• Registration
  • I registered but can not login.
  • Do I have to register?
  • I click agree, but the Policy page just refreshes. What's wrong?
  • I registered but did not receive the Activation/Confirmation Email?
  • I'm already a member of the listserve...why should I register here?
  • Are Cookies used on this website?
• General
  • Can I edit my profile?
  • What do I do if I forget my Password?
  • What is COPPA?
  • Where can I get my own copy of this Forum?
• Forum
  • How do I reply to posts in the forum?
  • Can I change the format of my text?
  • What are active topics?
  • Can I be notified by e-mail when there are new posts?
  • Can I attach my own signature to my posts?
  • Can I attach files to my posts?
  • Can I add a hyperlink to my messages?
  • Are posts censored in any way?
  • Can I search the Forum for specific information?
  • How can I use smilies and images?
  • How do I post a new topic in the forum?
  • Can I edit or delete my posts?
  • What does it mean if a forum has Moderation enabled?
• Citizens On Patrol (COP)
  • Where can I view the COP Schedule as a list?
• Classifieds & Contractor Referrals
  • How do classifieds work on this website?
  • What are Contractor Referrals?
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Registration is a 3 step process.

1. Fill out the registration form.
2. The webmaster reviews the submission and verifies that you are an Anneslie Resident. Then approves the registration.
3. You are sent an email to tell you the account is approved and to verify that you have supplied a valid address. Click the link in that email to complete the registration.

No. You do not need to register to use this site...however certain information is restricted to members only. Features of the site like email addresses for board members and block captains are not displayed; and features like personal messages, posting in the community forum, posting classified ads, participation in community polls, and many others are limited to use by members only.

The information you provide during registration is not outsourced or used for any advertising by Anneslie Community Forum, the Anneslie Board or anyone for that matter. IT IS PRIVATE.

If you believe someone is sending you advertisements as a result of the information you provided through your registration, please notify us immediately.

There is a known issue with this forum and Norton's Internet Security. This problem only affects the registration process.

To register:

1. Disable Norton Internet Security on Your PC.


2. Agree to the Maryland APA Policy (It should work now).


3. Complete the registration process and submit the form.


4. Re-enable Norton Internet Security.
5. Check your email for the Activiation/Confirmation Email and follow the directions in it.

Members who registered and did not receive the "Activation/Confirmation" email should contact us ASAP to have their accounts activated.

All accounts are manually approved to ensure that only Annslie Residents gain access to the forum and members features of the site. Therefore if a street address and phone number were not supplied your activation email may not have been sent and we will contact you to verify you live in Anneslie.

However, sometimes our activation email will be filtered as spam. If that is the case we will activate your account as soon as we hear from you.

Accounts will only be activated if you contact us using the email address that was supposed to receive the "Activation/Confirmation". NO EXCEPTIONS! This keeps a valid email on record with the website at all times. It is necessary to retrieve a lost password.

The listserve is not going anywhere. It will still be maintained for everyone who wants to use it. New members will still be approved.

Merits of both systems exist. The listserve is a quick and effective way of contacting members of the neighborhood. It is most useful for one-time or short term situations.

However there are many members who use the listserve for only high-priority messages and never see these emails.

The forum is better suited to longer term discussions, such as Pursuing A Historical Designation for Anneslie, or what can be done about traffic problems on our streets.

These discussions will likely take months while everyone reads and forms an opinion. There are polls on the new site that only members can vote in and it gives the Community Associaiton a better idea of what neighborhood opiniion is.

The forum also allows us to show and hide content based on membership. Phone numbers and other perosnal information is protected and visible only to members. This will allow us to great an online Anneslie Directory.

The website is also a work in progress. We would like your opinion on what the site can be used for and these new features will be incorporated into the site.

