poll for your favorite! Just look at the top of any page in the Header for the link to Vote for the Featured Store of the Month.

While there are many ways to get help here, please don’t ever hesitate to contact the staff directly for assistance. You will find direct links to staff members on the left side navigation bar.

And now, the tour…

Your Top Navigation Bar:

The Home, Forum and Search tabs are pretty self-explanatory, I think. Under the Help tab you will find detailed instructions on Registering, Logging In, setting up your Profile, Posting, Personal Messages and Searching. Again, you are always welcome to ask for assistance with any function!

My Messages Under this tab you will be able to send PM’s as well as see PM’s sent to you.

The Calendar features some important dates, be sure to check it out from time to time.

Upload your banner!
Banners rotate on the left side navigation bar just under the search box.

All banners must be 120 width and 240 height and should be submitted to Avid Cat
here.
We also have a board and threads about our banner rotations

here.

A one-time fee of $5.00 per banner is payable through the PayPal donation button on the Avid Cat Sign Up Area.

Should you need help with banner sizing, you are welcome to consult with our Banners, Graphics and Logo providers here.

Our Free Mentoring Program

We do have a couple of great members who will help you in all threads and do their best to support your post. We also offer one on one mentoring by some of our members and you are welcome to contact them for private one on one support that they can offer for suggestions to enhance your website. They spend a lot of hours helping you and if do not mind doing so, but donations for their time and the work and research they do with you and on the forum in general is very much appreciated. All our mentors also run their own online business sites so they really are spending time with you to help with your website concerns. They don't expect a donation but it does help. The support they offer you are things many service providers would charge into the hundreds for. So please do consider supporting CST with a donation when you can.

Our Mentors

Member Links Found just under the banner rotation, left side.

You are welcome to add links to as many sections that apply to you. Simply click All Links.

and fill out the corresponding form. Please note your submissions must be approved before you will see them in the list.

We also have a great gallery where our members have added pictures of their pets and other interesting pics and get to comment and share images with each other. Check our The Gallery.

CST uses BBC code. For a list of the basic list of BBC codes click here.

Quick Siggie Code:

To make a clickable link in your siggie:
[*url=http://www.INSERTYOURSITEHERE.com]INSERT YOUR TEXT HERE[/url*]

Simply copy the above code, insert your own info and remove the asterisks (*). Then click on your Profile tab in the top nav bar, look under Modify Profile the left nav bar and click on Forum Profile Information. Now, just paste the code into the Signature Box. Don’t forget to click the Change Profile button at the bottom right to save your changes!

Did you know you can change the way CST looks on your browser?

Under the Profile tab (top nav bar), click on the Look and Layout Preferences link under the Modify Profile heading (left nav bar). At the top of this page you will see:

Just click the change link and you will see the many options. You can preview the options, then once you find the one you like, just click the “use this theme” that corresponds with your preference.

This information will stay right here for easy reference – but please remember ---- if you need help with anything here at CST, all you have to do is ask!

Welcome aboard!
The CST Staff