Want to know how to start a new thread? Why you'd ever need to start a new thread? How to change your text colors? Insert those awesome little smileys that you see floating around the forum?? And how DO they get those cute little pictures (avatars) beside their names??? This forum was created to help you out with all of that.

I recieved a special request for this thread.  Lots of us have been around since the dark ages (October '05).  We all learned how to do this forum thing together.... and we are still learning.  

Seems some folks sign up on the forum and feel like outsiders looking in..... they might be dying to join the fun but they just don't know where to post...OR they don't have a clue what in the world we're talking about.

The easiest way to learn is to ask. There are no dumb questions.

Of course, we don't always know the answers but at least you won't feel so alone in your lack of knowledge if we don't!!

While you can always post a question on MAAN (a.k.a the playground or Much Ado About Nothing), we understand that it's hard to keep up over there.  Here's a good spot to begin.  Click that little reply button right down there on the right and you'll be on your way!!!

No problem Vicki!

Private Messages or PM's as we call them are just that. Private. They are just like sending an email message to other forum folks.

If you are logged on under your member name you can PM any other forum member and ask questions or tell them something that you don't want to post publicly.

There are a couple of ways to get to the PM screen:

In the upper right hand corner of the screen look for the phrase that says "Logged in as (your name) - No New Messages".  Click on the "No new messages" part and that'll take you to the PM screen.

Another way is to CLICK on the name of the person you want to send the PM to. A menu will pop up and you choose send private message which will take you to the PM screen.

The person receiving the PM will only see your "forum name" and won't have access to any of your private information.

  This is important....You have to be sure to spell the name correctly and make sure all spaces are correct... for instance, in Cracker Jax there's a space and you have to put it in, but in FatPappy there isn't one so you have to leave that one out. In Vicki White-Lawrence there's that hyphen and a space so you might want to write that one down! ( kidding Vicki!!!) It makes a difference. Your message won't send unless you get it right. 

Want to practice??? PM me! I'll answer you and you can learn how to check PM's!!

Did I make that clear??? Any questions? There might be a pop quiz later you know.....

Last edited on Aug 14th, 2006 03:17 am by Cracker Jax