Newbie's Pictorial Guide to MP

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Hello Newbies,

PLEASE SEE THE FORUM RULES TO KNOW WHAT-NOT-TO-DO ON MP AND AVOID INFRACTION.
Simple rules to follow & HOW to post !!

Welcome to Management Paradise. Please follow the following pictorial instructions to ease your browsing through MP forums.


Step 1: How to register on MP Forums


Type www.managementparadise.com in ur address bar and then click on "Register"









Subsequently, you will be asked to enter your date of birth and then you will be shown the rules and regulations. Just check the box below it.






Next you will be taken to page where you would have to enter all the requisite details, as shown below.





The referrer field indicates from which username you heard of MP forums. If u know the username, then write it down as shown, or else leave it blank.

Finally, click on "Complete Registration".

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Upon successful completion of ur registration process, you shall receive a message from VBulletin, as shown.





Since we require to confirm your email, before you can use MP forums, an activation mail, with a link, will be sent at the email address which you have specified during your registration.

So login to your inbox and click on the link in the email you would have received from Management Paradise.

p.s. If you haven't received any email as yet, either check your junk/spam mails folder or wait for some time till you receive the email.

Upon clicking that link you would have activated your MP account.

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You can start using Management Paradise by either going to www.managementparadise.com and then clicking on Forums or directly by typing www.managementparadise.com/forums

On the right hand side, you can see the field to enter you username and password. Please remember, you would be able to login to MP forums only after your email account has been validated.

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How to use MP forums


Upon logging in to MP forums, you can see a variety of links. Towards your right side, is the list of recent threads in which new posts have been added.





MP has various sections like:

Announcements:
This section is meant for posting announcements for all the MP users, any news which will be related to all the MPites.

General Talks:
This section is for you. You can discuss anything in general here.

The Big Fight:
Welcome to the arena! Race ur brains, practice ur GD skills here with fellow members. Dekhe kis mein kitna hai dam

Campus Talk:
Talk all about ur B-school, the latest, the happening... anything and everything.

International MBA:
A zone for all the MBA aspirants who wish to pursue MBA abroad. Share ur ideas, important information related to MBA, gather and post study material.

Job Offers:
A portal for all the job seekers. Share the latest job openings here and post ur resume. Upload/Download placement papers.

College Fests/Workshops:
Know about a college festival going on ? Want to inform everyone about some workshop or seminar ?? Post it in THIS SECTION !!

Project Hub:
A section dedicated to help you with projects. Download and upload projects, post your requests in the appropriate section, discuss case studies, get and give help to other members.

Banking and Insurance Section:
A section dedicated to Banking and Insurance. Download & upload projects, give and get help on projects and talks related to Banking and Insurance.

CAT Section:
For all the MBA aspirants. Post all the reference material in soft copy you have and download the material uploaded on the site. Enjoy discussions and helpful tips related to all MBA entrance exams. Seperate sections on Quant, DI, RC/Verbal and Prep Resources have been opened. Please choose wisely while posting.

Group Discussion:
Download GD notes, tips and helpful articles on GD. Participate in 'Online GD'. Add onlinegd@yahoo.co.in for the same. Browse around the forum to read more about it.

Personal Interview:
Read all about PI tips and tricks. Give ur own experience and learn from others'

E-Books Section:
A section dedicated to 1000s of e-books. Upload any ebook you have, here. Please don't upload copy-right ebooks on MP. Use a 3rd party file hosting server for the same. While quoting the link of the 3rd party server, enclose it within <codes> </codes> (Refer to the post on 'How to create a new thread')

Articles:
Post any interesting article and other reading material you find and want to share with the world.

Company Profiles & News !!
Information of well known companies, their background, mergers, acquisitions, etc can be found in this section.

Contests, Quizzes and Community Games:
Participate in contests, quizzes and community games. It is a fun zone, where u can learn and have fun and make friends.

Stock Markets Tips & Gyan !!
All you wanted to know about the stock markets.. All technical details, what is derivatives, futures options, commodities, etc.

Introduce Yourself !!
Make a post and introduce yourself to the MP community. Tell about yourself and get to know about the others.

Sell/Buy Notes, Products, Services etc.
Market place for buying or selling services, products, etc. Use this forum to buy / sell stuff whether it be a mobile phone, an electronic. This is the place for Auctions as well.

LaUghTeR AccEleRatED , Just CHILL !!
Share all the funny articles, jokes, forwards and time pass stuff you have.

The Garage !!
Post your feedback/suggestions/comments here and tell us how can we improve the site better. Your feedback will be very Valuable To Us !!

The description for each sub section is also available underneath the title.

Please ensure to post in the correct section and hence browse MP thoroughly before posting. MP has zero tolerance for spammers. So help others and get help !!

Users would get infraction every time they would post in incorrect sections, post messages not meaningful and not contributing to the pre-existing discussion (like one liners) or spam the forum.

We take adequate measures to warn the users enough, however consistent spammers will be removed from the forum. This policy is in keeping with the interest of our members.

It would be a good idea to start with the "Introduce Yourself !!" section. You can create a new thread and post your introduction.

Please remember that you will need atleast 1 post to be able to download any attachments from MP forums


KINDLY BROWSE THE FORUM NICELY AND THINK WELL BEFORE POSTING.

DO NOT MERELY POST "THANKS". USE THE 'THANKS BUTTON' FOR THAT PURPOSE.

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How to create a new thread

As shown in the picture below, click on new thread and then add a suitable title relevant to the topic.




The image below shows you how to make a new thread.





1) You can choose the appropriate fonts, colours and text sizes
by highlighting the text and choosing the required font/size/colour.

2) The next button is where you can insert 'smiley'

Smiley are small animated pictures which convey messages.

3) The next icon with a "pin" symbol is meant for adding attachments.

4) The next two buttons (last two) are meant for undoing and re-doing the changes you have made.

5) In the 2nd line, the b, i, u buttons are respectively, BOLD, ITALICS and UNDERLINE.

6) The next 3 buttons are meant to orient ur text. Highlight the text you wish to orient and choose between left-align, centre-align and right-align.

7) The next 2 buttons are meant for numbering for ur text. You can either add bullets or numbers to it.

8) The next 2 buttons are meant for increasing and decreasing the indentation of ur text.

The 1st button increases it while the 2nd button decreases it.

9) The button with the "chain" symbol is meant for adding a link. In case u wish to add a hyperlink (text pointing to some link), select the text and then click the button. A dialogue box pops open and u can enter the link there.

The next button is meant for removing the link to plain text.

10) In case you wish to insert an email link, you can use the next button.

11) The button with the coloured image is meant for adding an image link. The MP server will directly load the image from the given link.

Please note that u can add a maximum of 4 images per post.

12) The last 4 buttons are meant for wrapping a text in QUOTE, CODE, HTML and PHP.

All the external file links from file hosting servers like Rapidshare, Megaupload, etc should be wrapped within CODE

Select the text u wish to wrap and then click CODE (# symbol)

13) The 1st button in the first line with A written on it, is used to remove all the changes you have made or remove all the pre-existing format the text is in and convert it into simple plain text.
Eg. if u copy a page from a web page, then select the text and click the button. The text will be formed into its native state.



In case you wish to add more smiley images, click on the more button as indicated and select the smiley you wish to insert. You can add a maximum of 4 images per post.






The icon buttons indicate the image which will be displayed next to ur thread title and also in the recent threads column.

You can click on submit thread to post the thread or click on preview to get a preview of your thread before submitting.