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(Originally Posted by Fourchette April 23, 2020 Filed in Other #help #GUIDE #NEW MEMBERS #ASSISTANCE 1.8K views)
Hello! This blog started with an email I sent to a new member. But just then I realized this stuff could be helpful to anyone who is new here to help them get started. I never saw any help guide when I first started so I had to learn everything on my own. So I know firsthand that is not always easy. It can be confusing and intimidating. So anyways, I may not be the first one who has tried to write a guide like this but I hope this stuff is helpful to some of the newest members (and longstanding alike) and they will share this with others so that everyone can figure out how to navigate this site and participate a little more if they are interested. This guide by the way is probably not exhaustive. If anyone has anything to add - PLEASE CONTRIBUTE YOUR THOUGHTS AND OPINIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION!
So, if you're new here. I can tell you some things TO HELP GET YOU STARTED here and about this site. Eventually almost anyone who's active here eventually builds up a profile. It's good to start with a playlist of audio hypnosis files and pictures/photos you like. You can easily setup a play list of "hypno" files you like by listening to the playlists of other members. There, you'll see a little plus (+) symbol to the right of each file title in everyone's playlist. If you listen to a title you like from any member (it doesn't matter who) you can click on that plus sign and add that title to make your own playlist of all your own favorites. I never learned this until months of being a member. Nobody ever told me, but now I'm telling you.
A little bit of advice on this subject is though that once you start one playlist of your own, you can easily go in and customize it with any title you choose and start adding multiple play lists each with their own cover name and even a cover picture or animated .Gif picture. The only recommendation I have is to try and keep the # of tracks per playlists under 20 - 30 tracks each. I have seen some members who have playlists with 50+ tracks per audio album and this may be a little overwhelming for members that want to try and navigate through your playlist, especially when searching for certain file names or subjects. I can say I've experienced this very problem for myself.
Anyways by slowly adding audio files you listen to and like, you can create your own playlist of hypnosis files in your own profile folder. By the way, you don't need to think of it as "stealing" someone else's music or playlist. Most of the files on this site as far as I know are free files that are in the public domain. You can also download many free files off WMM (warpmymind.com*) if you sign up for a free account over there, although I'm not sure if it's legit to upload free files from there over here. That's a good question for EMG, the owner and manger of both this site (H-F is what I call it, and WMM*). I'm guessing there's probably no problem with any of that though.
By the way, sometimes new members see my profile and right away send me a friend request. This is of course flattering but I generally do not approve friend requests to new members right away until they establish themselves and build up their profile. The reason is that I take a friend request seriously and I usually want to see an illustration of a members interests first including picture albums of the kind of things they like, and hypno files they like to listen to. I rarely friend someone unless I really like their profile after first viewing it and/or after I message with someone several times to kind of get to know them first. It's nothing personal, that's just the way I fly and relate to people here. Birds of a feather, Flock together...
Something else that's good to know, is that you can quickly add photos to your own profile by doing several different things. One way is to right click & save pictures you like from this site and other sites to your computer to re-upload later into your own new picture/photos album. If you do this you can title your own albums with whatever names you want instead of just getting automatically named albums like "profile pictures" or "wall photos". Of course you can always go back and change the names of these automatically named albums the site builds for you when you just randomly post to the homepage or to the top of your own profile page. If you just post a picture set to the home page it may randomly put the photos or gif's into an album that's not exactly where you want them. I think that's actually a basic feature that needs to be added actually.
An advantage to manually building your own albums is that you can usually upload several pictures at a time and choose the networks they get posted to and who gets to see them. If you just post to the home page your photos may get added to a random album of yours, though that is also an option. I've found the best place to post my picture/photo collections are in the album of my OWN choosing. You can of course upload any pictures or .gif's you like, including personal photos. What I'm saying is that if you do it manually from within your own profile album page, you can also choose the top (cover) photo that represents your album instead of just getting the random photo the system chooses for it. You can upload any pictures you have or find that you feel represent your interest on the titles of your albums. Album cover photo options are also available for audio playlists if you want to go in and manually manage your profile's audio playlists aka "My Audios" under the audio tab in the top header of every page. The top header is your main navigation bar to the site. There you can directly access your Personal Picture Albums, Blogs, Groups, Audio and Video Playlists and Events, as well as lists of everyone else's!
