How to Start a New Topic and Post on the forum

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There are 2 ways to Start a new Topic on the forum and this tutorial will show you how.

First method:

 

When the box below open use the drop down menu to see the forum areas that are available to post in.  You can scroll down to see them all:

 

Once you have selected the forum area you wish to post in the click continue to go there:

 

Once in the forum area click on start new topic:

 

You must add a title, then type in the text box where you can add links, upload files or pictures to ask you question or share information with others.  You can select 'Follow Topic' to receive notifications when people respond to your post.  Once happy with your post click 'Submit Topic'

 

The second method is to just go to the forum area you wish to post in directly from the landing page.  Select 'Forums' and then select the forum area and click into it and start a new topic as above: 

 

So that is how you start a new topic now let me show you how to join in with an existing topic.

Once you find a topic that you are interested in you can 'Reply to this topic' buy clicking on the green tab at the top of the page or by clicking into the text box at the bottom of the page to add your thoughts to the conversation and then pressing submit reply:

 

Use the 'Follow' link at the top if you want to follow the conversation before actually replying - see this tutorial to learn more about following content and setting up your notifications