There are two ways to be involved in forum discussion - starting new topics and responding to existing topics

To start a new topic, go to the appropriate section of the forum and click on "New Topic." The Subject is the title of the topic, and will show in the catagory. There are many different options for color, formatting and smilies. You can aslo "just type" if you don't want to mess around with all the different options. When you are done with your post, you can preview the post, submit it, or save it to post later. Cancel, of course, will delete it.

If you would like to respond to a topic that is already started, you click on "Post Reply" in the topic itself. There is a Post Reply button at the top and bottom of the page. The Post Reply page looks just like the page where you enter a new topic, but it will continue the topic instead. If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will see the last 10 posts in the topic. You can also click on the "quote" button in a post so that the entire contents of the post will be in yours for you to reference.