Membership Help

To be able to enjoy all of the features, you will need to sign up for a Soul Source member account. Registration is quick easy and only takes a moment to complete.  To sign up, click the "Sign Up" link at the top of any page. You can then provide your details to complete the registration process.  Please note YOU MUST fill in 'Real Name (Mods only can view)'  correctly for approval eg a FULL REAL FULL NAME/ID! Once signed up you must then verify your email address by click

Once you have signed up for an account, you can log in by pressing the "Sign In" button at the top of any page. From here, you should enter your username or email address, and the password you used when you registered. If you tick the "Remember Me" box you will not have to sign in when you visit the community in future. This ability can be very useful, but should not be used if other people have access to your computer or if you are using a public computer. You may also be able to hide

Profiles are a main part of Soul Source experience. All members have a profile that can be viewed by all other member and can be customised to your liking. All members content and other important information relating to the member can be viewed here. Along with links for pms etc How to get to your profile     To edit your profile information Just select the "Edit Profile" button one quarter top right as shown below 

The account settings are accessed via the same drop down menu as per the Profile Just hit your member name via the top right hand corner of every page and then select "Account Settings" link a popup will open as per below....   Overview On the overview page you will see the accounts you are connected to such as facebook, google+ and more, along with links to the other settings in which you can access from this page. You will also notice various tabs where you c

If you have forgotten your password, you can click the "I've forgotten my password" link on the sign in page below the password box. This will take you to a page where you can enter your username or email address, and we will then email you a link for you to reset your password. Note that if you locked your account by typing in the wrong password too many times, you will still need to unlock your account before you can use your new password. Please contact the site team for assistance

It is a user setting, all can change it via the profile settings here https://www.soul-source.co.uk/settings/username/ you do need to be aware that you will need to use the new display name to login (or your account email address)

just hit the bit which says "cover photo" in the top right see here for example click this link https://www.soul-source.co.uk/profile/1-mike/ note you can also position the photo via the same link

If you have any concerns or requests about any forum post (or any other content) and wish to inform the site mod team of them The best method is to use the 'flag this post' feature The link can be found as per below on every forum post via the three dots  .... and is shown below (see red arrow) Once flagged ALL mod team staff are informed and so any action (if needed) should then follow asp Please use this rather than send pms to mods or post on the topic, or the 'contact us'

signatures are currently switched off updated Sept 2021

Member names Member names should reflect real names Members names should not Contain website or email addresses Contain non-standard characters Appear to impersonate someone else Contain swear words or are otherwise objectionable Non-political Profile/Avitar and Members Profile Cover Images Avitar and Members Profile Cover Images used should be non-offensive and follow the members name guidelines listed above

Soul Source - Block Users Ignoring a user allows you to block some or all of their content from showing. Users are not notified that you are ignoring them. Follow the link below and enter the username. https://www.soul-source.co.uk/ignore/     -

You can choose which or what notifcations (if any) you want sent to your email address via this page https://www.soul-source.co.uk/notifications/options/ please do not report soul source emails as spam as that does cause the site problems

All notifications can be controlled via your 'account settings'  page To get to the notification settings page 1. click on your name in the top right corner 2. hit 'account settings' 3. on the new page hit the 'Notification Settings' link that shows on the right on pcs - further down on mobiles or can click here https://www.soul-source.co.uk/notifications/options/ You can then select which notifications you receive and what amethod

Guide to using the activity /new content feature   The activity stream features allows you to run various 'custom' activity streams as well as the generic site 'New Content' feature   A brief guide follows below   To add your own custom stream -(eg choose what shows in your activity feed)   goto  https://www.soul-source.co.uk/discover/   click the 'Start New Stream' link and follow the process   Note you can select the cog icon at the side

if you have problems with 'new content' linking to old comments you may need to 'mark all posts read'  on desktop pc it's easily found - its the 'arrow' next to the 'new content' link however on a phone/tablet its a bit harder you need to hit the hamburger menu then as per the image below hit the 'tick' that will lead to all content being marked read and hopefully kick you 'new content' stream back up to speed

If you go here you can select which email/pm notifications the site sends to you   https://www.soul-source.co.uk/notifications/options/

Sending/Receiving Personal Messages    Sending/Receiving  Managing Your Messages Sending messages between members in Soul Source is a simple but powerful tool that you can use to communicate with other members (or they can communicate with each other) away from your community.  When receiving a message, you will see a number appear next to your inbox icon showing the number of unread messages that you have. This would be similar to the images below. Desktop View

How to search for a member on Soul Source? had a request on how to search a member not as obvious as you would think but can be done... for member search go here https://www.soul-source.co.uk/search/ then click the tab 'member search'  enter search term at the top and press 'search members' at bottom   and you should now be on the search members page....

You can run Soul Source as a PWA - Progressive Web App on your mobile To set up Visit soul source on your browser Then tap the 3 dots next to the site address  You should see something like the below menus Just tap the 'install' or 'install app" link and follow the instructions this should then add the site to your home page and run it from there as a 'app'

The warning system is set up to act as a tool to inform or remind members that their actions are becoming a concern and that action may follow if repeated. Set up to automatically follow the below... Automatic actions 1 warning point - no action 2 warning points - 24hr removal of posting permissions - can not create content 3 warning points - automatic 24hr suspension 4 warning points - automatic 72hr suspension 5 warning points - automatic 7 days suspension

How do I check my followed content/members? this setting allows you to control your currently followed content/members https://www.soul-source.co.uk/followed/

Our main soul related topics are left up permanently, we have news/topics from 1997 onwards, freebasing topics do get archived. There are over 2 million posts so at times searching these posts can be challenging Example searching for 'rarest of the rare' For this search term the best bet may be to first try and recall a word in the title eg 'rarest' Then simply search for it If there are loads of results then you may nned to filter the search,  try hitting the 'rarest' i