NOTE that you can only post a new topic into a forum NOT one of the containers it resides in. If this is confusing then please just go into the forum you wish to post into and select 'Post new forum topic' and the Forum you post into will be set automatically.

To write in a new forum topic you can either write in plain text or use filtered HTML (so no-one can embed things they shouldn't!)  The list of tags you can use is displayed when you create your post.  Any tags which aren't in this list will be stripped after you click submit (you can preview your post before you submit it).
If however, you are a site admin or contributor of any kind - then *some* of these restrictions are lifted and you are able to use more tags and features.

If you wish to reply to a topic, use either the 'add new comment' link or click 'reply' on a comment already created.  After you've created a comment you are also able to edit it.

To switch between editor and source, click on the icon that looks like this " <> ".  Most users will want to just use the editor as it is because it 'creates' the HTML for you when you click the buttons and the icons are very user friendly.  If you'd like information about the editor then click on the " ? " icon (or the " i " icon).

You can spell-check what you've written by clicking on the "ABC" icon (which has a tick beneath it).  You can also insert smileys by clicking on the icon.

There's lots of other things you can do, insert your own images, make bulleted/ ordered lists, create indents, create hyperlinks but I won't explain them - I think they're quite straight forward if you just click on the relevant icons.

If you have any questions please use this post to ask them.

Thank you and enjoy!

Pobster