To perform any of these tasks, you must first login to the
FINAL FANTASY XIV Forum using a Square Enix account with an active FINAL FANTASY XIV service account registered to it.
Creating a new thread
First, select a forum and sub-forum that you would like to start a thread in. Once you have done so, select “
Post New Thread” located on the top left of the page and that will open up a form which you can fill in to start a thread.
Enter a thread title and message (such as description of the thread), and then click "
Submit Reply". You will be required to enter at least 10 characters in a message body and will be allowed to enter up to 1,000 characters* in any post, including instances of replying to an existing thread. You may also use BB codes and Smilies in a body. If you wish to preview what you are posting, click "
Preview Post".
* This limitation will not apply to the "
Technical Support" and "
Bug Reports" forums and sub-forums.
Responding to an existing threadClick "
Reply to Thread" located on the top left of the page while displaying a thread you wish to make a post, and you will be moved to "
Quick Reply" at the bottom of the thread. Enter a message in the box and then click "
Post Quick Reply" to finish posting to the thread. As with creating a new thread, the same limitations applies to the text body.
If you click "
Go Advanced" located on the bottom right in the "
Quick Reply" box, a page where you can enter a title and additional options will be displayed. You can reply to a thread through the page.
Deleting or editing a postOnce you have logged into the forum, locate the post you wish to edit and then select “
Edit Post” on the bottom right of the post. Once you have selected “
Edit Post”, the editing page will appear. From here, you can edit your post and then select “
Save” to update your post. Please note that the title of the post cannot be edited.
If you wish to delete a post,* select “
Edit Post” and then select “
Delete” once the editing page appears. If you would like to include a reason for why you have deleted the post, check “
Delete Message”, enter your message of choice and then select “
Delete Post”. If you do not want to include a reason, simply check “
Delete Message” and then select “
Delete Post”.
* Please be aware that you cannot delete the first post in a thread, nor edit or delete posts made by other users.