Forum FAQ
- What is the purpose of this Forum?
- Do I have to register?
- Will my email address remain private?
- What is GMT?
- Why do you use cookies?
- What is caching and how does it affect what I may see in the forums?
- Why is the forum moderated?
- What if I cannot remember my login and password?
- Any other questions about the forum?
What is the purpose of the Forums?
The purpose of the DBS-STN.org Forum is to allow for the free exchange of information, concerns, and questions among the DBS-STN community. By discussing issues facing DBS-STN patients, we all learn. Questions are answered by a neurologist, a nurse practioner, patients, and caregivers. The information obtained from this Forum does not replace consultation with a physician. All medical information, procedures, drug doses, indications, and contraindications should be discussed with your personal physician.
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If all you want to do is view posts, then you don't need to register. Registration is required if you want to start a new topic or reply to an existing topic. Registration is free. We require your name and email address, which is kept confidential, but you are welcome to use any screen name not already in use. Your screenname protects your identify, but allows the moderator to know where the post is coming from.
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Will my email address remain private?
Yes. Your email address is only known to Margaret Tuchman and her assistants, when required, at DBS-STN.org. Your email address will never be made public on the forums by DBS-STN.org.
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Cookies are small files stored on your computer's hard drive that are used to track specified information. DBS-STN.org places a cookie on your hard drive for the sole purpose of assisting you to login to the forum area without the need to retype your login name and password repeatedly. Each time you login to the forum, the cookie remembers you for a period of thirty days. This means if you are active at least once within a 30 day period, you do not have to login again. If you are not active, then your cookie will expire at the end of 30 days and you will need to login.
If your browser does not support cookies, or you did not enabled cookies on your browser, you may not be able to post to the forum.
Except for authorized law enforcement investigations or other facially valid legal processes, we will not share any information we receive with any parties outside of the DBS-STN.org and/or The Parkinson Alliance.
What is caching and how does it affect what I may see in the forums?
When you make a post on these forums, your message is sent to our moderator who reads the message and then releases it to the forum boards.
There are circumstances when you may not "see" your post right away. One reason is that the moderator has not yet released it. Another has nothing to do with DBS-STN.org, but rather something called "web page caching."
All Web Browsers have the ability to "cache" pages. The term "cache" means "to save," and your web browser may save frequently accessed web pages to your hard drive. When you try to view such a page, your web browser will not go online to view the page. Instead, it will load it from your computer's hard drive. This speeds up the loading of pages. The problem with caching is if a web page is frequently changing. Then your browser may display an older version of the page from the file cache. To fix this, try clicking the reload button a couple times. If that doesn't work, go into your web browser's settings files and turn off file caching. This guarantees that you are always loading the latest versions of any web page you are viewing. Since every browser is different, you will need to consult your browser's help area under "page caching" or "file caching" for an explanation of how this is done.
Some Internet Service Providers also cache web pages on their servers. You have no control over this happening. However, if you turned off your file caching on your web browser, and you're still having problems with your posts not appearing, please contact the technical support at your IPS and ask them if they are caching web pages on their servers. They may be able to turn it off for you. Also, if you are at WORK, then your EMPLOYER may be caching web pages on a PROXY server. Please contact the appropriate technical support person where you work for assistance.
A Moderated forum allows DBS-SNT.org to exercise some control over the content of the fourm.
What if I cannot remember my login and password?
Retrieving your information is easy. Your login is the email address you used to register. Complete this form and an email will be sent to you with your password.
Any other questions about the forum?
If you have any questions about the forum that were not answered here, please contact us.