Simply navigate to the forum you wish to post in and click the 'Post Thread' button which appears on the right hand side of your screen.
A text box will then appear which you type directly into. There are a number of formatting options across the top of the box although some things such as creating a link to somewhere else will happen automatically for you, no need to click the 'add link' icon above. Additionally, if you are using a phone and want to put an emoji/smilie into your post you can simply insert the emoji from those available on your phone, no need to select the drop down icon above.
In some forums when you start a thread you have the choice across the top of the new post to select 'Discussion', 'Article', or 'Question'. This particular post is was started as an Article IN fact that's the only option in this forum).
Discussion is the normal forum post you are all used to.
Article is for when someone wants to write something eg, instructions on how to do something, and the article, in brief, will then always appear at the top of all the subsequent posts. Other forum users still have the option to comment on the article.
Question is for when someone wants to ask a straightforward question such as 'what's the best brand of washing powder'. Other forum users can then comment with an answer; those answers can then be voted on by other forum users as to whether they are the correct answer or not, and one answer, the correct one presumably, will get more votes than others and thus rise to the top. An answer can also be selected by the Question Poser as the correct answer and will always stay at the top under the question.
When composing your posts in forum please consider which of the 3 options (Discussion, Article, Question) is the best one and select that accordingly.
A text box will then appear which you type directly into. There are a number of formatting options across the top of the box although some things such as creating a link to somewhere else will happen automatically for you, no need to click the 'add link' icon above. Additionally, if you are using a phone and want to put an emoji/smilie into your post you can simply insert the emoji from those available on your phone, no need to select the drop down icon above.
In some forums when you start a thread you have the choice across the top of the new post to select 'Discussion', 'Article', or 'Question'. This particular post is was started as an Article IN fact that's the only option in this forum).
Discussion is the normal forum post you are all used to.
Article is for when someone wants to write something eg, instructions on how to do something, and the article, in brief, will then always appear at the top of all the subsequent posts. Other forum users still have the option to comment on the article.
Question is for when someone wants to ask a straightforward question such as 'what's the best brand of washing powder'. Other forum users can then comment with an answer; those answers can then be voted on by other forum users as to whether they are the correct answer or not, and one answer, the correct one presumably, will get more votes than others and thus rise to the top. An answer can also be selected by the Question Poser as the correct answer and will always stay at the top under the question.
When composing your posts in forum please consider which of the 3 options (Discussion, Article, Question) is the best one and select that accordingly.