These Forums use cookies to store the following information: the last time you logged in, your Username and your Encrypted Password. These cookies are stored on your hard drive. Cookies are not used to track your movement or perform any function other than to enhance your use of these forums. If you have not enabled cookies in your browser, many of these time-saving features will not work properly. Also, you need to have cookies enabled if you want to enter a private forum or post a topic/reply.

You may delete all cookies set by these forums in selecting the "logout" button at the top-left side of any page.

Changing a lost password is simple, assuming that e-mail features are turned on for this forum. All of the pages that require you to identify yourself with your Username and Password carry a "lost Password" link that you can use to have a code e-mailed instantly to your e-mail address of record that will allow you to create a new password. Because of the Encryption that we use for your password, we cannot tell you what your password is.

When reading a topic you may want to join the conversation. To do this you have two options.

The first is scroll to the bottom of the page and use the quick reply area. Remember you must be logged in to post.

The second is locate the reply icon () found either at the top or bottom of the page in the right column.

This method has more options for formatting the text of your reply.

Finally, if you wish to respond to a specific member's post, you may click the reply icon on the line of their post beginning with "Posted -..." This method will insert the member's post as a quote above the body of your post for reference in longer threads.

Once you enter the body of your reply, click submit to add your post to the forum. You may edit or delete your replies at any time.

There are several Forum Codes you may use to change the appearance of your text.  Following is the list of codes currently available:

Active Topics are tracked by cookies. When you click on the "active topics" link, a page is generated listing all topics that have been posted since your last visit to these forums (or approximately 20 minutes).

You may set a custom time frame for active topics by selecting the "Active Topics" link in the forum menu at left. Then select the time frame to view all new posts during that period.

Yes, the Subscription feature allows you to subscribe to the entire Board, individual Categories, Forums and/or Topics, depending on what the administrator of this site allows. You will receive an e-mail notifying you of a post that has been made to the Category/Forum/Topic that you have subscribed to. There are four levels of subscription:

- Board Wide Subscription
If you subscribe to an entire Board, you'll get a notification for any posts made within all the forums inside that board.

- Category Wide Subscription
You can subscribe to an entire Category, which will notify you if there are any posts made within any topic, within any forum, within that Category.

- Forum Wide Subscription
If you don't want to subscribe to an entire Category, you can subscribe to a single forum. This will notify you of any posts made within any topic, within that forum.

- Topic Wide Subscription
More conveniently, you can subscribe to just an individual topic. You will be notified of any post made within that topic.

Each level of subscription is optional. The administrator can turn On/Off each level of subscription for each Category/Forum/Topic.
To Subscribe or Unsubscribe from any level of subscription, you can use the "My Subscriptions" link, located near the top of each page to manage your subscriptions. Or you can click on the subscribe/unsubscribe icons ( ) for that Category/Forum/Topic you want to subscribe/unsubscribe to/from.

For security reasons you may not attatch files to your posts. However you may cut and paste text into your posts.

We may add features in the future that will allow for specific file uploading like photos for personal galleries.

This Example:

The forum does censor certain words that may be posted, but for the most part, posts are left as is by the forum. We are counting on our members to keep the forum clean.

If you see a post that contains offensive or inappropriate content please notify us ASAP.

You may search for specific posts based on a word or words found in the posts, user name, date, and particular forum(s). Simply click on the "search" link at the top of all pages.

You've probably seen others use smilies before in e-mail messages or other bulletin board posts. Smilies are keyboard characters used to convey an emotion, such as a smile or a frown . This bulletin board automatically converts certain text to a graphical representation when it is inserted between brackets [].  Here are the smilies that are currently supported by Anneslie Community Forum:

