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    Tips for people new to discussion forums

    Tips for people new to discussion forums


    • Getting back to the forum homepage
    • Starting a new thread
    • Replying to an existing thread
    • Navigating between pages in a thread
    Getting back to the forum homepage
    On our forum, you can always get back to the forum homepage by clicking on the logo on ANY page found in the upper LEFT hand corner, this one...






    Starting a Brand New Thread
    If you want to start a new thread, then click to the appropriate forum by clicking here and selecting the forum that best describes what your topic will be about and then look for the button on the left hand side of the page that says, New Thread and click on it. You'll see a place to type in your Subject and below that a message box that you can type your message into. After you're finished with your message, click on the Submit New Thread button and your message will be posted to the forum.





    Replying to an existing thread
    After you have registered with the forum and your account has been confirmed, if you want to Reply to a thread, look for the Reply text button as shown below in the thread that you want to reply to. The Reply Button can be found at either the top left hand side of the page of the bottom left hand side of the page of any thread.

    Top Left Hand Side



    Bottom Left Hand Side





    Navigating between pages in a thread
    If you're unsure as to how to navigate between pages in a thread basically you want to look for the little numbers at the top and bottom of each thread and these numbers represent the pages of the thread. Here's a picture,




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    Re: Tips for people new to discussion forums

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