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Mike Phillips
May 23rd, 2008, 09:42 AM
Tips for people new to discussion forums (http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24173)



Getting back to the forum homepage
Starting a new thread
Replying to an existing thread
Navigating between pages in a thread
Getting back to the forum homepage
On our forum, you can always get back to the forum homepage by clicking on the logo on ANY page found in the upper LEFT hand corner, this one...

http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/images/mol_custom/mol_logo2006.jpg




Starting a Brand New Thread
If you want to start a new thread, then click to the appropriate forum by clicking here (http://meguiarsonline.com/forums/index.php) and selecting the forum that best describes what your topic will be about and then look for the button on the left hand side of the page that says, New Thread and click on it. You'll see a place to type in your Subject and below that a message box that you can type your message into. After you're finished with your message, click on the Submit New Thread button and your message will be posted to the forum.

http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/500/StartingAnewThreadsmall.jpg



Replying to an existing thread
After you have registered with the forum and your account has been confirmed, if you want to Reply to a thread, look for the Reply text button as shown below in the thread that you want to reply to. The Reply Button can be found at either the top left hand side of the page of the bottom left hand side of the page of any thread.

Top Left Hand Side
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/500/ReplyTopPage.jpg


Bottom Left Hand Side
http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/500/medium/ReplyBottomPage.jpg




Navigating between pages in a thread
If you're unsure as to how to navigate between pages in a thread basically you want to look for the little numbers at the top and bottom of each thread and these numbers represent the pages of the thread. Here's a picture,

http://archive.meguiarsonline.com/forums/photopost/data/649/littlenumbers.jpg


Thanks for joining our forum and joining in the fun! :wavey