4 Leaf Clover  [:)clover]	Angel  [:)angel]	Angry  [:(!]
Applause  [D)]	Approve  [^]	Bang Head On Wall  [banghead]
Big Smile  [:D]	Black Eye  [B)]	Blindfold  [||)]
Blush  [:I]	Bounce  [:):)]	Broken Heart  [:)bheart]
Bug Eyes  [:)bugeye]	Censored  [:|||]	Clown  [:o)]
Cold  [:)cold]	Confused  [:-/]	Cool  [8D]
Cowboy  [:)cowboy]	Cry  [:((]	Cyclops  [o)]
Dead  [xx(]	Disapprove  [V]	Disguised  [8o)]
Drooling  [:)..]	Drunk  [:)drunk]	Dunce  [<8P]
Eight Ball  [8]	Evil  [}:)]	Fight  [P;/]
Goldfish  [goldfish]	Graduate  [..:)]	Heart  [heart]
HOT!  [:)hot]	Irked  [:)irked]	Jester  [z:)]
King  [:)king]	Kisses  [:X]	Magnify  [R)]
Martini  [martini]	Mohawk  [--:)]	Moptop  [:)moptop]
Nail Bite  [:-SS]	Paper Bag  [:)bag]	Party!  [(:-P]
PHBBT  [):P]	Pirate  [:)pirate]	Propeller  [:)prop]
Question  [?]	Raised Eyebrow  [;8|]	Rolling On The Floor  [=))]
Sad  [:(]	Shake  [:)shake]	Shock  [:O]
Shy  [8)]	Skull  [Bo|]	Sleepy  [|)]
Slug  [:)slug]	Smile  [:)]	Snorkel  [:)snork]
Thinking  [:-?]	Time Bomb  [O...]	Toast  [:)toast]
Tongue  [:P]	Whew!  [#.-]	William Tell  [:)wiltl]
Wink  [;)]

To create a new topic in the forum you must first find the appropriate category to post it in. Taking time when choosing a category is essential if you want people to find your post and reply to it.

Once you've found a location for your topic look for the new topic icon () in the right column and click it.

You must give your post an appropriate title. Again please give your post a descriptive title so members know what your post is about without opening it. Once you've finished entering the body of your post click on submit and you're done.

You may edit or delete your posts at any time.

Yes. You may edit or delete your own posts at any time. We recognize there are many reasons to do this.

Editing or deleting a post can be done by going to the topic and looking for the edit or delete icon ( / ) on the line that begins "posted on..." Click on this icon to edit or delete your post.

No one else can edit or delete your posts except for the Forum Administrators or Forum Moderators. A note is generated at the bottom of each edited post displaying when and by whom it was edited.

Moderation: This feature allows the Administrator or the Moderator to "Approve", "Hold" or "Delete" a users post before it is shown to the public.

- Approve: Only the administrators or the moderators will be able to approve a post made to a moderated forum. When the post is approved, it will be made viewable to the public.

- Hold: When a user posts a message to a moderated forum, the message is automatically put on hold until a moderator or an administrator approves of the post. No one will be able to view the post while it is put on hold.
NOTE: Authors of the post will be able to edit their post during this mode.

- Delete: If the administrator or moderator chooses this option, the post will be deleted and an e-mail will be sent to the poster of the message, informing them that their post was not approved. The administrator/moderator will be able to give their reason for not approving the post in the e-mail.

To view the Current COP Schedule you can use the Community Calendar Link on the left menu and select EVENTS LIST from the tabs provided.

Use the "Display:" Drop Down Menu to filter events based on what you are looking for.

All information needed to complete a sale should be provided by the seller when they place the classified ad. This includes contact information, price and details.

All transactions on this website are between the buyer and the seller. The Anneslie Community Association, the webmaster of this site and members of the Anneslie Community are not responsible for the content of classsified ads.

We will not act as a middle man to help you get connected to the seller and we assume no liability, but should you problems with a particular seller please contact us so that we may prevent them from making future classified posts.

Let the buyer beware.

Contractor Refferals are a way for Anneslie Residents to recommend their own businesses or companies that they have used to the rest of the neighborhood.

Members of the website also rate thier experience with these contractors and give a description if they desire. Thus giving other residents an idea of what ot expect when using a particular comapny.

Residents may then email or call the poster to get more info if they desire.