Another way to add photos to your profile is that you can add pictures you find here on this site by adding them as "profile photos". You will see a little subtitle at the bottom of pictures in various members photo albums. Clicking that will give you an avatar that will add that picture to the little "profile circle" that everyone else can see on your profile page, the home page, and whenever you make new posts and comments. There are also a bunch of settings that you will have to learn and explore for yourself in your profile settings including privacy settings. Like for example there's a way to turn off email notifications for posts and likes which I did almost from the get go. It seems some people never figure this out and have to get annoyed before they do anything about it. You shouldn't have to get to the point of blocking members who like too much of their stuff just because you can't handle managing your settings. Most are self explanatory but if you have any questions feel free to ask. Another way to post some pictures is to add a URL links in a post to pages on other websites that have pictures, videos or .gifs that melt your butter. Though the uploader is sometimes picky and this doesn't always work.
Now here's an important thing to know. In your account settings there is an option to choose "networks". These are basically areas of interest that you may have that range from BDSM, to bimbotization, cuckolding, feminization, hypnosis techniques, jock, etc... IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT SIGNING UP TO AT LEAST ONE OR MORE NETWORK IS REQUIRED TO BE ABLE TO VIEW BLOGS. Signing up to networks opens up the site to you. Basically it appears that a certain amount of content is blocked out until a member subscribes to the networks of their choice. I other words, content from networks you are not subscribed to you will basically be invisible, inaccessible or blocked from you viewing it, if I understand it correctly. Anyways, it's not as complicated as it sounds. The thing is though your network choices I think can also affect what other members can see or not see about you on your profile including whether or not they will even be ABLE to view your profile, albums or playlists. This also apparently is affected by what networks other members choose to subscribe to as well, in affect inadvertently hiding their content from even their friends being able to access their blogs, groups etc. unless material is posted to multiple networks and or the recipient is on those networks as well. I believe if material is posted to no network then at times it may be invisible to everyone. I've just discovered that if two members do not share at least one of the same networks then they may not be able to view one another's profile pages, albums, or all content. I know, it's complicated. I didn't design this. It's just something to be aware of.
There are I guess multiple different other topics that could be mentioned and or discussed here. I may actually periodically update this list. But one other thing is that there is an option to block content or other members on here if they post material that you dislike or if they are bothering you. That's you're right if you choose to do so. A list of any/all members who you may have blocked is stored in your privacy settings where you can go back and unblock anyone at any point if you so choose. I guess there a ton of aspects of the site that could be explained in detail but I think most stuff is self explanatory. It's all kind of plug and play and you have to figure out the basic stuff as you go along. All I know is it's good to build a profile to express yourself and your likes and interests to show everyone else what you're into. There are a lot of customization and personalization options on here including adding (CSS which I know nothing about!) to personalize your profile page. Some other members I've seen have added some really cool stuff with that! One other thing is that it's possible to have more than one profile on here if you want to. My second profile name is Cathy Jane.
So but anyways if you want to get to know me, check out my profile page some, view my albums and listen to my audio playlist. I've also posted a bunch of hypno videos and music. You can even start your profile with some of my playlist songs or photos if you like - I won't be bothered by at all by that. Just please don't re-post ALL my stuff! There's only one Fourchette on here and I'd sure like to stay original! BESIDES there are literally 100's of other members profiles and playlists on here for you to explore. It can get a little overwhelming at times actually if you get obsessed... Anyways, these are just a few of several things I assume people do here. So anyways, Welcome! Enjoy yourselves... And feel free to participate, and contribute in any way(s) you desire or discover... :-)
If you scrolled down this far, please leave a comment on what you think of this and even visit my original blog and "like" it since this forum page doesn't seem to allow for likes:
https://hypno-fetish.com/blogs/37838/8512/help-guide-for-new-members
If it says "private" and you're new it's because you need to join one or more "networks" in your account settings first to be able to view blogs.
That's a pretty cool introduction. I loved it. Thanks 👍
Very helpful. Thank you 😊